Sprinter Usain Bolt is many things. The Jamaican is a track superstar, having captured three Olympic gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the 4×100 relay race. He’s definitely earned the title of World’s Fastest Man. Now, he’s putting some of his Olympic fame and fortune to good use by adopting an orphaned […]
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Best Buy’s Used Laptop Drama
Posted 11/03/2009 9:05 am by Ron HoganMaureen O’Rourke was just trying to be a good niece when she took her aunt, Nancy Hole, into their local Best Buy store to buy a new computer. It was Nancy’s first laptop computer, so she wanted something brand new. They picked up the lappy, opened the package, and… well, what Nancy had wasn’t a […]
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Washington Post: Street Fightin’ Paper
Posted 11/03/2009 7:00 am by Ron HoganIn the high pressure world of a failing industry, tensions run high and tempers are short. In the Washington Post Style section’s department at the WaPo offices, tempers boiled over today. Manuel Roig-Franzia and Monica Hesse got a plum assignment dealing with the recent Congressional ethics hearings that are breaking out like pimples on a […]
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George A. Romero’s Survival Of The Dead Trailer Leaked
Posted 11/03/2009 6:00 am by Ron HoganOh man, I am excited right now. Like, twitching in my chair excited. Why is that, you might be asking? Well, it’s simple. The sales trailer for George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead has been leaked online! I think the last time I was this excited was when I actually met George Romero. The […]
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Brandon Spikes: A Modern Day Stooge
Posted 11/02/2009 12:51 pm by Ron HoganBrandon Spikes, Florida’s stellar linebacker, must be a fan of the Three Stooges. I mean, you can see their influence in the way he plays football. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for his Curly impression this Saturday when he tried to poke Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in the eyes at […]
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Nubs The Iraqi War Dog
Posted 11/02/2009 12:32 pm by Ron HoganIf there’s one thing you can say for dogs, it’s that they are the most loyal pets a person can have. I mean, I like my cat and all, but she won’t travel across a war zone to reunite with me the way Nubs, a wild Iraqi dog, did when he was separated from his […]
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Internet Movie Firearms Database
Posted 11/02/2009 12:10 pm by Ron HoganI watch a lot of movies that involve a lot of guns. Because of this, I’ve seen several movies where I see a gun and instantly recognize it. “Hey, that’s a Winchester 1892 Woody Harrellson’s using to shoot that zombie!” Other times, I look at a movie gun and have no idea what it is. […]
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In Praise Of Marty Feldman
Posted 11/02/2009 11:00 am by Ron HoganOver the weekend, I got to watch part of Young Frankenstein again. It’s one of the many movies on my “must stop and watch if I see it’s on” list, along with movies like Mad Max and anything with zombies in it. As usual, the standout was the odd-looking actor and writer Marty Feldman and […]
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World’s Largest Meatball, Italian Style!
Posted 11/02/2009 10:35 am by Ron HoganIn the words of the owner of Nonni’s Italian Eatery, the goal was to, “bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that’s where it originated.” Boy, was Matthew Mitnitsky not kidding. He didn’t just bring A meatball back, he brought THE meatball back… the world’s largest meatball! It’s a staggering 222.5 pounds of […]
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China Causes Snow Storm To Fight Drought
Posted 11/02/2009 9:15 am by Ron HoganIn its battle with nature, the Chinese government has once again decided to meddle in forces they do not understand. They spent most of the time leading up to the Olympics seeding clouds to make it rain and lower pollution, and now to fight an unseasonable slate of dry weather, they’ve decided to take to […]
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Mechanic Deliberately Sabotages Cars
Posted 11/02/2009 8:45 am by Ron HoganChris Wells, a 41-year-old mechanic from Johnson City, Tennessee, is accused of running a really good con on the unsuspecting folks in his city. He’s an auto mechanic. As such, not only is he good at fixing cars, he’s also very good at disabling cars. That’s what he’d do. He’d find parked cars at a […]
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Manu Ginobili Is Batman
Posted 11/02/2009 6:00 am by Ron HoganManu Ginobili is a lot of things. He’s a very talented basketball player who has won NBA Championships with the San Antonio Spurs, an Olympic medal as a member of Argentina’s national basketball team, and a Euroleague title as a member of Italy‘s Kinder Bologna. He’s been both an All-Star and the NBA’s Sixth Man […]
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Daylight Savings Begins
Posted 11/01/2009 1:16 pm by Ron HoganIt’s that time of year again. This morning, at 3:00 AM, you were supposed to move your clocks back an hour, as daylight savings time has come to an end. If you’re like me, then you didn’t do that and waited until you got up this morning to reset all your clocks. If you […]
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