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The Father of our Country, George Washington, was a man around whom legends  have grown. Did he or didn’t he cut down a cherry tree and then stand up and speak the truth? Did he or didn’t he heave a silver dollar across the Potomac? Did he or didn’t he shove wooden chompers into his […]

                      After watching an episode of the HBO series “Six Feet Under” a few years back, one of my greatest fears is to get choked at home alone and be unable to dislodge the hunk of food and thus die. Authorities aren’t sure exactly what […]

In terms of natural disasters, some strike in an instant without warning, like the earthquakes that struck Japan and New Zealand earlier this year. Now with advancements in technology, tsunamis and even tornadoes can be tracked with appropriate warnings to specific neighborhoods. However, tornadoes still manage to steal hamburgers even in this day and age. […]

In an outing less successful than Bambi’s spin across the ice with Thumper, a deer found itself in dire straits after roaming out onto a frozen lake. The ice wasn’t thick enough to support the woodland leaper and the deer fell through to a potentially cold water ending reminiscent of the finale of The Titanic. […]

Once upon a time, Sirius and XM were competitors for your satellite radio dollar, but due to hard times and a lack of profitability on either side, the two former enemies have become fast economic friends to fight off the difficulty that comes with competing against streaming radio online.  The Sirius and XM merger was […]

For 44.999 years, Professor William Kielhorn did not miss a day of work at LeTourneau University in Texas.  Rain or shine, the 79-year-old didn’t miss a class.  Even when he was undergoing painful radiation and chemotherapy treatments while deathly ill from stage four colon cancer, Professor Kielhorn taught three classes a week.  However, complications from […]

All Brett Henderson, age 35, wanted to do was run in Cincinnati’s Flying Pig Marathon on Sunday.  He drove into town from St. Paris, Ohio, got in line, and started running with the crowd.  Unfortunately, Brett Henderson was naked while running in the marathon.  Also, Brett Henderson was not involved in the marathon in an official capacity. […]

In 2006, Francisco Liriano was on top of the world.  He was the rookie of the month for April, had an ERA hovering around 2, and was the sensation of the baseball world.  Then, he blew his arm out, wrecking his elbow and missing the entire 2007 season after receiving Tommy John surgery, which reconstructed […]

Alfred Stewart, a 31-year-old deaf mute, was out with a group of friends at the Ocean’s Eleven Lounge in Hallendale Beach, Florida, on Saturday night when they caught the eye of 45-year-old gang-banger Barbara Lee.  Stewart and his friends are deaf and communicate via sign language, which Lee mistakenly assumed were gang signs.  I guess […]

While the US military and in particular the Navy Seals get credit for wiping out world menace Osama Bin Laden, one Twitter user in Abbottabad, Pakistan gets credit for being the first to report about the raid, even if he didn’t realize what he was tweeting about. Sohaib Athar, a.k.a. @ReallyVirtual, posted on Twitter about […]