Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Feral Pigs and Blue M&Ms: Bizarre News for the Week of August 3, 2009


What a cutie! This fiber glass painted bear is part of the "Bears and Butterflies" art exhibit going on this summer up in the Catskills, in Cairo, New York.

I was Cairo in July and took a few photos all around town on a really hot, bright summer day. Since then it's rained so much in the Hudson Valley, but this first week of August we're again enjoying some great sunny weather here.

Associated Content writer Robert Dougherty was just featured on CNN a few moments ago, for his article about the Obama Joker poster. How exciting! AC writers are being featured more and more these days in the media. I just had a new article published today on AC:

Feral Pigs and Blue M&Ms: Bizarre News for the Week of August 3, 2009

Weird Headlines and Bizarre News for Early August 2009

With news of feral pigs in the Caribbean and the health benefits of blue M&Ms, it was an interesting week for bizarre headlines and weird, sometimes shocking stories. Quite a few headlines caught my attention over the past few days, each one stranger than the last. Here's a look at two weird recent headlines that made me go hmm...Read on...

1 comment:

Purplesong said...

The feral pigs washing up on the beaches of the Carribean (although that sounds like it was blown out of proportion, thank you for clarifying that story,) the blue m&m's, the woman suing her college due to not finding a job (from your article,) that sure is bizarre news. The one about the m&m's is hilarious. Who'd think that dye could be so healing? I can't help wonder if in this tough economy marketers are just having to get more creative with their methods. Of course, I never thought m&m's would have a problem selling. Thanks for the info!