The Florida Everglades is one of the most beautiful places on earth. You wouldn’t think there’s much beauty in a swamp, but the last time I went about a decade ago, there were some incredible sights to behold, some incredible animals to see, and lots of interesting wild creatures. However, that seems to be changing, […]
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Colbert’s Million-Dollar Super PAC
Posted 1/31/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganYou have to give credit to Stephen Colbert: when he’s going to make a joke, he’s going to run with the joke for as long as he possibly can before he gets in over his head. In the case of the Colbert Super PAC, officially known as “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” Colbert’s political […]
Read »Facebook’s IPO May Be The World’s Largest
Posted 1/31/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganFacebook, having hit the 500 investors market, has only a few days left to make the steps needed to become a fully public company, and among those steps are an initial public offering of stock. There’s Facebook stock for sale out there on the private market, but the company has got to make a step […]
Read »Blake Griffin Is Going To Dunk Someone’s Face Off
Posted 1/31/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganBlake Griffin is an athletic freak of nature. He’s one of the best jumpers in the NBA in years, and since he’s already nearly 7 feet tall, his freakish leaping ability and very long arms make him one of the hardest players in the NBA to guard. And that’s before you give him an All-Star […]
Read »Beyonce Gets College Course
Posted 1/30/2012 7:15 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to college courses, the key is to get the attention of students who might not ordinarily sign up for your class. After all, you get paid by the student and you have to have a certain number of students to keep the class going, so it’s key to get eyeballs. Hence, a […]
Read »School District Bans Ugg Boots
Posted 1/30/2012 6:45 am by Ron HoganSometimes, you have to play fashion police to get something done. In the case of Pottstown Middle School, part of a suburban Philadelphia school system, the key in this case was the ubiquity and size of the Uggs worn by the students. Pottstown Middle School banned Ugg boots because students were hiding cell phones in […]
Read »Djokovic Outlasts Nadal To Win Third Australian Open
Posted 1/29/2012 10:17 am by Stephanie SturgisIt took a marathon effort, but the top seed in men’s tennis, Novak Djokovic, fought off fatigue and No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal to win his third Australian Open and fifth overall Grand Slam title. Djokovic came back from a set down and a break down in a decider to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 […]
Read »Canadian High Schoolers Send A Lego Astronaut Into Space
Posted 1/28/2012 9:45 am by Ron HoganFor four and a half months, Canadian high school students Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammed spent every Saturday working on a project. No, it wasn’t restoring an old car, it was building a homemade satellite/space vehicle. Somehow, they not only managed to build their spacecraft, they managed to send a Lego minifigure into space. It’s […]
Read »35.5 Pounds Of Cocaine Delivered To The UN
Posted 1/27/2012 9:00 am by Ron HoganSo THAT’S why they all look like they’re having fun! A bag containing 35.5 pounds of cocaine in false notebooks was intercepted in the UN mail room. The bag, stamped with a fake-looking UN symbol, is believed to have ended up in New York from Mexico City via Cincinnati. Inside the bag were lots of hollowed-out notebooks, […]
Read »Twitter To Censor Tweets By Country
Posted 1/27/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganTwitter is caving to pressure. Once, Twitter was a big mass of jumbled Tweets of various intents, meanings, and purposes. Some were funny, some were self-promotional, some were blatantly bought and paid for, and some were just plain useless. Well, in situations where Twitter posts come into foul with local decency laws, Twitter has something […]
Read »Google+ Opens Up To Teens
Posted 1/27/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganMySpace, Facebook, and all the other social networks are chock full of teenagers, starting at age 13 and going all the way up to eternal teenagers. Google+ had positioned itself as a more grown-up service, yet even Google isn’t immune to pressure. Teenagers were demanding access to Google+, and Google+ caved in. Google+ has opened […]
Read »“Wheel Of Fortune” Was A Lot More Fun In The 80’s
Posted 1/27/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganIf you want to talk about the secret lives of game show hosts, you might want to talk about Pat Sajak. Apparently, the suit in charge of Wheel of Fortune used to have quite a bit of fun during tapings, and by fun I mean booze. That’s right, Pat Sajak confessed on ESPN2 that he […]
Read »$200 Fine For Stealing $0.79 Doughnut
Posted 1/26/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganFor a lot of people, grazing at the grocery store isn’t unusual. You eat a few grapes, check out the merchandise, and most stores turn a blind eye to it. However, stay away from the pastry case. On November 28, Zach O’Dell picked up a doughnut at Blair’s Market in Powell, Wyoming, and ate it […]
Read »Solar Storm Forces Delta, United To Change Flight Patterns
Posted 1/26/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganSo that big solar storm we had the other day actually had some repercussions in the real world, namely for airline companies. As the magnetic activity continues, commercial airlines are being forced to make adjustments on the fly to many of their so-called polar routes. Typically, a flight from Detroit to Asia means that the […]
Read »J.C. Penney’s Slashing Prices Permanently
Posted 1/26/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe days of hitting up the sales at Penney’s are over. The company, which has been struggling with the recession, has recently changed CEOs, bringing on Apple Store guru Ron Johnson as the new head man at the mall-based clothing company, and he’s already started making changes. One of his first moves is a bold […]
Read »Earth Hit By Largest Solar Radiation Storm Since 2003
