Dubai has been on a really impressive building building streak in the last few years. It seems that every week Dubai is doing something else impressive, like building the world’s largest building. Still, fast growth means there are some problems every so often. It seems that every cool project has some kind of problem to […]
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Breaks All The Records
Posted 12/21/2015 7:45 pm by Ron HoganOn Thursday night last week, I and a whole lot of other people was at a movie theater to watch Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. The last time I was this excited for a movie was when Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and despite that, I was still really excited for The Force […]
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Mayor And Council Brawl At Birmingham Meeting
Posted 12/15/2015 8:45 pm by Ron HoganYou would be surprised by just how much power local mayors have. You’d think that an official in a town would be fairly limited, but you’d be wrong. Mayors can be very powerful, and like all politicians, they are prone to their vices. After all, they’re only human. And humans can have disagreements. The mayor […]
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See James Franco Channel Tommy Wiseau In The Disaster Artist
Posted 12/10/2015 8:07 pm by Ron HoganThe Room is one of my favorite movies. It’s the rare film where someone spent a lot of money and did the wrong thing at every possible turn. A passion project for mysterious, secretive director Tommy Wiseau, who claims to have been raised in Louisiana and only will call himself an American despite an impenetrable […]
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LeBron James Signs Lifetime Nike Deal
Posted 12/07/2015 6:22 pm by Ron HoganThere’s just something about LeBron James that seems to be able to capture the imagination of the public. Maybe it’s part of the circus that surrounds him: free agency signing specials, moving from his hometown team to a big media market, moving back to Cleveland, and so on. Everyone seems to want to pay attention […]
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Designer Super Mario Tees?
Posted 12/03/2015 11:20 pm by Ron HoganFashion designers look for inspiration everywhere. Some of it is pop culture, like Friday the 13th-inspired hoodies. Other fashions are inspired by low culture, like deluxe Snuggies. Some people turn to the culture of their past for inspiration, like the 8-bit video games they grew up on. Italian fashion house Moschino is partnering with Nintendo […]
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