The dot next to Saturn is Titan. Has NASA discovered life there, or is that wacky Internet just jumping to ridiculous conclusions again? We'll give you three guesses.
Last night, blogger Jason Kottke discovered the press release and did a little looking into the background of the scientists NASA has invited to participate in Thursday’s press conference. His conclusion? That NASA will be announcing the discovery of extraterrestrial bacterial life on Titan (one of Saturn’s moons).
The Canadian-born actor died yesterday at the age of 84. Though he’s best known for his comedic work, all of which began when he played the deadpan doctor in Airplane!, Leslie Nielsen began his career as a dramatic actor, and interestingly was also brother to Erik Nielsen, who was a prominent Canadian politician and Deputy Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986.
Thanksgiving football blowouts have been a tradition almost as long as football has existed. The giant turkey defeated this chubby lad 13-0 at Harvard Stadium on Thanksgiving day 1903.
It’s Thanksgiving eve, and like millions of Americans we’re gearing up to travel and/or spend some quality time with our families. For many of us this means the time-honored American pastimes of watching football and/or napping. If you’re planning on enjoying either of these, you’ve come to the right place.
This week, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday and the concept of napping, we’re taking a break from our usual quest to find an easy way to pick NFL football games. Call it our bye week. Instead, we’ll present our own, original insights and picks for the NFL’s Thanksgiving games. Sure, these games are historically one-sided snoozers, and this year’s crop looks to be but that should make it easy for us to pick them correctly
Happy Thanksgiving, schoolchildren of America! Try not to learn anything today!
As you mayhaveobserved, here at Juggle we try to keep abreast of what’s hot on the Internet via Google Trends. Usually this means something Justin Bieber-related, but occasionally something really interesting comes up, and today is one of those days.
Of course, the rankings aren’t without controversy. The FBI, for one, says their data shouldn’t be used this way, and criminolgists say that the rankings use the data unfairly. Another major flaw is that the rankings omit Chicago, because certain numbers “were not available.” We’re not sure whether being ranked is worse than being not ranked due to lack of data, and it’s hard to believe that Chicago wouldn’t be near the top.
Eric Allen was pretty good back in his playing days. We're hoping he's hitting his stride in his picking days.
This week marks a special time in the NFL season. It’s Week 11, which means from here on out, there are no more bye weeks. Fantasy football players can rejoice, as can fans of all stripes, because there are two more games each week from now until the end of the regular season on January 2nd.
But what happened last week and what does it mean for our pick system? First, an excuse. Last week was a very difficult week for NFL picks. Our new palMark Schlereth went a paltry 6-8, and although he still maintains the best record of ESPN’s panel of “experts,” last week’s title went to Eric Allen. (Don’t worry–we had to look him up too.)
Although Allen has the worst record of anyone on the panel at 74-70 for the season, his impressive 10-4 performance has earned him the right to make our picks this week. (Remember that we’re using-still-the picks of the ESPN expert who has the best record the previous week.)
Given his past performance, we’re concerned that Allen will revert to his mediocre ways, but a rule is a rule, so hit the jump to see what he’s picked and our rationalizations.
It's unlikely tonights 2010 Leonid meteor shower will look like this, but that's mostly because it's doubtful you and your neighbors dress like these people or live in a town devoid of artificial light.
In the wake of last months super harvest moon, it’s time once again to look to the skies for another of nature’s awesome free shows. Tonight’s entertainment is the annual Leonid meteor shower, where hundreds of meteors (debris from comet tails) will streak across the night sky.
Although you can still buy Beatles CDs (assuming you know of a store that still sells CDs), iTunes will be the only place you can buy digital copies of Beatles music “into 2011.”
But enough! We can’t remain glum with a full slate of NFL football games set for this weekend, especially in light of Mark Schlereth‘s excellent 10-3 showing last week. As annoying as he is, he’s been good to us since we’ve let him make our football picks. (Remember that our current scheme is to use the picks of whichever ESPN “expert” got the most correct picks the week prior.)
Sure, some other “experts” also went 10-3, but since Schlereth kept the pace, we’re sticking with him. Hit the jump to see what Mark predicts for this week along with our rationalizations!
Now that Walmart offers free shipping, this bandanaed gentleman and the shopping cart driving scamp behind him can stay at home where they belong. We'd all be more comfortable that way.
With Black Friday (a Juggle holiday, by the way) fast approaching, we were starting to wonder what our major retailers might do to set themselves apart this holiday season, especially in light of the tepid economy and the move towards Internet shopping (a move we strongly support, by the way).
Let’s face it, without free shipping, ordering stuff online can seem like a bit of a rip-off sometimes. We’ve definitely avoided buying things online at both Target and Walmart due to the shipping costs, and since we’ve been on the Amazon Prime bandwagon (it’s free if you have access to a .edu email address!) we’ve ordered tons of stuff from them. We can’t be the only ones, and it looks like Walmart has become hip to this fact, because today they announced that through December 20th, they’re offering free shipping, with no minimum order.
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