I think it’s not hard to make the occasional mental error, but some mistakes are just too massive to make. For example, John Wayne is a beloved American actor and cowboy icon whose very image invokes everything great about America. John Wayne Gacy is a reviled American serial killer and pedophile whose very image invokes […]
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Threatened By Wildfires
Posted 6/28/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s a tense scene. Wildfires have surrounded the Los Alamos National Lab, threatening America’s nuclear weapons laboratory. The nearby town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, has seen 12,000 residents evacuated by firefighting crews after the Las Conchas wildfire moved from the Santa Fe National Forest towards the Los Alamos nuclear facility, rendering Los Alamos a […]
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Star Wars Galaxies To Close On December 15
Posted 6/28/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganAt the time, it was a can’t miss property, yet somehow, it missed. When Star Wars Galaxies launched eight years ago, it was an instant hit. Fans were energized by the prospect of further Star Wars adventures, and they were ready to get in on the action. As it turns out, however, the game never […]
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The Easiest Way To Catch A LOT Of Fish
Posted 6/27/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to the Asian flying carp, it’s a horrible fish that eats the other fish in the waterways it infests out of house and home, literally. Asian flying carp are one of the most dangerous invasive species on the planet, and not just because Asian flying carp like to knock people out. In […]
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Billy The Kid’s Only Portrait Fetches $2.6 Million
Posted 6/27/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganIn 1879, William Henry McCarty Jr., AKA Henry Antrim, AKA William H. Bonney, AKA the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid, stood with his guns at his side in a portrait studio in New Mexico and got his only known photograph made. Little did Billy know that tintype (an early photography method that leaves an image […]
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The 10,000 Year Clock
Posted 6/24/2011 8:00 am by Ron HoganJeff Bezos is a man with a dream. That dream? Build something that will puzzle future generations long after he is dead. his solution? Build a giant clock that will keep accurate time for 10,000 years. Fortunately, others have laid the groundwork for Bezos’ folly; all it takes is his money. Here’s how you build […]
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Man Hides In Portable Toilet At Yoga Festival
Posted 6/24/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganThe main benefit of yoga, aside from good mental health, is the way that it transforms your body from a stiff, flabby collection of flailing limbs into a lithe, flexible, and graceful thing of beauty. Assuming you use your yoga powers for good, rather than evil. However, not all yogis use their skills for the […]
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Kyrie Irving Tops The 2011 NBA Draft
Posted 6/24/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s every basketball player’s dream. You travel to New York City and you hear David Stern call your name as the number one pick of the NBA draft. Only one person can do this every year; this year’s top NBA Draft pick was Duke point guard and do-it-all hoopster Kyrie Irving, who played only 11 […]
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Peyton And Eli Manning Are “Football Cops”
Posted 6/24/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to accomplishments, you don’t get much more accomplished than a pair of Super Bowl-champion quarterbacks, one of whom has made 11 straight Pro Bowls, and their Hall of Fame father. However, with the National Football League looking to lock the players out next season, the Manning family of Peyton, Eli, and Archie, […]
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Wrong-Way Penguin Ends Up In New Zealand
Posted 6/22/2011 8:00 am by Ron HoganWhen you think of New Zealand, what do you think of? Sun, sand, surf, bikinis, and penguins? Well, probably not the last one, but New Zealand residents have been taken aback by the sight of a juvenile Emperor penguin that came ashore one day on Peka Peka Beach. Apparently, the bird has taken a wrong […]
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The Tesla Roadster Is Selling Out
Posted 6/22/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it was first announced, the Tesla Roadster made serious waves. A sports car that is also green? It seems illogical, but apparently Tesla was able to combine 0-60 in 4 seconds with 250 miles of range to create an electric super car, the first of its kind. Of course, it is $109,000, but if you […]
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Amish Man Arrested For Sexting 12-Year-Old Girl
Posted 6/22/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganYou would think that life in an Amish community would be clean, wholesome, and free from the distractions of the modern world. You’d be wrong. As it turns out, Amish communities are home to serious drug abuse and sale, puppy mills, and now attempted sex with minor children. That’s right, the Amish have discovered sexting, […]
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Deep Fried Kool Aid? Sign Me Up!
