Update: At least two new Jesse Stone movies are in the works according to industry reports. See for example this article from Variety. Production begins in May, with scripts to be co-written by Michael Brandman and Tom Selleck, and the … Continue reading
The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi reports from a place where medical volunteers, some local and some foreign, come to deliver healthcare to the poor: The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook OK, Mandvi … Continue reading
This is an interesting interaction between a dolphin and a human in Hawaiian waters. The dolphin a fishhook and fishing line in one its pectoral fins with the line also extending into its mouth. When Keller Laros, the human diver, … Continue reading
Before you decide to take up parkour (aka free running), having watched video clips that make it look amazingly cool, take a look at the following and realize that for training purposes, you might want to dress like Iron Man. … Continue reading
Here's the deal: A guy foolishly makes a bet with his kid brother over a basketball game (and not even a real basketball game) and loses, which means under the terms of the bet that he has to go to … Continue reading
(Updated) Today's XKCD has a rather disturbing graphic showing the total mass of land mammals on Earth divided into humans, our pets and livestock, and everything else. There's not much of everything else. As the Explain XKCD site points out … Continue reading
A few weeks ago the So Long As It's Words blog published an informative and amusing post on the origin of the F-word in English. It's more interesting than one might have thought. The thing I found most interesting, however, … Continue reading