5 Dangerous Gifts To Give Children This Holiday
One of the joys of not having children is that you get to spoil other people's kids. There is nothing more amusing as to listen to the child's squeal of joy and seeing their parent's face tighten up knowing that you probably just bought their child a ticket to the emergency room on December 26th. Seriously, you hope that the children will be all right, but that feeling of dread you just gave someone in your family just makes me chuckle. I think I got this dark humor from my grandfather who was notorious for knowing the gifts that I thought were awesome, but helped to push my parents over the brink. As I remember, he came back from Italy one year with a spiked ball-and-chain and a crossbow that actually shot steel tipped bolts. I think I was nine. My poor sister ended up in the emergency room with that power duo. I caught her in the shoulder with a back swing. Ahhh, the folly of youth... If you enjoy torturing your adult relatives, as I do, here is a list of Dangerous Gifts To Give Children in your family. Read more...
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The Truth Behind The Five Best Hoaxes In History
People have been creating hoaxes since before time began. Ancient priests and royalty controlled their followers by making stories that brought them under their control. Some of the hoaxes below were created by normal people to pull the wool over someone's eyes or to gain a profit. No matter what the reason, some of them have had major cultural impacts. See the truth below... Read more...
Categories: Weird News Tags: crystal skull, dan brown, DaVinci Code, hoax, hoaxes, indiana jones, issac newton, Leonardo da Vinci, men in black, prankster, priory of sion, tommy lee jones, victor hugo, will smith
Five Best Harrison Ford Characters
Harrison Ford is one of those iconic actors. He started out as a carpenter working in the movie studios and today he is one of the most widely known performers in the business. He's had some really huge roles. What would you consider his most famous roles? Sure, number one and two are easy, but this is a list of five. After taking a poll on this actor's projects, here is the list of favorite roles performed by Harrison Ford. Read more...
Five Best Geek Movies For The Remainder Of 2011
I am a self-described geek. I admit it. I love watching comic book movies and those based on science fiction and fantasy. I even have a web site dedicated to my love for Lord of the Rings (Shameless plug warning: www.FellowshipoftheRing.org). As you can imagine, the past few years have been good for geeks when it comes to the fare they are throwing out at the movies. This year is no different. Here's a list of what I can't wait to see. Read more...
Categories: Entertainment Tags: Captain America, chris evans, conan the barbarian, cowboys and aliens, daniel craig, dr. moriarty, fantastic four, Game of Thrones, harrison ford, harry potter, hermione granger, indiana jones, j.k. rowling, james bond, Jason Mamoa, jon favreau, jude law, kahl drago, mylock holmes, rachel McAdams, robert downey jr., Ron Weasley, sherlock holmes, the avengers, the first avenger, Voldemort
Five People Who Auditioned To Be Han Solo
After nearly 35 years, it is hard to imagine any one portraying the character of Han Solo other than Harrison Ford, but there were. You'd be surprised who tried out for the space cowboy/smuggler who fell in love with Princess Leia, but there were some big names vying for the part. Luckily, it turned out that a carpenter who happened to be in one of George Lucas' earlier films (American Graffiti) got the part and the rest - as they say - is history! Read more...
Five People Born on Cinco de Mayo
Today is May 5, 2010 and the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 961 days till the end of the current cycle. Today is Cinco de Mayo - the Fifth of May, celebrating Mexico's win over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Here are five people born on this day. Read more...
Categories: Born On Date Tags: cinco de Mayo, family ties, indiana jones, John Rhys-Davies, jules verne, karl marx, lord of the rings, Nelly Bly, Tina Yothers, tyrone power
