As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone’s spirit, mood or blood sugar level.
The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.
April 6, 2012 If you have ever experienced nitrous oxide or "laughing gas" while having a dental procedure you know that reality can be an elusive thing for a while. A North Carolina teenager has turned into the poster girl for post procedure fantasies after her mother posted a video of her emerging from a nitrous haze after having her wisdom teeth removed. All I can say is she must be a HUGH Harry Potter fan.
Sylvia Miller of Ohio may be 82-years-old, but that doesn’t mean she’s an easy mark for thieves. Last Wednesday, the spry octogenarian actually chased down a criminal who had snatched her purse. Go, granny!
A video featuring Alicia Silverstone chewing up food in her mouth and then feeding it — mother bird style — to her 11-month old son Bear is causing waves on the internet.
March 23, 2012 We have long been aware of the danger texting while driving poses. Now we are becoming equally aware of the pitfalls of texting while walking. The most recent case of text-walking ending badly came this week when an Indiana women, Bonnie Miller, fell into a river connecting to Lake Michigan while walking along a pier. According to ABC News57 in South Bend the woman was rescued by her husband an an on-looker. Hurt? No. Embarrassed?
It’s a little unusual to drive down a rural highway and see a car engulfed in flames. It’s even more unusual to see two firemen dressed in drag dousing those flames with a fire hose. And yet, that’s exactly what happened in Minnesota recently.
March 19, 2012 He is known to his pals as "Fearless Felix". It is not a nickname that has been lightly earned. Felix Baumgartner has jumped from planes over 2,500 times and now, according to the AP, he is planning his most daring jump yet from 120,000 feet or 23 miles above the earth. The record for a free fall by parachute is currently held by Air Force test pilot Joe Kittinger who jumped from 102,800 feet — 19.5 miles — in 1960. How fast will "Fearless Felix" be falling?
March 14, 2012 Having a Facebook account can open up all kinds of opportunities. It can keep you in touch with friends and family, it can keep you entertained with amusing games and it can help you find out if your husband is a bigamist. WHAT? Time magazine reports that a woman--who we'll call wife #1-- was scrolling through her Facebook page when she came across something interesting after clicking "People You May Know".
March 13, 2012 When I got a bad report card my parents would ground me. Some other kids I knew would have TV privileges taken away. But one Miami, Florida dad is taking a unique approach to motivating his son after the boy received 3 "F"s on his report card. According to TV station WSVN Michael Bell Sr. is making his son, Michael Jr., stand at a busy intersection with a sign that points out the boys academic shortcomings.
82-year-old Dick Clark has long been famous for his youthful appearance. And it would seem that his taste in architecture has also been frozen in time — prehistoric time, that is.
March 5, 2012 The designers of the new winged roller coaster, "The Swarm" knew they had to back to the drawing board when, according to Time magazine, several of the test crash dummies they used as guinea pigs to ride it came back missing limbs. The ride, located in Thorpe Park outside of London, England, had been restructured and deemed safe for humans when several professional test pilots were chosen to give it a test run. Their reaction?
February 27, 2012 George Washington is known as "the father of our country" and served as the first President of the United States. He is immortalized in statues across the country and is one of the four famous faces on Mount Rushmore. Now, according to the Sioux City Journal, a Nebraska women claims that she has a Chicken McNugget that bears an unmistakable resemblance to the "Scion of Mount Vernon" and she hoping to cash in. Does she have a case? See for yourself.
