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Of the many things that brought down the Roman empire, one of the things that is mentioned the most is the lead content in the average Roman’s blood.  The Romans apparently were exposed to a great deal of lead, thanks to their famous system of aqueducts and their lead-filled cosmetics.  Apparently, lead in cosmetics is […]

It’s hard for someone like myself to say that one dog breed is better than another, especially when we’re talking about the best of the best. The sort of dog that wins the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the kind of dog that is way out of my league.  From the Scottish Deerhound that […]

Don’t call it a comeback.  Actually, that’s okay, you CAN call it a comeback.  After a tumultuous 2010 season that saw him being traded twice, getting a coach fired, and generally failing to perform to anyone’s expectations, wide receiver Randy Moss retired a frustrated, unfulfilled man.  Now, after a year of rest and relaxation, Randy […]

Well, last night’s Grammys may as well have been called the Adele Awards As Hosted by LL Cool J.  Adele, aka Adele Adkins, was basically the only person everyone was talking about last night at the Grammys.  The British songbird, who is only 23, won basically every award she was up for last night.  Adele […]

Will consumers purchase an electric car from the guy who started PayPal?  That’s a good question, and it’s one that Elon Musk is asking.  Tesla Motors, the electric car company famous for turning sports cars green (and I’m not talking via paint job), is at it again.  Not long ago, Tesla announced the Model S, […]

When it comes to fictional secret agents, there’s nobody quite like James Bond.  However, there was a secret agent who managed to force the Bond folks to revitalize their franchise with a new style of action and a hot new leading man, and that was the Bourne franchise.  While Daniel Craig’s got a new James […]

What do you do when you’re a petty thief who has caught someone in a much more serious crime?  That’s what one Australian man found himself pondering after he stole two mobile phones and a wallet from a car in a supermarket in Ballarat, Australia.  When the thief fired up the phones, he made a […]

In 2008, the people of California went to the polls and passed a statewide constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage.  Well now, according to the judges at the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, that constitutional amendment is unconstitutional.  Judges overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage, on grounds that it was discriminatory according […]

Every year, one of the most-watched programs is the final game of the NFL season.  The Super Bowl is a great excuse for parties, gathering with friends, eating and drinking too much, and generally squeezing in a non-holiday holiday in the middle of the worst month of the year.  There’s a reason networks spend billions […]

On February 6, 1952, Queen Elizabeth II became the monarch of Great Britain upon the death of her father, George VI.  This year marks the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign as Queen of England, and the Queen is going to be marking her Diamond Jubilee in characteristic low-key fashion, visiting a couple of […]

After Susan Cox Powell disappeared in 2009, her husband Josh Powell was the first and most notable suspect in her disappearance.  In fact, he was the only suspect, though the case against him was mostly circumstantial evidence.  Still, that didn’t prevent Ms. Powell’s parents from suing for, and gaining custody of, the couple’s two small […]

It was a Super Bowl halftime show for the ages.  In the interim between the first and second halves of what was a pretty spectacular game, Madonna took to a giant lighted video stage with a horde of shirtless Spartan attendants, cheerleaders, a choir, dancers, acrobats, a gigantic glittery flying dove, and a massive amount […]

Divorce culture is everywhere these days.  It’s easier to get married than ever in places like Vegas, and it’s getting easier and easier to get divorced, too.  Even in very conservative cultures like deeply religious Italy, which recently had its first divorce fair, and China, where a massive new divorce culture is breaking out thanks […]