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Harvey Pekar, found dead this morning at around 1:00 AM, made a living as a file clerk in Cleveland, Ohio’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital. It’s what made his, and others’, life worth living that makes his passing a moment to be mourned. Pekar wrote the semi-autobiographical comic strip, “American Splendor”, chronicling the every day disappointments and [...]
Eden Prairie. When most people hear these words spoken, they think of…absolutely nothing. Until today, when Money Magazine released its long-awaited “Best Places to Live 2010″ feature, naming the top ten small cities in America to call home. According to the article, Eden Prairie (zipcode 55344), a town of about 64,000 in eastern Minnesota, boasts [...]
Another awful, potentially harmful product has hit the American bloodstream. This time, it’s not America’s colons or waistlines that are at risk, but our eyesight. ANY CHARACTER HERE Thanks to the cultural crack that is pop sensation Lady Gaga (who rocked the look, albeit digitally enhanced, in the music video for “Bad Romance”), American teens [...]
America has got a fever. And the only cure is more Landon Donovan. ANY CHARACTER HERE Corny SNL-reference aside, the red, white, and blue has finally caught Football Fever, the disease that has ravaged virtually every nation except the US. Until now. With Landon Donovan as the face, and it’s a nice face, of US [...]
Who will be the next Oprah? This is the question on everyone-who-doesn’t-have-anything-better-to-do’s mind. Ms. Winfrey is hosting a supposedly democratic contest on her website, Oprah.com, in which possible TV hosts can strut their hosting stuff and you, as the all-powerful viewer, can vote as to who will fill those shoes (a daunting task, considering Oprah’s [...]
Well what do you know, someone has spoken out against the Obama administration. General McChrystal, the brains, and brawn, behind America’s offensive in Afghanistan, apparently let some comments slip about his less-than-friendly feelings toward President Obama and various Cabinet members, including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The burning question behind all of this is, how [...]
The Euro isn’t the only circular object Spain can’t seem to get a handle on recently. After Switzerland’s Gelson Fernandes snuck one past Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas in a rare show of Swiss aggression in today’s game, it became time to add “soccer ball” to the list. ANY CHARACTER HERE That goal, scored in the [...]