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Entries for December, 2008

Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions

With Christmas soon upon us that means New Year’s is just around the corner. I thought it about time to get our New Year’s Resolution Top 10 List up here. Some are resolutions I have made over the years or those resolutions of some that I know. Other’s are just some that many of you may have made [...]

Flashback December 16-20

December 16, 1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding. 1971 Don McLean’s 8+ minute version of “American Pie” released 1773 – The Boston Tea Party occurred as colonial activists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded English ships anchored in the harbor and dumped 342 containers of tea into the water. 1953 1st White [...]

Duke Stern in the Time Tunnel

When totally bored, or just spinning my Internet wheels, searching for entertainment, I will sometimes hit the Wayback Machine. Take a look at the early versions of some of today’s popular websites via www.archive.org   Pictured is ESPN.com from January 1999. One of the stories details the final days of Joe DiMaggio, a current event from this [...]

Duke Stern 90210

There is good news tonight, gentlemen. Jennifer Anniston will grace the cover of the January issue of GQ magazine, sans clothing. *Nekkid! This gives many of us, something to look forward to in the New Year. There is a large contingent of guys who think Jennifer Anniston is HOT! I count myself among those. Others [...]

Toys R Us Isn’t “It” Anymore

I went to Toys R Us today to get some presents for my daughters for Christmas.  Well, let’s just say the ambiance was a little off.  It was like a ghost town in there.  I also felt a little lost, it wasn’t because there is too much stuff in that place, no that wasn’t it.  It’s [...]

Stupid is as stupid does

When it comes to important factoids, people are pretty dumb. That’s what Adam Winer discovers in his new book, “How Dumb Are You? The Great American Stupidity Quiz”.  Winer asks 65 questions every American should be able to answer but often can’t, like “What’s the capital of Canada?” and “At what temperature does water boil?”  Turns [...]