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Oh, so that’s Ludacris
Ludacris has a new album coming out this week titled Battle of the Sexes. Many of the lyrics and some of the song titles are a little too strong for this mostly G-rated blog, but there’s still a few things I can tell you about the guy whose name you know but aren’t sure why. [...]
Average Life Span
Sunday was a bad day to be a really old person in the United States. Two of the oldest people in the world died within hours of each other, one a 114-year-old woman in New Hampshire and the other a spry 113-year-old woman from Detroit. The rest of the intriguing story can be found here.
While [...]
Oscars Preview
While most of you us only saw a couple of the TEN movies nominated this year, it never stops us from making the Academy Awards a major Dinner Topic when the time to dole out the statues arrives. Tonight, expect much of the same – safe rehearsed jokes, polite speeches thanking scores of people we’ve [...]
The Pentagon – world’s largest office building
Yesterday evening’s shooting at the Pentagon is sure to keep the famous building in the news. If you haven’t read about the shooting, you can find that story here.
While talking about it tonight, it would help to know some facts about the Pentagon other than its obvious shape. Not obvious from the many overhead shots [...]
Jim Bunning and the pay-go system
Jim Bunning has had two very different but very high profile careers, but if you are of the younger generation, you might not have even heard of him until this week. Formerly a Hall of Fame pitcher, Jim Bunning retired from baseball and climbed the political ranks, settling in as a Republican Senator from Kentucky [...]
Sidney Crosby
With everything wrapping up in Vancouver last night, this should be the last Olympics-related post for a while. When you arrive at work today, you’ll likely run into a conversation about yesterday’s Gold Medal hockey game between Canada and the United States. Canada won 3-2 in overtime after a thrilling comeback by the U.S. with [...]
Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
For many of you, today’s topic might not be the most exciting one of the year, so if you want to pass this one by and continue watching the Olympics, I understand. For the rest, I’ve got a topic you need to understand.
Greece’s economy is crumbling, and many other countries are trying to stay fiscally [...]
Killer whales – not as safe as they sound
Not to make light of a tragic situation, but when a killer whale accidentally drowns a trainer, it really shouldn’t come as much of a shock. Despite the whale’s inclination to usually avoid aggressive behavior toward humans, we’re talking about a 6 ton living thing with a mind of its own. One little mistake or [...]
