What would you do if some people, male and female, around you in the subway suddenly dropped their pants? Before all you women whip out the mace and start kicking all the family jewelry within reach, think about the date. If its Jan 10, then you need to just relax and take a few deep breaths, because its […]

Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Thomas
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Diddy Duck has gone daffy cause he says he and Ciroc will pay New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city of New York $1 million to make the historic crystal Times Square ball Ciroc blue. In a Vlog posting on his youtube channel, Sean P. Diddy Combs explained his attempted brandnapping of the NYC New Year […]

Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Thomas
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Leaving aside the title, which sounds like a blockbuster porn flick, there’s nothing really controversial here. Well, you can’t really separate Paris Hilton from controversy, but this one here is just the usual run-of-the-nill celeb stuff.  
Paris Hilton, who as per recent news reports is apparently being paid $600k to party at a club in Sydney on New […]

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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Got a spare $4.25 million? If you do, you can get yourself a fine historic mansion in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. Its a three-story house, 8,777 sq ft, built in 1887 and a registered City Landmark, glass frontage, nice garden and all. Only one teeny-weeny problem. Its haunted. And it was a hotel. Photo copyrights - […]

Posted on December 28th, 2008 by Thomas
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Next time you ask your hotel concierge for a restaurant recommendation, listen closely. You’ll hear something that sounds like ka-ching! That’s because every time a concierge directs hotel guests towards a specific restaurant, he’s getting a big fat payback.
The San Diego Reader lets the concierge kickback cat out of the bag, with first-person interviews with hoteliers […]

Posted on December 27th, 2008 by Thomas
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Tales of life on the river, jumping frogs, hot air balloons and the arrival of a small town circus can be lived first hand this Father’s Day weekend (June 19-21, 2009) when the 33rd Annual Huck Finn Jubilee (www.huckfinn.com) Country & Bluegrass Festival rolls into Victorville, California.
Location: The 800 acre Mojave Narrows Regional Park, surrounded by […]

Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Thomas
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Question time - How would a green alien in a UFO flying into San Francisco feel? Right at home. That would be because SFO has decided to go green. In a pilot experiment which, if successful, will mean that carbon credits will be selling like hot cakes, San Francisco International Airport is setting up airport […]

Posted on December 25th, 2008 by Thomas
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There’s no youtube vid, but just imagine the scene. Clown wearing bright blue clown trousers, massive shoes and a flashing police helmet trips a security alarm at the airport. Airport Security Chiefs decide its no laughing matter, and order the clown strip searched. Now he’s standing in a t-shirt and shorts, and the dastardly friskers have even […]

Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Thomas
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There’s all kinds of stuff that goes on at zoos and aquariums. I mean, every other day, you hear of some amazing trick or show with animals as stars. But this one is really more of a psycho-drama than something out of ‘The Planet’s funniest animals.’
There’s a polar bear named Knut in the Berlin Zoo, […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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When you think of 3 am diners, the image that comes to mind is of a few drifters, nutty tourists who can’t bear the room service at their $300 per night New York hotels, and some stubborn party animals who don’t want the night to end. All downing cheap beers and atrocious food which you wouldn’t touch with […]

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Thomas
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