Month: June 2018

The U.K. is considering a ban on TV junk food ads before 9 pm. Like that’ll make a difference. (Source: The Guardian)

Why many fine dining establishments eschew salt and pepper shakers, you heathens you. (Source: Philadelphia Inquirer)

Bug bite season is here. Bug and tick bites are increasingly delivering very bad diseases. The CDC says the U.S. is not prepared for that. (Source: CNN)

Some stores want your email address more than they want your money. And the cashiers are the ones who end up paying if you don’t give up your personal information. (Source: Philadelphia Inquirer)

“Jeopardy!” contestants didn’t know Frank Sinatra’s hometown. These days, they might not even know who Frank Sinatra is. (Source: NJ Advance Media/NJ.com)

One airline, fed up with passenger drunkenness, wants airports to limit drinking in the terminal bars. That’s not going to work, is it? (Source: BBC)

The Miami Marlins are giving away Pitbull bobbleheads. (Source: WPLG-TV/Miami)

There’s a totally anecdotal, random story at one TV station website about how more women are opting to go gray rather than color their hair. And you know about young people dyeing their hair silver. So, is it cool to age now? (Source: WTVT/Tampa)

London continues to be terrorized by thieves on mopeds. (Source: BBC)

Empty seats at the World Cup… No waiting list for football in Washington… Baseball attendance down… Is the very idea of going to a sporting event becoming less attractive? (Sources: Washington Post; Deadspin)