Unusual Stuff

With a new version of the Xbox, code-named Durango, in development, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft went public with the news and expected specs for its offering for the next generation of video games.  PlayStation 4 has been announced, and Nintendo’s WiiU is already on the market, so MS couldn’t afford [...]

Texans will have a new item to add to their shopping lists in the coming weeks.  Texas fast food icon Whataburger is partnering with H-E-B to launch a new series of condiments.  For the first time ever, you can get a little of the Whataburger experience at home, as Whataburger will be entering the condiments [...]

Reese Witherspoon is a very talented actress, but just because someone’s good at pretending to be other stuff, that doesn’t mean they know how to comport themselves in public.  By and large, she seems to be on her best behavior; however, on Friday night in Atlanta, Georgia, Reese Witherspoon got a little out of line. [...]

A fire last night went out of control at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas.  As the fire burned near explosive material, firefighters were helpless to stop the resulting explosion that quite literally rocked the state of Texas.  The explosion was so powerful it measured as a 2.1 on the Richter scale, destroyed dozens [...]

April 15 is Tax Day, and that means if you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you better get on it lest you suffer from penalties.  While you’re sending off your check for your $172 million dollar tax bill, you may as well get something good out of your trip through the wringer.  Every Tax Day, [...]

When 51-year-old grandmother Maria Carreiro thought she had a winning lottery ticket, the retired factory worker checked and saw that she won $40,000.  Thrilled, she went to her daughter for verification.  As it turns out, Maria Carreiro misread her lottery ticket and her $40,000 win was actually $40 million dollars.  Thrilled at her $40,000 win, [...]

There are a lot of criminals in the world, and most of them aren’t very smart.  However, there are not-smart criminals, and there are straight-up dumb criminals, and three dudes from Riverton, Wyoming, have officially been declared dumb.  While at the home of an acquaintance, the three accused thieves saw some stuff they wanted in [...]

Last night was a historic night for Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.  On the same day that Coach Pitino was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, he brings home an additional career milestone.  Coach Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals bested the Michigan Wolverines 82-76 to win the 2013 NCAA Tournament at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta [...]

Saturday Night is indeed all right for fighting, as former porn star, stripper, and adult model Jenna Jameson found out.  The 38-year-old mother of twins, at one point one of the world’s most famous adult film stars who crossed over to mainstream success via roles on Family Guy, Howard Stern’s autobiographical movie Private Parts, and [...]

When it comes to facial hair, beards are back in a big way, but there’s one field where beards are not appreciated.  That field, ladies and gentlemen, is politics.  Political candidates with beards are simply a thing that doesn’t happen these days, which is unfortunate as one of America’s best presidents had a beard.  However, [...]

Roger Ebert has had a hard time in recent years.  The renowned film critic has struggled with his health, and even after losing his jaw and voice to cancer, his written output only increased.  Indeed, post-cancer Ebert was incredibly prolific with his writing, pumping out an autobiography, conducting a heart-wrenching profile for Esquire, and even [...]

When it came out in 2003, Finding Nemo was an immediate hit for Pixar.  The film won an Academy Award, grossed nearly $922 million dollars around the world, and made an additional small fortune in marketing tie-ins, like toys and games and clothing and all the stuff that makes a company potential Disney purchase fodder. [...]

Amateur wrestling is a traditional sport that’s fallen on hard times.  The lifeblood of the sport, its spot in the Olympics, is threatened and if wrestling does disappear in 2020, it may disappear entirely.  However, wrestling is growing at one particular level for the first time in ages.  Wrestling may be disappearing in boy high [...]

Harvard may not be the world’s top university anymore, but the school is becoming a basketball powerhouse.  Well, kind of.  Last year, the Crimson lost to the Vanderbilt Commodores in their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1946, but that simply served to get the nerves out of the Harvard student-athletes.  Back in the NCAA Tournament [...]

Throughout Seoul, lines were forming at dead ATM machines.  Seoul is a city where no one uses cash, and when the online infrastructure is down, delayed, or damaged, the entire city grinds to a halt; South Korea even makes movies on iPhones, so you know they depend on their WiFi.  Yesterday was a rough day [...]