(PCM) James Holmes, the man charged with the horrific killings at a screening of the “Dark Knight” in Aurora, CO last year, has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A previous plea of not guilty was entered on Holmes behalf earlier this year by the court, as the lawyers for Holmes were still prepping his case an not prepared to enter a plea for him at that time. Holmes is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 58 others in the massacre that took place at the movie theater back in July of last year.  He is currently charged with 24 1st degree murder counts and…Read more

(PCM) This new ad from Kmart is certainly pushing the envelope a bit, but it could just be a stroke of genius setting the retailer apart from their slightly more conservative counterparts such as Target and Walmart. The ad is spotlighting the fact that Kmart will send items directly to shoppers’ homes for free if they can’t find what they need in the store. Shoppers can now quite easily “ship their pants”, furniture, bedding, and more! Gotta love this clever play on words. The video has now ranked up millions of views on YouTube and has been shared countless times via various social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. Check…Read more

The famous Inverted Jenny postage stamp will be displayed at the DELPEX 2013 Stamp Show. By Jean Woods (PCM) The Inverted Jenny is the most famous US stamp error, with the airplane printed upside-down. A single sheet of 100 stamps was purchased by collector William T. Robey in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 1918 for $24. Robey sold the sheet on May 20 for $15,000 to Eugene Klein, a Philadelphia stamp dealer. Klein had already arranged its resale to Col. Edward H. R. Green of New York for $20,000. Green had the sheet broken up, and sold blocks and single stamps to collectors, saving a few key position blocks for…Read more

Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2nd. It is said on this day, when the groundhog comes out of his deep sleep, if he sees his shadow it means there will be six more weeks of winter. If there is no shadow to be seen, spring is near. The idea of Groundhog Day roots from the comparable European tradition, Candlemas Day. February 2nd has always been a significant day since it marks the dead of winter. On this day, the clergy would bless candles and hand them out to the people. As an old English song went a little something like this: “If Candlemas be fair and bright,…Read more

With all of the doomsday talk about 12/21/12, we’re concentrating on 12/12/12 the 21st occurrence of that magical day in recorded history. 12/12/12 Trivia First rest assured that some smart people at The Astronomical Society of the Pacific have declared Dec. 12, 2012, as Anti-Doomsday Day, in celebration of rational thinking and reasoned discourse, believe that the Earth is not meeting its doom on December 21st, and noone living today will likely see this repetition of a single number in a date again. At 12:12:12 p.m., the day will offer fans of the number 12 a ‘sixer’ – 12/12/12 12:12:12! At 1:21:02 am, nerds everywhere can rejoice in the single…Read more

(PCM) He may not have sent out a single tweet yet, but Pope Benedict XVI has officially joined Twitter. With a verified account and @pontifex Twitter handle he is ready to reach out to the Twitter world. At the age of 85 he might be one of the oldest Twitter members, but the Catholic Church is hoping the move to Twitter will help them reach a younger crowd. Archbishop Claudio Celli, head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications found that 140 million people currently use Twitter and 40 percent of them are age 16-24. “We want to use Twitter to reach out to these young people,” he said. “This…Read more

Thanks to Throwback Thursdays we get to bring back nostalgic memories! Whether it is a song you used to listen to in middle school, a game you used to play against your friends, or a movie you had forgotten about that suddenly shows up on an HBO or Encore channel – we love when events, ideas, films, shows, songs give us a snapshot into our history. When a certain Backstreet Boys song comes on I can tell you exactly where I was in my life and what I was doing. Recently, I have been circulating back through old YouTube videos that I watched in college. As the date of this…Read more

If you have three minutes in your day, I’d suggest watching this to brighten it up. Or, it will make you feel very lazy to see a dog be able to clean an entire house while you don’t even make your bed. I stumbled upon this video a few months ago, but it came across my lap (or laptop) once again. I don’t care what year, month, day it is – this little bugger is incredible. I know they train seeing eye dogs to do many of the tasks that “Jesse” does, but putting it all together in one video just makes him seem unstoppable. From the time little Jesse…Read more

Trick or Treat! Let’s talk more about the treats and less about the tricks. According to a Huffington Post article, they picked their favorite and not-so-favorite Halloween candies. Although my mid-20s have focused on the costume part of this holiday, I grew up with Halloween being all about the candy. My brothers and I used to get the biggest bag we could find, in fear that a smaller size would not hold all of our findings. We’d run home from school to begin the chocolate hunt in our best dressed Power Ranger and Princess attire. After three hours, we had enough candy to last us an entire year. The best…Read more

(PCM) We’ll try not to make any Grease references and we certainly aren’t going to criticize the wonderfully cheesy cover art, we’re just going to spread the yuletide cheer a bit early with this news: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have collaborated on a Christmas album slated for release November 13. The album, featuring special guests like James Taylor, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Kenny G and more, is called “This Christmas” and marks the first time in nearly 35 years that the duo we adore so much has recorded music together. So, who do we have to thank for this masterful collaboration? Well, ‘tis the season to spread the cheer,…Read more