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Happy Birthday (Sept. 23) to John Coltrane - he would have been 84. Celebrate by playing "A Love Supreme." He was the gre -- =====...

I wrote this about a co-worker of mine, because it is suspected he really does hold some valuable life secrets without knowing it. Or caring...

...anyone know what it is? This ugly bugger was seen at work. About three inches long, big ol' legs, and some sac or tube running the le...

(... sounds like Mom ...) Anyway, here's the skinny according to HubPages: Despite recession, back to workin' on the railroad Life...

Here is something to get your mind going. Y'all have heard these two statements every so often; perhaps they have reached the point of c...

This is one of the things I miss from out west -- In-N-Out burgers. I got this from Lifehacker: Make Your Own In-N-Out Double-Double Burger ...

... and I'm gonna miss it. But if you can't be at Newport for the jazz festival this year, here's how to catch it live on the In...

Not sure which is worse here ... Phils' first baseman Ryan Howard pulls up lame while running the bases, and while being helped off the ...

Are you one? Test yourself ... This is a rather interesting quiz, although one tends to know early in life if he is one of those nonconformi...

Some folks are never satisfied at their pay after a hard day's work: Unhappy robber: Gunman calls restaurant to gripe | ajc.com A man wh...

The Southeast coast (including Charleston) has its hurricanes. The Midwest, tornadoes. The upper East Coast has New York City. Every place h...

What's wrong with this picture? You robs the joint, you takes your chances. At least, that's how it used to go. Or has our society b...

Man, I hate it when I misplace my lunch. Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank - Yahoo! News

Talk about hanging your business out on the street: BBC News - Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published Here's an excerpt ...

H'mmm ... from the look of things, what I write today will make absolutely no difference to anybody in about 172 years. Good to know. I ...

This almost sounds like the perfect compromise because now, no one is pleased. For the record, though, Arizona's immigration law has bee...

Now ... if she was Muslim or Paiute or something like that, would the court have taken this stance? Or would the judge have bent over backwa...

(He's not sleeping; he's hard at work inspecting his eyelids. Photo by Getty Images.) Call it laziness or just smelling the roses a ...

When you think about it, there's almost something poetic about the whole thing, unfortunate as it is: Lightning bolts cause problems acr...

Found this in Consumerist, and it gives an idea of how the times are a-changing. In an informal, admittedly nonscientific poll, more than ha...