There was no nuclear war and 7-11 had its mass expansion stopped by Starbucks, Gleaming the Cube's Brian Kelly must be pretty happy with today.

Price gouging has skyrocketed the price of insulin, forcing folks to ration this lifesaving biologic. CBS News: "Nobody cared or nobody understood that without this next vial of insulin, I… Read the rest of the article: Insulin prices are killing people

Politico shares an investigation into why the GDPR's lead regulator Ireland has failed to bring a single enforcement action against the big tech companies it is supposed to watchdog. Politico:… Read the rest of the article: Ireland sits idly by as GDPR goes unenforced

William Zabka and Ralph Macchio are back in season two of Youtube's Cobra Kai. I adore this wonderful buffet of Gen-X nostalgia. As a former Angeleno who grew up in… Read the rest of the article: Cobra Kai season two is beyond fantastic

The Boom Bow is currently my favorite weapon in Fortnite Battle Royale. Firing shotgun shell laden arrows, this gold weapon hits hard and is hard to track.

My friend sent me a photo of his uber tuff tactical Spork. Perhaps it is the burlap couch upholstery, but my aged eyes missed the KABAR and thought this was… Read the rest of the article: At first I thought this Ka-Bar Tactical Spork was an artisanal Spork

The video ad for this smart mug, for sale on Amazon, is either brilliant or an SNL parody. I can not embed the video, you have to click to the… Read the rest of the article: Video ad for temperature control mug would be a great parody, but it isn't

I get a lot of mileage out of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai's "Evil! Pure and simple from the Eighth Dimension!" but Time Bandits "It's evil! Don't touch it!" certainly… Read the rest of the article: My two favorite times someone says "evil" in the movies

As ongoing and growing measles outbreaks flare up around America some New York City anti-vaxxers are suing to block last-minute emergency measures city leaders are taking to slow the spread… Read the rest of the article: New York anti-vaxxers suing for right to infect public

In advance of Cobra Kai's season 2, we get this fantastic spoof. When you think about 1984, you’re thinking about the fight between Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. It was… Read the rest of the article: ESPN's 30 for 30 spoof honors the Karate Kid

Holy smokes! Air Royale is fun! FUN! FUUUUUUUUUUUUN! Two-person teams take to the skies and try to be the last in the air. The storm closes in from the sides,… Read the rest of the article: Fortnite 'Air Royale' far more fun than petting in-game dogs

One of the most memorable moments of the movie that will always be known to me as Star Wars is now in LEGO. I had to wonder if people just… Read the rest of the article: Leia kisses Luke for good luck in this 'A New Hope' LEGO set

Phenomenal Los Angeles-area photographer Star Foreman visited Disneyland's Dapper Day. The resultant images are wonderful. View her entire slideshow at the LA Weekly! Dapper dude with the moustache is Marquis… Read the rest of the article: Star Foreman photographs Disneyland's 'Dapper Day'

Neal Shusterman's Scythe explores a post-mortal dystopia where everything is perfect except humanity. Our nascent 'Cloud' has developed into 'the Thunderhead' and all of humanities problems are solved! The Thunderhead… Read the rest of the article: I bought the second installment in Neal Shusterman's Scythe series before I finished the first book

Baking great tasting, and looking sourdough bread with freshly milled wheat is only complicated if you are used to market-bought wheat. Like we all are. These two loaves are pretty… Read the rest of the article: Culturing butter at home to enjoy with sourdough made with freshly milled wheat

One of my shoulders stopped working very well about three years ago. Hanging from a pull-up and chin-up bar helps me a lot. I was waking up in the middle… Read the rest of the article: Hanging by my arms helps my shoulder pain

San Dimas High School, famed alma mater of Bill S. Preston, ESQ. and Ted "Theodore" Logan, is ready to host The Wyld Stallyns, if the new Bill and Ted 3… Read the rest of the article: San Dimas High School and associated football team "rule"

I was sent some small-batch, whole grain, locally sourced flour. I baked some bread. One of my oldest friends recently went BreadCore on me. He is baking beautiful loaves, paying… Read the rest of the article: Baking with a small-batch, whole grain, locally sourced wheat

Learn all about Batuu, the Black Spire Outpost, and some of the things you should fear in the Unknown Regions in Star Wars Thrawn: Alliances. Disneyland's new theme land is… Read the rest of the article: 'Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances' describes Disney's Star Wars-land 'Batuu'

Seeing as they started out as cartoons by the amazing Charles Addams, an animated Addams Family seems right. I did love the old show tho.