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Netflix, as you know and love it, is over.  Soon, you’ll be arranging your streaming queue with Netflix and arranging your DVD queue with a new company known as Qwikster.  Netflix is going to split its business into a streaming arm and a DVD rental arm, with Qwikster taking over DVDs AND preparing to launch […]

Since 1987, The Simpsons has been on television in some form or another.  For pretty much all of my life, in fact, there’s been The Simpsons in some form or fashion, from the crudely-animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show to today’s streamlined animation process.  It’s far and away the longest-running animated series on television… […]

When Cam Newton tied a rookie record for passing yards last week, it was pretty noteworthy, but also dismissed pretty easily.  After all, anyone can throw for 400 yards on the Arizona Cardinals, assuming they’re an NFL-quality quarterback.  The test, the naysayers like myself said, would be against the superior Green Bay Packers, defending NFL champs […]

The comedic and subversive minds behind Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning construction paper cartoon South Park have already branched out to the silver screen with their marionette masterpiece Team America: World Police and a movie production of Cartman and his foul-mouthed friends in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The duo of Trey Parker and Matt Stone […]

Consider your old almanac out of date.  Guinness has released the Guinness Book Of World Records for 2012, and it’s the most interesting, expansive edition yet.  For example, the company has added a whole slate of interesting new records and categories, some of which make sense, and some of which are very confusing.  The Telegraph […]

Just when you think you know everything you need to know about dolphins, something comes along that changes the game.  Think all dolphins are heroes?  Well, they’re actually slaughtering porpoises and getting robotic tails to aid them in their pursuit of conquest.  A small sample of an entirely new species of dolphin, called Tursiops australis […]

Target is no stranger to teaming up with fashionistas.  They’re worked with all kinds of major labels on their merchandise, which brings haute couture down to Hot Pocket prices.  People love it, but they’ve never loved it the way they loved Target’s newest team-up.  The fashion house Missoni has released a limited collection from now until October […]

Whether it’s racing dachshunds or giggling penguins or golf-playing bears, cute animals can trigger an “Awwww” quicker than an adorable kid 61 percent of the time. (Okay, I just made up that statistic.) The cutest animal photos I’ve seen in quite a while originated from an athletic competition – the Kaninhop Club rabbit jump in […]

What could make a man smile the big toothless grin you see above? Try getting arrested for eating raw meat at Walmart. That’s what is making Scott Shover’s mugshot look like he just won the lottery instead of being charged with felony theft. It turns out Shover was spotted in a Walmart in Carlisle, Pennsylvania […]

When it comes to children, their little minds are like sponges.  Whatever’s going on around them generally affects them, and television is no different from books or speaking or the amount of lead in the paint in the household when it comes to influencing brain functioning.  Children who watched SpongeBob SquarePants had less self-control and […]

When you gather together the world’s most beautiful women for a pageant, there’s going to be a high level of interest, no matter what else might be going on.  That’s doubly true when you’re deciding who is going to be taking over for Jimena Navarrete as Miss Universe for 2011.  Well, in case you missed […]

The death of the book is vastly exaggerated, if you are to believe the folks at Amazon.  Amazon, who created the ebook market when they launched the Kindle, is looking to head back into the literature game, but in a different capacity.  According to rumors, Amazon is trying to start a paid library service.  That’s […]

When Cam Newton’s potential was discussed during his college career, the big knock on him was his arm and accuracy.  The national championship-winning quarterback was big, fast, and had a very strong arm, but could he throw the ball with touch and read NFL defenses?  Well, if you can take his debut into account, the […]

“J-E-T-S Jets! Jets! Jets!” is the cheer led by iconic fan Fireman Ed at New York Jets home games, but NFL linebacker Bart Scott isn’t hearing that nearly loudly enough. After the National Football League’s lockout over the summer, the full start of the long-awaited NFL season elates fans this weekend. With their first home […]

It was just supposed to be a localized outage while a utility company was switching out a piece of faulty equipment.  Somehow, things got more problematic than that.  Thanks to a utility company error, five million people in the Southwest are without power, including most of the spider-infested city of San Diego.  The blackout covers […]