When someone owns most of your company, it’s pretty hard to tell him no. Sumner Redstone is a huge player in the media world, thanks to his company National Amusements. National Amusements is a movie theater chain that also happens to own 80 percent of two massive media companies, CBS and Viacom. So, in effect, […]
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Yahoo Hacked; 500 MILLION Accounts Breached
Posted 9/23/2016 7:51 pm by Ron HoganJust when it looked like things were turning around for Yahoo, no such luck. It wasn’t that long ago that Marissa Mayer left Google and successfully orchestrated the sale of Yahoo to Verizon for $4.8 billion dollars. Well, that silver lining is now tarnished, because Yahoo is facing one of the biggest security problems of […]
Read »Pumpkin Chocolate French Fries, Thanks Japan!
Posted 9/21/2016 6:01 pm by Ron HoganFall is my favorite season. The leaves change color, and food all takes on different properties. That doughnut? Now a pumpkin spice doughnut. That latte? Now it’s every white girl’s favorite drink, the pumpkin spice latte. Pumpkin spice everything is out there, ready for the taking, so enjoy it while it lasts. (Next is peppermint […]
Read »Three Arrested After Scary Clown Hoax
Posted 9/20/2016 8:44 pm by Ron HoganPeople live in fear of clowns. Not me, but there’s just something about clowns that makes a lot of people very uncomfortable. A trio of Alabama kids used that fear of clowns to prey on the fears of some classmates and associates in the town of Flomaton, and they’ve landed not in a puddle of […]
Read »Yosemite National Park Gets 400 Acres Larger
Posted 9/08/2016 8:25 pm by Ron HoganWhen John Muir laid out the plans for Yosemite National Park in 1890, one of the things he’d included in the massive park was an area called Ackerson Meadows, which is a meadow and wetland area some 400 acres near the park’s Big Oak Flat entrance. For whatever reason, that never happened, while other parks […]
Read »Apple Unveils New iPhone 7 and Apple Watch
Posted 9/07/2016 7:42 pm by Ron HoganYou have 10 days or so to save up $649 plus taxes or find a smuggler. That’s the going rate for the new iPhone 7, which will be hitting store shelves on September 16. (The $649 will get you the small 32GB edition of the iPhone.) If you want a new Apple Watch, that’ll be […]
Read »ITT Tech Shut Down By US Government
Posted 9/06/2016 7:15 pm by Ron HoganCollege is a big business. No matter that half of all college degrees, my own included, are wasted. In fact, a lot of people would have a better life without wasting time and money on a degree, but for a lot of people, college is more about what it represents than the actual education. That […]
Read »Samsung Is Recalling ALL The Galaxy Note 7 Phones
Posted 9/02/2016 6:16 pm by Ron HoganThe Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone has been on sale since late August. So, a couple of weeks now, at best. However, as it turns out, there’s a little… well, a large problem with the phones. They have a nasty habit of exploding. Some 35 or so of the phones have exploded around the world, […]
Read »Netflix Brings Science Back To TV
Posted 9/01/2016 8:47 pm by Ron HoganI was never a Bill Nye fan. For whatever reason, I just never took to the show. My science TV show was, and always shall be, Beakman’s World, if only because a guy in a rat suit got to eat sugar glass. Plus they taught me, a movie nerd, how to make sugar glass. Still, […]
Read »RIP Gene Wilder, Comedy Legend
Posted 8/29/2016 7:43 pm by Ron HoganSometimes it’s easy to forget about someone when they choose to retire from the world, but someone like Gene Wilder could never be forgotten. He made too big of an impression, with his high-strung nature, frizzy hair, and bugged-out eyes. His impression might last, but the world is now short one genius actor. Gene Wilder, […]
Read »Meet A Mentor With Lunchback
Posted 8/26/2016 7:04 pm by Ron HoganLet’s do lunch. We need to have a lunch meeting. Everyone bring your lunch, we’re working late. Lunch is a big deal around the office, because for some people, it’s the only chance they get to leave the office. For other people, lunch is an invaluable resource for making professional connections. That’s where Lunchback comes […]
Read »Ramen Noodles Are Like Money In Prison
Posted 8/23/2016 9:20 pm by Ron HoganWorry not, bachelors. You’ve got a goldmine in your cabinet, assuming you go to prison. With changes in prison food availability, particularly less of it as part of cost-cutting measures around the country, there’s a new king on the prison trading market. Move over cigarettes, prisoners are now using ramen noodles as prison currency. That’s […]
Read »Pole Vaulter Stops Mid-Run For National Anthem
Posted 8/22/2016 7:29 pm by Ron HoganIt’s not a rare thing to hear the United States national anthem during the Olympics; you hear it at every sporting event ever, it seems. At the 2016 Rio Games, the US won 46 gold medals, so the Star Spangled Banner was played 46 times. Not too shabby, right? However, the anthem is a song […]
Read »The Nightly Show Is Keeping It 0
Posted 8/19/2016 6:06 pm by Ron HoganWell, that didn’t last long. In 2014, The Colbert Report went off the air so its star could go replace David Letterman on CBS. They promoted from within, as they are wont to do, by bringing Larry Wilmore to the big stage. Larry promptly fell flat on his face. Low ratings and poor social media […]
Read »DEA Keeps Marijuana A Non-Medical Drug
Posted 8/11/2016 6:48 pm by Ron HoganIn November, eight states will be deciding on just how they’re going to treat marijuana. Some states are offering up the option of decriminalizing the drug (like California, giving it another shot), while others are considering legalizing it for medical purposes. However, the most powerful entity in the land continues to look down on legal […]
Read »How To Watch The 2016 Rio Olympics
