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December 31, 2007

More hangover helpers

If you think you might need a little more info than our LA.Com article gives you, here's a WebMD link to an article about how to prevent a hangover. Here's another about what to do if that didn't work.

Here's another site that has links to more lists of cures.

Make a wish for the new year

Want to share your most heartfelt wish with the world tonight? Or are you curious about what everyone else is wishing for? Check out the virtual Wishing Wall, where people from around the world have been leaving messages that will be printed on confetti that will rain down on New York's Times Square.

From The Associated Press:

Messages and wishes for the new year from people around the world will float down on the New Year’s Eve revelers in Times Square when the confetti is dropped. For the first time, anyone can get a message printed on a piece of the multicolored confetti by using the Internet to type a message on a “Wishing Wall Online.” The message-carrying pieces will be mixed among the more than one ton of confetti, organizers said. Messages can be serious or silly, said Tim Tompkins, a spokesman for the Times Square Alliance, which organizes the party. So far, messages have included everything from wanting to be taller or having a smarter boss to healthy children and asking for the safe return of a child from Iraq, he said. “Peace in the World,” reads one posted on the “virtual wishing wall.”

Make some New Year's Eve plans

LA.Com's picks for a raucous New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve in San Pedro

New Year's Eve around the South Bay

December 27, 2007

Nostaglic for Dick Clark?

Since you won't get a full rockin' New Year's Eve of Dick Clark this year -- Ryan Seacrest is helping out the longtime host -- check out this video.


It's a look back at "American Bandstand," which Clark hosted for more than 30 years. There's a series of videos about that classic show on YouTube. For more, click here.

November 24, 2007

Work on the Dodger float

The Los Angeles Dodgers are entering a float in the Rose Parade to mark their 50th year in Los Angeles, and they need fans to help build it. Volunteers are asked to complete an online form.

The volunteer dates are:
Today and Sunday: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 and 22: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Dec. 23: 8:30am - 1:30pm

According to the floatmaker's Web site, which includes a rendering of the float, "Dodger Stadium will be depicted, complete with 12 Dodger Baseball legends and Nancy Bea playing game-day favorites on the stadium organ. Fifteen fans will also be on board, cheering from the bleachers for the 35 foot tall MLB player with the Grand Slam swing."

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