Category Archives: Austin
Iowa TV sports guy assigned morning weather duty outside. Snarky remarks about how miserable it is makes him famous with millions of video views and replies from celebrities. Watch his funny breaks in blog.
TV station KWWL in Iowa made their night time sports guy do the morning weather yesterday. He stood outside in the freezing temps for the live shots. But, he made it clear he wasn't exactly happy abou...
Dec 23, 2022 Bruce Baker / CC
Merry Christmas / Bic's awesomely cheesy gift.
Before I leave for the Christmas weekend, I'm wishing everyone listening and streaming and reading our blogs a very merry Christmas! I hope you have memorable moments and are able to have time with th...
Dec 23, 2022 brillianthues / CC
Lincoln teacher will be on Jeopardy next week.
Scott Handelman, a teacher at Lincoln Southwest, is going to be on "Jeopardy" next Tuesday, December 27th at 4:30. He had to jump through a lot of hoops to get there. First, you have to fill out an ap...
Dec 23, 2022 Karen / CC
"Titanic" movie crew ate food mysteriously spiked with PCP. I'm guessing that's how Cameron came up with Avatar.
Did you know that crew members of the movie "Titanic" were all accidentally drugged with PCP one night while on set? The website Vulture recently did an interview with a couple members of that crew. I...
Dec 22, 2022 Phil Parker / CC
Mariah song makes more money in 1 year than most people will in 3 lifetimes.
Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas" has hit number one on the charts four years in a row now. And even though it's a 30 year old song, the amount of money Mariah still makes from it would be eno...
Dec 22, 2022 Loco Steve / CC
Why are there 2 zippers on coats??? Utter nonsense!
Every year, with freezing weather I pull out the heavy winter coat. When I do, I'm faced with a same perplexing question. Why do they make coats with two zippers at the bottom? I've never had to use t...
Dec 22, 2022
Jackie Chan is a mean dad?
Jackie Chan, everyone's favorite comedic actor from China, can be a real mean dad. In his biography "Never Grow Old", he wrote that when his son was 2 years old, Jackie threw him. And by that, he mean...
Dec 20, 2022 hao du
Sun just caused crack in magnetosphere. Is Baba Vanga's prediction coming true?
Just a couple weeks ago I talked about predictions that Baba Vanga made for 2023. I poked a little fun at them, but maybe should have taken her more seriously. One she made is that the Earth's magneto...
Dec 20, 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
More exercise = less chance of dying from Covid, 391% less chance. Study results in blog.
If you don't exercise, you are 391 percent more likely to die from Covid than people who do a lot of exercising. This comes from a new study from The American Journal of Preventative Medicine. They ju...
Dec 20, 2022 John Benson / CC
Man installing pay phones that can be used for free around Philly.
Mike Dank, a guy from a small town outside of Philadelphia, has a thing for pay phones. He's loved them since he was a kid. So, when he saw one at a flea market a few years back, he bought it for 20 b...
Dec 19, 2022 Mark Ittleman / CC