Posted 1/25/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s been a long time since Earth was hit by a solar storm of the magnitude of the solar storm that hit Earth’s atmostphere over the weekend; according to the NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the earth was hit by the largest solar storm since 2003 beginning on late Sunday night and stretching into Tuesday […]
Read »Highlights From Last Night’s State Of The Union
Posted 1/25/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganDid you watch the State of the Union Address last night? If you’re anything like me, you didn’t. After all, Obama’s made this kind of speech on a regular basis since he got elected, and most people hate it when their television schedule gets upset by a stupid political thing, so like a lot of […]
Read »Demi Moore Seeking Treatment For “Exhaustion” And “Stress”
Posted 1/25/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganDemi Moore, the 49-year-old who made waves by first marrying and then seeking divorce from Ashton Kutcher, is having a little trouble adjusting to the single life. Since her marriage fell apart, she’s been looking increasingly thin and frail (which is impressive for an actress of her previous thinness). Her personal and health problems came […]
Read »Magic Mushrooms Fight Depression In The Brain
Posted 1/25/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to treating depression, there are a lot of strange cures to be found. There’s blue lights and chocolate. If those don’t work, there’s always electro-convulsive therapy, or shock treatment. If that doesn’t work, there’s… magic mushrooms? Yes, according to new research conducted at Imperial College London, psilocybin or magic mushrooms may be […]
Read »Starbucks To Begin Selling Alcohol In Atlanta and Southern California
Posted 1/24/2012 10:24 am by Stephanie SturgisStarbucks, it’s not just for coffee anymore. That’s not the official new Starbucks slogan, but the company’s latest announcement, one year after changing its iconic mermaid logo, means the coffee giant is expanding the list of its liquid offerings. The world’s biggest chain of cozy coffee shops is going to begin offering beer and wine […]
Read »Disney To Allow Facial Hair For Employees
Posted 1/24/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganMuch like the Iranian government’s rules on haircuts and USB’s rules on underwear, Disney is a large autocratic organization with very strict rules on what employees can and cannot do, wear, or have growing on their face. For example, the company of Walt Disney (a man with an iconic mustache) banned mustaches until 2000. Until […]
Read »Senator Rand Paul Detained By The TSA In Nashville
Posted 1/24/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganSenator Rand Paul, from my home state of Kentucky, is a growing conservative leader and a libertarian chip off the old block of his father, Ron Paul. In addition, both Pauls are doctors, Senators, and generally all around well-behaved gentlemen. Except when their civil liberties are infringed upon by the government or an agency thereof; […]
Read »Vanity License Plate Leads Police To Bank Robber
Posted 1/23/2012 10:36 am by Stephanie SturgisVanity, thy name is dumb bank robber Robert Alm. Criminals just keep getting dumber and dumber. This weekend PopFi brought you the story of the thief who dropped the keys to his getaway car inside the Taco Bell he was robbing. There have been robbers dressed like leprechauns and Santa Claus. And don’t forget the […]
Read »Oregon Ducks Coach Chip Kelly Angling Towards NFL Job
Posted 1/23/2012 9:00 am by Ron HoganThe University of Oregon sports teams are trend-setters in terms of their terrible uniforms. Thanks to their status as a Nike testing lab, Oregon gets new uniforms for every reason. Now, they’re going to have to find a new head coach. Oregon Ducks head man Chip Kelly is looking to move to the NFL. Kelly […]
Read »Russia, NASA Planning A Manned Lunar Colony
Posted 1/23/2012 8:30 am by Ron HoganOnce upon a time, Russia and the United States were bitter enemies in pretty much all aspects of life. From sports to space exploration, the US and the USSR were neck-and-neck in their fight against one another, but not anymore. With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the democratization of Russia, two former enemies […]
Read »Felicity Aston Is The First Woman To Cross Antarctica Solo
Posted 1/23/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganFelicity Aston is nothing if not a trailblazer. While dozens of abandoned settlements litter Antarctica’s coasts, only the bravest or dumbest of explorers have journeyed into the continent’s icy core, and only the bravest of the brave undertake the trek alone. Felicity Aston, 34, is one of those. The British adventurer and meteorologist set not […]
Read »Seal, Heidi Klum To Divorce
Posted 1/23/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to marriage, you have to work to make it. Russell Brand and Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, and most of Hollywood won’t put in the hard work necessary to make a merger of two celebrities work, but it always seemed like Seal (the singer, not the animal) and Heidi Klum were going to […]
Read »Super Bowl XLVI Matchup Set: Giants/Patriots II
Posted 1/23/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganIn 2008, the New York Giants and Eli Manning needed a miracle catch from David Tyree to disrupt the New England Patriots and Tom Brady’s attempt to go 19-0 and win a Super Bowl title to become the best professional football team of all time. Super Bowl XLVI is going to look an awful lot […]
Read »Joe Paterno Has Died
Posted 1/22/2012 10:54 am by Stephanie SturgisMembers of his family have announced that the winningest college football coach in NCAA Division I history Joe Paterno has passed away this morning. Rumors circulated around the Internet last night that the 85-year-old had died apparently before the actual event occurred. Paterno, who was battling lung cancer, had been hospitalized at State College’s Mount […]
Read »Dutch Teen Sets Unofficial Record For Sailing Around The Globe
Posted 1/22/2012 9:35 am by Stephanie SturgisWhen I was 16 years old, if my ancient brain remembers this correctly, I was trying to avoid homework in order to find more time to hang out with my pals. Like 15-year-old Jordan Romero who has climbed peaks on all seven continents, teenager Laura Dekker was a bit more ambitious in what she wanted […]
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