BBC News is reporting that schools in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are being instructed not to stage events with “risky” stunts.  What is a “risky” stunt?  Try one in which a martial arts trainer drives a motorcycle over the hands of elementary school students. Another stunt involved the bike being ridden over [...]

And congratulations to Lonesome George, a Geochelone abigdoni tortoise thought to be the rarest living creature on the planet.  George is a native of Pinta, an isolated northern island of the Galápagos Island chain.  How rare is he?  Scientists found him in 1972 and moved him into captivity.  He is the only living member of [...]

No, this is not a Bernie Maddoff story.  This story is from the UK.  Apparently a young prison guard is out of a job because she was “too pretty”.  In our sexist society, it seems that young women face discrimination for not being glamorous enough.  Here we have the opposite taking place. Amitjo Kajla is [...]

What is it with Brits getting burned by Facebook?  First the head of MI-6 has his vacation photos and other private information out for the world to see thanks to his wife.  Now a couple of teens in Southern England cause a riot when they posted details about their house party on their Facebook page. [...]

While watching TV last night, I saw a commercial for the new G.I. Joe movie.  It got me thinking about movies based on superheroes and comic books.  Why must we start every film franchise with either a movie origin about how they became “super” or just after they’ve fallen off the pedestal.  If you’re the [...]

Large fiberglass replicas of food… this is how you know that the food you see will be good but not entirely healthy. Its time to head out to the county fair, in this case its the Orange County Fair.  I give you some of the sights of the fair.  I would have loved to do [...]

There is no free lunch.  There is no Santa Claus.  And apparently there are no longer any cool British spies.  That bit of fiction was wiped away last week when the new chief of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service had his vacation photos pasted all over… his wife’s Facebook page. Sir John Sawers is currently [...]

I spent this last holiday weekend under self-imposed house arrest to avoid the blinding heat and idiots who like running around in such blinding heat.  My only contact with the outside world, Saturday and Sunday consisted of no less than three delivery people and my television. There were more than a few commercials promoting various [...]

Casual observations of the day’s big event. 9:03am (FOX News) News readers have to educate the audience while trying to fill time with overhead helicopter shots. Tell us about Forest Lawn Cemetery– “Freddie Prinze is buried there.” The best celebrity that FOX News’ Martha MacCallum could come up with was Freddie Prinze!?  Not to take [...]