Archive for May, 2010
Paintings Pilfered in Paris
Ok, ”pilfered” is a poor word choice when describing a heist valued at nine figures, but the alliteration in the title got you here, didn’t it? Normally, Dinner Topics likes to briefly explain the “behind the scenes” of the topics you should know about, but this one pretty much speaks for itself and I just couldn’t [...]
Who are the Red Shirts and why are they angry?
Shortly after leaders called off protests in Thailand, a group of Red Shirts still set fire to Thailand’s Stock Exchange floor. Headlines about Red Shirts are all over the world news, and you are wondering who they are and why they are so angry. Red Shirts is the unofficial name given to the members of the [...]
HGH – What is it?
HGH is “muscling” its way into the news again with word that a doctor from Toronto was supplying some NFL players with various HGH products. We hear the acronym “HGH” all the time and most of us already know that it stands for Human Growth Hormone, but that still doesn’t quite explain it. HGH is a [...]
Diaspora – a Facebook alternative?
Many of you reading this post likely have a Facebook account. Even those that don’t are probably aware of the many stories published the past few months about privacy fears involved with Facebook. Many argue that Facebook gives the user little control over one’s own information and the controls and settings that do exist are [...]
American Idol Update
Perhaps you are like me and are one of the few people who own televisions not watching American Idol. If so, you also know that you can’t avoid hearing about it, so you might as well get an update from me so you know who’s who the next time your friends are talking about it. [...]
Supreme Court changes
90-year-old John Paul Stevens is retiring from the Supreme Court this summer. One notable fact about Stevens: his service as a justice spanned SEVEN presidencies! President Obama’s nominee to replace Stevens is Elena Kagan, current Solicitor General of the United States.1 Kagan has all of the legal background you’d expect (degrees from Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard, and [...]
Cereal battle: Trix or Kix?
If you had to settle for a quick bowl of cereal before heading out the door this morning, you might want to offer this bit of trivia to your friends or cereal- loving coworkers. Kix, the “Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved” corn cereal, debuted way back in 1937. Trix, the sugar boasting cereal not intended for rabbits (Silly [...]
Downey. Is. Iron Man. (Again)
The big news in the entertainment world this weekend is the release of Iron Man 2, the sequel to the wildly successful Iron Man a couple summers ago. Robert Downey Jr. is still Tony Stark. Last time around, Jeff Bridges played the antagonist, but this time around it’s crazy Mickey Rourke playing the bad guy [...]
