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It was a tempest in a teapot the likes of which I haven’t seen, well, in a long time.  The whole issue was something fairly trivial, in the grand scheme of things, but people were going crazy at the idea that the classic word game Scrabble might be changing the official rules to allow proper […]

With a set-up like this, you’d think it’s a joke.  However, it’s no laughing matter.  Thanks to a lifetime of human contact and being raised essentially as a tamed pet by handler Gareth Tonen, Troy the Owl is too scared to fly.  It’s not the flying part that bothers him, it’s the heights part.  The […]

On a United Airlines flight headed from Washington, D.C. to Denver, Colorado, there was an incident that occurred that could have international repercussions.  A man was acting suspiciously, which resulted in a worrying terrorism scare.  Reportedly, he spent an unusual amount of time in the bathroom and, when detained, made comments about a shoe bomb.  […]

Want to see something amazing?  Drop what you’re doing right now and go watch this video clip of a Taiwanese boy who sings the Dolly Parton song “I Will Always Love You” in a pitch perfect, note-for-note recreation of Whitney Houston’s famous cover for her movie The Bodyguard.  This kid, despite being pudgy and having […]

In the bad old days of the web, the big trends were websites that rated you on various things.  Most of them worked out to how attractive or not you were, or how nice certain body parts of yours were.  Those have mostly died away in recent years, but they’ve been replaced by more professional […]

College kind of sucks.  It’s expensive, you don’t get what you pay for, the food is bad, the living conditions are worse, and did I mention the fact that you have to learn and do work?  However, if you want a college course that really sucks (the blood from your neck), then might I suggest […]

One of the problems with police work, especially traffic enforcement, is that you have to catch people not paying atention in order to bust them.  They have to have left their car at the meter and wandered off, or maybe they’re not paying attention while texting or talking on the phone.  If they’ve got their […]

In the latest legal wrangling of an issue that’s been in courts since 2007, the FCC and Comcast have once again returned to the battle grounds over the principal of Net Neutrality.  The FCC believes that companies that provide Internet access have to do so to people no matter what they might be using it […]

In a business in which people are attempting to charge less while still bringing down costs, Spirit Airlines has decided to buck the tradition and change the way they do business.  For as long as I can remember, carry-on bags have been free to fly.  Well, not anymore.  Spirit is the first of the nation’s […]

Al Ghad, one of the leading newspapers in Amman, Jordan, decided to have a little fun on April Fool’s Day.  Inspired by War of the Worlds, Orson Welles’ classic radio play that caused a panic in the United States, the newspaper decided to report about aliens landing in the town of Jafr, about 185 miles […]

You have to hand it to Marion Zock.  When she says she’s going to be somewhere, she’s going to make it to that appointment come hell or high water.  Or, in this case, come car accident or high water.  When Marion mistook her brake pedal for her accelerator and crashed her Ford Focus into the […]

One of the little reminders of home for United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan are the presence of familiar foods and drinks on big military bases.  At the sprawling base at Kandahar, Afghanistan, there’s a lot of western food available:  Burger King, Pizza Hut, TGI Friday’s, Tim Hortons, and other Western favorites are there […]

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s toughest sheriff, is famous for his enforcement of immigration laws and his unusual treatment of prisoners in his Maricopa County, Arizona jails.  Now Sheriff Joe is back in the news, thanks to a revolutionary new program combining exercise with entertainment.  He calls it “Pedal Vision.”  Basically, if you don’t bike, you […]

The news is the sort dreaded by miners and mining families all throughout the country, but especially in Appalachia.  Yet, it’s all too common.  Some 30 miles outside of Charleston, West Virginia, a sprawling mining complex owned by Massey Energy Company was the site of a massive explosion, killing an estimated 25 people.  Indeed, the […]

Environmental agencies and government officials have finally agreed on something:  the stranded Chinese coal ship leaking oil near the Great Barrier Reef is a ticking time bomb.  The Chinese shipping concern COSCO, owners of Shenzen Energy Group, are responsible for yet another potential environmental catastrophe.  Their freighter, Shen Neng I, was traveling at full speed […]