While it may be a shocker to some, the “resignation” of Lou Dobbs from CNN has pretty much been a foregone conclusion for a while. CNN as a network is floundering badly these days, unsure of it’s direction. But Lou Dobbs has been sure of his direction, going from a reasonably friendly Newsy [...]
It’s almost a traditional thing now, the Tom Cruise dead rumors seem to come up about two or three times a year, more often when he is doing something nutty. Recent stories have peopel from inside his camp reporting on his weeks of trying to use his Scientology powers to dominate door knobs [...]
Jon Stewart is at it again. The host of the insanely funny comedy news show The Daily Show has once again managed to make more news that the news itself. This time, he has taken aim at CNBC’s aggressively opinionated analyst / commentator / hedge fund manager Jim Cramer. Stewart ran a series [...]
With all sorts of difficulties in the world, a failing economy, and an unpopular war on the other side of the world, President Obama may be looking for an easy and clean victory to add a little luster to a Presidency that has so far been mired in difficulty. The Guardian newspaper is [...]
I can certainly mark this story down in the category of “I didn’t see that coming”. I can also say that I am pleasantly surprised and happy to see this sort of thinking coming to the streets.
EVI USA is a company that has been working on the whole concept of building delivery trucks that [...]
I think the people who live and work in the Washington area are glad this sort of stuff only happens once every 4 years, because it’s turning into a disaster. President Elect Obama will soon become President Obama, and the Inauguration ceremonies mean that much of the capital region is being closed, blocked, redirects, [...]
The internet is an amazing place in part because it most easily reveals what people really want. Example being that the vast majority of people will say that they have no interest in adult material, but more than 50% of all web surfers have searched for something related. Following up on this [...]
November 4th is election day in the US. While I am not an american citizen, the race in the US is important to much of the free world, as the President of the United States is often considered the de-facto leader of the free world.
So if you are American, on November 4th, please vote. [...]
Let this be a warning to anyone drinking too much – if you pass out in the street, you might become part of Google Maps Streetviews.
“Bill” here was saddened over the death of a friend, a drank himself into a stupor. He managed to get a taxi ride home, but passed out on the grass [...]
It took pretty much forever for this to happen, but it has always pretty much been clear it would. The FCC has approved by a 3-2 vot the merger of XM and Sirius satellite networks to form a single entity.
Sat-radio is an interesting buisness model that just hasn’t quite hit it’s stride. With two competitors, [...]
This one certainly goes into the “weird stories” category.
Seems that Her father, her husband, and her mother needed to make some extra money, so they decided to do a holdup somewhere handy. Well, Dad went out and randomly chose the Pizza place where his daughter worked. Of course, he was wearing the standard wig and [...]
As has been speculated, Angelina Jolie finally gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, bringing the Brangalina brood up to 6 kids, which is sort of like they are trying to repopulate some part of the world all by themselves. Both kids are reported healthy and everything is fine, they were born [...]
Breaking a 5 year stretch of great play and good luck by Roger Federer, Raphael Nadal finally broke through and won the men’s crown at Wimdleton Tennis club in a marathon match that was delyaed by rain, went five sets plus, and finished almost in darkness. A true match for the masses.
In the other men’s [...]
It was a long time coming, but it finally did happen. Danica Patrick, who’s arrival in the top end of American open wheel racing a couple of years ago finally won a race, taking the Indycar race in Japan on a combined fuel strategy and good racing. Many people were asking when [...]
There has been any number of particularly weird stories kicking around the net, but this one caught my eye. Feng Shui is the chinese art of using materials, colors, and placement to create a harmonious environment in tune with natural and the forces of good and evil, good luck and bad luck. Many of the [...]
