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In the sprawling, suburbanite world of Central Florida, the 11,000-strong town of Celebration is something of an anomaly.  Where most towns grow outward, Celebration grew up.  Where most places are collections of ranch-style homes and ugly shopping centers, Celebration closely resembles the ideal vision of a New England village.  It’s a wonderland of a place, […]

NASA started the uproar with a single comment on its official website.  The quote reads, “NASA will hold a news conference at 2pm EST to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”  Cue the wild speculation that NASA has found alien life! Is it a microorganism?  Is it […]

It’s both eco-friendly and interesting.  An aquarium in Kamakura, a Japanese suburb of Tokoy, has had an unusual Christmas display set up for the last five years.  They have a 6 foot 6 inch tall Christmas tree, and connected to the tree is a pair of aluminum plates stuck inside a tank.  The tank contains […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no stranger to legal controversy.  After all, the founder of WikiLeaks is on Interpol’s wanted, or red, list due to suspected sexual assaults in Sweden, and that’s before he started poking at the slumbering giant of the US legal system by posting classified documents on his website.   It’s the controversial […]

On the surface, it was a great idea.  A Brooklyn eyewear merchant would treat customers horribly, stealing from them, sending late shipments, and doing other bad business practices in a concerted effort to gain attention.  The more people complained about the business on customer service forums, the more Google’s ranking of the business increased.  That, […]

Last night, while walking past the television, I saw the new Ray LaMontagne song, “Beg Steal Or Borrow,” playing on television.  It was just a brief snippet, then they introduced Cee-lo Green’s incredible “F— You” and its amazingly funny radio edit.  As it turns out, what program I was walking by was the announcement of […]

There’s a lot of bad news about HIV and AIDS, but for the 2010 World AIDS Day, let’s focus on some of the positive movements in the fight against HIV/AIDS.  It’s not all bad news; here is some good news about the global war on HIV and AIDS.  AIDS infection rates have stabilized, the Pope has […]

Sixty days ago, Chris Voigt decided to undertake an unusual publicity stunt.  To battle public perception of the potato as an unhealthy food unfit for consumption with every meal, Voigt decided to eat nothing but potatoes.  Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack, it was potatoes all the way for the head of the Washington State Potato […]

Well, of all the disaster scenarios in the world, the one that’s least probable is probably the idea of an east coast earthquake.  California and the west are used to being rattled by geological catastrophes, but New York City?  Not so much.  Imagine my surprise when a 3.9 magnitude earthquake shook things up off the coast of […]

When a mask-wearing bandit entered Amigo’s Mexican Food in Deming, New Mexico, he didn’t say a word.  He just walked to the counter, grabbed the entire cash register, and took off running.  Unfortunately for the bandito, he underestimated the power of a little Latin American pastry called the empanada.  The robber dropped the cash register […]

As I mentioned on Monday when discussing the death of Leslie Nielsen, I watched the classic spoof Airplane! this weekend.  I’ve had a few flights in my time, including some very long international flights, but I’ve never had any serious problem while strapped into my seat.  I’ve been blessed with some great flying weather, and […]

There are competing expressions when it comes to power.  As has long been said, it’s good to be the king.  However, the other end of that spectrum is the old maxim, heavy is the head that wears the crown.  Google is the undisputed king of online searches, thanks to its brilliant algorithms.  That’s all well […]

When Frances the hare was just a few days old, she had a life-changing accident.  While out prancing through a field, she was run over by a plow and nearly turned into a Dead Animal Beer bottle.  Frances is back in good health now, but there’s one small problem: Frances the hare is agoraphobic.  That’s […]

For reasons unknown, Rick Ehlert wanted his cruise to end.  Ehlert was a passenger on a Holland America cruise ship, the Ryndam, steaming from Costa Maya, Mexico, to Tampa, Florida.  A drunk Rick Ehlert entered a restricted area and deployed the ship’s anchor while the ship was still moving.  He also threw a life buoy […]

In France, there are two dominant fast food chains.  There’s McDonalds, which is everywhere but Iceland, and there’s Quick.  Quick is like the French version of McDonald’s, and as such, their menu is a bit more adapted to French tastes.  To honor France, and as a special treat for French people this holiday season, Quick […]