Jeremy Taylor
Does Father’s Day Get The Same Attention As Mother’s Day? — Survey of the Day
Retailers and greeting card companies would like you to think Father’s Day is just as important as Mother’s Day. Is that really the case?
Volkswagen’s ‘Little Darth Vader’ Max Page to Undergo Open Heart Surgery
Although you probably wouldn’t recognize Max Page, you have almost certainly seen him before. The 7-year-old played miniature Darth Vader in Volkswagen’s 2011 Super Bowl ad, a spot that is among the most popular in the history of the Big Game.
After the commercial aired, Max made an appearance on ‘Today,’ where his mom revealed he had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect at birth and has
Student Caught With 35-Foot Long Cheat Sheet
Anyone who’s been faced with a difficult test has at least been tempted to scribble some notes on their hand, or maybe try to stuff a small answer key under their watch. But a high school student in Kazakhstan (yup, that Kazakhstan) took the cheat sheet concept to what should be its ridiculous conclusion when he was caught with 35-feet of crib sheet during an university entrance exam.
Are You Careful With Your Online Image? — Survey of the Day
Even if you adjust your privacy settings, you can’t be sure that only your friends have access to your information on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Toddler Goes Berserk for Root Beer
At this point, most of us take the sweet, fizzy goodness of soda for granted. But not so much little Noah, who’d never had root beer before. Watch his adorable reaction to taking his first sip of the stuff.
Conan O’Brien Mocks NBA Post-Game Fashion
The post-game press conferences during the NBA playoffs have always been a bit of a fashion show. But this year players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have been really taking things up a notch by making some pretty wild clothing choices that often blend hip-hop and hipster. The folks at ‘Conan‘ have noticed this somewhat bizarre trend, and they had a little fun with it.
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Should the Government Be Involved In the Fight Against Childhood Obesity? — Survey of the Day
Childhood obesity is certainly a problem. The percentage of children between 6 and 11 who are obese in the United States has tripled in the last 30 years and now stands at 20 percent.
Holding Random People’s Hands Prank Is Our Favorite Prank Ever
We see people holding hands all the time, with the assumption being that the pair know each other. But the pranksters of LAHWF have put a new twist on the gesture of physical intimacy by walking up to random folks and taking them by the hand. Check out the video results of this interesting sociological experiment.
Firefighters Rescue Dogs From Burning Home in Amazing Footage
“Did you get my dogs out?!,” yells a man as firefighters tend to his burning Detroit home. He wants to go back in to rescue his pets, but is told to step back.
Watching Pornography Causes Blindness in Women
According to the old wives’ tale, masturbation leads to blindness. Of course that is ridiculous, because if it did you wouldn’t be reading these very words. It turns out watching porn, however, does cause a kind of temporary blindness — especially if you are a woman.
Who Do You Want to Write a New National Anthem? — Survey of the Day
Francis Scott Key, who was a lawyer and an amateur poet, wrote the lyrics to ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in 1814. While nobody is suggesting our national anthem should be replaced, if it was it would probably be done by more of a singer-songwriter type.
But which one?
See Tanning Mom Patricia Krentcil In Her Less Orange Days
Patricia Krentcil, aka the ‘Tanning Mom,’ was charged last month with child endangerment after being accused of allowing her six-year old daughter into a tanning booth, which is against the law in her home state of New Jersey.
While Krentcil denies she did this, and insists her daughter’s sunburn was a result of a day at the pool, her own deeply-browned skin isn’t helping her make her case.
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