Archive for October, 2009
Halloween Trivia
Whether you are at a wild party tonight with the adults, throwing down booze with James Dean, a skeleton, and a ridiculously naughty nurse, or just toting the kids around town tomorrow begging for candy (that will be me), here are a few Halloween-related conversation starters: The most popular costumes for 2009 (unofficially) are Michael [...]
Defining Recession, now that’s it’s apparently over
According to Washington and some recent economic data, the recession has come to an end. The lack of presents that will be under my Christmas tree this year are reason enough to debate that statement, but it should be realized that ending a recession and ending “difficult times” are not the same thing. The actual [...]
World Series Primer for the non-fan
Sports week continues at Dinner Topics with the World Series beginning tonight. Baseball fans have already analyzed and dissected the heck out of this thing, but for those of you not into baseball but forced into a place where you know it will be on and talked about, here are some basic points to know [...]
NBA – neverending season begins tonight
Sports are going to be heavy in the news this week with the NBA season starting tonight and the World Series beginning tomorrow. That’s right, the NBA tips off tonight and will continue throughout the winter, throughout the spring, and will end just around the time you are making your Fourth of July plans. If [...]
Paranormal Activity – Big Box Office, Tiny Budget
I had been holding out on this topic for a while because I wasn’t sure if it would ever become more than a cult following. After last week’s box office numbers, however, a main stream success is at hand. Two years ago, a micro tiny budget (allegedly around $15,000) was used to make a movie [...]
Tahiti – Middle of Nowhere, but a beautiful Nowhere
Tahiti – exotic vacation spot, enchanted honeymoon location, but where the heck is it? As the main island of French Polynesia, Tahiti is located in the South Pacific, about 2,500 miles southeast of Hawaii. Tahiti and the other 34 islands of French Polynesia are geographically diverse, with mountains and volcanoes forming picturesque landscapes. It’s no [...]
High Altitude Snooze?
One topic sure to be talked about tonight is the misdirected flight that took an unexplained 150 mile detour before landing in Minneapolis. As of this posting, the crew claimed they were having “a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness.”1 Say what?! The crew stopped responding a little over an hour [...]
Sanjay Gupta – next Surgeon General?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a name everyone hears on occasion, but many don’t know who he is or why his name is familiar. No, he’s not one of those radio doctors trying to sell you liposuction, permanent hair removal, or lasik eye surgery. Gupta is a neurosurgeon who doubles as the chief medical correspondent for [...]
