Mark Callaghan
Dangerous Airplane Landings
This video brings back memories from my childhood in West Virginia when the family would go up to Charles Yeager airport and watch the planes taking off and landing. Commercial air travel was relatively new back then and I remember watching the massive aircraft take off and wondering how airplanes worked. As an adult, I still get a thrill
Healthy Snacking at Work
If you’ve been following my progress, you know that I turned over a new leaf a couple of years ago and began working out with the good folks at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness. So far, I’m blown away with the results. I’ve lost a ton of weight and feel healthier now than I’ve ever felt in my life. I still cheat once in a while, but
How to Cope with Facebook’s New Timeline
Like many of you, after receiving warnings from Facebook for weeks, I spent some time this weekend setting-up my new Facebook Timeline and my feature photo. As you’ve heard, Timeline is the new feature going live on Tuesday which replaces your Facebook profile. It’s essentially a pipeline of life events in the form of photos, status updates and wall posts. I had heard rumblings by privacy experts
Should You Prepare Your Own Tax Returns?
Oh, it’s that time of year again — time to get together all of the information for my income tax returns. Employers and banks have until January 31st to deliver me the W-2 forms and 1099′s and I dread that day because it means that it’s time for me to file my tax returns for the federal government and the State of Colorado
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Tabletop Toaster Looks Just Like a Printer
How cool is this? At first glance, it looks like a USB travel printer that you connect to your laptop, but on closer inspection, you realize that it’s an actual toaster!
Ingenious Solution to Cellphone Rudeness in Restaurants: The Phone Stack
Okay, I must confess to texting once in a while during dinner. And I’ve been put-off by friends who spend half the meal scanning their Facebook timeline! So, I was intruiged by this little game I saw described over at the Kempt blog and wanted to share it with you right away. It’s like a drinking game, but it’s meant to put an end to cellphone rudeness at dinnertime once and for all!
Junky Yard Earns Jail Time for South Carolina Woman
Wow! I’ve heard of people getting citations from the police, but this is the first time I’ve heard of somebody going to jail over a messy yard! The problem began in 2008 when the economy hit South Carolina photographer Linda Ruggles’ business hard. Her roof project came to a halt, stacks of shingles sat on her roof for years and her yard began to fill-up with junk metal she collected for spare cas
Colorado Teen Deemed Too Sexy for the High School Yearbook
Whoa! Times certainly are changing. A Durango high school has told a teenage student that the photo she submitted for the yearbook is too racy for publication. Seniors at Durango High School can submit their own photos for inclusion in the yearbook.
Tebow Time-Travels to Meet David Bowie
Oh, how funny! I caught a quick bit of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night and thought I was experiencing an acid trip! Jimmy debuted his newest character, Tebowie — an hysterical mashup of David Bowie & Tim Tebow. Check it out for yourself in the video below.
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Steve Jobs’ Successor Makes You Look Poor
After nearly three decades in radio, you know that I love this business. But, I’m starting to think that I’m in the wrong job after learning that Steve Jobs’ successor made . . . are you ready? . . . $378,000,000.00 last year. The folks at Mashable.com are reporting that Steve Cook, the man who was chosen to fill Steve Jobs’ shoes at Apple, made more money last year than
Trapped Onboard for 8 Hours
I still remember the wet and heavy snow that piled-up at my house in October, like it was yesterday — probably because of the tree limbs that snapped under the weight of the accumulated snow and came crashing down in my yard. Corry Stanley won’t soon be forgetting the October storms, either. She and her husband were trapped
Officer, My Dad is Hiding in the Attic!
A new dad has learned a parenting lesson the hard way: he was turned in to the police by his own son. When police showed-up on the doorstep of Valdet Gjeloshi for a probation violation, his wife said he wasn’t there.
Never one to tell a lie, his two-year-old son said he was home, but hiding in the attic. That poor kid