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Stanton Friedman has a master’s degree in nuclear physics, and has spent most of his life working in the field of developing nuclear-powered fusion and fission rockets for exploration of deep space.  More importantly than that, this brilliant physicist is also one of the world’s foremost believers in UFOs and has gone so far as […]

When it was time for the yearly Congressional picnic, Illinois senator Dick Durbin knew of only one food that could properly represent the Midwestern values of his homeland of Chicago, and that was the hot dog.  Chicago is famous for a lot of things, from the Chicago Cubs to Chicago-style pizza to the Chicago Manual […]

In the summer of 2008, Tom Cruise was on the downside of his career.  He was a joke, thanks to his courtship of Katie Holmes, a crazy appearance on Oprah, and some controversial comments he made expressing his Scientology beliefs in a fairly aggressive manner towards The Today Show’s Matt Lauer.  Then Tropic Thunder happened.  Tom Cruise’s […]

The Appalachian Trail is one of the oldest and most important hiking routes in the United States.  It’s the route that settlers followed as they streamed west from the original 13 colonies, and provides the only walking route into my home state of Kentucky.  Daniel Boone walked the Appalachian Trail, and every year hundreds of […]

When it comes to corporate communicating, branding is key.  The most important thing you can do, from a marketing standpoint, is own your name, and own it well.  When you communicate with someone, you need to be as clear and consistent as possible, and when you mention your brand name, people need to immediately associate […]

When Michelle Eugenio was cleaning out her classroom at the Center School in Peabody, Massachusetts, she knew there was no telling what she’d find.  Maybe half a moldy sandwich or a book report about Stuart Little.  Little did she know she’d randomly discover a rare colonial-era document from 1792 in her fourth-grade classroom. She has no idea where […]

Lots of people run in the Relay For Life, a fundraising effort by the American Cancer Society, but few people go to the lengths that Todd Ragsdale did.  Ragsdale did 413 laps around the track at South Medford High School.  That’s an impressive 102 miles of running.  However, here’s where things get interesting:  Ragsdale’s epic […]

If you’re wanting to get the attention of a cougar, you’d better splash on a little cologne.  No, not those cougars… well, okay, THOSE cougars too, but I’m referring specifically to cougars as in wild animal cougars.  For some reason, pumas, jaguars, and other big jungle cats can’t resist the smell of Calvin Klein Obsession […]

I think, at some point, everyone has wanted to go to space.  Unfortunately, even with civilian space travel and commercial spacecraft on the horizon, a trip to the Moon is still out of most peoples’ budget range.  That’s okay, NASA is willing to help you out.  You might not be able to go into space, […]

If there’s any group of people you don’t think would be fit enough to escape from a rehabilitation facility, it’s Internet addicts.  I mean, think about it.  Heroin addicts are all slim and wiry, so they can sneak out of tight spaces.  Crystal meth addicts are both wiry and full of energy thanks to their […]

Welcome to the New Russia, built from the agrarian landscape of the time of the Tsars by the miracle metal groznium!  It has made all things possible, from the robotic lamps that light our street to the robots that undertake the day-to-day work of our cities, and even the miraculous Class III robots that are […]

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is short, and like most short men, he’s got a serious ego problem.  For one thing, he wears specially-designed shoes with lifts and is routinely caught standing on his tip-toes when appearing with other world leaders, attempting to disguise the fact that he’s only 5’5.  (As you can see, he’s probably […]

One of the things about the march of time is that, eventually, what was once needed will no longer be required.  Such is the case with giant public restroom facilities.  Once a staple of every large city due to a lack of indoor plumbing, most buildings have since been retrofitted and modernized with toilets and […]