Posted 6/21/2011 5:00 pm by Ron HoganWhen it comes to frying things, there’s nobody better than “Chicken” Charlie Boghosian, whose Chicken Charlie food truck is a fixture at fairs throughout California during the summer and fall. Chicken Charlie has been frying things for years; he’s credited as the inventor of the fried Oreo cookie and is the inventor of deep-fried Coca-Cola. […]
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Steven Spielberg Fired Megan Fox From Transformers
Posted 6/21/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s not every day that a movie franchise drops its top star, but that’s just what happened when director Michael Bay fired Megan Fox from his latest Transformers film. As it turns out, Megan Fox was fired from Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon because she broke Godwin’s Law. When Megan Fox compared Michael Bay […]
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Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year
Posted 6/21/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganThere are some days that just seem to last forever, and then there’s the summer solstice. While it doesn’t last forever, the summer solstice is the longest day of the year, as this is the closest the earth will be to the sun all year. The summer solstice is today, June 21, and Google has […]
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Weird Al’s Alpocalypse Debuts With “Perform This Way”
Posted 6/21/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWeird Al Yankovic is better than ever. Despite the years of performing his hilarious hits, Weird Al may be doing better work than ever. “White And Nerdy” propelled Al to the top ten, and it looks as though he’s not stopping any time soon. Amazingly, Alpocalypse is Weird Al’s 13th full length album, and it […]
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Meet Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA For 2011
Posted 6/20/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganAlyssa Campanella has a lot of experience with beauty pageants. She’s a former Miss Teen USA runner-up from New Jersey, and she’s the reigning Miss California USA. Now, thanks to her victory last night, Alyssa Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She beat 50 […]
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The Web Is About To Grow
Posted 6/20/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is the company that controls all URLs available and runs the entire World Wide Web. When you type in popfi.com and it takes you here, that’s because I bought the URL from the guy that bought the URL from a company that’s a registered URL […]
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Vancouver Riots After Stanley Cup Loss
Posted 6/16/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganPeople will use any excuse to start rioting and go crazy. No more nuts at the bar? Time to riot. Justin Bieber doesn’t show up to the mall? Time to riot. Vancouver loses the Stanley Cup Finals? Time to riot. Canada, long believed by people who don’t know better to be a genteil heaven on […]
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The 3000-Mile Oil Change Myth
Posted 6/15/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganSince cars began, it seems as though there’s been a rule. Every 3000 miles, rain or shine, you change your oil. Whether you drive a van, a sports car, or a car that runs on fat, you have to change your oil after 3000 miles. Consider that myth busted. According to Jiffy Lube, the world’s […]
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Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Posted 6/15/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganTime for a little good news, bad news, when it comes to tonight’s complete lunar eclipse. Good news: there will be a total eclipse of the moon tonight, June 15. Bad news: If you live in North America, you won’t be able to see it at all. That’s right, the lunar eclipse will not be […]
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Macy’s Ad Fail: Miami Heat Championship Edition
Posted 6/14/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganIn a sense, it’s easy to understand the mistake. It’s pretty common for ads to be prepared days, even weeks in advance of when they are needed, with editors inserting the right copy appropriately when it is time for the ad to run. Well, a Miami Herald editor is in hot water with both the […]
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The Worried Prairie Dog
Posted 6/14/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganLittle-known fact time: the Dramatic Chipmunk, one of the most popular animals on the Internet, isn’t actually a chipmunk. Dramatic Chipmunk is actually a dramatic prairie dog. Perhaps the drama of the prairie dog is rubbing off on the other prairie dogs, as photographer Rob Palmer captured a great image of a worried-looking prairie dog […]
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Mavs Topple Heat, Win 2010-11 NBA Title
Posted 6/13/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganIt wasn’t supposed to happen this way. LeBron James made himself a villain, stabbed his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in the back, and fled to the superstar-ladened Miami Heat in pursuit of championships and glory. King James was supposed to rise to the occasion, topple Dirk Nowitski, Jason Kidd, and the rest of the ancient Dallas […]
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The World’s Richest Dog, Trouble, Dies
Posted 6/10/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to pets, most of them live better than people. They eat, play, and sleep all day while their human masters toil at jobs. If their owner is a good person at all (and sometimes if they’re not), they live the life most of us wish we had. Trouble, a Maltese who once […]
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Google Honors Les Paul, Doodle Style
Posted 6/09/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to honoring folks who deserve it, Google goes all out. And when it comes to people who deserve the best possible Google Doodle salute, Les Paul has to be it. I mean, he invented the electric guitar and, in the process, completely changed music in the process. Why wouldn’t Les Paul get […]
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Nintendo’s Next Console: The Wii U
Posted 6/08/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWell, true to form, E3 is here and that means Nintendo has unveiled the console formerly known as Project Cafe. The long-awaited sequel to the Nintendo Wii has been dubbed the Nintendo Wii U. If that name is terrible now, don’t worry: the Nintendo Wii U is pretty awesome and will make up for the […]
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Apple Unveils iCloud, Kills MobileMe
Posted 6/07/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe future is the cloud. Thanks to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft saw it. Google knows this, too. Amazon sees it as we speak. And now, the last of the main hold-outs of the cloud revolution, Apple, is taking the plunge. At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs announced iCloud, Apple’s new cloud storage system that […]
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USDA Debuts Food Plate, Replaces Food Pyramid
Posted 6/03/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganIn 2005, the USDA rolled out a brand-new food pyramid that was supposedly the easiest to understand in the history of government-mandated food guidelines. Well, like all things governmental, it wasn’t quite as easy as they’d hoped. Americans just got fatter, and the Food Pyramid (now with stick figure climbing stairs) just kept on confusing […]
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Leslie Nielsen’s Last Fart Joke
Posted 6/03/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganKeep ’em laughing, even from beyond the grave. When beloved comedy actor Leslie Nielsen died last November, I was a little bummed out. Even after watching Naked Gun again, it was a sad day. I love Leslie Nielsen, I love his style of comedy, and I love the way he could do the craziest thing […]
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