Archive for August, 2009
Disney Acquisition: Marvel-ous!
This morning Walt Disney Company stunned the financial world by paying a whopping $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. Considering the kids at Disney generally seem to know what they are doing in the entertainment arena, it just goes to show you exactly what Marvel is worth. So what does Disney get from this [...]
What is NATO?
There was a bombing in Islamabad that struck some NATO trucks today. NATO is one of those acronyms you often hear but may not know what it stands for. NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization The main purpose of the organization was to form an alliance, so that all members would help defend an attack [...]
Don’t LOL at the UFC, it’s MMA!
UFC 102 is tonight1 and if you already know who Randy Couture is, then you probably can skip this post. UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the UFC is the most popular organization of MMA (mixed martial arts). Started in 1993, the UFC was banned in many states, had very few rules and was [...]
Welcome Back Woodstock!
Earlier this month, the 40th anniversary of Woodstock passed us by. Not coincidentally, the musical and cinematic worlds have taken notice and thrust it back in the news. Several anniversary concerts and festivals starring some of the original performers have already taken place but with little fanfare. A movie by Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Hulk, [...]
Defining Gypsies
Madonna, decades removed from being a “material girl,” still manages to find ways to get herself in the news. This time, the pop star is popping up in headlines because she defended Gypsies at her concert in Bucharest. Many Americans associate the word “gypsy” with a deragatory meaning, thinking back to wandering groups of people moving across the [...]
The Kennedy Family
Ted Kennedy passed away last night, and as I’ve said before, Dinner Topics doesn’t try to regurgitate news stories in current events. There are already plenty of stories on Ted Kennedy hitting the wires already, some talking about his accomplishments, some dealing with his difficulties. Check out the link below for a great summation of his [...]
Martha’s Vineyard: More Yard than Vine
You’ve heard about it a million times in the news lately since President Obama and his family are currently vacationing there, but do you actually know where or what Martha’s Vineyard is? Martha’s Vineyard is an island in New England, officially a part of Massachusetts. No, it’s not the same thing as Nantucket – that’s [...]
Fruit on Cream Soda Dum Dums Wrapper
Yesterday’s post was one of our more in-depth and informative entries, so today we’re going in the opposite direction with the most trivial of posts. If you are a candy lover or happen to be around kids at any time of the day, however, the following information will still be quite topical and will win [...]
