The Gainesville Sun reports that Delta bumped all of the passengers off a flight from Gainesville to Atlanta to allow a University of Florida basketball team to fly on the plane instead. Reportedly the passengers noticed something was up when… Read More ›
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Sorry, Thurston Howell The Third, You Don’t Have What It Takes To Be A Modern Day Millionaire!
Business Insider reports that a study this year indicates people with nick names or shorter names tend to earn more money than people who go by longer names. From the story: “From an analysis of nearly 6 million names, the… Read More ›
3 Reasons The Walking Dead Is Not The Worst Thing On TV
Last weekend we analyzed and searched for reasons as to why the characters on the Walking Dead do not refer to the zombies as “zombies,” calling them names like “Walkers,” or the more urgent seeming “Biters” and “Skineaters.” Well, here we… Read More ›
3 Theories That Perhaps Indicate Why The Walking Dead Characters Don’t Call Zombies “Zombies”
Yesterday, funny blogger ListOfX posed a question in reply to our entry about characters in the “Walking Dead” using names like “Walkers,” “Biters,” and “Skin-eaters” as the names they choose to call the zombies in the show: “Why not just… Read More ›
In A World Full Of Zombies Where Nobody Has Heard Of Zombies…
Last Sunday, on the Walking Dead, or as we call it “That Zombie Show Where Nothing Happens,” the sheriff character met some other place-filler characters. As is typical on this show, when the main characters meet new characters, they learn… Read More ›
Today’s Secret Word In Toronto Is Definitely Maybe “Probably”
CBC reports that Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, has admitted to smoking crack cocaine. According to the article, the Mayor said this today: “But, no — do I? Am I an addict, no? Have I tried it? Um, probably… Read More ›
In This Netflix Era, How Soon Is Too Soon For Media To Spoil Plots?
Today on Bloomberg TV, anchor Betty Liu gave away the ending to the series Breaking Bad. Given that the episode aired less than a month ago on September 29, is that an example of bad news-breaking? Or if you’ve just… Read More ›
Ted Cruz Was Born In Canada – What Would The Hart Foundation Say?
We were surprised to learn by watching last night’s SNL Weekend Update that Senator Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a.k.a. the land of universal healthcare and Bret “The Hitman” Hart. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Time To Decide Whether To Watch The Emmys Live To See If “Breaking Bad” Wins Everything Or Just Watch “Breaking Bad.”
Tonight’s Emmy awards on CBS compete in the same time slot as multi-nominated Breaking Bad and the series finale of Dexter. Sure, you may have a fancy DVR to record everything and see if Amy Poehler gets robbed for best… Read More ›
Maybe If You Drink Enough Of It, Beer Goggles Will Give Hello Kitty A Mouth!
Eatocracy reports that Hello Kitty fruit-flavored beer is now available in Taiwan and China! 3 More Products We Wouldn’t Want To See Featuring Childrens’ Characters 1. Wile E. Coyote Olive Garden Bottomless Bowls Of Salad And Breadsticks. Made of bottomless holes… Read More ›
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