Colin Firth jokes with the crowd after being honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in front of the Pig ‘n Whistle pub on Hollywood Boulevard. (Jan. 14)
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The ousted former official accused of looting millions of dollars from the small, blue-collar city of Bell is out of another job, as a volunteer parking lot attendant for Huntington Beach’s International Surf Museum. (Jan. 14)
Continue reading …Changes in climate have played a huge role in European history, influencing or even causing events like the decline of Rome and the Black Death, according to researchers studying ancient tree growth. Tree-ring samples from the thousands of pieces of wood study reveal that a stable climate coincided with periods…
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Images courtesy of NYC the Blog via Facebook As New York continues to get hit by blizzards, city dwellers longing for a picnic without the risk of frostbite can head downtown to the OpenHouse Gallery at 201 Mulberry Street, where a pop-up park opened on January 8. The gallery has been converted into an indoor park, with fake grass, rocks, trees, a pond and bird sounds. While ther… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Ew. When someone brags about improved quality of life in New York, pull out this video. One of the denizens of rats who share space with the city’s thousands of daily commuters frantically scurries about a subway car as one commuter films him. Passengers watch, sometimes lifting their feet to…
Continue reading …The governor of a French prison is likely to wind up behind bars himself for having sex with a female inmate who was used as “bait” in the horrific kidnap-murder of a Jewish man . Florent Goncalves has been suspended as governor of a women’s prison west of Paris for his…
Continue reading …Martha Stewart’s lip was slip by her French bulldog Francesca when she bent down to “whisper goodbye”—and she ended up in a hospital where she criticized the “dated” wallpaper. “I must have startled her, because she bolted upright with such force that she hit me in the face like…
Continue reading …Japanese people just aren’t having enough sex, laments the head of the country’s family planning association. A full 36% of Japanese men aged 16 to 19 say they’re uninterested in or averse to sex, according to a recent survey. That’s 19% more than just two years ago, and some 59%…
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Photo: blogaarp.org The British love their marmalade on toast but recent reports claim that its sales are in decline , with peanut butter and chocolate spreads taking over in popularity. This information has provoked national outrage and with the arrival of Seville oranges this month, avid cooks are in a frenzy. Sweet versus tangy recipes are being debated … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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