relish the time in the spotlight
here’s another story illustrating the thrill of the competition and the agony of defeat. there was a kerfuffle on coney island yesterday when competitive eating phenom takeru kobayashi was arrested after rushing the stage after the competition he was banned from was completed. kobayashi, or, ‘the tsunami’ as he’s known on competitive eating circles was [...]
mine was yellow scratch and sniff
the loss of the spaghetios guy and the loss of the gloved one just a year ago may have given some of us the feeling that bit by bit, our childhood was fading away. here’s a little more sand through the hourglass–the founder of swatch watches nicolas hayek died of heart failure at the age [...]
memories can be expensive
while record number of people are showing at food banks, the better half are busying shopping at auctions for memorabilia. here’s some of what they’re buying
three x-rays of marilyn monroe’s chest from a 1954 hospital stay netted $45,000
earrings worn by kate winslet in the blockbuster titanic movie sold for $25,000
one of michael jackson’s infamous crystal-studded [...]
qwerty
142 years ago this week pennsylvania native christopher sholes had his patent approved for the first typewriter. his wasn’t the first, others can be traced back another 100 years, but it was the first commercially successful one adopted by many. to create the tool, sholes followed some key design principles to improve his product. he [...]
what is it about the french and their mothers?
the french world cup team is knee deep in le merde after the group of whining babies decided to strike–that’s right, the french went on strike. seems the monsieurs of french football don’t like their coach raymond domenech. their star striker star nicolas anelka was so mad at him that he called him a “dirty son [...]
football’s coming home…
the world cup, the world’s largest and most important sporting event is underway. i was thinking today how little i knew about the world cup when i had the great opportunity to live in a football loving country during the world cup in ‘98. i was in england, and all eyes were on a young [...]
costner dances with wolves
kevin costner testified in front of congress today about the oil spill advocating for a machine that his scientist brother is building and in which costner himself has invested $20M. he said the machine “could separate oil from 200 gallons of polluted water in a minute [and that] BP, the company that owns the well [...]
