It wasn’t exactly a classic Super Bowl, but it was the latest in a string of very good Super Bowls. In the end, it was two surprise plays that won the game moreso than anything Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees did: Peyton Manning’s win-sealing interception and an onside kick to start the second half. Those […]
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Terry Pratchett’s Case For A Noble Death
Posted 2/06/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganIt goes without saying that Terry Pratchett, one of the most beloved and talented fantasy writers of this or any other generation, escaped my notice until a few months after he announces to the world he’s got early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Right as I discover the world he has created, forces beyond his control […]
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Preteen Mother Gives Birth At Age 11
Posted 2/05/2010 11:45 am by Ron HoganWhile we’ve not quite caught up with China’s 9-year-old mother, we’ve at least tied with Bulgaria’s 11-year-old mother for youngest recent child birth after an 11-year-old girl somewhere in the Northeastern United States gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Even America has pregnant 11-year-old kids now, if only because we have to keep up […]
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Delicious Camel Burgers For Sale
Posted 2/05/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganDubai is one of the most forward-thinking countries in the whole of the UAE, but one of its biggest food trends right now is derived from ancient sources. In the Middle East, there’s not much grass or water for proper cattle, so beef isn’t terribly available. However, camels are everywhere. The restaurant chain Local House […]
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Blame It On The Monks
Posted 2/05/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganThe United Kingdom has a drinking problem, and few places in the Isles are chugging down as much hooch as the Scottish. The youth of Scotland are drinking so much that the Scottish Parliament is currently attempting to ban sales of a certain type of alcohol that’s taking the blame for a lot of social […]
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Airplane 101
Posted 2/05/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganHave you ever wondered what all the various parts, doors, and seams on an airplane are? Well, if you need a ground-up education in aircraft to figure out the engine from the cabin, you’re in luck. South African airline Kulula and ad firm Atmosphere have put together Flying 101, an infographic/advertising campaign that is currently […]
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Man Mauled By His Own Dogs
Posted 2/05/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganFour years ago, he saved the dogs’ lives. This year, they took his. A 52-year-old doctor from Ljubljana, Romania, was found mauled to death by his own pet dogs in his backyard, which surprised no one save the man himself. After all, at one point, his beloved bullmastiffs were going to be put down by […]
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13-Year-Old QB Commits To USC
Posted 2/05/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganWhen you’re a 13-year-old boy, you’re not supposed to think too far ahead. Then again, not all 13-year-olds got written up as the quarterback of the future by Sports Illustrated… when they were 11. David Sills is a seventh-grade student at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Delaware; he’s also a quarterback and one of […]
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Tweeting Pictures Of Earth From Space
Posted 2/05/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s amazing just how popular Twitter has become. It’s such a big deal that even astronauts use it! Not only are they using it, they’re also using the power of Twitter and Twitpic to beam images of the Earth back from space! Just check out io9’s gallery of Tweeted space photographs from Astronaut Jose and […]
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Cops Accused Of Being Too Friendly With K9 Partner
Posted 2/05/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganThere’s bonding with your dog, and then there’s bonding with your dog. Five corrections officers in Powhatan County, Virginia, have been accused of getting a little too friendly with their K9 partner during training sessions. Prosecutors accuse the handlers of touching the dog inappropriately in a very personal area. I know you want to […]
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Homemade Rocket Bombs At Sledding Party
Posted 2/05/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt was his second annual sledding party, but the first time an unnamed 62-year-old man tried to build a homemade rocket sled. In theory, the idea was… okay, I’m not going to be kidding anyone here. In theory, the idea was dumb. The man wanted to build a rocket, then attach it to his sled […]
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The Super Bowl’s Halftime Counter-Programming
Posted 2/05/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s Super Bowl weekend, and that means most of you out there (at least in America) are going to a party on Sunday, hosting a party on Sunday, or settling down to watch a football game this weekend. While the National Football League has finally managed to match up two of the best teams in […]
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Man Fights To Save Dream Home
Posted 2/05/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganRobert Fidler had a dream; like a lot of people (me), he wanted to live in a castle. As a farmer, he had plenty of land to build on, but for some reason, he could never get the permission of local government to undertake his project and build his perfect home. So he studied the […]
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A Sarcastic Principal Gets In Trouble? I’m SO SURPRISED
Posted 2/04/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganIf there was ever a post screaming for a SarcMark, it’s this one. Litchfield Elementary School principal Ron Sterr no doubt gets a lot of caustic, overly critical remarks from parents, but when he returns the favor with a sarcastic letter of his own, he gets suspended for it. The letter, sent home to parents […]
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The Strange Worlds Of Matthew Albanese
Posted 2/04/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganIt looks like a photograph of Mars, but it’s not. That’s actually 12 pounds of cinnamon, charcoal, paprika, thyme, and chili powder artfully arranged into a harsh, desert landscape. It’s one of the many strange worlds depicted by artist Matthew Albanese in his collection titled (appropriately enough) Strange Worlds. Albanese uses everyday materials to […]
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Polygamist Woman Given Six Months To Pick A Husband
