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I had to take anti-histamines after I had been drinking once.  Whoa was that a trip.  And I apparently tweeted while doing that. So much so, whenever I tweet weird things, people start wondering if I mixed the two together and tweeted again. Nah.  I’m really just that weird. In …

I just had three stowaways on my flight this week.  They were only discovered once the plane finally ran out of seats.  But they at least did it the safe way. Much like Helen Hayes endearing role in the movie Airport (not to be confused with the movie Airplane!) But a man is in …

El Al Airlines previously required female flight attendants to wear heels when in the airport, but they were able to switch to flats once they were on an aircraft. This policy is changing, according to Mashable: “The company revises its service protocols regularly and it was decided in that framework …

Nicolas Cage had the right idea about bees. Here’s a brilliant BioShock parody of his dramatic performance in Wicker Man: (The actual clip is slightly more graphic but with slightly worse acting) But a flight crew learned that bees are bad for a different reason too. According to CNN, a …

In April, a female comedian posted a video of a two-way mirror in the bathroom of a bar she performed in. The owner’s initial reaction was defensive and… well… kind of creepy. He has since changed his tune on the mirror after talking to more women about it. (Scroll down …

There was a bit of controversy for United this past week over a soda can and a beer can. Apparently, a woman on a flight was denied a can of unopened soda because she could use it as a weapon, but the man next to her was give an unopened …

United grounded all its flights for about an hour this morning. According to Wired, United hasn’t given specific reasons, but people have been tweeting information as they hear it. Though United hasn’t indicated the cause for the grounding, tweets from onboard passengers and a news report have indicated various possible …

Sometimes you think you’ve found the one. That’s what ThinkGeek thought when it met Hot Topic.  Edgy, unnatural colored hair and full of deep thoughts written in cursive strewn across t-shirts bearing unicorns. And then it met GameStop. It’s not that it doesn’t like Hot Topic anymore.  It just doesn’t like like Hot Topic anymore. …

No, this isn’t some real-life Matrix meets Soylent Green dystopian match up. Pavegen–a company with a Soylent Green-esque name–has developed a type of flooring that generates electricity from people walking on top of it. They have received a lot of press lately because they are crowd sourcing funding to develop …

Here’s where my “rebellious” years of high school meet my present geeky self.  Hot Topic is purchasing ThinkGeek. I’ve gone from using Manic Panic to Manically Panicking over this acquisition.   According to the Verve: ThinkGeek is pretty well known for its wide variety of kitschy, pop-culture focused offerings — …