Groundhogs Day – February 2nd

Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2nd. It is said on this day, when the groundhog comes out of his deep sleep, if he sees his shadow it means there will be six more weeks of winter. If there is no shadow to be seen, spring is near. The idea of Groundhog Day… Read More

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Charles Schulz Born November 26, 1922

Charles M. Schulz was born on this day November 26 in the year 1922. I am not sure that many people would list the comic strip PEANUTS as great literature, but I do.  Here is a definition of great literature.  Great literature not only has a great story and great characters but helps teach us… Read More

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Today We Learned Winnie The Pooh Is Actually A Girl (Maybe)

(PCM) Yet another one of those great childhood mysteries has been solved with the revelation that the lovable, pantless, honey addict cartoon character Winnie The Pooh is a girl. We can’t say that we’ve truly spent a great deal of time debating Winnie The Pooh’s sexuality, however for some reason we were always under the… Read More

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September 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, So Here Are Some Pirate Jokes!

“A pirate with no p… is irate!”(PCM) International Talk Like a Pirate Day is celebrated every September 19. It was created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), who decided that on September 19 every year that everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. Getting humor columnist Dave… Read More

Destination Springfield: Celebrating Some Perfectly Cromulent Team Names

Destination Springfield: Celebrating Some Perfectly Cromulent Team Names

Among the things they do brilliantly, the writers for one Fox TV show have a knack for observing established protocols when giving name to their fictional sports teams. I was tempted to …

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CNN’s Doomsday Video Has Leaked And It’s As Creepy As You Imagined

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(PCM) There has been an on-going rumor for quite some time that 24-hour news network CNN had prepared a final video that would air if we should ever be faced with Doomsday and/or the final apocalypse.

The video in question …

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LOLcat And Man Crush Among New Words Added To The Oxford English Dictionary

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(PCM) There were quite a few new words accepted into The Oxford English Dictionary in 2014. In fact they have even begun to include some common internet abbreviations, that technically speaking aren’t even real words.

The 2014 list included words …

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Say Goodbye To The Words “Cra-Cra” And “Bae” … At Least We Hope!

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(PCM) Lake Superior State University has recently revealed their annual list of words that they would like banned for the year of 2015.

We are certainly that many “foodies” will be going plenty “cra-cra” when they release that they have …

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Which Singular Ordinary Words Would Make A Perfect First Name?

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(PCM) Browsing around we recently discovered a fairly interesting thread on Reddit that asked users to pick singular ordinary words that would make both a great and unique first name.

Many of the answers were absolutely hilarious and included various …

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XBox & PlayStation Networks DDOS’d Again After Christmas

xbox-live-psn-new-price-list(PMC) On Christmas Day a pre-announced DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack was set upon both Microsoft’s Xbox Live Network and Sony’s PSN. No one took it serious. Then it happened. Both gaming networks were down for over 5 hours. …

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