What Caitlin wanted did not seem that hard. She had signed up for Facebook after she married, as Caitlin Shaw. Now, to make it easier for old friends to find her, she wanted to add her maiden name. Her maiden name is Batman....

Whaaa?? On Friday's I make a special effort to find wierd, offbeat news. This one fits the bill perfectly: Electronic Arts' upcoming game Dante's Inferno is a riff on God of War [another game] that stars a beefed-up warrior based on the author of The Divine Comedy. Seriously. For those of us who spe...

Last month, Starbucks introduced a $1 bottomless cup of coffee to boost sales. Yesterday, a former motel turned java hut topped that offer in a bid to stimulate the local Maine economy. The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, in tiny Vassalboro, held its grand opening. Obey the signs: “Over 18 only.â€...

Chazelle explains democracy this way: A empowers B to elect C to serve A (where A=corporations, B=citizens, C=politicians and where corporate media is the empowering vehicle).  This is a pretty radical proposition and has the whiff of Marxism.  The main truth here is that the typical citiz...

There are no specs, design notes or observations to suggest that this AT-AT Walker boombox is even real, but it so tickles our Star Wars fetish that it was hard not to share. It’d be nice to know if this thing is big enough to hook over shoulders, allowing for strolls through the ‘hood w...

A Pennsylvania man called 911, on himself, to inform the cops he was too drunk to drive. It's a commendable gesture in a sort of dumbass-with-a-drinking-problem sort of way. According to UPI, the......

Almost a year ago, I didn't care much about the hype created by new Apple products e.g. the Mac, the iPhone and the iPod but now that I own all of these products for myself, I can assure you that the hype doesn't come along for no reason. Every Apple product, especially the Mac, surrounds itself wit...

Nerds at Heart is throwing a Love Fest at Holiday Club tonight from 7 to 10pm. You never know, you might land a Valentine's date out of it....

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Millions of Americas are currently unemployed with hundreds of thousands being added to the unemployment roles monthly. Michael Phelps is obviously not unemployed, but he has been fired by Kellogg's as their spokesman. Pastor Craig X Rubin, candi...

Baring any further developments in the ‘Christian Bale Strikes Back’ situation, this should be our last post about it. Personally, I had all sorts of debate with self and other folks around the FSR office yesterday as to whether we should even be talking about it or not. But based on the...