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It was little Mary Jane Levick’s birthday.  As you can see by the tiny tot with the big card above, she was turning 2 years old, so her loving grandfather, Steve Lock, picked her up an appropriate card.  “2 Today,” the card reads on front.  In the middle of the card is a sheet of […]

The French cartoon character, Asterix, is an enduring symbol of French nationalism.  In the comic, a medieval Gaul named Asterix defends his village from the Romans, all the while having comic misadventures throughout the world with his massive companion Obelix.  Asterix has been the star of dozens of video games, movies, cartoon specials, books, comics, […]

Extroverts, to the introverted, seem like weirdly gregarious, needy individuals who must be afflicted with terminal narcissism to be so joyful and outgoing.  Introverts, to the extroverted, seem like weirdly private, hermit-like individuals who must be afflicted with some sort of horrible personality disorder or bad breath to be so insular and anti-social.  As it […]

It started in the stoner and weirdo capital of the United States, Venice Beach, California.  Four friends got together to create a treat that could be enjoyed by everyone.  We’re talking kosher, vegetarian, and all-natural, yet still edible and delicious.  Sounds tough, right?  Well, it was tough, until trained chef Danial Holtszman and Project Runway […]

Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, is a pretty smart guy.  After all, he built Google from a garage to a billion-dollar empire, so he’s probably pretty savvy.  When he says the only way to escape your embarrassing past is to change your name, then more than likely he’s onto something.  That’s one of many controversial claims […]

The governments of the United States of America and Canada paid quite a lot of money to support ailing automotive industry titan General Motors.  The US’s bill alone was $50 billion dollars for the bailout, but the company has an idea to help pay back the taxpayer/investor:  hold an IPO.  That’s right, GM will be […]

Facebook wants to know where you are.  Or rather, Facebook knows your friends want to know where you are, and they’re giving you a way to do that.  The company made a big deal yesterday of their newly-announced service Facebook Places , which is basically a geotagging service for Facebook’s mobile website that allows you […]

In the decade and change between 1988-94 and 2005-06, there was a startling trend that emerged.  The percentage of teenagers with hearing loss increased.  It went up from 15 percent to nearly 20 percent, which is a fairly significant rise of hearing ailments in people ages 12-19.  The easily-blamed culprit of this deafening silence, the […]

There’s a lot of things you can say about The Carpenters, the eponymous 1970’s music group featuring siblings Richard and Karen Carpenter, but the one thing you can safely say about them is that they didn’t produce many bombs during their hit-making run in the disco decade.  Unfortunately, no one told this to the Cypress, […]

A Roman Catholic Priest, Rev. Luke Strand who works with the Holy Family Catholic Church in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, wanted to stand out while driving around in the community.  After all, God is everywhere, and men of the cloth are always willing to help others, no matter the time or place.  So, he took […]

Another day, another potential Facebook scam detected.  In the wake of the wildly-popular meh button app that’s been taking Facebook by storm, is it any wonder that scammers have decided to leap on this idea and put out a fake Facebook dislike button in an attempt to separate users from their information?  Not really.  Scamming […]

Thanks to the changing world, movie studios everywhere are starting to feel the pinch of higher budgets and lower returns.  Nowhere has the internet done more damage than to the adult film industry.  Piracy is rampant, and the old ways aren’t cutting it anymore, so it’s time to turn up the spectacle.  While 3-D was […]

Vic Kleman is a roller coaster fan.  Technically, he’s a member of the Roller Coaster Enthusiasts, a group that basically travels around and rides roller coasters wherever they might be found.  Vic, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is 78 years old, but he doesn’t let his advanced age slow him down.  When he read that it was […]