Tina Fey Shares Secrets of Palin Impression

Claiming that Sarah Palin has "a voice that anybody can do", occasional Palin-parodist Tina Fey has finally shared the secret of her successful imitation. ""It's a little bit `Fargo,' it's a little bit Reese...

Want To Fly? Don't Copy The Birds And The Bees

Since earliest recorded history, and presumably beyond, humans have always wanted to fly. First attempts involved imitation of winged creatures around them, and unfailingly ended in disaster. No workable flying...

Canada:Gun-shaped bottle causes stir with Police

One has to wonder the mentality of Liquor manufactuerers and Customs officers who allow such stupidity to hit our shores. " Talk about tequila shooters. Cops are pledging to hammer down hard on anyone else dumb...

Robota the Doll

"   -   Seeking something about robots in comics, I come across  Sylvain Calinon,( the NewScientistTech, see here). He created a robot capable of drawing artistic portraits . A second person in...

Romantics sue Guitar Hero publisher

A lot of kids are going to be upset about this if it means Santa's stock of Guitar Hero runs dry."Imitation might be flattery, but that doesn't make the Romantics any happier about it. The Detroit rock band has...

New powers to tackle gun and knife crime

"A range of tough new powers to tackle alcohol-fulled disorder, knife and gun crime, including realistic imitation firearms and air weapons, have been welcomed today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. The new violent crime measures form part of the Violent Crime Reduction Act...

When Chocolate Isn't Chocolate

Looks like by "modernizing food standards", the US Chocolate Manufacturers' Association means "get away with foistinga  substandard product upon the consumer". The less charitable would call it "ripping [us]...

Do You Believe that Ghosts are Real?

"Do You Believe that Ghosts are Real? David Slone David Slone writes for Honest Information Webmaster Tutorials and Resources and for Good Cook Recipes and cooking articles January 17, 2007 Ghosts are different things depending on who you ask. While 32% of Americans believe...

Arrrrrgh! Life immitates art, matey!

"Okay, you’ve got to hand it to those big Hollywood publicists. Scant days after the world premiere of the hot summer movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” comes news from Jakarta that pirates have attacked three ships. Yes. Real...

'Plagiarize this' (or Remake Remodel) suggests online journal 'The Morning News'

Exagerating, being a copycat, mashups, claiming ownership for something we did not do or creating something new from different pieces as the Morning News suggests.

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