Yahoo News Digest reports that a heavy snow fall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada this morning could take “days” or “weeks” to clean up. It’s the second snowfall for Calgary this summer. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Who… Read More ›
Month: September 2014
Apple Introduces Talking Watch… What Would Non-Talking Rolexes Have To Say?
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch today, which features Siri mobile talking assistant, and a bunch of other things $30,000 watches can’t do. The watch will be ready some time in 2015, just in time to return useless Christmas gift watches…. Read More ›
Now You Know Where All Of Your Missing Socks Went.
Veterinary Practice News reports that a Portland, Oregon dog ate 43.5 socks, which were successfully surgically removed, resulting in a full recovery for the dog. You can view an X-Ray of the dog’s stomach here. 3 Questions That Arise From… Read More ›
New Zealand Breaks Internet Trying To Look At Nude Celebs
Yahoo News Digest reports that a “handful” of computer users in New Zealand clicked on links promising nude celebrity photos, that delivered malware, resulting in a “nationwide internet meltdown” affecting 600,000 computers. Way to break the internet, handful of people… Read More ›
3 More Vice-President Titles We Propose For Goldman Sachs’ 10,000+ Vice-Presidents
Yesterday, we wrote about how Goldman Sachs argued in Court that “Vice-President” is a “courtesy title” it gives to about a third of its employees. Since it must be hard to come up with names to differentiate all of those… Read More ›
Hey, You Have An Issue With Goldman Sachs? Talk To One Of Its 10,000 Vice-Presidents!
Bloomberg reports that a U.S. appellate court has sent a case to be heard by a jury to determine the meaning of “Vice-President” at Goldman Sachs. A former employee claims that a “Vice-President” is an “officer” of the company, and… Read More ›
Yelp: The Best Place To Read Legit Animal Hospital Reviews, Based On Our Interpretation Of Tuesday’s Court Ruling
The NY Times reports that a Federal Appeals Court has ruled that it is legal for Yelp to lower a company’s rating if it does not advertise on Yelp. Yelp denies that it does this kind of thing… but it… Read More ›
#X For #Xcessive? In#Xs?
Pop star Demi Lovato is appearing in a new public service announcement for AT&T, brining attention to an initiative called #X. In it, as far as we can tell, Ms. Lovato wants to encourage people to stop reading texts and… Read More ›
Monkey Instructional Videos.
Discovery reports that a recent study indicates showing monkeys instructional videos that demonstrate how to open artificial fruit taught monkeys how to open artificial fruit. We assume “artificial fruit” is the secret ingredient to our favorite fruit-flavored-drinks. And now it’s… Read More ›
Russian Bank Has Lame Promotion Involving Lending Cats
CNN reports that as some Russians believe having a cat enter a new home is good luck, Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is offering the first 30 people who get a new mortgage a new cat. Oh, by the way, you… Read More ›