CNN reports that Costco is apologizing after a pastor noticed price-tags on Bibles at a California store were labelled “Fiction.” 3 More Things A Big Box Store Could Do To Offend Christians 1. Instead of selling individual Bibles, sell bulk… Read More ›
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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 ›
Swedish Newspaper Describes “Swedish Family’s IKEA Nightmare”
The Local, Sweden’s News In English, reports that police were called to a “Swedish family’s IKEA nightmare.” The family in Strömstad was trying to assemble IKEA furniture at 1:00 a.m., which apparently woke up their baby, which apparently made the… Read More ›
CNN: Guy Ordering Everything At A McDonald’s Is News
CNN reports that a man from Wisconsin has shelled out $141.33 at McDonald’s to make what he calls a “McEverything” Sandwich. It features every breakfast and lunch item from the menu (and a Diet Coke). “McEverything?” McReally? Three Things We’d… Read More ›
Penny For The Person Who Misspelled Jesus On The Vatican’s Medals Thoughts
Reuters reports that the Vatican has withdrawn thousands of Papal medals after realizing inscriptions on them misspelled “Jesus” as “Lesus.” Speaking of topical errors on metallic circular objects, here are: 3 Worse Possible Errors For The U.S. Penny 1. instead of… Read More ›
If You Find Any Typos In This Entry, Please Don’t Hit Control-Alt-Delete
Yahoo reports that Bill Gates has called the need to press control-alt-delete simultaneously to restart versions of Windows instead of one button on the keyboard a “mistake.” 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Wait, Microsoft – are you… Read More ›
Giving Yourself Five Stars Online May Not Be A Five Star Idea!
The New York Times reports that New York regulators have agreed to allow $350,000 in penalties to be paid by companies that wrote fake positive online reviews for products or services. Apparently something called “reputation enhancement firms” write fake reviews,… Read More ›
Europe May Send Robotic Snakes Into Space, Yet Can’t Seem To Send Greek Debt There.
The Washington Post reports that the European Space Agency is considering sending robotic snakes into space. Apparently, snake maneuverability may assist snake-bots at accessing difficult-to-reach areas of Mars. Because cleaning mars with traditional mops can be hard on your back,… Read More ›
Yahoo Changes Logo In Epic Font Event
AllThingsD reports that Yahoo has introduced a new logo, after 30 days of build up featuring different, non-permanent Yahoo logos. The logo is purple, slimmer, and, well, if you’re really into logos you can watch an entire video about the… Read More ›