Well now the Somalian pirates have done it.  For the first time in more than 500 years, the Chinese Navy is headed to Africa, specifically the Gulf of Aden.  For some perspective 500 years ago– that’s the Ming Dynasty, meanwhile in Europe Henry VIII is sitting on the English throne and is married to Catherine [...]

Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and seismologists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it’s very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen [...]

Morticians have always worked cosmetic magic when trying to recapturing the lifelike appearance of a person who’s died.  Now, however, the ones that Carly Simon wrote that song about are making advance arrangements for these final touches and in ways they never used to even think about. “I’ve had people mention that they want their [...]

It’s a merry Christmas for French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his lovely wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.  The professional model and pop singer turned First Lady, was seeking 125,000 euros in court damages from Pardon, a fashion chain that sold purses emblazoned with a nude picture of her—without her permission. Last week a French court decided that, [...]

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and to our readers in the British Isles and the greater Commonwealth Happy Boxing Day—from the Happiest Place on Earth.  I think that covers everyone.  If I missed a holiday please let me know. It’s been a rough year, unless you were fortunate enough to be a U.S. bank [...]

Last minute gift ideas…how about a 2009 Sarah Palin Calendar.  Its perfect for the right winger in your life who thinks that Governor Palin is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of the Grand Old Party. As far as being the future of the party, she might to keep the news from Alaska on the more positive side.  [...]

Apparently its good to be homeless in Milan this year.   Police in Milan seized almost 90 pounds of beluga caviar with a street value of $558,300 from a group of smugglers.  The police had been keeping the sturgeons’ eggs as evidence for weeks now, but realized that it would go bad soon.  The cops figured [...]

You now have a reason to watch the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl.  That is if you were looking for one in the first place. Tune in before kickoff on Saturday December 20th and you can enjoy the dulcet tones of the one and only David Hasselhoff.  The Hoff will be belting out The Star Spangled [...]

So I watched the movie Gremlins for the first time in about 20 years.  Largely because nothing else was on and I had forgotten that Phoebe Cates was in it. Phoebe Cates makes my heart go pitter patter.  I don’t really remember enjoying the film the first time I saw it, and its still disappointing.  [...]