3 Unusual Online Schools
College is a drag, what with the high tuition, lack of a job after graduation, and the roommates who are really into jam bands. Why go through all that when you can go to school over the Internet?
Daily Dispatch
The Hard Luck of an ‘American Idol’ Reject
In 1996, Joanna Pacitti was a 12-year-old girl with a tremendous singing voice and landed the title role in a touring production of Annie. Here is another entry in our series on musicians who just couldn’t get the fair shake they deserved.
A Look Back at Early ‘90s NBA Fight Songs
Here’s a truly forgotten fad: NBA teams would release slickly produced rap songs to gear fans up for the playoffs. The songs would be played everywhere—but only in the team’s home city—on the radio, at the games themselves, and proceeds from sales of the tapes would go to charity. Prepare to get nostalgic…and cringe.
No MOOP…And Other Burning Man Basics
On August 25th, the Burning Man Festival will kick off for the 29th time in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. If you’re not familiar with this annual event, here’s your cheat-sheet.
7 Delicious and Nutritious Cereal Facts To Start Your Day
Uncle John’s Blog is part of a balanced breakfast. Here are some interesting cereal facts about your favorite breakfast food you may not have known.
What a Sweathog Is, And Who The Boss Was
These have been troubling us for years, so we decided to do some research and get some answers once and for all: “On the classic ’70s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, why were the tough kids called “sweathogs”?” and “On the classic ’80s sitcom Who’s the Boss?, who was the boss: Tony or Angela?”
We Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For…Frozen Custard?
The many, and often subtle, differences between all those frozen desserts you’ve been eating all summer long.
5 Stars Who Got Their Start on Talent Shows
You know that Kelly Clarkson got her start as an unknown singing on a TV talent show, but how about the rest of these celebrities?
Fake-or-Fact Friday: Forbidden Words Edition
We found some stories about people using words that sound offensive, but aren’t. While almost unbelievable, two of these stories are true. The third one, well, it is unbelievable because we made it up. Can you spot the phony news item? The answer is at the end of the post.
The World’s Most Boring Museums?
Sure, you could go to the Kids Hands-On Science Museum, or History of Fireworks and Free Cookies Museum…or you could hit one of these, which we’re sure are very, very fun and interesting.
The Hard Luck of Walter Egan
Another entry in our series on musicians who just couldn’t get the fair shake they deserved.
The Crazy Oreo and Kit-Kat Varieties Quiz
In the last couple of years, Nabisco has aggressively introduced more, and more crazy, flavors of the popular sandwich cookie. Over in Japan, the Kit Kat candy bar is extremely popular and similarly is available in dozens of seemingly bizarre flavors. Can you guess which of the following are weird Oreo flavors and which are weird Kit Kat flavors?
The Life and Times of the Sexy Sax Man
You probably don’t know who Timmy Cappello is, but you’ve seen his work if you’ve ever seen a movie or TV show with a sexy saxophone player in it.
Life Down at The Penguin Post Office
A trip to the post office is usually boring at best, and aggravating at worst, if there’s a long line. Things are different at the Penguin Post Office.
The 4 Boldest Celebrity Roasts
No Dean Martin making jokes about Sammy Davis Jr., being short here—just famous people who loved coffee so much they started their own coffee companies.
Scandalous Peaches!
In the U.S., we use Valentine’s Day as a way to give that special someone erotically charged gifts and edible aphrodisiacs. In China, they have the Qixi Festival. It fell on August 2 this year, and the hottest (in many senses of the word) gift this year were peaches.
Ask Uncle John Anything: It’s Not Rocket Science
Before the dawn of space travel, what did people say to imply that something wasn’t that difficult to do or understand?
Fake-or-Fact Friday: Weird Shopping Edition
What follows are three stories about clothing stores doing outlandish things to sell more product. Two of them are honest-to-goodness real, and the third one we made up. Can you tell which one is the fake? The answer is revealed at the end of the post.
