America doesn’t have a long history compared to the rest of the world. You can walk into pubs that are as old as the United States in England, but that’s not to discount just how old America is. In 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, printers turned out 1700 copies of a book called the Bay Psalm […]
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Bad Santa Gets Arrested For Groping Comely Elf
Posted 11/26/2013 2:09 pm by Ron HoganTis the season to be jolly, and for one mall Santa in Hanover, Massachusetts, jolliness comes in the form of accusations of being sexually inappropriate. A 62-year-old man named Herbert Jones was playing Santa at a photo booth at the Hanover Mall when at about 5:30 during the day, the police came to the mall […]
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“Family Guy” Kills A Major Character
Posted 11/25/2013 5:00 pm by Ron HoganIf you haven’t watched this weekend’s episode of Family Guy and you’re offended by spoilers, just turn around right now and head in the other direction. Otherwise, read on. From struggling afterthought with a cult following to massive hit to target of protests and bannings, Fox’s cartoon series Family Guy has been through a lot […]
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Google “Whodle” Features Playable Doctor Who Game
Posted 11/22/2013 11:15 am by Ron HoganAs we head towards Friday, one of the longest-running shows in television history creeps towards a milestone. That show would be the BBC’s little sci-fi show that could: Doctor Who. Yes, Doctor Who is going to turn 50 this year, and it’s only fitting that this icon of nerd culture gets a salute in the […]
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Thief Steals Cat Litter From Animal Shelter
Posted 11/21/2013 6:00 pm by Marcia FeltsYesterday, the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society in Salisbury, Massachusetts was robbed of a very important item: cat litter. Now, we’ve seen thieves get creative in what they’ve taken. We’ve seen Porsches, large sums of money, more than 100 pumpkins, Marmite, and even prosthetic body parts lifted from various sources. But cat litter takes the […]
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Congresswoman Mugged In Washington, D.C.
Posted 11/21/2013 10:00 am by Ron HoganGrace Meng should be a streetwise woman. Sure, she’s a member of Congress, but she’s also from Queens, New York, so you think she’d know her way around tough streets. After having dinner with a friend and while walking back to her apartment, Meng found herself the victim of a smash-and-grab robbery in the Capitol […]
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Bob Dylan’s Channel-Flipping Interactive Video
Posted 11/20/2013 8:45 am by Ron HoganDespite starring in one of the first music videos, and having some really good videos over his career, I would have assumed that Bob Dylan isn’t a fan of the media. I’m not sure why I would think that, but it just seems like something he’d be a crank about. Well, Bob has both proven […]
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Grinnell College’s Jack Taylor Scores 100 Points Again
Posted 11/18/2013 11:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to scoring in basketball games, Grinnell College has it down to an art. A madcap, pressing, three-point bombing, relentless assault of an art. Men’s head coach David Arseneault dreamed up the system in order to save his job, but it’s turned Grinnell into a miniature powerhouse on the plains, routinely flirting with 200 […]
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Miguel Cabrera, Andrew McCutchen Win MVP Awards
Posted 11/15/2013 12:15 pm by Ron HoganAnother year, another award for Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera. Last year’s MVP, Cabrera managed to match that feat this season, even if he didn’t win another Triple Crown. Joining him in the category of baseball’s biggest stars is a young center fielder who helped drag Pittsburgh from the depths of baseball’s failure cellar to […]
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“Maleficent” Gets A Creepy Trailer
Posted 11/13/2013 3:05 pm by Ron HoganEvery move that Angelina Jolie does attracts a firestorm of media attention, from her medical issues to her family situation. However, once upon a time, she was an actress more than anything else, and it appears that Angelina Jolie the actress might be making waves for her movie situation if the Internet is to be […]
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Concert Pianist Could Go To Jail For Practicing At Home
Posted 11/12/2013 4:52 pm by Marcia Felts“Everyone’s a critic.” Every artist, writer, or musician knows the truth of the phrase, and how devastating criticism can sometimes be. But for one Spanish concert pianist, “devastating” doesn’t cover it. Laia Martin, age 27, faces seven years of jail time for practicing her playing at home. Not only that, but her parents face the […]
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One World Trade Center Is America’s Tallest Building
Posted 11/12/2013 2:23 pm by Ron HoganIt’s one of the biggest debates in architecture, quite literally. In the heart of Manhattan, New York City has built the impressive One World Trade Center tower, AKA the Freedom Tower. According to some, it’s the tallest building in the United States of America. However, that claim drew cries of complaint from the heart of […]
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New Drug Mimics Drunkenness—Without The Hangover
Posted 11/11/2013 12:00 pm by Marcia FeltsBack in 2010, Professor David Nutt, of Imperial College London, declared alcohol more dangerous than crack cocaine or heroine. Since then, he and his team have been working on an “alcohol substitute” that he hopes will do for alcohol use what the e-cigarette has done for tobacco use—that is to say, begin its decline. It’s […]
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The Doodle-Blot Test
Posted 11/08/2013 8:00 am by Ron HoganThese days, the inkblot test is more noteworthy for the name of a pop-culture comic book/movie character than its implications in psychology. However, the Rorschach test is still an important test in the history of the psychological world (even if it’s not used much today), and Google is paying special attention to that with a […]
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Marvel And Netflix Team Up To Revive Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist In Epic Four-Series Event
Posted 11/07/2013 2:30 pm by Ron HoganFor every billion-dollar blockbuster like The Avengers, Marvel is sitting on dozens of other properties that can be used to flesh out their universe, continue to grow their revenue stream, and add more color and interest into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, the in-progress Ant-Man, and the rumored Doctor […]
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Blockbuster Video Will Close Last 300 US Stores
Posted 11/07/2013 8:30 am by Ron HoganThe writing has been on the wall for some time. Blockbuster Video, which once boasted something like 9000 video stores in the United States alone, has been limping along for latter half of the 2000’s, with a bankruptcy filing in 2010 and the elimination of all but 300 stores over time. Now those last 300 […]
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Loki Hits Comedy Central To Promote “Thor: The Dark World”
Posted 11/06/2013 9:30 am by Ron HoganMarvel’s movie division is one of the most profitable companies in the world right now, never mind the profits they make off their comic books, toys, video games, and other assorted media and entertainments. Marvel has one of the world’s highest-grossing films ever put to digital projection in the billion-dollar The Avengers, and it’s a […]
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Two Planes Of Skydivers Crash In Midair; No One Seriously Hurt
Posted 11/04/2013 10:30 am by Ron HoganSkydiving is as safe as any other extreme sport, but that doesn’t mean it’s very safe. You have daredevils who do crazy 24-mile falls, and other people apparently jump from planes and simply disappear. Neither of those two things happened in the skies over Lake Superior in Minnesota. It was something somehow more impressive than […]
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Lawyer To Court: “Call Me Captain Justice”
Posted 11/01/2013 9:00 am by Ron HoganLegal proceedings can get quite tricky if you’re not a lawyer or judge or someone educated in the legal profession. There are a lot of specialized documents, briefs to be submitted, rules and regulations, and even the way you address the other participants in the court case are governed by a set of complex rules […]
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Only Six People Signed Up On Obamacare’s First Day
Posted 11/01/2013 8:15 am by Ron HoganIf you’ve been trying to enroll in health insurance via the official Obamacare website Healthcare.gov, you probably haven’t been successful. I’m confident in predicting this because, despite high demand and people falling all over themselves to get enrolled, the website has been consistently not functional (and spent about 36 hours offline over the past few […]
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