Unusual Stuff

During the first episode of the new season of Saturday Night Live, Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance in a skit making fun of herself.  Briefly, she held the national spotlight.  If you know anything about Donald Trump, billionaire, reality television star, real-estate mogul, and maverick Republican candidate for US President, you know he wants […]

The last few months of 2014 were just awful for me.  My uncle passed away suddenly a few weeks after my birthday.  The little gray kitten I adopted when I was in college passed away in October.  My grandmother-in-law passed away in November.  Just one thing after another, over and over again, with no real […]

Giant pythons are not the kind of creature you want to mess with.  Pythons can grow quite large, and pythons routinely eat whole deer in places where the two species coexist.  It goes without saying that a 20-foot python can be quite a handful for the unwary, as one pet store owner found out.  Terry […]

Having recently settled a work dispute with Harry Shearer, voice of multiple major characters on The Simpsons, it seems like the show is going to get the most possible use out of him they can in Season 27.  Shearer voices both Waylon Smithers and C. Montgomery Burns, renowned for Smithers’ unrequited love for his 100-something-year-old […]

For a company founded by Hitler, Volkswagen has done a pretty good job of distancing itself from its roots and promoting the company’s cars as fun, safe, and a good alternative to gas-guzzling American cars.  Volkswagen does great ads, but it turns out those are just that… advertisements designed to sell products that don’t live […]

When you’re the biggest beer company in the world, you don’t have a lot to be afraid of, except for maybe the second largest beer company in the world.  If you can’t beat them, often times the best option is to join them, and that’s what’s got the creators of Budweiser and Miller sitting down […]

Two Italian plumbers became megastars by stomping on turtles, punching bricks, and throwing fire at mushroom people.  The Mario Brothers, Mario and Luigi, remain cultural icons.  You can’t go to a Halloween party without seeing them on someone’s costume, and the devoted fans have the brothers permanently inked on their skin.  Now those salutes have […]

Apple’s press conferences are news events.  Even here at PopFi we talked about Apple’s upcoming September 9 press conference, and since today’s September 9, all the good news is out there for the perusal of the world.  As expected, Apple mostly rolled out newer versions of its staple products, but there were a few surprises, […]

There’s an old saying in sports.  The team’s most popular player is the back-up quarterback.  Nowhere is that more true than in the NFL, where every struggling team has to fend off calls to put in the backup, no matter who that backup might be or how good he may or may not be.  Throw […]

Sometimes you just want some curly fries and a roast beef sandwich, even if you’re on duty.  Cops are often seen in restaurants, and some businesses go out of their way to support cops.  However, a Pembroke Pines, Florida, Arby’s wasn’t so keen on having uniformed cops hanging out in the lobby of their business. […]

The Transportation Security Agency is an agency that’s basically out of control.  They’ve already been sued for abusing their power, and that lawsuit hasn’t really changed things all that much.  TSA screeners still abuse their power, and one gross example of abuse took that quite literally. A TSA security screener used his position to lure […]

Burger King has been trying for years to dethrone McDonald’s as the king of America’s fast food empire, but they’re been unsuccessful thus far.  They’re tried pretty much everything:  a Microsoft Windows 7 tie-in, a gigantic burger served like pizza, delivery service in select markets, and a complete menu overhaul and redo.  So far, nothing’s […]

People have been waiting for the debut of Fear the Walking Dead all summer.  It’s not every day that the hottest show on television expands its universe and heads in a different direction from the companion show, but here we are, there’s AMC footing the bill, and there’s more zombie action for the television screen. […]

You can change your face, you can change your name, you can get Siri to vouch for you, but there’s one force you can’t escape from, and that’s the law.  Caitlyn Jenner is finding that out the hard way as Los Angeles prosecutors have decided to ask the district attorney to consider bringing her up on […]

You’d think that in the middle of a crowded political primary, busy politicians like New Jersey governor Chris Christie would be neglecting their home state.  Well, primary or not, Chris Christie is still New Jersey’s governor, and he’s still doing governor things, like vetoing bills.  Chris Christie has vetoed a change in New Jersey law […]