My husband has been wanting to buy a guitar for years. He has never played one before, but like most guys, has always dreamed of doing so. We’re finally in a place where we can start to indulge a little bit, so he’s getting ready to make a purchase. After several weeks of research, he [...]
Archive for January, 2012
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Wow, I thought I had a bad junk food addiction, but it pales in comparison to Stacey Irvine’s! The 17-year-old British factory worker claims to have eaten nothing but Chicken McNuggets since she was 2 years old. No fruit, no vegetables, no steaks … nothing but Chicken McNuggets. Why is this news? Because Stacey is [...]
NFL players will be allowed to tweet during this year’s Pro Bowl game if they want. The NFL will set up computers on each sideline to encourage players to tweet to the fans or each other during the game. Normally the NFL prohibits the use of all social media for a period of time before, [...]
My younger cousin is really into music and has been taking singing lessons for several years now. For his graduation present, he wants me to get him a shure sm7 microphone, which is supposed to be the very top of the line when it comes to vocal mics. In fact, this is the model that [...]
Okay, there are two great NFL games on the schedule today: New England vs. Baltimore and SF vs. NYG. I hate the Patriots, so even though I have no real rooting interest in Baltimore, I want them to win today. And how can I not be behind the 49ers and everything Jim Harbaugh has done [...]
Freestyle skier Sarah Burke died yesterday after suffering massive internal injuries in a practice crash on January 10 in Utah. Burke, a multi-time X-Games champion, had also lobbied successfully to get superpipe accepted into the Olympics (where it will debut in Russia in two years). She leaves behind a husband, Rory Bushfield (also a freestyler), [...]
I wanted to look up something about motorhome repair on Wikipedia today, but was met with a black screen instead. I guess Wikipedia is participating in this blackout to protest against SOPA, which is legislation aimed at stopping online piracy. While the legislation sounds good in theory, it apparently would put a major burden on smaller [...]