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Lego and its omnipresent minfigures and bricks have been everywhere.  From a trip to space to the Royal Wedding, Legos have a place in every aspect of our society, even church.  However, there have been some surprises along the way.  While walking on Siesta Key Beach in Florida, Jeff Hindman stumbled across a pretty unusual […]

Originally written in the 18th Century, the Copiale Cipher was a secret document detailing the rites, rituals, and fascinations of an obscure German cult.  Long hidden away behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany, the document was unknown to the west for many years.  Even after it was discovered by Western researchers, the code of […]

A relic of the Cold War will be no more.  The B53 nuclear bomb, the most powerful atomic bomb ever developed by the United States, will be leaving America’s weapons stockpile.  The last B53 nuclear bomb was dismantled at a Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas.  The bomb was the centerpiece of America’s nuclear weapons arsenal […]

They’re called the Northern Lights for a reason.  Generally, the aurora borealis is confined to colder, northern territories where the radiation from the sun’s constant activity is more likely to affect the atmosphere.  However, last night, the northern lights weren’t so northern.  The aurora borealis was seen as far south as Mississippi, Alabama, and even […]

The McRib, everyone’s favorite McDonald’s sandwich and a personal favorite, is one of those rare treats that’s worth going out of your way to get.  It’s a part-time menu item at McDonald’s, meaning it’s not available everywhere all the time.  Individual franchisees choose when they’re going to roll out the McRib, and it’s rarely available […]

Some months ago, Yahoo turned down a $44-billion-dollar buy-out offer from Microsoft, choosing to stick with Carol Bartz and attempt to make their way on their own in a crowded, rough market for search engines and social networking hubs.  Well, Carol Bartz is gone, and once again, companies are lining up to make an attempt to get […]

If you thought the only records being broken this weekend were on the football field, think again.  At the movie theater, another long-time record was being smashed.  The movie Paranormal Activity 3, the third movie in which a family is harassed by demons while video taping all the action, had itself a pretty good weekend […]

With ever expansion, the worlds that make up the World of Warcraft continue to change.  Every expansion leads to higher-level characters, more skills, new worlds to explore, new enemies, and the omnipresent thumping of the drums of progress as the never-ending cold war between the Alliance and the Horde spreads across the worlds of Azeroth. […]

On the surface, it was a routine trade.  Trades happen all the time in the NFL, and all of the parties involved assumed the trade that moved Jerome Harrison from the Detroit Lions to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for Ronnie Brown and a draft pick would pass with flying colors.  There’s only one problem. […]

Before the opening game of the World Series, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington joked that he couldn’t “match a wit” with notoriously cerebral and glum St. Louis Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa.  That didn’t stop him from trying.  During last night’s 3-2 victory by the Cards over the Rangers, Tony La Russa dipped into his […]

Your office supply art just got much more expensive.  In another attempt to stave off bankruptcy and actually lose less money than expected, the United States Postal Service is passing its expenses on to you, the consumer.  That’s right, the price to mail a letter is going up yet again.  Starting on January 22, postcard postage increases […]

For whatever reason, Sony cannot make a handheld game that people want to buy.  Nintendo, even with its screw-ups regarding the Nintendo 3DS, owns the portable gaming handheld market, and Sony can’t seem to make a dent in the market.  Fortunately, Sony is a multi-billion-dollar company with lots of cash to waste, so they’ll keep […]

When Carson Palmer got up yesterday, he was a retired NFL quarterback.  He wasn’t officially retired; he was still drawing checks from Cincinnati owner Mike Brown, but he wasn’t going to play any time soon.  He wanted out of Cincinnati, where the Bengals have only had two winning seasons in the last 20 years.  Bengals owner Mike Brown […]

It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten any news concerning Richard Branson’s for-profit space exploration venture or the $209-million-dollar Spaceport America out in the middle of nowhere in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but just because there’s no big news, that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening.  Behind the scenes, Virgin Galactic has been hard at work preparing […]

When it comes to any emergency situation, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  However, when that ounce of prevention fails to work, you really need to be prepared.  There’s not going to be much of a warning when it comes to the inevitable zombie outbreak, so it’s best to get prepared […]