I missed 60 Minutes this week, but apparently Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Paul Stevens was on, and talked about being a 12 year old at Game 3 …

This is from a few weeks ago, but I love word origins, here’s the etymology of the world wide web: “Web.”

I haven’t talked much about my thoughts on the new Transportation Security Agency (TSA) screenings, but this Washington Post article pretty much sums it up: “Why the TSA pat-downs and …

Fascinating article in Time Magazine (or at the least on their website) today about how Leif Ericsson and pals probably took an Native American (or a Canadian First People) to …

At Thanksgiving dinner we talking about text messaging and the damages to proper spelling, and now I just saw this: “Chatrooms and social websites encourage bad spelling, says study.”
Determined among …

I’ve spoken in the past of the television show Fringe. It started out a 21st-century X-Files, but then it went all parallel universe and really came into its own.
Anyway, …

This is the first I’ve heard of it, but apparently CNL Lifestyle Properties, the firm that owns the Mount Washington Hotel (as well as Sunday River and Sugarloaf) is trying …

I just heard the name of the new Louisville, Kentucky arena where the University of Louisville plays – “KFC Yum! Center“.

Really?!
Yum! Brands, the owner and franchiser KFC, Pizza Hut and …

Today’s Mickey Mouse’s birthday!

Rosa Scarcelli, my initial gubernatorial candidate, takes Eliot Cutler to town in her recent Bangor Daily News article: “Open primaries in case of democracy.”
Attacks on the long tradition of early …

Eliot Cutler sinks a little lower in my esteem after this Wall Street Journal Opinion piece today: “Who Stole Election Day?”
Kind of sour grapes, especially after Down East confirmed Cutler …

Ooh! Just saw that Ben & Jerry’s Hannah Teter’s Maple Blondie is back again!

“What is Hannah Teter’s Maple Blondie,” you might ask? It’s only maple ice cream with …

Really Apple? The big reveal today was just The Beatles coming to iTunes?

I mean, don’t get me wrong, they’re nice and all, but no “one more thing”? That’s it?

Wow, you move out of the Middle East and you totally stop hearing about it! Today’s the Hajj, Muslims’ annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
This would have been a big deal …

Interesting blog post over at Harvard Business Review: “Time for a New Five-Dollar Day.”
The basic gist is we need a leader like Henry Ford who had the foresight to give …

Salon has picked up the Cooks Source Magazine story I was telling you about yesterday “Cooks Source: The Internet roasts a plagiarist“.
Here’s a clever how to article from PC World: …

Wow, I just heard about this: “Copyright Infringement and Me“.
The basic gist is that Cooks Source Magazine stole a woman’s article and then their editor told her “the web is …

Oooh, interesting: “Disney XD orders ‘Tron: Legacy’ toon“.

This show is “Tron: Uprising,” which is coming out in the summer of 2012. They’ve also picked up a 10-part “Tron” show …

Songs to download: “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3, “I See The Light” from Tangled, “Tron Score” from Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk and lastly, “Day & Night Score …

Found an interesting statistic about the United State’s population and makeup yesterday on a blog: “Shifting Voter Demographics: America is a Different Country.”
In 1965 the nation was 89% white and …