It’s finally here! My favorite holiday of all the holidays has finally arrived, and I could not be happier to immerse myself in all the trappings of the holiday. From Halloween games to jokes to costumes (movie and current event related) and TV specials, there’s NOTHING I love better than Halloween. The air is crisp, […]
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“I’ll Have What She’s Having” Actress/Singer Estelle Reiner Passes Away
Posted 10/30/2008 2:10 pm by Ron HoganShe was married to a comedy legend in Carl Reiner, and her son Rob Reiner is a comedy legend in his own right, but neither of them have had the pop culture impact that the late actress/singer Estelle Reiner had thanks to one line in a single movie. Estelle was the woman in the diner […]
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The Screaming Newspaper Sculpture
Posted 10/30/2008 12:52 pm by Ron HoganLike I said last night, I’m sick of everything related to the news. Fortunately for me, artist Nick Georgiou agrees with me. That’s what inspired him to turn newspapers into works of art. As Nick said, “The piece was inspired by all that’s happening right now- the printed words decline, the economic crisis, war, political […]
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BOTV: The Barack Obama Infomercial
Posted 10/29/2008 11:16 pm by Ron HoganI remember, once upon a time, a little man with big ears and a lot of crazy ideas wanted to be President. Because he wasn’t a Democrat or a Republican, he had to think outside the box to get people to take him seriously. So he took to the burgeoning Internet (in 1992, this was […]
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Time To Deliver The Doughnuts
Posted 10/27/2008 1:04 pm by Ron HoganThe business world is an incredibly elastic one. When you’re dealing with franchised restaurants, like Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, you can’t make a blanket statement like, “Krispy Kreme is doing great business.” After all, while franchisees in China might be closing down, franchisees in Richmond, Virginia are taking the doughnut world into the realm of home […]
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Asha Mandela: A Real-Life Rapunzel!
Posted 10/24/2008 1:19 pm by Ron HoganPeople will do a lot of crazy things to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, but an army of rubber ducks doesn’t cause any headache as bad as the ones Asha Mandela must suffer. Ms. Mandela, you see, might have the world’s longest dreadlocks. When I get my hair cut, I feel lighter […]
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Orson Scott Card Asks, “Would The Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On The Lights?”
Posted 10/22/2008 6:53 pm by Ron HoganIn one of the most blistering and goosebump-raising essays I’ve ever read, the acclaimed science fiction writer Orson Scott Card pens an absolutely devastating indictment of the modern press. Specifically, Card raises issues around the political biases of the mainstream news media. He states unequivocally that the journalists of the United States are deliberately ignoring […]
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Actor Rudy Ray Moore, AKA Dolemite, Passes Away At Age 71
Posted 10/20/2008 1:15 pm by Ron HoganThroughout his 71 years of life, Rudy Ray Moore, who passed away last night, wore a lot of hats. He started his show business career as an R & B singer, but after a stint in the US Army, he got interested in stand up comedy. Throughout the 1960’s and 70’s, he put out a […]
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Banjos And Brain Surgery
Posted 10/18/2008 1:25 pm by Ron HoganIt’s not every day you get to watch someone perform brain surgery, but for actual brain surgeons, I’m sure this is something they see all the time. What makes this story different is the fact that, this time, the brain surgeons got to have a little musical performance during the surgery, courtesy of the person […]
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Go Bananas For Japan’s Latest Fad Diet
Posted 10/17/2008 12:19 pm by Ron HoganAs Japan struggles with growing obesity rates, an increasingly fitness-conscious society tries anything to successfully lose weight. This has resulted in Japan becoming the new international home for the best and craziest in fad diets. The latest, and one of the craziest, is the Morning Banana Diet. Here’s a snippet from the article about the […]
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Candy Is Dandy, Unless It’s One Of These Types
Posted 10/16/2008 12:45 pm by Ron HoganIn this list of the worst Halloween candies, Serious Eats mentions candy corn and describes it as “[T]he most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away.” Unfortunately for them (but fortunate for their hits counter), their entire list of candies is really controversial. I guarantee you they’ve insulted one […]
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Unhappy National Grouch Day, You Ungrateful Slugs!
Posted 10/15/2008 9:57 am by Ron HoganI woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Actually, I’ve been on the wrong side of the bed all week, which is probably why I’ve been grumpier than normal in my posts here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally a curmudgeon, but this week has been awful. Good thing it’s National Grouch […]
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You’re Never Too Fat To Be Executed
Posted 10/14/2008 1:17 pm by Ron HoganRichard Cooey tried a novel way to get out of his death penalty conviction for the sexual assault and murder of two college students in 1986. He tried saying he had incompetent public defenders, and when that didn’t work, he tried to say that he was too fat to execute via lethal injection. Granted, Cooey […]
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In 14 Hundred And 92, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue
Posted 10/13/2008 9:30 am by Ron HoganHappy Columbus Day, everyone! If you’re anything like me, Columbus Day is a holiday that means basically nothing to you except for the fact that you can’t go to the post office or swing by the bank. Where I live, schools remain open on Columbus Day, so it’s not even a real holiday and probably […]
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Smashingly Good High Speed Photography
Posted 10/10/2008 2:37 pm by Ron HoganThe world moves at incredible speeds. The lightning quickness of a hummingbird’s wing, the slow and stately tortoise… these are the things that make up our world. But what happens when you take something fast and capture a split second of it? You get beautiful high speed photography like the picture you see above you. […]
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The 105-Year-Old Virgin
Posted 10/09/2008 4:02 pm by Ron HoganI think we all want to live a long, healthy life. Who better to look to for inspiration than Clara Meadmore, a 105-year-old woman who lived all around the world, has her own hair and teeth at an incredibly advanced age, and who lived alone until she entered the Perran Bay nursing home? Surely she […]
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The Financial Crisis From A Historical Perspective
Posted 10/08/2008 2:53 pm by Ron HoganThings with the economy seem to be getting worse. First all the mortgage companies got in trouble, then the stock market slumps even after the government promises to give them a bunch of free money. The entire country of Iceland is going bankrupt as we speak. Europe also is bailing out their companies. However, despite […]
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Mr. Clean (House Peters Jr.) Passed Away At Age 92
Posted 10/02/2008 11:10 am by Ron HoganActor House Peters, Jr., better known to a generation as the inspiration for the bald-headed, muscular advertising icon Mr. Clean, passed away Wednesday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital at the age of 92. Peters, the son of silent movie actor House Peters, found fame as Mr. Clean but kept busy in Hollywood […]
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Missing Daredevil Steve Fossett’s Fate Might Finally Be Revealed
Posted 10/01/2008 3:56 pm by Ron HoganBeing a full-adventurer is a dangerous bit of business. No matter how good you might be, or how lucky you might be when it comes to avoiding death while flying across the English Channel with a jetpack, one wrong move can spell disaster. See, for example, the missing (and presumed dead) Steve Fossett. He flew […]
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Drunken Cow Woman On Rampage
Posted 10/01/2008 1:19 pm by Ron HoganThis story has been everywhere, but it’s too good to pass up. After all, the story is about a woman named Michelle Allen who allegedly got dressed up in a cow suit, chased kids, peed on someone’s front porch, and blocked traffic. Unsurprisingly, she picked a fight with cops and smelled strongly of alcohol. Surprisingly, […]
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Blogger Boobs Battle Breast Cancer
Posted 10/01/2008 12:16 pm by Ron HoganThe first day of October marks the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month here in the United States, and with the increased awareness comes a wide variety of fund raising activities designed to help find a cure for breast cancer, from the National Race for the Cure to one of my favorite fund raisers, […]
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