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Today is a very special day for all Americans.  While Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is January 15, the celebration of Dr. King’s birthday and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday of January, which would be today.  It’s a federal holiday, so schools and post offices and banks will […]

Sometimes you get lucky and money just lands in your lap.  Other times, you have to work your way up from the bottom before you can reach the top.  Ted Williams has hit the bottom and now, thanks to the power of an amazing voice, he’s finding his feet and reaching for the stars once […]

In the last 60’s and early 70’s, Gerry Rafferty’s music was inescapable.  He scored one of the biggest hits of the decade with his pop-tastic “Baker Street” from the album City To City which ensured him living fame when the song was covered by the Foo Fighters for my generation, and an earlier band scored […]

Buck Howdy is no stranger to notoriety.  In fact, his album Aaaaah! Spooky Scary Stories and Songs won the 2010 Grammy Award for the Best Spoken-Word Album for Children.  However, his latest success story isn’t for kids, but for the parents of kids who might be traveling this holiday season.  The song in question, “Help You […]

Oh, Lady Gaga, sometimes you’re just too funny for words.  While I’m generally anti-pop star, I love me some Lady Gaga.  I know it’s all a calculated act, like Alice Cooper or Marilyn Manson, but I appreciate just how over-the-top she is able to go with her outfits, her music videos, her stage presence, and […]

On December 4, a video got uploaded to YouTube.  In the video, some students at the University of Illinois have built a snowman in the street in the hopes that a car would run over it.  Most drivers swerve around the snowman, but not one bus driver.  The bus, a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District vehicle, […]

You can’t escape the trailer.  There’s a lot of money riding on the success of the big-screen adaptation of Yogi Bear.  Given the presence of big-name stars doing the voices of Yogi Bear (Dan Ackroyd) and Boo Boo Bear (Justin Timberlake), it’s not surprising that the trailer will be everywhere this holiday season.  Fortunately, this […]

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is an institution in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The home of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, the 26-year-old stadium was slated to host a game yesterday between the Vikings and the New York Giants.  Unfortunately, that game didn’t happen because over the weekend, the roof of the Metrodome collapsed beneath the weight […]

Good news, everyone!  It’s not even 2011, and the first trailer for 2011’s future gigantic summer blockbusters have started to arrive!  First out of the gate, launching the summer movie season with a bang (literally), is master of subtlety Michael Bay.  The first trailer for the latest of Bay’s Transformers movies, Transformers: Dark of the […]

One of the hardest parts of any parade must be serving as a balloon handler.  Those giant balloons aren’t easy to maneuver around in the best of weather, and given that those handlers are volunteers, it’s a miracle more balloons don’t find themselves damaged by high tension wires, street lights, road signs, and other overhanging […]

There have been a lot of funny commercials over the years, but I have to take my hat off to Kevin Bacon.  It’s not that I actively dislike the guy, I just wish he’d keep his pants on when he’s in front of a movie camera.  He’s been one of my personal punchlines for years.  […]

In the National Football League, every game is a fight.  You’re not only fighting to win, you’re fighting for your job, your future employment chances, your next paycheck, and your pride as a professional.  However, sometimes the fighting goes past metaphor and becomes reality, like when NFL players Andre Johnson and Cortland Finnegan exchanged fists […]

I tend to forget just how brilliant Sesame Street can be, then something like this happens.  Thanks to Elmo’s omnipresence, I forget that the rest of the Sesame Street characters are actually smart and funny, but hopefully the latest viral video to emerge from the Sesame Workshop bunch will stick around in my mind so […]

When it comes to demolishing a building, there’s no real way to take a building down safely.  Unless you can deflate it like a dome, there’s always a chance that something can go wrong.  When FirstEnergy Corporation was looking to demolish Ohio Edison’s old Mad River Power Plant, they knew the trickiest part would be […]

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the multiplex.  As it turns out, today’s a big day for Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber.  Not only did Bieber launch his My World fragrance line, he’s also celebrating the debut of his 3D movie trailer.  Justin Bieber hits 3D movie screens in Never […]