Posted 2/04/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s not unprecedented; for some reason, judges usually give a polygamist lots of time to end his various illegal marriages. In the case of Lorri L. Freesland, from Kinde, Michigan, she gets six months to choose between her two husbands. One of whom she married in 2000, though he moved to Alaska without a divorce […]
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Virginity Auction Nets Kiwi Student $45K
Posted 2/04/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganHow much can you get for the most precious gift of all? About $45,000. That’s the going rate for a 19-year-old girl’s virginity in New Zealand, after an anonymous auctioneer known only as Unigirl sold her virginity online via the online auction house. The money will be going to fund her college education, so she […]
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Frozen Man Hides From Cops In Snow
Posted 2/04/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganWe’ve seen a lot of criminals getting caught because of the snow lately. It leaves tracks easy to follow and makes get-away driving a lot more difficult, so it’s only natural that the snow is helpful to police, but one man tried to make snow helpful to crooks and paid the price. An unnamed 23-year-old […]
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Europe’s Oldest Man Celebrates His 110th Birthday
Posted 2/04/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganThere aren’t many people who can say they’ve been around long enough to have seen the invention of light bulbs, but Stanley Lucas is close. After all, the oldest still-burning light is only 109, and Stanley celebrated his 110th birthday yesterday. That makes Stanley the oldest man in Europe, and third-oldest man in the world! […]
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Predators, Prey Choose To Play Rather Than Fight
Posted 2/04/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganThree young cheetahs on the prowl manage to separate a young impala, a deer-like member of the antelope family, from the rest of the herd. I’ve watched enough nature shows to know what happens next, and I imagine phototographer Michel Denis-Huot knew what was supposed to happen next, too. That little impala is destined to […]
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Pierced, Gothic Kittens
Posted 2/04/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganHolly Crawford, a 35-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, had an unusual online business. She sold kittens. Lots of people sell kittens, so Holly differentiated herself via good marketing by picking up her piercing kit and marketing pierced, customized gothic kittens. She used a 14-gauge needle, the likes of which are normally used on cattle, to do […]
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Woman Stabbed In The Back Doesn’t Feel It
Posted 2/04/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganOne of the first stories I wrote for PopFi way back when was a story about a Russian man who was so drunk that he didn’t feel it when he got stabbed in the back. I made a comment about never going to drink in Russia. However, it’s not just the alcoholic Russians who are […]
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The Internet, In Graph Form
Posted 2/04/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganWho doesn’t love a good infographic? I know I do. Whenever possible, I like to consume my information in chart or graph form. Not only is it easier to read and make instant comparison, sometimes it comes in pie chart form, and that makes me think of consuming delicious pie alongside my delicious information. For […]
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From Waste Paper To Waste Removal
Posted 2/03/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s the ultimate in recycling. You take several tons of shredded paperwork bits and pieces, the kind most businesses and homes generate on a daily basis, you feed it into a gigantic machine, and those 40 pieces of standard letter paper become a roll of clean, white toilet tissue. If it sounds like some kind […]
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Cancer Detected Via Photograph
Posted 2/03/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganSamantha Rouse is an auxiliary nurse by trade, so you’d think that when she goes to the doctor and says she thinks there’s something wrong, that people would actually listen to her. Not so. When she snapped a picture of her infant son Jacob and noticed that there was a white spot in his eye, […]
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Dog Shoots Hunter In The Back
Posted 2/03/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganIf it were just one human accidentally shooting another, I wouldn’t be concerned. I mean, both former college basketball coach Bobby Knight and former United States Vice President Dick Cheney have shot people when they were supposed to be hunting, so accidents happen. However, when a dog shoots a hunter in the back? That’s […]
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Po The Viper Or A Smoking Snake
Posted 2/03/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganCigarettes are dangerous, but don’t tell that to Po. After all, he’s addicted, so he won’t take kindly to your criticism, but more than that, Po is also a snake. Even snakes can get addicted to cigarettes, apparently! Apparently, Po picked up the habit because his owner, Sho Lau, has a 20 cig-a-day habit, and […]
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Twinkie Thieves Caught In The Cold
Posted 2/03/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganWhen James M. Denoon and Anthony Stout decided to knock over a store for the spare cash, they figured they might as well steal some of the product while they’re there. That’s why the two of them went after the Merita Bread Company. After all, if you’re going to steal their dough, you may as […]
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Giant Squid Invade California
Posted 2/03/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s not that giant squid are all that rare off the coast of California. They’re not commonly caught, and definitely not commonly caught at this time of year, but they’re not unusual. Still, off the coast of Newport Beach, California, there’s been a run on giant Humboldt squid the likes of which local fisherman have […]
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Two Yolks, Trillion-To-One Odds
Posted 2/03/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe odds of finding an egg with a double yolk are pretty rare. Only 0.1 percent of all eggs have two yolks. So, if you’re Fiona Exton, from Cumbria in Great Britain, I suggest you play the lottery. When she went down to her local Morrisons to pick up a carton of eggs for breakfast, […]
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