Sung Hwang, a 46 year old New Haven attorney and President-elect of the New Haven County Bar Association. By all accounts, he is an upstanding citizen. He is also a licensed gun owner. When Mr. Hwang went to a local movie theater, he took his gun along, wearing it visibly, as he is legally allowed…
We must be doing something wrong. Whenever we see a new follower show up on our twitter account(@givinguptheship) with a suggestive photograph and an explicit web address, we block it and report as spam. Apparently, celebrities will pay $18 for 1000 of these! Jason Feifer of Fast Company reports in a fascinating article in which…
We know you try to protect your child from all harm. We know you would never knowingly expose them to danger of any kind. But what you may not know could hurt them. A common household item was recently deemed so dangerous by Britain’s National Health Service in Manchester that they have prohibited adult employees…
The United States has fifty beautiful, amazing States, each with its own unique beauty and culture. From the hustle of Manhattan to the vast expanses of Texas, from the Everglades in Florida to the wine vineyards of California, our country has so much to see, and so much to be proud of. Unfortunately, it seems…
Men can reach speeds of up to 72 kilometers per hour on the X-treme Faser water slide at Galaxy Rutschenparadies, which is part of the Therme Erding sauna complex near Munich. Women can watch from the ground and take pictures. Park officials say they moved to ban women from the ride after “six women had…
With the Olympics in full swing, The Huffington Post, bastion of fine investigative journalism, answers today’s most burning question: “Do Olympic Swimmers Pee In The Pool?” The answer, apparently, is a resounding yes, though not in the middle of races. Some even pee on the pool deck. No wonder Michael Phelps is retiring. We look…
Six Flags Great Adventure is one of the world’s best amusement parks, and its Kingda Ka roller coaster is one of the world’s best, with a height of 45 stories and top speeds of 128 miles per hour. When you’re zooming around at that speed you expect thrills, but not a bird in the face.…
Timothy Paez is the man. He’s got moves that, well, nobody else has ever tried. And with good reason. The only date he picked up last Saturday night was an arraignment date. Paez went out to Shooter’s Bar & Grill in Boulder, Colorado. At 11:45, a woman caught his eye, and Paez knew better than…
It’s to be expected that tensions are heightened at movie theaters around the country following the recent mass murder at a theater in Aurora, Colorado. It’s no surprise then that police were called by theater employees in Cookeville, TN, when a patron was seen with a holstered gun. When police arrived, they made an annoucement…
44-year-old David Martin Escamillo was drunk, and he was angry. He had just gotten into an altercation with another moviegoer. He stood up in the aisle and shouted “This Is It”, triggering a stampede of the audience out the door of the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”. Wary after last week’s movie theater…