A dog that had been at a shelter in Florida since 2014 finally just got adopted . . . by a former EMPLOYEE named Tracie Lundy. She says he’s not great with people and has a “stranger danger” issue, so no one wanted him, but she did………………..Speaking of dogs, TheDodo.com just did a story on…… read more »
Southwest announced their first ever mother-daughter co-pilot team. Captain Holly Petitt was joined by her daughter Keely Petitt on a flight last month. Keely says she was 14 when she knew she wanted to follow in her mom’s footsteps…………… Lindsey Bembli, a woman in Florida crawled 300 feet through a sewer to rescue a kitten last…… read more »
Aerosmith continues to celebrate their 50th anniversary, and part of that celebration is a streaming concert series called “50 Years Live!: From The Aerosmith Vaults”. The band is featuring “offical bootlegs” of five shows from their vaults. The first installment is “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977”. (Warning: NSFW) Joe Walsh has announced his…… read more »
A campaign just launched in Minnesota that allows people to support local breweries AND dogs at the same time. For $30, you can buy a “Sidewalk Dog” pass to visit 33 dog-friendly breweries and sample 47 free beers. 5% of the proceeds benefit the American Humane Society………….. Researchers may have found the key to treating…… read more »
Here’s a guy who beat the odds: Franklin Estes lives in New Hampshire and just turned 106 years old on Friday. He was born premature in 1916, and then survived polio. He had to have a pacemaker put in on his 105th birthday last year, but he’s still kickin’. He had a less stressful birthday…… read more »
A tourist in Greece was recently stranded at sea for 18 hours, and managed to survive by staying afloat using a volleyball he found until he was rescued. So everyone’s comparing it to Wilson from “Cast Away”…………………. Last week, we heard about a heroic 25-year-old man named Nick Bostic who ran into a burning house in…… read more »
David Lee Roth released an ode to Van Halen called “Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway”. (Warning: NSFW) Dee Snider may be liberal, but he won’t stop conservative politicians from using his music. Quote, “I wrote it for everyone . . . cherry picking who uses it is censorship.” Metallica released a new…… read more »
A banner plane crashed just off the California shore recently . . . but coincidentally, a lifeguard competition was happening nearby, and multiple lifeguards sprang into action and saved the pilot’s life……………….There’s video of a Ukrainian soldier hiding in a huge box so that he can surprise his young daughter, who he hadn’t seen in…… read more »
Rice University researchers found a way to use dead spiders as the raw material for robotic grippers. They’re excited about it . . . but turning dead spiders into robots sounds like an idea that BETTER NOT BACKFIRE……………….. Firefighters in east Tennessee saved a kitten that somehow got stuck inside a Pepsi vending machine outside…… read more »
This year’s Farm Aid will be September 24th in Raleigh, North Carolina. The line-up includes Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Chris Stapleton, and Margo Price. Pre-sale tickets go on sale July 27, with the general public sale on the 30th. Check out pro filmed video of Metallica performing “Bleeding Me” in Copenhagen,…… read more »