CNBC reports that sales of toy archery sets to young girls is on the rise thanks to the Disney-Pixar movie Brave, and Lion’s Gates’ Hunger Games. 3 Worse Things Your Kids Could Be Inspired To Play With Based On Movies… Read More ›
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If Clint Eastwood Wanted To Debate An Empty Chair, There Were Plenty In Theaters When His Movie “J. Edgar” Opened!
At last night’s GOP convention, mystery guest speaker, Clint Eastwood, pretended to debate an empty chair, representing President Obama. 3 Other Places Clint Eastwood Could Find More Empty Chairs To Debate 1. At the opening weekend of the last movie… Read More ›
Flight Crew Fashion Police Spark Debate On What Is Acceptable To Wear On An Airplane
CNBC reports that two passengers who were asked to adjust their clothing on U.S. air carriers told their stories to sympathetic bloggers, leading to a viral debate of proper air travel attire. Specifically, a woman flying from Las Vegas was told… Read More ›
Good News! Airlines Are Less Likely To Lose Your Luggage! In Part Because Less Of You Are Bringing Luggage On To Planes To Save Baggage Fees!
The New York Times reports “good news” that airlines lost less luggage in 2011 than five years earlier. The New York Times cites various reasons, including fewer people are bringing luggage onto planes due to airlines charging fees to stow… Read More ›
Just In Time For The Olympic Closing Ceremonies… The Medals Of The Blogs We Read This Week! Tattoos, Dido, and Bucket Lists!
The Olympics are about to come to a close, and this is our 50th consecutive day of comedic blogging, so we decided to celebrate and create our own event: speed-reading of some of the blogs of readers who have liked… Read More ›
A Kid Helps Solve Detroit’s Financial Woes, And It’s Not Kid Rock!
According to the Detroit Free Press, a 9-year-old boy has worked to help solve Detroit’s financial crisis by selling lemonade and popcorn. He began his mission on Monday of last week, and by the end of last Friday, he had… Read More ›
India Has More Olympic Medals In Its History Than Michael Phelps, And Is Guaranteed At Least One More In Boxing!
It seems just days ago, media outlets like Yahoo were reporting, blogging, and occasionally making light of the fact that Michael Phelps, then expected to win his 22nd Olympic medal, would have as many Olympic medals as India has won in… Read More ›
Olympic Gold Medals Are Made Mostly Of Silver And Copper!
If you were planning on making an old joke today about dumb athletes having gold medals bronzed, hold up! There’s hardly any gold in those gold medals, as CNBC reports that Olympic gold medals contain the following metals: Silver 92.5%… Read More ›
Boring Vanilla Headline To Discourage You From Clicking On This Post.
We get spam! For those of you unfamiliar with WordPress, it filters out spam messages that autobots try to put on message boards. Often, you will receive the same awkward message, attempting to look genuine, repeatedly from different WordPress accounts…. Read More ›
3 Worse Things Your House-Sitter Could Do Than Steal Your Credit Card
Today is the final day of our week-long celebration of our readers! And our final entry in this series is inspired by blogger clotildajamcracker and her entry “Pirates Of The Dirty White T-Shirts.” This funny blog entry segues from commentary… Read More ›