The narrator is a boy of nearly 12 who lives in Larklight, a rambling Victorian house that reaches upwards in all directions from a central cellar where the gravity generator is located. Mechanical servants keep it clean with the aid … Continue reading
Alfred Hitchcock’s first American project was his only film to win an Academy Award, and since it was for Best Picture, it was producer David O Selznick, not Hitchcock, who took home the statuette. In 1968 Hitchcock received the Irving … Continue reading
A TV weathercaster in Phoenix Arizona deals with some really high temperatures on the weather map. Link: http://youtu.be/iXuc7SAyk2s “I think steel boils at about this temperature.” by … Continue reading
Jon Stewart offers up some apt commentary on the Iowa Freedom Summit, hosted by Republican Representative Steve King and featuring a bunch of Republicans who would like to be president. The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show … Continue reading
Jordan Belfort was the real-life founder of a mammoth corrupt stock brokerage that conned its clients out of hundreds of millions, for which he went to prison for a mere three years. (At least he got some jail time, unlike … Continue reading
Thirty seconds from an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati circa 1978: Link: http://youtu.be/wML2V6crNc0 by … Continue reading
The folks at Cheezburger have put together a nice collection of amusing tweets about the snowstorm afflicting the northeaster U.S. (link). The humor isn’t intended to distract from the major problems a snowstorm of this magnitude can cause. I hope … Continue reading
Richard A Muller PhD is a physicist who has long expressed skepticism about the global mean temperature records used by groups such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to measure historical global warming. While not himself a climate … Continue reading
In Mississippi, a state in which 76 percent of students surveyed report having had sex before leaving high school, teachers are not allowed to show students how to use a condom correctly. One teacher has figured out a way around … Continue reading
Silly but in spots hilarious, this is the latest Bad Lip Reading of clips from the NFL: Link: http://youtu.be/OTRmyXX6ipU by … Continue reading