Month: October 2017

There’s always someone getting in trouble for their Halloween costumes. Good judgement is sometimes in short supply. (Source: Sacramento Bee)

The night before Halloween is the traditional day for mindless vandalism. It’s not what it used to be. That’s an improvement.

A writer’s phone died at the very beginning of an overseas trip, and he struggled to make it through 10 days without it. I admit I couldn’t do that. Good thing you don’t have to. (Source: New York Times)

So many people are stealing cases of Spam that stores in Hawaii are keeping the stuff under lock and key. There’s no accounting for taste. (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Exercise was good for you, until a study said that it’s bad for you. And then it was good again. As always, they can’t make up their minds. (Source: New York Times)

A study claims that there’s a new threat to athletic performance: podcasts. Podcasts? (Source: Daily Telegraph; San Francisco Chronicle)

Burial and cremation not quite what you had in mind? Shuffle off this mortal coil the environmentally sensitive way: being turned into a puddle of brown goo. (Source: New York Times)

A truck crash was caused by a taco. Yes, it was. Which brings up my rules for eating behind the wheel, which you should not, but if you do, there are rules, trust me. (Source: KOMO-TV/Seattle

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Oh, nothing, just a supervolcano under Yellowstone that might be ready to erupt and plunge us into a volcanic winter. No big deal. (Sources: USA Today; New York Times)

Trying to sell your house is tough enough. Having a neighbor fly a Confederate flag makes it tougher. (Source: WRC-TV/Washington)