Cat predicts patients’ deaths

Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than […]

No smoking in Disney films

Walt Disney Co. became the first film studio to promise to kick the cinematic smoking habit.
Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger said the studio would snuff out depictions of smoking in its films and discourage them in the more adult fare released by the company’s Touchstone Pictures or specialty label, Miramax.
Walt smoked.  […]

Johnny 5 is alive and on eBay

Johnny 5 of Short Circuit fame is up for auction on eBay.
The auction states that this may be the only complete Johnny 5 left.  That may be true.  I know one was on display recently at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood for an animatronic puppet exhibit.  This may be that same one.
The auction includes the […]

Top 10 Lies Blockbuster Video Tells Their Customers

I worked for Blockbuster Video for the better part of six months. I worked at several different stores, handled several different jobs, and had to deal with many, many different kinds of customers. While the job was criminally easy at times, I came to despise the job, the corporation, and the customers who gave it […]

Lindsay Lohan says she is innocent

Lindsay Lohan has stated that she wasn’t driving drunk earlier this week. Nor was she carrying any cocaine. In fact, the LAPD must just be out to get the poor girl. I mean, she went to rehab for a bit (and left when she felt like it). She put on an […]