Having yellow teeth is embarrassing, can deeply affect your personal life and, like it or not, your career as well.  People are turned off (in both a professional and personal sense) by yellow teeth.  For years dentists have capitalized on this fact by charging exorbitant prices of $500 or more for “professional” teeth whitening procedures—most of which involve special tooth whitening trays with carbamide peroxide, and/or whitening “pens,” that can turn the yellowest of teeth white.  Products like Crest Whitening strips are certainly less expensive options (these products seem to hover around the $50-$80 mark depending on the exact treatment).

For decades the reality has been simple: if you want white teeth, you have to be willing to spend some serious coin at the dentist.

Cathy, a mom from Santa Cruz, California, recently discovered a clever way of combining two different teeth whitening offers from two different companies—she recommends Premium White Pro and Clean Whites—to get one full “super” whitening, comparable to what you might attain at a local dentist for $400 or more.  This combination has the potential to remove general yellowing, wine stains, coffee stains and smoking stains to give you a true “dentist-strength” whitening.  The beauty of this trick, however, isn’t just that there are these special offers, but that Cathy was also able to locate two special coupon codes that reduce the shipping charges on each of the products to next to nothing (after the codes shipping is under three dollars total for both products).

Cathy says, “My teeth are whiter and I feel more confident.  I’m just happy I didn’t shell out the $500 my dentist would have charged!  I’m no doctor, dentist, or medical expert, but it appears that each of the separate products focus on different parts of the problem, or that the second one just gave the whitening enough of a ‘boost’ that it finished the job!  By using them both in a row I was able to get even better results, and because they both had these crazy special offers, and I found coupon codes for them, I was able to do the whole thing by just paying a few dollars in shipping charges (the shipping was $1.97 on Premium White Pro and $0.97 on the other).

Thanks for the tip Cathy!

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WDEZ Club members receive 250 bonus points – the bonus keyword is “whiter”.  Click http://wdezclub.wdez.com to redeem your points or to sign up for the WDEZ Club.

Carrie Underwood has drawn on both her good and bad experiences in the dating world for song material, but she insists her latest number-one hit “Cowboy Casanova” isn’t directed at any one person.  Carrie says, “That was more of a vibe that came around first ... certain words just kind of came out ... like “record machine” and “candy-coated misery” ... then we filled in the rest and kind of created this mystery guy.”

“Cowboy Casanova” is included on Carrie’s latest number-one album Play On.

Carrie Underwood fans, share your thoughts on “Cowboy Casanova” to joe.cassady@mwcradio.com

Decorating your home for the Holidays this year and want to save energy?

Bureau Chiefs, send your stuff to joe.cassady@mwcradio.com

Taylor Swift became one of country-pop’s brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old vocalist released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since early childhood, taking inspiration and encouragement from her opera-singing grandmother. She sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11; the following year, she began practicing her guitar skills for several hours each day, only stopping when her fingers began to bleed. Swift’s parents realized their child's dedication and began making regular visits to Nashville, TN, where Swift would perform casually and meet with songwriters in the area. The family then decided to move from their native Pennsylvania to an outlying Nashville suburb, which accelerated Swift’s career.

While performing at the intimate Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Swift caught the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta, who signed her to his newly formed label. Swift joined the roster at Big Machine Records and released her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” in August 2006. The song drew upon her experience as a lovelorn high-school student, a theme that Swift revisited throughout her self-titled debut album. Released in late 2008, Taylor Swift catapulted the young songwriter to stardom, spawning a handful of hits (five consecutive Top Ten singles, a new record for a female solo artist) while earning multi-platinum sales. Swift also received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, an award she ultimately lost to Amy Winehouse. Two subsequent EPs - Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection and Beautiful Eyes - helped maintain Swift’s popularity while whetting public demand for her sophomore release, Fearless, which arrived in November 2008.

What do you think about Taylor Swift’s rise to fame?  Send your comments to joe.cassady@mwcradio.com

Taylor Swift will perform the opening song of the 43rd annual CMA Awards show at the Sommet Center in downtown Nashville.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are prepared for their hosting duties.  Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Billy Currington, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean are all ready for their performances at the CMA Awards.  The three-hour awards show will air live tonight at 7 on ABC.

Those presenting awards include Julianne Hough, Randy Houser, the Judds, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, Dale Earnhardt Jr., actor Neil Flynn, actress Patricia Heaton and Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.

Who do you think will be named Entertainer of the Year?  joe.cassady@mwcradio.com

The 43rd annual CMA Awards are hailed as the biggest night in country music - and for good reason.  This year’s show will be hosted by superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, tomorrow night at 7 on ABC.

Who do you think will win top honors tomorrow night?  joe.cassady@mwcradio.com

This little gem is from the 93 3 FLZ Night Show– Ratboy and Staypuff.

“Sunday was throw back day at Raymond James stadium and this dude decided to take it all the way back to the 70’s and ‘streak’ across the field at halftime!  The cops didn’t find it funny – they arrested him.”

Check out the song “The Streak” by Ray Stevens on my Lala http://wdez.com/shared/airstaff/airstaff.asp?jid=1815

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