While staring at my blank inbox screen on my hotmail account, I saw an interesting MSN article about the types of lies job applicants write on their resumes while searching desperately for a job.Take a look at some of these examples CareerBuilder.com found while taking…
October kicks off on Wednesday - bringin' on all types of month-long celebrations. Here's just a few to ponder and party about.Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Yay! I love those pink ribbons - support rules!National Apple Month! Take a BITE outta' that one...National Stamp Collecting Month!…
Last night on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey and Amy Poeler replicated the interview between Sarah Palin and Katie Couric from a few days ago. Keep in mind, it is supposed to provide comic relief and is not a true replicaiton of the interview:). Check…
Watch out, world! In a century from now, one of four extinct breeds of Galapagos tortoise could be living, breathing, and lovin' life once again!Eleven of the fifteen species of Galapagos tortoise are still in existence. Gisella Caccone of Yale University believes that careful cross-breeding…
Halloween is nearly-almost around the corner (*yip and hop for joy!* - it's my favorite holiday!) so I felt the need to celebrate...CANDY!...of course!FIND YOUR INNER CANDY!So...what's your favorite kind of candy? How are the results?weird...i don't even like lemonheads...
In light of this week's financial crises, I feel inclined to post about financial responsibility and money. Because of the theme, I have decided to slightly alter the format for this week. I'll have 1 unrelated quote, and 2 quotes that have appeared this week…
IT'S GOOGLE'S 10TH BIRTHDAY!What's the last thing you Googled? What kind of party did you have for YOUR 10th birthday?
Ice Cream! This always-delicious treat seems to be nearly limit-less in it's flavors and ingredients, often including standard cow's milk, goat's milk, and even soy milk...but mother's milk??AP PhotoPETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) is pushing popular brand 'Ben & Jerry's' to make the…
Seemingly inspired by those blissful kindergarten days filled with gluing fruitloops and glitter, artist Ryan Alexiev has brought forth the phrase, "snap, crackle, and pop art."Using an unlikely medium, breakfast cereal, Alexiev has created mosiac portraits of icons ranging from Pamela Anderson to the likes…
Sunday night, we toured the D.C. area. We walked around Chinatown and finally landed at the Hardrock Cafe. Phil Collins jammed in the background as we indulged in two gourmet brownies topped with ice cream. Afterwards, we decided to travel the route that runs from…
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Want to take part in this "epic timeless battle"? Which one are you? Pirate?...or Ninja?...PIRATE VS. NINJA QUIZ!Which would do a better job of saving the world - Ninja? or Pirate?
It's air guitar-baby... Reuters: Air guitarists rock out for victorySep 23 - Competitors hope to shred the competition as Brighton hosts the 2008 UK Air Guitar Championship.QUESTION: When was the last time you rocked out and did a little air guitar? To what song?
At the moment, I am sitting in front of two computer screens trying to upload pictures from our trip. Megan and I just got home a few minutes ago and are running on coffee and only five hours of sleep in the last 21 hours.…
NASA researchers have called in the reserves as part of an ongoing study of sea levels. The researchers originally dispatched a probe complete with a GPS sensor and a satellite telephone to track the flow of water through glaciers. They don’t know where it went.…
$200 million, $84.1 million, $76 million. What do these numbers mean? These are the amounts of money John McCain had for campaign funds at the close of the Republican National Convention. $84.1 million is in federal funds, $76 million in the Republican Party bank account,…
A Pennsylvania mother admitted to buying her 14-year-old son a rifle and gunpowder to add to the weapons cache he was building (complete with "knives, swords, BB guns, the rifle and partly assembled homemade grenades"). The boy had been teased horribly for his obesity and…
The controversy isn't new: Can your cell phone give you brain cancer? But this week Congress is asking doctors around the nation to explain their findings. Full story...Dr. David Carpenter, the director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, says…
The first morning of the conference started off with a grand welcoming from Marguerite Kondracke, President and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance. First off, I just want to touch base with readers that don’t know what America’s Promise Alliance is. The Alliance is a set…
I know you want to, but don't... I'm watching you...You pushed it didn't you? Figures...
While America is at the point where the majority of the people are ready for it all to end, the candidates seem to just be getting started. Are you ready for November yet?For more great political cartoons, click here
Advirtising agency, Fletcher Martin, has found a completely new way to ensure some business for popular fast food retailer, Arby's: it's called 'billboard hijacking'. As reported on Fast Food News: "The concept is to float balloons with the Arby's logo above the heads of people…
AP Photo of major party presidential nominees John McCain and Barack ObamaAccording to political science researchers at Rice University in Texas, you very well might have been. Or at least in part.In a recent study, these researchers took 46 very politically opinionated adults and tested…
Richard Wright Performing on StageIn one of my more shameful procrastinations, I neglected posting this blog last Monday when I first heard the news of Wright's passing, instead congregating with friends to celebrate the music and mourn the death of one of the most important…
A quarter-mile is all it took to transform a working plane into a firey ball of metal. ex-Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a Learjet crash occuring hours after their performance for South Carolina college students. Air traffic controllers…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
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