Unusual Stuff

Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish caught American eyes at the 2008 Olympics before starring in 2009’s World Baseball Classic.  He’s young, he’s tall, and he throws with great power and accuracy.  Yu Darvish is the latest pitching sensation to come out of Japan, and he may also make the journey to America to become a star […]

Suzanne Hart was heading onto the elevator at her office building, in the heart of New York City’s tony Madison Avenue district, just after 10 AM.  There were two other people inside the car, waiting for the elevator to take off.  As Ms. Hart stepped into the elevator, it began to head to the second […]

So you’re not into Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or even Festivus, but you’re still looking for holidays to celebrate in December.  Well, you’re in luck, because December is chock full of holidays of various types and styles, so stop being a holiday-ruining Grinch and start being festive!  Mental Floss has a great round-up of 11 offbeat December holidays that you […]

We’ve all been driving along, minding our own business, when some idiot on a cell phone starts behaving stupidly and dangerously.  Taking hands off the wheel to gesture, swerving into other lanes, driving too slowly, not paying attention to the road, and generally being an obnoxious hazard to everyone around him or her.  I see […]

Sometimes the United States government is accused of being a nanny state, overstepping its bounds in the so-called name of protecting its citizens. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., has now pushed through a bill that I can get behind. I’ve been begging for this sort of legislation for years. And now it has come to pass. […]

After a month on the market, Call of Duty: Black Ops had already sold over $1 billion dollars worth of sales.  It would go on to sell over 25 million copies and become the best-selling video game of all time.  It goes without saying that Black Ops was a huge success for Activision Blizzard.  The […]

One of the biggest sins of television is that its history was not saved.  Back in the olden days, television companies used to wipe the master tapes out of their episodes, so they could reuse the film and save a little money.  Due to this, thousands of hours of early television have been lost, and […]

  The colors of Christmas – red and green – signal the holidays are here. In Southington, Connecticut, the red reminder of the season comes in a shade of crimson blood thanks to a stabbing. Not just any stabbing mind you, but a shanking via Christmas ornament. Ruth Wagner opted to use a five-finger discount […]

Apparently, today is the day in which I am a bearer of bad news.  To completely cover all the depressing news, tragedy has struck the family of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar.  The Duggars, stars of TLC’s reality hit “19 Kids and Counting,” were just celebrating the birth of their 19th child two years ago […]

The paperwork was filed, the teams were happy, and the trade appeared ready to drop.  Chris Paul was going to become a Los Angeles Laker, and that was the end of that.  However, there was one snafu.  Remember the months-long NBA lockout?  The one that was supposed to ensure a level playing field for the […]

The Internet is overloaded with cute animals. Whether it’s golfing bears, hurdling bunnies, baby lion cubs, or giggling penguins, the web is the go-to source for the cuddliest Mother Nature can provide. Well, okay, maybe the bears aren’t quite huggable, but the rest of those examples just make you want to go “Awww.” Kudos to […]

Jen Wiley is a huge fan of the University of Florida athletics programs, but she’s especially keen on the Florida Gators football program.  She’s a Florida graduate, and Florida is intertwined in the biggest events of her life.  She takes Florida football seriously, and when her son was born, she knew exactly what to name […]

When a company needs to make a little extra money, there’s nothing better for a publicly-traded group to do than to sell stock.  This goes double for the Green Bay Packers, one of the most popular teams in the NFL, the reigning Super Bowl champions, and the only publicly-owned franchise in the league.  The Packers […]

When it comes to the search for life on other planets (or other planets capable of supporting our life), there have been many starts and stops.  However, NASA’s Kepler Telescope has been the biggest and best dog in that hunt for Earth-like planets in our solar system, and it appears that Kepler has struck again. […]

A 20-car convoy of supercars, like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Mercedes-Benz, were headed along the main interstate trunk in Honshu towards Hiroshima for a supercar exposition.  They never made it to the car show.  According to police, the Chugoku Expressway was wet from rain, thus it wasn’t optimum condition for an impromptu car race.  The suspected-of-speeding drivers got […]