It’s not often that a story about someone getting attacked by a pig turns out to be hilarious, but Debbie DeRiemaecker from Shelby Township, Michigan, was only the first part of a great story. She was at her home when a large pig chased her into the front yard. Laughing, she called 911 and the police […]
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Amazon Offering Store-Brand Groceries
Posted 5/28/2015 7:10 pm by Ron HoganAmazon offers just about everything you could want, and thanks to Amazon Prime, you can get it all pretty cheaply and pretty quickly. Awesome stuff, right? I sure think so; I’m one of Prime’s many customers, and not just for awesome streaming videos. I love Amazon, and I use it to buy products in bulk, […]
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Fourteen FIFA Officials Captured In Corruption Probe
Posted 5/27/2015 9:13 pm by Ron HoganBillions of dollars in incredibly lucrative advertising. Billions of viewers. It’s one of the most lucrative businesses in the world, particularly the sports world. It’s also infamous for its corruption, but nobody has done anything about it. Until now. Leave it to the United States, the least football-mad country in the world, to stand up […]
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Charter Offers $56 Billion Dollars For Time Warner
Posted 5/26/2015 7:06 pm by Ron HoganOnce upon a time, it was the mission of a company to get big, get money, and then diversify. A television company, a publishing house, production studios, an online services provider… once upon a time, Time Warner did everything under the sun and spread its tendrils wide in a bid to make money everywhere doing […]
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Eiffel Tower Closed By Pickpockets
Posted 5/22/2015 6:03 pm by Ron HoganIn 1889, no one thought the Eiffel Tower was going to be a permanent addition to the skyline of Paris. Some 126 years later, the Eiffel Tower has changed some, but it continues to draw crowds to The City Of Lights, enthralling tourists with some incredible views. But as anyone knows, what draws tourists also […]
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Apple Plans Dual-App iPad
Posted 5/21/2015 5:58 pm by Ron HoganIt seems like it’s been a long time since anyone has had a reason to talk about the iPad, or tablet computers in general. Sure Microsoft’s Surface made a little noise, but even the iPad 3 didn’t make a lot of noise among the computer world. Faced with flagging sales for the iPad, it’s time […]
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David Letterman’s Last Show Will Be Wednesday
Posted 5/19/2015 6:21 pm by Ron HoganIt’s a defining moment in television history. Passed over for the Tonight Show in favor of Jay Leno despite Johnny Carson’s blessing, David Letterman left NBC and went to blaze new ground, kick-starting a late-night show on CBS. There he made television history, picking a fight with the richest woman in the world and becoming […]
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Blues Icon BB King Dead At 89
Posted 5/15/2015 5:24 pm by Ron HoganOn September 16, 1925, Riley B. King was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Berclair, Mississippi. In the 1940’s, on the radio in Memphis, Riley was dubbed Blues Boy. Riley became B.B. King, and B.B. King became a living legend, melding gospel, spirituals, big band music, jazz, rock and roll, and everything else into a […]
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Harry Shearer Is Leaving The Simpsons
Posted 5/14/2015 6:19 pm by Ron HoganAll good things must come to an end, and one of the longest and most successful runs of any voice actor is apprently coming to an end thanks to a contract dispute. There have been lots of contract disputes in the history of Fox’s smash hit The Simpsons, and some have nearly derailed the show. […]
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Tom Brady Suspended Four Games Over Deflategate
Posted 5/12/2015 6:24 pm by Ron HoganThe road to Super Bowl XLIV is paved with deflated balls, courtesy of the AFC and Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. The NFL ruled that the Patriots did use intentionally deflated footballs during the first half of the AFC Championship game, and now the face of the franchise is going to take a bruising. […]
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Fifteen And Done For American Idol
Posted 5/11/2015 6:36 pm by Ron HoganWhat a long strange trip it’s been for the most popular music reality show in television history. Fox’s American Idol has been a ratings juggernaut, routinely gathering in 30 million viewers and dominating multiple nights of television no matter what was thrown up against it. It spawned platinum-selling artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, […]
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Bill Simmons Is Leaving ESPN
Posted 5/08/2015 7:42 pm by Ron HoganAt some point, you have to move on before people stop appreciating you. For one of ESPN’s most popular writers, it might be time to move on. Once upon a time, Bill Simmons was the hottest star of ESPN, and no amount of corporate suspensions could slow down his acerbic wit and his unwillingness to […]
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Ebola Survivor’s Eyes Changed Colors
Posted 5/07/2015 6:45 pm by Ron HoganDr. Ian Crozier was on the front lines in the global war against the dangerous ebola virus, and he got burned for it. It’s one of the biggest killers out there, and even under strictest precautions, it’s still a very dangerous disease that affects caregivers and medical personnel alike. Crozier was one of those personnel, […]
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Phone Case Harvests Radio Waves For Power
Posted 5/05/2015 7:39 pm by Ron HoganOne of Nicola Tesla’s craziest, most famous ideas was the idea of so-called wireless energy, in which electricity just floated through the air to be plucked down to power your car or headphones or whatever device you might have that needs electricity. That idea is beginning to take off in a limited way, but a company […]
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The New Royal Princess Has A Name
Posted 5/04/2015 7:49 pm by Ron HoganThe first Royal Baby watch ended up in a cute little prince named George. Royal Baby Watch 2 resulted in a lovely little Princess who, so far, has been nameless. That has finally changed, thanks to some serious consideration on the part of William Windsor and Kate Middleton. The new royal baby is going to […]
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German Magazine Prints With HIV+ Blood
Posted 5/01/2015 7:17 pm by Ron HoganIt seems that as the years advance, HIV and AIDS are becoming forgotten diseases. Everyone knows they’re there, but they’re not nearly as scary to people these days as they used to be, since the disease isn’t a guaranteed death sentence within a few years anymore. There are vaccines being worked on, stem cell research […]
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