Category Archives: Austin
Cracker Jill is the new face of baseball snacks.
If you're at a major league baseball game, keep an eye out for Jill, Cracker Jill. New packaging for Cracker Jack food thingees...... whatever it really is, has a girl on it. That's the new character ...
Apr 14, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Bieber offers free mental health counseling with BetterHelp.com.
Justin Bieber has earned a lot of respect from me this week. He's offering his fans, and basically everyone, free mental health care sessions for a month. He's doing a promotion with BetterHelp.com. T...
Apr 14, 2022 Lou Stejskal / CC
Broken skateboard Kurt Cobain drew on expected to sell for at least $40k. See other Cobain items up for auction at crazy prices.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain was playing in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video is going up for auction. It's a 1969 blue Fender that they say was one of Kurt's favorites. It comes with the original ca...
Apr 14, 2022 ranadeep_mails / CC
New type of ice cubes that don't melt. Science!
Food scientists have created a new type of ice that stays cold as long as ice, has water in it, but does not melt. Say hello to Jelly Ice. It's basically a Frankensteined version of Jello that traps w...
Apr 13, 2022 liz west / CC
Airplane takes 5 attempts to land. Then won't let passengers off for hours. Video of upset passengers in blog.
Ok. That Jet Blue video I was talking about earlier with the passengers wanting to get off. Here's what happened. They were supposed to land at JFK, but because of weather, they couldn't. The pilots m...
Apr 13, 2022 Matt Artz / Unsplash
You ever go to a web page and the video there has nothing to do with the headline?
Things on the internet that need to be fixed: When you go to a web site for a story where there's a video right at the top of the page under the headline.......... and then the video has absolutely no...
Apr 13, 2022 Chris Reed / CC
1 of last 4 K-Marts closing. Video of that store in blog if you're feeling nostalgic.
I didn't know there were any K-Marts still open, much less four. Well, make that three now. A K-Mart in New Jersey is shutting down on April 16. I wasn't in Lincoln when that one closed. But I was vis...
Apr 12, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Mac and Quiche? Interesting Easter side dish I ran across.
I was looking for Easter food ideas and ran across a baked mac and cheese recipe that ends up looking like a giant quiche that's stuffed with macaroni. And that's basically what it is. The recipe incl...
Apr 12, 2022 J B / CC
Moderate alcohol increases breast cancer risk.
Last week I mentioned a new study that says one drink a day, like a glass of wine, is NOT good for you like previously thought. Since, I caught a segment on Good Morning America where they were talkin...
Apr 12, 2022 Casey Marshall / CC
13 year old makes $6 million in one year.
13 year old Nyla Hayes is an aspiring artist. And she's already made millions from her drawings. So, I guess we can leave out the word "aspiring", can't we. Nyla is a millionaire because she make NFTs...
Apr 11, 2022 Rareclass / CC