You think if you don’t live in a big city, it’s okay to text and walk – you laugh and scoff at why you shouldn’t text & walk … Now, who’s not laughing and running from … BEEEAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or the equally deadly but not quite as fuzzy … Mall fountain!

When products don’t sell by a certain day to the big retailers (WM, Target, TRU, Kohl’s, Kmart, CVS, Walgreen’s, TakeFiveADay Cotton Candy-CARS Diecast Flea Market Cart, etc, etc …), they get “re-sold” to consolidators … so if you’re wondering where the X thousands of Finn McMissiles from Walmart are … So, if you want a […]

Hard to believe YouTube has only been around since 2005 – it feels like it’s been around forever … this is THE FIRST video posted by one of the three co-founders … Good thing cats were discovered soon after – otherwise this YouTube thing might’ve gone nowhere … You can read more about this video […]

“Planetary Resources Inc. intends on Tuesday to outline its plan to send an unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid and mine it for valuable metals and water that could be used in further space exploration or returned to earth.” There was also talk of bringing them in orbit with the moon … that should end well […]

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You may not need an MBA to put your finger on some problems with Mattel’s Disney Pixar CARS 2 line … This might require an army of marketing scientists … or can your 7-month old speak yet? It is beautiful … and what’s nice is it’ll stay a static display and not necessary to put […]

Let this be a lesson to you kids … After filling a courtesy cup with soda Thursday at the McDonald’s soda fountain and then leaving the restaurant, Mark A. was arrested by Collier deputies and now faces a felony theft charge, a sheriff’s report shows. While his charge is petty theft, because of previous petty […]

Only San Diego Comic Con is so popular, it offers/requires pre-paid parking … so if you have your badges/tix in hand and you’re ready, might as well pre-pay to the hotels and convention center (if it’s not already sold out). Keep in mind there are free shuttles so if the closest spots are sold out […]

Not really Toys R Us …but if you still want a Gold Lightning McQueen … look for it at your local closeout store … maybe in 5 years, it’ll be worth as much as the Rollin’ Bowlin’ Mater game … But of course, you can find lots of other amusing items there … Maybe I […]

Well, it’s not clear that he actually invented all these 2,000 words and phrases but most of the earliest written examples are these are from his sonnets, plays, etc … here’s a cute 1-minute recap … You can find a nice list of words we still use everyday here … (including one of my favorite […]