Category Archives: Austin
Ridiculous way I hurt myself this morning.
I had an age related injury this morning......... while sitting on the floor. It gets more ridiculous. I was doing my morning stretches. My beautiful wife walked by. As she did, I reached out to give ...
Nov 21, 2022 Spirit-Fire / CC
Woman beats cancer 12 times.
The good news. A woman survived a rare cancer. The bad news, she also survived 11 other types of cancer throughout her life, starting as a baby. More good news, even though she keeps developing tumors...
Nov 21, 2022 Misael Moreno / Unsplash
"Christmas Story" house for sale. Pics and vid in blog.
The house from the movie "A Christmas Story" is up for sale. I was surprised to hear this because just last year I was talking about how you can rent it and they were charging over a grand a night. Th...
Nov 21, 2022 Paul VanDerWerf / CC
I know how to fix Ticketmaster.
"It was a horrible experience!" That's what some guy on a news clip said when asked about trying to get tickets to Taylor Swift. He made it sound like he'd been forced for walk through a desert while ...
Nov 18, 2022 Yumi Ang / CC
Mariah not "Queen of Xmas". Court ruling says so. Yes, it actually went to court.
Mariah Carey is not the queen of Christmas, legally speaking. It actually went to court over who is "Queen Of Christmas"; Mariah or Elizabeth Chan? Elizabeth who? Apparently all she does is Christmas ...
Nov 18, 2022 Raph_PH / CC
Comforting Creamy Mac N Cheese for the holiday dinner.
I heard a guy on a national radio show say that Macaroni and Cheese isn't a Thanksgiving food. HE was really railing against it and I thought, "This guy doesn't understand the importance and culture o...
Nov 17, 2022 EvelynGiggles / CC
TranSanta and other takes on the jolly one in "Santa Camp" documentary. See trailer in blog.
You know how some people have strong feelings about when Christmas music should start playing? Well, some people also have very strong feelings about exactly how Santa Claus should look. HBO has a new...
Nov 16, 2022 Matti Mattila / CC
Man makes prosthetic eye that's also a flashlight. Video of him shining from within (his head) and demonstration in blog.
A man who lost an eye to cancer build his own prosthetic eyes. The latest one has a flashlight in it. Brian Stanley lost the eye when he was a kid. Now, as an adult, he's decided he wants more variety...
Nov 16, 2022 J E Theriot / CC
Man runs marathon in 3.5 hours while smoking the entire way.
A Chinese man recently ran a 3.5 hour marathon, which is faster than most people. He's 50 years old, making it even more impressive. And he ran the whole thing while chain smoking cigarettes. This was...
Nov 16, 2022 Derek Hatfield / CC
Win again! Another chance to score tix to Chicago at Pinewood Bowl.
Play the Nightly 90s Trivia tonight and you could win tickets to see Chicago in concert at Pinewood Bowl in May. By the way, congratulations to Patrick Meister who played last night, had the correct a...
Nov 15, 2022