In The Noise - January 15, 2010

So what are we supposed to take to recover from tainted Tylenol disease?

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Tiger Woods is reportedly in a Mississippi sex rehab clinic.

I certainly wish him well.

Let's hope that - once he's completed treatment - he will again associate terms like "front nine", "coming over the top" and "holed out" with something other than making whoopie.

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Florida was in the news a week ago when it was hit by very rare snowfalls. In today's headlines, there's "Florida snow" of a different sort.

A bag of cocaine has been found in a Space Shuttle hangar at Kennedy Space Center! To help find the culprit, NASA has brought in drug sniffing dogs (now, there's a nice job!).

And Paul McCartney has been booked to sing, "High High High".

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Elsewhere in Florida, people are freaking out over a new "super snake".

A three-day, state-coordinated hunt has turned up at least five African rock pythons - including a 14-foot-long female.

I guess that in Africa, the rock python eats creatures as large as goats and crocodiles.

Which means Mickey and Donald better watch their backs.

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You remember how Obama pledged that his administration would have complete transparency - you know, openness about things like who meets with the President; details about the health care bill negotiation, et cetera?

Well, on good ol' Vice President Joe Biden's schedule today is a meeting with the chief of transparency for economic recovery.

The meeting is closed to anyone else.

Transparency = clear as mud!

What do you call that...an "open secret"?

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A year after that planeload of people survived the water landing in the middle of the Hudson River, many of them got together today to celebrate the anniversary of their unlikely survival.

No question about it, once you get that feeling you can walk on water...

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It's cold and flu season, which means we Americans are turning to traditional and not-so traditional methods to ward off the beastie bugs. Non-traditional things like taking zinc! (Isn't zinc a metal?)

There are a lot of products out there that contain zinc and claim to boost immunity. And it might work, but researchers also warn there could be nasty side effects if you take too much. Side effects such as memory problems, nerve damage and urinary tract problems.

Not to mention the possibility of turning into a car battery.