Tag: At Your Leisure
12.19.2008
by John Howard
On 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee,
stands a building known as the Sun Studio.
Once a radiator shop, the place became a music
studio in 1950 called The Memphis... 12.12.2008
by John Howard
Just outside of Gays, Illinois, on a blue highway sign
reads the words, “TOURIST ACTIVITIES: Historical
Two-story Outhouse 1872”, advertising the town’s
landmark... 12.05.2008
by John Howard
Six years after Dragon Quest: Dragon Warrior HIT
stands for the American Game Boy Color release
in 1989, a ballet entitled “Dragon Quest”
was composed by Koichi... 11.07.2008
by John Howard
Vinegar has many uses in laundry, including the direct
application to remove tough, worked-in stains. Adding 1/2
to one cup of vinegar to a laundry load can help limit... 10.31.2008
by John Howard
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The third season of The Office featured an episode entitled “The Reason” where Pam and Jim hide Andy Bernard’s cell phone in the ceiling to get revenge... Gender
by Laura Mandanas, Madeleine Villavicencio
In the United States, the average life expectancy for women is just over 80; for men, it is just over 75. One explanation for this could be that the relative iron...
by John Howard, Madeleine Villavicencio
The title of “man’s best friend” (given to dogs) originated from a speech by a lawyer named George Graham Vest during a Supreme Court case in 1870 over the murder... 10.17.2008
by John Howard
The first traffic lights that appeared in London were gas-powered,
displaying only the colors red and green. The colors
of traffic signals are often thought to provoke... 10.10.2008
by John Howard
The old wives’ tale that ‘sitting too close to the television
set will damage your eyesight’ began in the 1950s when
television was first invented and radiation... 10.03.2008
by John Howard
Things you may or may not need to know about the month at hand.
Holidays
Punkies (last Thursday of the month): “Punkies,” short for
pumpkins, were... 09.26.2008
by John Howard
Many historians credit the creation of bourbon whiskey
to a Baptist minister by the name of Reverend Elijah Craig in
1789. Originally titled “corn whiskey,” Craig... 09.19.2008
by John Howard
Wondering where
the comic is
this week?
We are hiring a
new cartoonist.
Interested in applying?
Email us your funniest
work.
John Bond, a physicist of... 09.12.2008
by John Howard
The FERRIS wheel was introduced to the world by an RPI
graduate named George Washington Gale Ferris. Inspired
by the design of the merry-go-round, Ferris constructed... 09.05.2008
by John Howard
100 meters beneath the surface of the earth, straddling
the France-Swiss border, CERN (European Organization for
Nuclear Research) is performing its final tests on the... Orientation
by John Howard
The exercise known as the “jumping JACK” got its
name from bodybuilder and motivational speaker
Jack Lalanne. Born in 1914, Jack has become quite famous
as a fitness... 05.09.2008
by Ilsa Shaw
Skittles are rumored to have been invented by
a man named Rick Walden, a worker for Mars
who became bored during a business meeting
and started to punch holes in... Me
by Ilsa Shaw
Until the 1800s, tomatoes were thought to be
poisonous. Their acceptance as a nutritional
food source in the United States was due to Colonel
Robert Johnson, who ate... 04.25.2008
by Ilsa Shaw
Forty six years ago, a group of researchers decided
to administer LSD to an elephant. The
dose was 297 milligrams, about 3000 times the
level of a typical human dose... 04.18.2008
by Ilsa Shaw
1. Which YouTube “Top 10” list is Judson Laipply’s
“Evolution of Dance” video not on?
a. Most Viewed
b. Most Discussed
c. Most Favorited
d. Most Rated
2. What... 04.11.2008
by Ilsa Shaw
1.What slang dialect does Alex, the main character,
use in Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange?
a. Nadsat
b. Polari
c. Slavic
d. Cockney
2. Which of the... |
