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Newt Gingrich Wants to Make the Moon the 51st State
Newt Gingrich definitely knows how to play to his audience. In a campaign speech near Cape Canaveral, FL, on Wednesday, Gingrich promised that, as president, he would push to colonize the moon.
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Pat Sajak Admits to Hosting ‘Wheel of Fortune’ While Drunk [VIDEO]
Wheel! Of! Tequila? It doesn’t quite have the same ring, but it could be said of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after longtime host Pat Sajak admitted in a recent interview that he and Vanna taped more than one show after having had a few margaritas.
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Dwight Schrute From ‘The Office’ Could Be Getting a Spin-Off
As NBC finalizes the short list of pilots it will pick up for next season, rumors of other shows in development are beginning to surface. Sources are now confirming that there is an ‘Office’ spinoff based on Dwight Schrute’s life on the family farm in the works for 2013.
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Like Using Your Cell Phone In the Car? A New Device Will Stop You
Statistics are showing more and more that cell phone use in cars is a leading cause of accidents. In fact, some research has shown that driving while distracted causes more deaths than driving while under the influence. But, would you buy a new device that prevents you from ever using your cell phone in your car?
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10 Tips for Throwing the Best Super Bowl Party of All Time
So you want to throw the Super Bowl of Super Bowl parties. We’ve all been there. Nothing makes you the toast of the town quite like a supremely awesome Super Bowl party does. It can be done, but how?
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Emily Maynard Will Try To Find Love Again on ‘The Bachelorette’
Emily Maynard is returning to reality television once more to see if she can find love. Show sources confirmed to People magazine that the chosen fiancé from Brad Womack’s season of ‘The Bachelor’ will be the one to do the choosing in the next season of ‘The Bachelorette.’
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Need an Excuse to Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s How to Break Them
It’s only been a couple of weeks since we began the new year and you made all those life improving resolutions, but relief is in sight. January 17 is Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day.
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7 Jerks Who Passed the Buck for ‘Blame Someone Else Day’ [IMAGES, VIDEOS]
Blame Someone Else Day falls on the first Friday the 13th of every year, and this year, that happens to be this Friday, January 13th. Incidentally, no one has taken credit for creating Blame Someone Else Day. In fact, anyone you ask will probably tell you someone else did it.
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7 Beautiful but Deadly Plants for National Houseplant Appreciation Day [PHOTOS]
You’ve probably let it sneak up on you again. You’ve been so busy getting back to work and shaking off those winter blues that you almost forgot January 10th is Houseplant Appreciation Day. This is not a day that should go unnoticed.
The green thumbs at The Gardener’s Network established Houseplant Appreciation Day to remind people about their indoor botantical buddies after the rush of the holiday season has passed and to celebrate the benefits of houseplants and encourage green thumbs.
And, they’re right. Houseplants deserve a lot of appreciation. If you think about it, they don’t ask for much and they’re very easy to live with. However, this is not true of all plants. Some of them can kill you, like the plant Gelsemium elegans, which a man in China put in a stew to kill a business rival.
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You Won’t Believe What the TSA Confiscated in 2011
We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.
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Feeling Down After the Holidays? Here’s How to Perk Up
We have, once again, celebrated our way into January and, for most of us, it’s time to get back to reality after the whirlwind that is the holiday season. If this isn’t easy for you to do this time of year, here are some things that might help.
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Does President Obama Golf More Than Any Other President?
This week, while on vacation in Hawaii for the holidays, President Obama reached a presidential milestone. He has hit the links 90 times while in office. But, is this unusual for a US president?