We wrote recently about the possibility of 7-11 rolling out a mashed potato nozzle across the country (The Gloppee?). Clearly, the next step is to follow it up with the oatmeal and scrambled eggs nozzles. Now, Boing-Boing writes about a breakfast machine already in the wild that doesn’t look half bad – an automatic pancake machine. It…
It has been said that the punishment should fit the crime – an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, etc. A Utah judge took that idea to its logical conclusion last month, when he sentenced a young girl to have her hair cut in court. The judge, District Juvenile Judge Scott Johansen,  gave…
Fox31 reports that police are seeking a second person of interest in the horrific Colorado theater shooting. Fox31 did not identify the man other than to say that he was a fellow neuroscience graduate student at the University of Colorado, but other sources have identified him as Yeom Pyo Lee. Fox31 reports further regarding Lee:…
The 1950s are back. No, not poodle skirts and doo wop, but a distinctive cough and the disease that causes it. CDC officials are concerned about a sharp rise in the number of cases of whooping cough. There have been 18,000 cases diagnosed this year, more than double last year’s pace, and on track to…
Oh Americans… It’s bad enough that you lead the world in not exercising (see yesterday’s GUTS post here), but this just takes everything to the next level. Retailer 7-11 has started placing new vending machines in its stores. For a small price, customers can enjoy a piping-hot bucket of… mashed potatoes. With gravy. And a…
Are you a hard-core gamer? Have you had trouble attracting the ladies? But wait, I repeat myself. Well, in any case, now there’s help for you – a Connecticut company called Epic-Scents is creating a line of cologne based on famous video game titles, according to a deal announced at Comic-Com last week. The company’s…
Gretchen Reynolds of Well reports on a recent study on exercise habits around the world, and tells us that 43.3% of Americans do not meet the recommended low threshold for exercise. With the Olympic fast approaching, and America likely to be at or near the top in medals won, America’s exercise gap may be as…
As if Colorado Spring, Colorado didn’t have enough to worry about these days with wildfires ravaging the area, now there’s a new threat: a giant hungry lizard. Teller County Sheriff Mike Ensinger warned residents of Woodland Park that the six-foot long lizard, named Dino (what else?), had broken through his leash on Tuesday and crawled…
Clearly someone wasn’t paying close enough attention in investment banker class. Instead of simply milking his clients for money like a normal thief, Edgar Repko, of Newburgh, NY, tried to get creative. Police in Newburgh say that they caught Mr. Repko, 29, trying to pry his way in to a local pharmacy while wearing a…
From the “It might be time to give up the driver’s seat” file… 72 year old Louise Ericksen of Northern Minnesota was driving her Chevy Impala, when the car crossed the median, and ran in to a ditch. The car smacked right in to a “No Passing” sign (which Ericksen may have seen, if she hadn’t…