Why is it that whenever my hometown of Rock Hill, SC makes the news that it is for some of the dumbest shit on the planet? Case in point (from the Charlotte Observer):
ROCK HILL, S.C. –When school officials in Rock Hill tell commencement crowds to hold all applause until the end of the ceremony, they’re...
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Here is proof, provided by the Boston Globe, that this country is in a downward spiral of epic proportion:
Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a...
According to news coming out of Nikon, the 18-55mm “kit” lens that is often bundled with their DSLR cameras is getting some nice upgrades:
MELVILLE, N.Y. (November 19, 2007) – Nikon Inc. today introduced the new versatile AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens that offers Nikon’s proprietary Vibration Reduction (VR) technology to help consumers snap...
I saw this news clipping over on BoingBoing today, and got a good laugh out of it. It’s from 2004, but it was still new to me.
Tags: humor, news
Sometimes I wonder if states like Alabama will ever evolve past the 1800s. Stories and decisions like this are why they will never be able to shake the stigma of being a backwards southern hillbilly state governed by buffoons:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge...
