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History Repeats Itself: Conical Bras Back From the 1950’s

Conical Bras – Making a Comeback
Back in the 1950’s, women from across the nation went berserk over the conical bras, which were made popular by stars like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Now the pointy conical bras are making their way back on the market, screaming with high demand, and [...]

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Cookie Monster to Veggie Monster? Inconceivable!

Cookie Monster is not Veggie Monster
Behold the power of Google. The world’s most popular search engine put a picture of Cookie Monster on its homepage today, and suddenly a four-year-old rumor is revived. There has not and will not be a decision to change Cookie Monster to Veggie Monster.
The fact [...]

Has he lost weight? Image from Flickr.

Casino Denies Man Jackpot, but Keeps Case out of Court

Jackpot! Or not.
Do you ever get that feeling that you want to throw  your computer out the window when you experience a glitch? Imagine a computer glitch that made you think you had won more than $166 million. Obviously, in this story, a casino denies a man a jackpot.
In Tampa, [...]

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Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers, Wal-Mart Caskets on Aisle 9

Great Deals, Unbeatable Prices
People go to Wal-Mart for one thing; to save money. I don’t care what others have to say about the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart is one of the best places to go to reduce the probable need of a payday loan. I find just about everything I [...]

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Grandparents Ordered to Evict 6 Year Old | HOA Down!

Let Bylaws Be Bylaws
I’m a parent, so I’m going to proudly display just a bit of bias here. If the homeowners’ association at the Largo, Florida retirement community where Jimmy and Judie Stottler live think it’s a good idea to force them to evict their six-year-old granddaughter Kimberly Broffman, I [...]

It's people like these who voted to evict six-year-old Kimberly Broffman. Not these people specifically, but people like them. You can see it in their eyes. (Photo: flickr.com)

Sweat Lodge Survivor Speaks | Worst $9,000 Ever Spent?

Will Arthur Ray be accused of murder?
James Arthur Ray a couple of weeks ago charged a few dozen of his followers $9,000 to attend a five-day retreat that culminated in spending couple of hours in a makeshift sweat lodge. Three people died and several others were hospitalized.
A lawyer representing a [...]

Pictured: A sweat lodge in Hawaii. Many cultures have used sweat lodges for centuries, but they are very selective about the materials used. Image from Flickr.

Adam Jasinski, ‘Big Brother’ Winner, Accused of Selling Drugs

Did Adam Jasinski invest in oxy?

What would you do if you won $500,000? Would you retire, buy a house, travel the world or invest in oxycodone so you could illegally sell it? Well, prosecutors in the case against “Big Brother 9″ winner Adam Jasinski would have you believe that Jasinski [...]

Morehouse College New Dress Code Policy Stirs Controversy

Morehouse College
Morehouse College is an historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. According to Wikipedia, it is one of four remaining traditional men’s colleges in the United States. Like any other college, it’s a place for learning and future leadership preparation. Ambitious individuals from across the nation have secured personal loans [...]

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Kelly Ann Walz of Ross Township, PA Killed by Pet Bear

It’s No Surprise: Bears Are Wild Animals
You know they call them killer whales
But you seem surprised
When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank
Where you can’t turn around
It took half your leg and both your lungs
- Neko Case, “People Gotta Lot of Nerve”
Ross Township, PA isn’t far north [...]

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Ted Williams’ Frozen Head Allegedly Abused by Alcor

Dome of “The Splendid Splinter” Used for Batting Practice
When Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ted Williams died at the age of 83 in 2002, he was cryogenically frozen by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Arizona. As the company’s name indicates, the hope was that Williams could eventually be [...]

A cast of Ted Williams' head. Would you deep freeze a head like that so you could play a game of pepper, I ask you? (Photo: metapedia.com)

Randy Quaid Arrest | Wait! You Forgot to Tip the Bellhop!

Hollywood star and wife jailed after skipping out on hotel bill
Most people in this world are honest when it comes to paying their debts. When they need help making ends meet during a temporary crisis, they may even resort to honest means of securing extra funds, like payday loans from [...]

Randy Quaid, cultivator of beards and dangling hotel bills (Photo: flickr.com)

Pregnant Woman Pregnant Again | A Rare Superfetation Case

A son conceived 2 ½ weeks after a daughter

Todd and Julia Grovenburg of Arkansas are expecting new additions to their family. However, unlike the vast majority of expectant mothers with two kids on the way, Julia Grovenburg isn’t going to have twins, and the children aren’t going to be at [...]

A No Fax Cash Advance for the Keys that Got Away

Well, they didn’t QUITE get away, but…
They were definitely toast by the time I’d chipped the dried cement off of them.
Here’s the deal. I work for a landscaping business in City of Industry. One day, I’m doing some brickwork for a customer, minding my own business, when his dog comes [...]

They were so close, I could almost touch them – if my hand could blast through that brand new brick wall I'd built! (Photo: flickr.com)

Troy Polamalu | The Madden Curse Strikes Again, Non-Believers!

Will Cards WR Larry Fitzgerald be next? He’s on the cover too!
Ever since the concept of the “Madden curse” began to circulate among sports and video game fans, I always assumed that it was a tongue-in-cheek kind of thing. A football player’s appearance on the cover of the Madden NFL [...]

Be on the cover and you must face the flames of the Madden curse, NFL players! (Photo: giantbomb.com)

Colloidal Silver Got You Blue? Talk to Paul Karason

He wanted a cure, but became Papa Smurf instead
If you’re into miracle health cures that don’t involve proper diet and exercise, you’ve probably heard about colloidal silver. Even if you aren’t into magic elixirs, you’ve probably heard mention of colloidal silver’s healing properties. As the L.A. Times recently documented, there [...]

Paul Karason took too much colloidal silver. It's a wonder he isn't dead. (Photo: sonofmacenstein.com)

Joe Wilson Is Your Pre-Existing Condition | Playful Patriotism

Who’s unpatriotic now?
During the eight years of Republican reign that preceded President Barack Obama’s election, fans of President Bush often fought criticism of him by saying that the critic was “unpatriotic,” “anti-American,” you know what I’m talking about.
So liberals got a reputation of being unpatriotic, but my how the tables [...]

I do believe the guy who wrote this book, Mathew Honan, created Joe Wilson is Your Pre-Existing Condition. Image from Amazon.com.

Kate Gosselin, ‘Playboy’ Won’t Be Doing Business

‘Playboy’ offers Kate Gosselin big bucks
The Gosselins have been all over the tabloids, the morning news shows, the evening entertainment news shows and, of course, TLC for months — or years, in some cases. But Kate Gosselin’s image in “Playboy” is not something the public will be seeing.
“Playboy” sent Kate [...]

Kate Gosselin has enough money from publications, such as her best-selling book "Eight Little Faces." Image from Amazon.com.

09/09/09 | Your Lucky Day or “Suffering” in Japanese?

This probably won’t happen again in your lifetime
If you’re looking to do a mortgage loan modification or play the lotto, 9 9 09 (or 9/09/09 if you prefer, as I do) may just be the day to do it. Or perhaps you want to get your hands on the new [...]

That expires today, bucko. But don't worry: mortgage loan modification is available today and after 09/09/09. (Photo: flickr.com)

Miss Cougar USA | Wanting Dates, Needing Internet Loans

Cougars seek love online and off, use internet loans
Relationships are a tricky business. Whether we meet people out and about or online (in between searching for internet loans), we all have a social side of ourselves that is longing to connect with others. When it comes to companionship, we tend [...]

Watch out, cubs! You may not be getting or giving what you bargained for. (Photo: stayawayfromtools.blogspot.com)