Sorry to say, tanning your backside at the beach won't help you lose weight (unless you count complications from cancer). Brown fat, also known as baby fat, acts more like muscle than fat. It helps babies regulate their body temperature by burning calories. It had been thought that brown fat was present only in infants, ... [Read More]

When Dana Hoekstra adopted her son she quickly realized he wasn't like other boys. Liam was doing pull-ups before his first birthday thanks to a myostatin deficiency that's given him 40% more muscle mass than you typical toddler (wish I had that kind of deficiency, all I got is the ADD). Liam's Kryptonite is his ... [Read More]

Barack Obama's apology tour, also known the G-20 Summit, reached a crescendo last week when President bowed down to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. This kowtowing not only goes in the face of 200 years of Presidential protocols, it stands in stark contrast to Obama's head bob to the Queen of England. A White House aide ... [Read More]

Never afraid to break the 4th wall (among other things), the Merc WITH a Mouth used the cover of Deadpool #9 to poke fun at his movie counterpart, who is decapitated at the end X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And judging by that squint he's giving, he's not a fan. Can you blame him? It's bad enough they sewed up ... [Read More]

Fox News blogger Roger Friedman has nothing but praise for the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. Unfortunately, the feeling is not mutual. Friedman reviewed an illegally downloaded workprint, even bragging that it was "so much easier than going out in the rain" (but then again what isn't?). 20th Century Fox had no ... [Read More]

On last night's Countdown, Keith Olbermann attacked Newt Gingrich for criticizing President Barack Obama's response to Kim Jong-il's recent missile launch. Olbermann claimed Newt had no problem with the past "8 years of doing nothing about North Carolina" (video below). When Olbermann eventually corrected himself, he laughed ... [Read More]

There's no pussyfooting around it, Queen's Blade is about one thing and one thing only: FANSERVICE. It's based on a gamebook, you know those Choose Your Own Adventure books where you pick from a list of choices and turn to the corresponding page, so don't expect a lot in the way of story. All you need to know is ... [Read More]