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Category: Society

  • Facebook Is for Old People

    In this week’s Time Magazine, there is an article called “Facebook Is for Old People” by Lev Grossman. On the web, the same article is called “Facebook is for Old Fogies”. Hmmmm. Anyway, here is the full article: “Facebook Is for Old Fogies”. The article starts with a brief intro: Facebook is five. Maybe you…

  • Happy 200th Birthday!

    Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago today. Yet many Americans do not believe in evolution. Really, it is not a question of believing, it’s more a question of understanding. What many people don’t understand is that evolution is a FACT. It happened and is happening now. Darwin’s “theory” of evolution is simply the best…

  • Chewie

    I got another nice comment via one of my Comic Con Flickr photos: “I was the guy in that Chewie costume and I have to say that brief moment with Eric was the highlight of my trip to NYCC. I just showed my wife the picture. Thanks!” I had mentioned in my first Comic Con…

  • New York Comic Con

    Here is a post I never thought I would make… This past weekend was the 2009 New York Comic Convention in New York City. The NYC “Comic Con” is billed as the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Aaron was invited to attend by Director Chris .R. Notarile to help him promote…

  • California Octuplets

    (CNN) — A woman in California delivered what may be the nation’s second live-born set of octuplets on Monday morning, surprising doctors who expected seven babies. “The hospital said the woman didn’t want her personal information released to the news media, and it would not answer questions about whether she’d had fertility treatments.” Stupid question,…