‘Kickers’ Archives
Historical Tweets
Finally, we can all see what our favorite historical figures might have said if only they had Twitter: HistoricalTweets.com
Another Michael Phelps story
Yes I am getting a little sick and tired of hearing about Michael Phelps 24 hours a day, but once again The Onion comes through... Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World: ORLANDO—Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his [...]
Things Not to Say in a Facebook Status Update
From Wired: Rockin' Freebird! Rubbing cream on that thing I noticed last weekend. Doesn't seem to be working. Buying DC Universe Classics Wave 5 the Atom at Wal-Mart! Build-a-figure Metallo is complete! Feeling trapped in this male body. Jesus, I'm lonely. D'oh! Accidentally trimmed my pickin' nail. Watching The Notebook [...]
Breaking up is easy to do
Recently there have been stories about people breaking up by text message. Heck, there have even been stories of people who have been fired by email. But I think our quest to have as little interaction with people as possible may have gone a little too far. Now you can leave someone an unhappy voice mail without even having to face the possibility [...]
Wendy Portillo: Monster
Kindergarten teacher let classmates vote student out of class: PORT ST. LUCIE — Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary [...]
Twittering to freedom
At least now when someone asks me why I'm on Twitter I have a valid reason... you just never know when you might suddenly find yourself in an Egyptian prison. Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail: James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone. Buck, a graduate student [...]
Reason #12 I don’t envy Wesley Snipes
Snipes Gets Maximum Sentence: 36 Months Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 36 months in prison Thursday, the maximum sentence allowed. Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor charges for not filing his taxes. UPDATE: Fark.com had the single greatest headline for this story: "Wesley Snipes sentenced to 3 years in prison. 1 for each Blade movie."
