While 7-Eleven stores around the nation are temporarily transforming themselves into Kwik-E-Marts to promote The Simpsons Movie, a report in The OC Register suggests the San Onofre nuclear-power plant may have made a few mistakes that resemble the goings-on in Mr. Burns' facility.
Among other things, workers at the plant are described as having added twice the amount of water they should have to the core in an attempt to increase power, improperly labeled a container of radioactive waste that e
Probably the stupidest blog the Orange County Register ever published was one that's not even listed on their graveyard of retired blogs: one that dealt with the new 657 area code overlay. I saw it once or twice last year, and it went like the paper's page count.
But maybe the Reg was onto something--can't tell you how many people in the 714 area code (OG OC, baby!) have complained about dialing 1 even if you're dialing another 714 number. This reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Springfi
A lot of emails pass through a music editor's inbox in a given day, but here's a surefire way of getting some attention: make the subject "LARGEST GATHERING OF BARBERSHOP ENTHUSIASTS ON THE PLANET."Oh yes. It's happening. June 28 though July 5, at the hilton Anaheim. It's apparently the 71st annual (!) Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention, with all sorts of events planned, most notably the "Bank of America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest." Sounds like a real rowdy dow.Whenev
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We love The Simpsons, especially Homer. A reverse role-model for everyday life, he is the icon of our generation -- both a caricature of what we don't hope we are (lazy, buffoonish, and inept) and someone we are probably more like than we'd care to admit (an overweight average joe).
Plus he's infinitely quotable.
So this product, a Homer fridge guard is perfect. The light-activated plastic toy, which sits in your fridge, spouts choice Homerisms when you open the door, s
More Comic-Con photos, from Saturday and Sunday, as the musky smell and convention madness begins to sink in. (Check our previous bunch of photos out here.)
Edwin GoeiThere's been some recent news in the food truck craze hitting LA -- the trend that everyone knows started with a little something called Kogi. LAist recently updated its list of food trucks, which seems to grow exponentially by the minute. And the LA Times' food blog Daily Dish had a lengthy story on a still-in-development grilled cheese truck by a chef who used to work right here in Costa Mesa's Habana.But you want to know about the insanely cool oddity you see above right?
