Month: October 2005

Friday night, the publishers of the Journal Of Irreproducible Results held their annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies, where they give their awards to the silliest scientific breakthroughs. This year's …

Louis Farrakhan plans on commemorating the 10th anniversary of his Million Man March with a Washington, DC march called Millions More Movement. The event is scheduled for October 15,...

Last week we had the carpets cleaned; something that any visitor to our house could tell you was long overdue. Previously we had been using a chemical dry cleaning …

Bonfire of the Vanities entries for this weeks edition (Week 119 hosted at TBIFOC) are due by midnight (Eastern), Monday October 10th. Send a link to your worst post …

With all the fuss over Harriet Miers, a lot of people questioned whether a Supreme Court Justice should have had some judicial experience on their resume. Others immediately pointed …

Yes, you read that headline right. Burger King in New Orleans is offering up to a $6,000 signing bonus for new hires. Rally's has a hand scrawled sign in …

Yesterday, I showed how the same story was presented by two different newspapers. Today, I get to do it again. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" recently came to Medfield, Massachusetts …

Last year I mentioned the San Diego Chargers 1960's AFL-era powder-blue throwback uniforms. They are, without a doubt, the best uniform in professional sports. Unfortunately team owner Alex Spanos …

A while ago, three boys in Andover, Massachusetts were arrested for animal cruelty. They had videotaped themselves on a psychotic rampage through a camp, torturing and killing animals, including …

One of the great losses of the decline of newspapers is the end of many of the "two-newspaper cities," when there are rival papers that catch each others' mistakes. …