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Keep ’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 […]

When it comes to huge photographs, nobody does it better than Jeffrey Martin.  He’s probably the most notable panorama photographer in the world, having already captured the London skyline and a Czech library.  Now, he’s taken his talents to Wembley Stadium and captured the world’s largest panorama photograph of a sports stadium with a 360-degree, […]

We’ve talked a lot about Google Doodles.  Google loves changing their homepage logo, and they’ll dig up any old excuse to do so, and this week is no exception.  This week’s reason to create a new Google Doodle is modern dance legend Martha Graham; Google has created a dancing Martha Graham Doodle to honor her […]

With the world inundated with cameras now, privacy is really hard to come by, even for dancers unaware of security cameras. Every cell phone or digital camera provides a chance for a creepy stranger to take a picture of you like the paparazzi stalking Brangelina. Cameras also offer a chance for every gaggle of coeds […]

The spirit of Britain during World War II is epitomized in the famous “Keep Calm and Carry On” motivational poster which was displayed prominently throughout the UK during the darkest hours of Nazi Germany’s air campaign against Britain.  Well, as it turns out, that sentiment of keeping calm and carrying on with real life extended […]

A farmer in Dartmoor, in the Devon section of England, has had a problem with theft over the past few years.  A shepherd by trade, John Heard’s livelihood is related to his sheep, so stolen sheep are doubly expensive and eat into his profits.  So, Heard had a novel solution to stop the theft of […]

It’s human nature that the latest event is the one that captures our attention. We are quick to move on to the next big thing, even in the matter of natural disasters. The earthquakes and resulting destruction in  New Zealand and more recently Japan have overshadowed the flooding that devastated Pakistan in 2010. The area […]

With the development of digital  photography and software such as Photoshop, the classic graphics created by the likes of Saul Bass no longer woo viewers into the theater. Now the creative teams can take the head of one actress and place it atop a more buxom body double and then expand her assets even more […]

Any excuse for a new Google Doodle is a good one, and today’s altered Google logo is no exception.  In this case, Google’s animated doodle full of science and beakers honors the creator of the Bunsen burner, Robert Bunsen.  Born Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen in Gottingen, Germany, on March 31, 1811, Bunsen created his eponymous and […]

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard a great deal about the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11. If you’re among the best of us, you’ve even done your part by donating your time and money to the recovery effort. With reports rolling in of so many thousand people dead and […]

You have to feel sorry for the people of Japan.  It’s rare that a place suffers one natural disaster, but Japan has been hit with two natural disasters in a row, much like Indonesia was.  In Japan’s case, it was a massive earthquake followed by a massive tsunami, then more earthquakes.  It’s looking to be […]

He’s one of the world’s youngest billionaires.  He’s Time Magazine’s 2010 Man of the Year.  He’s everywhere you want to be.  He’s Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and he’s getting the highest honor an American under 30 can possibly receive.  Mark Zuckerber has been made into an action figure. The company behind the Zuckerdoll is […]

The trouble with composite pictures is that, like the most common man in the world, they don’t really exist.  Take, for example, a recent happiness survey of 1000 people.  According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, the happiest person in America is “a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, […]

There’s nothing cooler than a fire tornado, but they’re incredibly rare.  In  a way, they’re like ligers, but more destructive and less magical.  Still, any fire tornado captured on film makes for a very dramatic image, and this most recent example of a fire tornado is no different.  A fire at a plastics processing plant […]

I want to completely ignore the Charlie Sheen situation, but I can’t.  I want to be afraid for Charlie Sheen’s health, what with his history of drug problems and the way his TV show has been pulled off the air due to his behavior, but every time he opens his mouth, something crazy/great comes out. […]