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Cheap, Practical -- and Sort of Odd -- Gift Giving
Last Christmas, because everybody was in financially challenging situations, we agreed to go cheap on gifts -- for everyone, that is, but the Toddler, who simultaneously performs the function of daugh...
Posted on 3/1/13 at 1:09 PM
Real Klingons Wear Pink in Star Trek: The Animated Series
Giant pink tribbles. Spock casting magic spells. The crew turning into babies, growing gills, or shrinking. Is there no weirdness that failed to occur on Star Trek: The Animated Series? No. No, ...
Posted on 1/29/13 at 12:03 PM
Only three shows of “The Odd Couple” left
In case you havent noticed there are only three shows left the 2nd ACT Community Theater production of The Odd Couple. We opened last night and the Thursday crowd seemed to enjoy it. I hate to be a sh...
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:49 AM
DEMISE OF HUMANKIND UPDATE: 75 people involved in fight at the birthday party of a 3-year-old
And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend, how you dont believe were on the eve of destruction? Okay, Ill just keep making the case that humankind is spiraling toward self-oblivion via t...
Posted on 9/30/10 at 4:32 PM
Explain normal
I used to think there was nothing worse than a bored 4-year-old. I stand corrected. Bored teenagers are just as fretful. I was standing in the garage with my husband yesterday, having just gotten home...
Posted on 7/9/10 at 10:00 AM
For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.May 23, 2013
Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around — bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru
A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later — in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.May 18, 2013
Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
Canada abuzz over purported crack video of mayor
TORONTO (AP) — A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Ford on Friday called the allegations "ridiculous."By Rob Gillies, Associated Press , May 17, 2013
Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.By Associated Press , May 15, 2013
City sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.By Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Hearing begins on fine for Ore. airport stripper
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest what he saw as an invasive security check went to court Tuesday to contest the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000.By Lauren Gambino, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Boy gets handwritten response from Biden on chocolate bullets
MILWAUKEE (AP) — It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response.By Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway
By Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune, Forum News Service , May 14, 2013
Mass. panel: No profanity on rapper's headstone
Commissioners at a Massachusetts cemetery have said no to profanity on headstones.May 14, 2013
Burger stand nets $1,600 bid for pre-season meal
GRAFTON, N.D. — The Westside Drive-In here is old school, harkening to the days of poodle skirts, customers ordering by speaker phone and car hops delivering the fast food on trays to be attached to car windows. However, Friday’s price of the Wagon Master burger was not from days gone by.By Ryan Bakken, Forum News Service , May 13, 2013
Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight
A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.May 11, 2013
9-inch copter lands in arms of Ohio court statue
An unwanted modern addition has flown into the arms of a Lady Justice statue that sits atop a county courthouse in north-central Ohio.May 08, 2013
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