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Well, I guess the future never came. If you’ve ever been to a mall anywhere in America, you know Dippin’ Dots.  They’re the little cart set up near the food court or around some other eateries, and they sell something called “The Frozen Treat of the Future.”  I’ve never seen anyone eating Dippin’ Dots.  Even […]

When you’re in a band that performs bloody mock executions on stage while wearing massive, elaborate costumes and playing theatrical heavy metal, you’re no stranger to seeing terrible things happen around you, but what happens when the terrible thing happens off-stage?  Namely, a tragedy in the tour bus.  How do you handle that?  GWAR is […]

If you didn’t get your hands on one of the accidentally released early copies of Modern Warfare 3 that were sold at Kmart, then you’re going to have to wait a little while longer to start playing the latest game in Infinity Ward’s massively popular shooter.  However, there’s still a chance to get an early […]

Once upon a time, Jeremy Mayfield had a bright future.  He was a driver on the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, making good money, and seemingly on the road to stardom, or at least a steady career as a professional race car driver.  Then in 2009, NASCAR suspended Mayfield after he tested positive for methamphetamines.  Mayfield […]

Is Justin Bieber the father of a Baby, Baby, Baby, Oh?  Well, according to 20-year-old Mariah Yeater, the 17-year-old Canadian pop singer is the father of her three-month-old baby boy.  Bieber’s reps are denying everything, of course, but Yeater has filed a lawsuit in California saying that Justin Bieber fathered her baby backstage at Bieber’s […]

Before October was over, I’d seen my first Christmas commercial.  On Halloween weekend, I saw my first Christmas decorations.  Every year, the holiday rush towards Christmas gets faster and faster, and nothing moves quite as fast as the online world.  Amazon has already debuted its combined Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals website, and the deals have […]

You’d think they were the perfect pair.  Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, and Zooey Deschanel, the twee indie film darling turned honey-throated 60’s style pop star as the lead singer of She and Him.  Their careers are going well; Death Cab dropped their seventh album this year and Zooey’s got a […]

Siberia is a harsh, cruel land.  It’s a dark, cold, lonely place, and it’s home to some of the most isolated places and communities in the world.  It’s no wonder that Siberia has some interesting genetic oddities among its population.  For example, ancient cavemen.  Traces of DNA from the proto-human Denisovan Neanderthals have been found […]

There’s a new member of the exclusive space club.  While China launched its first rocket into orbit in 2003, there’s one thing the country hasn’t been able to accomplish, and that’s actually docking a space ship with something in orbit.  Well, China already has the Tiangong 1 space module in orbit around planet Earth, and […]

Last night was a banner night for Houston Cougars quarterback Case Keenum.  The sixth-year senior (granted an extra year of eligibility for medical reasons after missing last season with a knee injury) is climbing all the NCAA career passing lists thanks to Houston’s prolific offense.  Last night, Case Keenum threw a career-best 9 touchdowns as […]

Of the many movies to come out this year, the Hollywood version of Stieg Larsson’s international best-selling novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the one most people are looking forward to.  Starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara (as Lisbeth Salander), the big-budget adaptation of the novel is already making waves thanks to Lisbeth’s […]

Are you eagerly awaiting the next generation of video games?  Well, you won’t have to wait too long.  Nintendo’s next-generation console, the Nintendo Wii U, will be available for gamers to try out at E3 in Los Angeles in June, and the Wii U will be launching after March 2012 to coincide with the new […]

President Obama is on a roll.  On Monday, he announced new initiatives to help those behind on their mortgages.  On Tuesday, he announced a new plan to give veterans jobs.  On Wednesday, he announced something even more impressive.  President Obama announced a new set of rules for student loan payments which may save hundreds of […]

Some 300 years ago, a man named Edward Teach was the scourge of the seven seas.  Dubbed Blackbeard, he’s one of the msot famous pirates in history, and from his home base on Ocracoke Island, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, he robbed ships, plundered loot, and even blockaded the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, […]