Garlic is good for you. There’s lots of proof for that, and as such, garlic is the go-to ingredient in folk medicine throughout Europe. However, as it turns out, garlic might be potent enough to kill one of the most dangerous infections in the world. If you get MRSA, also known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, […]
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Little-Known Trevor Noah To Replace Jon Stewart
Posted 3/30/2015 8:40 pm by Ron HoganAt age 36, Jon Stewart went from a modest stand-up comedian to the seat that would make him a household name. Now he’s a little long-in-the-tooth for the daily grind of creating television news satire that’s more informative than your average news broadcast and is looking to do other things. That leaves Comedy Central in […]
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James Bond Versus SPECTRE
Posted 3/28/2015 9:37 am by Ron HoganJames Bond just cannot be stopped, except perhaps by himself. Studio struggles almost killed Skyfall, but the movie turned out to be a huge hit when it was finished and audiences demanded more, as they have over 24 movies by now. The rumored 24th Bond movie is making its first appearances online, and it’s pretty […]
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Heinz To Buy Kraft, Make Tomato Mac And Cheese
Posted 3/26/2015 5:26 pm by Ron HoganTake your Kraft Dinner and slap some ketchup on it. Add some cheese-type food to your tin of baked beans. The home eater has long had free reign to do whatever they want with their food, and now it looks like companies are following suit. Heinz is buying up Kraft, merging two food giants into […]
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Angelina Jolie Removes Her Ovaries After Cancer Scare
Posted 3/24/2015 5:35 pm by Ron HoganTwo years ago, Angelina Jolie made waves when she made a decision to save her own life. Cancer is common in her family, and Jolie has the BRCA1 gene mutation that significantly increases cancer risk for both breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie’s mother died of ovarian cancer, and having seen that struggle, Angelina Jolie decided […]
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Toddler Revived After Being Dead For 101 Minutes
Posted 3/20/2015 8:13 pm by Ron HoganThe fact that we can take people who are dead and bring them back to life is mind-boggling. CPR is an incredible feat of human ingenuity and body engineering, isn’t it? Sure, it doesn’t always work, but when it does work, that’s a small miracle. Gardell Martin, a 22-month-old boy from Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, is another […]
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Austin Businesses “Exclusively For White People”
Posted 3/19/2015 6:27 pm by Ron HoganWhen it comes to racist business signs, there are the sort that are deliberate and the sort that are accidental. It’s not hard to accidentally change Rich Whitney to Rich Whitey, and freshly ground black people is a typo, not a real ingredient in a meal. Still, some Austin, Texas businesses opened for business with […]
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Kraft Recalls 242K Cases of Mac And Cheese Over Steel Shards
Posted 3/18/2015 5:52 pm by Ron HoganWhen I say people love macaroni and cheese, I mean it. Like, people get crazy over mac and cheese, and they’ll do anything to it to make it better. Mac and cheese and bacon? You bet. Healthier mac and cheese? Of course; anything to eat better and not give up anything. Mac and cheese with […]
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Happy 30th Anniversary, Dot Com Addresses!
Posted 3/15/2015 6:12 pm by Ron HoganIt seems like only five years ago we were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first dot com address. That’s because we were. Thirty years ago, symbolics.com was the first dot com address registered, kickstarting the modern Internet as we know it. Happy 30th anniversary, Symbolics.com! And more importantly, happy 30th anniversary, Internet! “In the […]
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Once-In-A-Century Pi Day Today!
Posted 3/14/2015 8:28 am by Ron HoganEvery March 14 is a big event. At my work place, we have Pie Day in honor of Pi Day. The first three digits of pi show up every March 14 (3.14), but this year’s Pi Day is a slice of something very special. It’s 2015, so Pi Day is 3.1415. That’s a once-in-a-century conflagration […]
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Terry Pratchett Is Dead At 66
Posted 3/12/2015 8:48 pm by Ron HoganAll Terry Pratchett wanted was what he called a noble death. He wanted to die on his terms, while he still had the mental capacity to make the decision himself. He wanted what he called the Victorian death: surrounded by friends and family, a few tears, and the chance to say goodbye. In the end, […]
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Stop Throwing Pizzas At The Breaking Bad House
Posted 3/11/2015 9:06 pm by Ron HoganWhen a television show becomes a cult favorite, it’s going to attract some dedicated fans. Witness what’s happening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the wake of Vince Gilligan’s massive television successes. A quiet neighborhood is now the center of a Breaking Bad tourism industry, but it’s having terrible repercussions for the people that live there. […]
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Netflix And Marvel’s Daredevil Gets A Trailer
Posted 3/10/2015 5:48 pm by Ron HoganWhile Agents of SHIELD never held my interest, I loved Marvel’s Agent Carter series. I loved it enough that I’m completely on board with a street-level Marvel television series that captures the company’s ground-based heroes. After all, there’s a lot of crime out there, and there’s a lot of crime that Thor, Iron Man, and […]
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Harrison Ford Crashes Plane Into Golf Course
Posted 3/06/2015 8:58 am by Ron HoganIs it possible to be both a cranky old man and an action hero? Let’s ask Harrison Ford. He shot to fame as Han Solo, roguish pilot, and it appears he’s something of a rogue pilot in real life, as well. Ford’s love of flying is well documented, and it was his love of flying […]
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Plane Slides Off Runway At LaGuardia Airport
Posted 3/05/2015 12:37 pm by Ron HoganWhen it comes to snow and ice, don’t mess around with traveling unless you absolutely have to. After all, when snow comes in, everything wisely grinds to a halt. Even in one of the world’s busiest airports, when the weather turns, there’s no telling what will happen. Delta flight 1086 from Atlanta to New York […]
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The Avengers: Age Of Ultron’s Secret-Filled Third Trailer
Posted 3/04/2015 5:44 pm by Ron HoganIf you don’t like super hero movies, that’s your business. But if you don’t like Marvel movies? Well, I’m not sure what I can do for you. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been spectacular movie-going fun, and even the lesser Marvel films are as good as anything of that type of entertainment that’s ever been […]
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NBC Launching Online Comedy Subscription Service
Posted 3/03/2015 7:18 pm by Ron HoganEvery year, it seems that the amount of broadcast television events gets smaller and smaller, even as television companies get larger and larger via purchases, mergers, spin-offs, and whatnot. These days, everyone is cutting cords and turning to online services for their entertainment. HBO is launching one, CBS has launched one, and now it looks […]
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