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Blue M&Ms – Miracle Cure?
While wading through the remains of your Halloween candy, there is undoubtedly a pack or two of M&Ms left over. If you are tempted to finish them off, just tell people you are eating them for health reasons. Then wash it down with some blue Gatorade. It could even help a quadriplegic walk again. Say [...]
National Parks Fee-Free Weekend
When’s the last time you visited a National Park? The National Park Service is paid for by all of our tax dollars and provides a valuable service in preserving either historically significant locations or natural wonders within all 50 of the United States. From the soaring beauty of Yosemite National Forest to the quiet solitude [...]
The Julie & Julia Project
Bon appétit, y’all! One of my favorite books of 2008 is being made into a movie (Julie & Julia), opening tomorrow around the country. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell is the autobiographical memoir of the young Texan in the year she is 29. Pushing 30, stuck in a [...]
Civil War Battlefield or Wal-Mart?
I remember while growing up there was a big to-do over whether to build a Disney entertainment park near the Battle of Manassas. And, you know what they say about history repeating itself? Well, Wal-Mart has announced plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near - but not at - the historical Civil War site of the “Battle [...]
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to an innocent 911 call from a neighbor as Gates was trying to get into his own house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A few steps further down the plot line involving cops, a misunderstanding, and a fired up homeowner, and suddenly Gates is being arrested for disorderly [...]
Roald Dahl: Children’s Author, WWII English Spy?
If you grew up anytime in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, or beyond – or had children of that era – you may remember the pleasure and thrill of those zany books by Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, The B.F.G (Big Friendly Giant), etc. Last fall, a [...]
Barbie – 50 and Fabulous!
Barbie’s been in the news recently because, supposedly, Jessica Simpson wanted to throw a “Ken and Barbie” party for her 29th party, but, since Tony Romo dumped her (“Wha!?! A grown man said ‘no’ to a Barbie party?!?”), she called the whole thing off. (Cue background music: “It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I [...]
Vegemite – New, Improved, and still Gross
If you are a fan of 80s music, you may remember Vegemite from the song Down Under from Men At Work (“He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich…”). For those not familiar with obscure lyrics from Australian bands from several decades ago led by a singer with cameos in the TV show Scrubs, Vegemite is [...]
