Florida man sells ghosts in jars –freshly caught, too! The guy is self-taught but won’t reveal his ghost-catching techniques. The news story is kind enough to post a link to his site so that you too can buy a ghost in a jar.
Detroit lion attacks keeper –No, not one of the football players, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Monday’s Headlines
Posted in animals, headlines, movies, technology, winning one back for the animals on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy World Biodiversity Day
Posted in Holiday, animals, headlines on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s right, it’s May 22, which means everyone is out celebrating the joys and dwindling abundance of world biodiversity. This has the potential to become one of my favorite holidays, surpassing Scurvy Awareness Day and International Talk Like A Pirate Day. To celebrate, here are some nice photo representations of the planet’s biodiversity, [...]
Wednesday’s Headlines
Posted in Holiday, headlines, music, travel on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
R Kelly could quite possibly find himself in court in the near future –Six years, eight albums, and seventeen chart-topping R&B singles later, Kells might just go to trial after all. But come on, the girl’s 23 now and Kelly’s soul has had nothing but torment since then. Let’s not revisit old news!
Quran [...]
Traveling: Is It Controversial?
Posted in China, headlines, website on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MSNBC posted a handy little application in its travel section recently. You click on your desired travel destination and the website lists a number of reasons not to go there. Here’s what they had to say about Venezuela:
The CIA believes that Venezuela has become an export center for cocaine, heroin, and human trafficking, [...]
Friday’s Headlines
Posted in animals, college, food, headlines, movies on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morehouse has its first white valedictorian –I love it when perceptions of race get skewed. Just how black is a “historically black” college? Are there benefits of being “historically black”? What are the minority valedictorian rates at historically white colleges? “I always kind of gravitated to the black community,” says the valedictorian, Joshua Packwood. It’s [...]
Let Them Eat Oreos
Posted in food, fruitcake, headlines on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently browsing the BBC when I came across a story I’d like to share with you. In essence, it’s a long-winded and exhaustive News Magazine story about the British introduction to Oreos. Will they pass muster? Reporter Tom Geoghegan attempts to find out.
Oreo cookies are as much a part of [...]
Thursday’s Headlines
Posted in Japan, basketball, football, headlines, television, uniforms on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boy hit by hybrid, couldn’t hear it coming –Great, now there’s a beef with the hybrid people.
Black children 3 times more likely to drown –Apparently 60 percent of black kids don’t know how to swim, which is double the rate for white children. There’s a stat you don’t usually think about. But it’s [...]
Alive and Well
Posted in football, sports on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Did I mention that the aforementioned Fulham FC secured its place in the Premiership with a 1-0 win over Portsmouth on Sunday? Despite finishing with just eight wins all year, Fulham finished with an astounding four wins in the final five games to save their hopes and the dreams of American soccer fans everywhere.
Fulham [...]
Team America Keeps Dream Alive
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case you haven’t heard, Fulham FC, the English football club from the same borough of London as the BBC studios, has been carrying a growing number of American players on its roster in recent years. As we near the end of the 07-08 season, Fulham’s five Americans are more than any other top-flight [...]
Celebrities Can Read
Posted in Red Sox, basketball, books, movies, sports, website on May 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently revealed that he has been chosen to appear on a reading poster for America’s libraries. On his blog for nba.com, Kareem writes, “The library has been my access to worlds that I know nothing about and it has helped me learn about the enormous diversity on our planet.” He’s shown [...]
