Unusual Stuff

Peyton Manning has not missed a start in his NFL career.  The number of times he’s sat on the bench while his team has played in the NFL can probably be counted on one hand.  Peyton Manning is to the Indianapolis Colts what no other quarterback has ever been to his team.  Manning functions as […]

From Dodger Blue to Chinese Red? While the Los Angeles Dodgers only played the Padres for a spring training series in China during the lead up to the 2008 season, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has received an offer that may leave a more permanent Chinese influence on the game. McCourt received a bid to buy […]

It was a perfect pairing.  Netflix got the bump of having all kinds of great stuff, and Starz got to specially brand a section of Netflix, and go from an also-ran to a big-time cable player.  Now, it looks like the marriage may be over.  Starz and Netflix appear to be heading for a break-up, […]

In 2001, Pizza Hut was the first pizza chain to make a delivery into space, bringing a pizza to the International Space Station.  Since then, Domino’s has been playing catch-up.  In between completely revamping their recipe and working on a breakfast pizza, they’ve been making plans.  Domino’s Pizza Japan is planning on building a franchise […]

Imagine taking a relaxing stroll on the beach when your jaunt is suddenly disturbed by the unlikely sight of a floating severed leg. Or maybe I should have said likely sight. For the 11th time since August 2007, a human leg has been discovered along the coastline of the Pacific Northwest. A few have been […]

What is it about back-to-school T-shirts that cause so many problems for clothing retailers? First Old Navy doesn’t use proper punctuation on a college tee. Now J.C. Penney has made a lot of people, especially women, angry with a shirt it was marketing to young girls. The T-shirt bore the slogan “I’m too pretty to […]

Donna Simpson had a simple dream.  She is already the Guinness World Record holder for “World’s Heaviest Mother,” but that wasn’t enough.  The 600+ pound Simpson wanted to take two records.  She wanted to top 1000 pounds, and she wanted to supplant Carol Yeger’s record 1200 pounds and become the world’s fattest woman.  Then, her […]

Note to all would-be pot users out there:  if you lose your bag, don’t go get it from the police station if you’re carrying around marijuana.  Learn from Patricia Wright’s mistake.  When Patricia Wright left her bag full of weed on the ferry in Picton, New Zealand, she did the only reasonable thing, she went […]

When Little Luke, AKA Nevin Shapiro, started turning over information to the NCAA regarding Miami University’s dozens of serious NCAA violations, it looked very bad for the various sports programs at The U.  Indeed, it may still be bad, but the first wave of punishments has rolled in and it’s not as bad as it […]

Do you have some skill at coding for websites, or do you know something about security?  Well, Facebook wants you.  However, Facebook isn’t hiring security experts for some new initiative; that’d be too simple.  Facebook is turning hackers into bounty hunters by having them look for security flaws in its code, and paying out handsomely […]

When Yvonne Studley, age 49, was hit by a moose in British Columbia, Canada, she was very badly injured.  The moose she hit came through her windshield, landing on her.  The crushing impact caused Studley to break her wrist, arm, and hand; fractured five of her ribs; and caused bleeding in her brain which put Studley […]

Another year, another new cast for Dancing With The Stars.  The show seems to have nailed the mix of sports personalities, reality TV veterans, washed-up musicians, political figures, and struggling actors necessary to attract huge audiences, judging by last year’s successes, and Season 13 isn’t going to be any different.  The New York Post has […]

It just goes to show you that just because you’ve got money, that doesn’t mean you’re smart.  That goes double for former athletes.  After all, see the sad case of former LA Laker and Washington Wizard Javaris Crittenton.  He’s on the run from the FBI as we speak, and why is that?  Former first-round pick […]

When Russians get drunk, crazy things happen.  Fortunately, they’re occasionally of the funny variety, not of the ‘woman gets stabbed in the back and doesn’t feel it‘ variety.  For example, a bunch of Moscow residents loaded into a 7 AM flight from Domodedovo Airport to London, England, only to discover that their in-flight entertainment was […]

While most of the media is buzzing about Hurricane Irene rushing up the East Coast, they – along with mayors and governors – are urging the citizens to evacuate ahead of the storm. With public transportation in New York City shutting down on Saturday due to the potential water surges flooding the subway tunnels, sensationalist […]