Cultures across the globe have celebrated the annual year's end with various social gatherings, customs and rituals. Modern New Year celebrations include parties, music, alcohol, fireworks, and kisses at the stroke of 12:00 midnight. As 2010 draws to a close, people across the globe are planning...
Auld Lang Syne is a song traditionally in most English speaking and many other countries played on New Year's Eve. The phrase Auld Lang Syne translates in English to mean "old long since" or "long, long, ago." Auld Lang Syne is based upon a Scottish poem originally written by James Watson in...
In more repressed times, people were not always allowed to express themselves freely, for fear of persecution. Gossiping, criticizing the government or even talking about current events were often punishable by death. In order to communicate at will, clever rhymes were constructed and passed...
If you get sick of the irritatingly-sweet Christmas movies, you're in luck. It seems that this festive holiday somehow brings out the most twisted imaginations of our favorite filmmakers. Christmas may be mentioned in these Yule-tide favorites, but they're definitely not on Santa's good list....
In 2009, an average of 2,276 cars were stolen per day, which is about 15% less than the number of thefts per day in 2208. Still, car thieves aren't too lazy to work on holidays, and some have remarkably high theft rates compared to average. Look at it this way: drivers nursing a hangover may...
Pop singers Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, and Usher Raymond IV have been linked to Libya's Muatassim Qaddafi, son of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. It seems that Mariah, Beyonce, and Usher were paid large sums of money to perform for Muatassim's annual New Year's Eve parties held on Saint...
Twilight stars and off camera couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart celebrated New Years on the UK's Isle of Wight. On New Year's Eve, the pair were spotted enjoying lunch and then later catching a concert with a group of people at the Spyglass Inn. Pattinson and Stewart happily posed with...
Anyone who has raised children or ever was a child (and let's face it, that's all of us), knows that the world's Most Frequently Asked Question is "Why?" Unfortunately, it's also the most difficult question to answer because it's bottomless - it can keep right on going forever because no matter...
Randy Quaid and his wife Eve were arrested on charges of defrauding an innkeeper,burglary, and a host of other charges in Santa Barbara. They apparently managed to walk out on a 10k hotel bill, but did pay a 40k bail charge. Don't ask me why but this doesnt make any sense. Image Source: PopCrunch
EVDO is a standard for transmitting high speed wireless broadband. Also known as EV-DO, 1xEvDO, and 1xEV-DO, the EVDO acronym stands for “Evolution, Data Only” or “Evolution, Data Optimized.” But based on the telecommunication Industry Association, the official name of EVDO is CDMA2000, High Rate...