Posted 8/05/2016 8:01 pm by Ron HoganIt’s time. For the next couple of weeks, the world is going to shut down and everyone’s going to huddle around televisions, radios, telephones, and computers to watch the best athletes in the world compete to see just who is the best. I know I’ll be watching, and hundreds of millions of other people will […]
Read »The Most Unhealthy Chain Restaurant Meal
Posted 8/01/2016 5:41 pm by Ron HoganAmerica is a country of excess. We like big cars, big roads, and big food to go in our big bellies. After all, this is a country of fried cheese sandwiches washed out with 10 shots of espresso, so it’s not surprising that America’s fast casual chains are all tempted to pile on the calories […]
Read »Zika Virus Hits The United States
Posted 7/29/2016 7:59 pm by Ron HoganThere are all kinds of crazy diseases out there, and that’s something that people are rightfully concerned with. There was swine flu, then feline flu, then all other kinds of flus. However, none of those have proven to be as dangerous to the general public as the zika virus, which is a horrible thing […]
Read »Longtime Friends Fired From Sesame Street
Posted 7/28/2016 8:17 pm by Ron HoganHonestly, I don’t think I watched a lot of Sesame Street when I was a child. I remember some vague things, like Kermit wearing an overcoat and a hat with a press card, but other than that, I think I missed out on the Sesame Street train. Sadly, that means I missed out on a […]
Read »Reagan Assassin John Hinkley Is Going Free
Posted 7/27/2016 10:08 pm by Ron HoganThink of the biggest events of the 1980’s, and what do you think of? Maybe MTV. Maybe the NASA Challenger explosion. Or, perhaps, the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. It’s a huge deal. John Hinkley Jr. grabbed a revolver and fired into the crowd of people, nearly killing the President of the United States […]
Read »New Zealand Declares War On Rats
Posted 7/26/2016 8:35 pm by Ron HoganInvasive species are a serious problem. Once an animal gets into an environment where it has no real predators, there’s no telling what will happen. Florida is overrun with pythons; they’re even fighting off local gators. If a gator can’t stand up to invasive species, what could a flightless bird do against predators? If that […]
Read »The NBA Moves The 2017 All-Star Game
Posted 7/21/2016 9:00 pm by Ron HoganThe NBA All-Star Game is a huge deal for teams. It brings thousands of fans and millions of dollars to the communities that host it, and it makes sense that the NBA would want its showcase event be as accessible as possible to everyone. To that end, the NBA has been mindful of the laws […]
Read »Donald Trump Gets His Wall
Posted 7/20/2016 9:02 pm by Ron HoganDonald Trump has somehow become the Republican nominee for President of the United States despite being pretty unpopular, both in his own party and in the general public. Trump hasn’t been afraid of anyone, and he’s not been worried about keeping anyone other than his rabid supporters happy. No matter what he says or does, […]
Read »Kim And Kanye Versus T.Swift
Posted 7/18/2016 12:34 pm by Ron HoganWhen two music superstars are feuding, the winners tend to be the fans. After all, usually fighting makes for good music, and there’s a litany of rap diss tracks to prove it, as well as the entirety of Taylor Swift’s record-setting disography. Now, once again, T.Swift and Kanye West are fighting in public, this time […]
Read »Denver Offers Von Miller Record-Breaking Contract
Posted 7/15/2016 1:30 pm by Ron HoganDenver won the Super Bowl last season, beating Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. They didn’t beat them throwing the ball; gone are the days of Peyton Manning breaking records. After a couple of great offensive years since joining the Broncos, Peyton Manning lost his arm last year and the team basically carried him through […]
Read »Eagle Tries To Carry Off Child During Wildlife Show
Posted 7/12/2016 9:59 pm by Ron HoganThere’s nothing cooler than an animal show. I know they’re not encouraged these days, and that’s fine, but if you get a chance to pet a ray or see a dolphin jump through a hoop or splash around in a pool or something cool like that. If it can be some sort of exotic animal, […]
Read »Pokemon Go Is Catching All Your Private Info
Posted 7/11/2016 6:30 pm by Ron HoganEveryone’s downloaded Pokemon Go. I have, you have, no doubt everyone I know has at least considered it. It’s a boon for Nintendo; the company’s worth $5 billion dollars more than they were a few weeks ago. It’s a boon for Niantic Labs and Alphabet Company (Google’s parent), because they’re behind the hottest game on […]
Read »If You Eat At Wendy’s, You Were Probably Hacked
Posted 7/07/2016 10:02 pm by Ron HoganOf the major fast food chains in the United States, my favorite is probably Wendy’s. I’m not sure why. My mom loves the Frosty. I think the reason why I like Wendy’s, though, is because of the chili. I love chili, and I don’t always want to make it for myself or open a can […]
Read »First Passenger Killed In Driverless Car
Posted 7/02/2016 3:43 pm by Ron HoganDriverless cars are the future. We already have cars that help us parallel park, and every company seems to be getting in on the driverless car game, from Google to Tesla to the Department of Defense. So far, so good, by and large. There have been accidents, but they’ve typically been the fault of other […]
Read »OJ Mayo Hit With Two-Year Drug Ban
Posted 7/01/2016 6:50 pm by Ron HoganThe NBA has worked hard to get its drug issues under control. Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, cocaine abuse was rampant. These days, the only drugs being used are probably pot and other small-time recreational relaxants and nothing quite so serious or potentially deadly. (They may also be using PEDs, but there’s no telling […]
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