‘Riding along in my automobile’ (de-dum-de-dum-de-dum-de-dum) ‘My Ukranian student at the wheel’ (de-dum-de-dum-de-dum-de-dum) “Instructing people to drive to a satisfactory level and pass their driving test is akin to an…
An eccentric genius, Paul Klipsch, invents a revolutionary loudspeaker in 1945 that it still being produced today.…
A prominent billboard went up Monday (June 28, 2010) in Austin, Texas, on the east side of I-35, north of Grand Avenue Parkway, facing north. It was placed by the…
Kayla Martell is remarkable young women, should be Miss USA.…
Comedienne Kathy Griffin will be seen reuniting with Levi Johnston – and getting him to take her to Sarah Palin’s home in the latest episode of her show. Griffin made…
Google has shut down its search engine in mainland China after it stopped redirecting users to its uncensored website in Hong Kong. It is still possible to get a Google…
The United States has taken the rare step of accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf. Most of the countries…
Italy is fighting a court ruling that bans crucifixes from classrooms. After a secular Italian woman sued to have crucifixes removed from her sons’ classrooms, Italian courts said the cross…
It seems that King Tut and his penis have parted ways despite spending several thousand years joined at the, er, hip. When he was discovered in 1922 the King was…
There is a well-known myth about the word “quiz”, which says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word…
Taliban insurgents attacked a NATO base in Afghanistan this morning in a commando-style raid that caused no allied casualties. Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades, attacking…
The first hurricane of the season has put the brakes on the oil clean-up operation around the Gulf of Mexico. Oil-skimming ships have returned to port, and dispersant flights and…
With every disaster come the rumors of more disaster to come. I remember Hurricane Andrew, 1992, and the silliness that followed it such as: thousands of dead are being taken…
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