Friday, December 31, 2010

Noah's Ark Theme Park

It's not the park we know and love in Wisconsin Dells. This Theme Park will be built in Kentucky and will include a first-century Middle Eastern village, live animal shows, a children’s interactive play area, a 100-foot replica of the Tower of Babel, a 500-seat special effects theater and an aviary plus a full-size replica of Noah's ark all built with the help of tax payers in Kentucky. Noah's Ark

donate a kidney=get out of jail free card

Two sisters were sentenced to life in prison for a robbery that netted them $11. The governor of Mississippi has granted them clemency on the condition that one sister donate a kidney to her ailing sibling. This case has raised issues from the start and this ruling has continued that trend. story

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Worst Christmas gifts

Have any of these under your tree? You might want to brave the long return lines if you do. Here is a list of the worst Christmas gifts.

Tired of the same old Christmas movies?

Take a look at the 5 weirdest Christmas movies...I think weird is putting it nicely. movies

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Top FAILS of 2010

Justin Bieber tops the list of people and I'm not at all surprised. To see the rest of the list, check here.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Dome Collapses




The Metrodome was no match for 20 inches of snow Saturday night. The Vikings game had already been postponed until Monday but after the collapse, it's unclear when that game will be played. I-90 was closed along with many other roads around the state of Minnesota. story. I have been snowed in for two days--here's a picture of my front yard.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Glee sings for Simon

The cast of 'Glee' performed on Simon Cowell's X-factor in Britain. They were fantastic as always. Watch their performance here.

Young Star Wars Fan finds support online

Katie is a first grader from Evanston IL and she is a huge Star Wars fan. She carries a Star Wars water bottle to school but has been getting tease relentlessly by the boys because of it. After other Star Wars fans heard of Katie's problem, they rallied to support her. Katie

Saturday, December 4, 2010

PETA plays the fool again

PETA is opposed to a game character called "Super Meat Boy." They created their own version called "Super Tofu Boy" and the game's maker has incorporated the character into their PC based game. The makers also pointed out that Meat Boy is not a block of meat but rather a boy with no skin. So PETA once again gives press time and helps a company with it's success. They did the same thing to Dodge recently when they objected to Dodge using a monkey in one of their commercials. Dodge simply digitally removed the monkey and ran the new commercials which became a huge success. Tofu Boy