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I'm a veteran television writer (Match Game, Hollywood Squares) and cartoonist (Los Angeles Reader) I've also written for online versions of Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit.
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Michigan State University, BA
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Famous movie car stunts and the technology behind them
Interesting facts about the Rolls-Royce automobile and automobile company
Sacha "Serge" Stavisky predated Bernie Madoff, creating a fake municipal bond scheme that almost wrecked the French economy in the early 1930s.
About Nobel laureates who were Nazi Party members and/or collaborators, including Gunter Grass, Philipp Lenard and Knut Hamsun.
Ailing car company General Motors is launching its plug-in electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt. Is it just a PR ploy to get more bailout money from the government?
About Miguel Caballero, high-security tailor to the rich and famous including President Obama.
Did General Motors and other corporate conspirators put an end to Los Angeles' electric rail public transportation system as portrayed in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"?
In 2002, Ford launched an attempt at building a line of electric cars, the Ford THINK, but it was half-hearted. In 2008, a new improved version of the same line of THINK cars are to be launched from Silicon Valley not Detroit.
The sleek button-down look of the early sixties is making a comeback thanks to the AMC TV series "Mad Men"
MTV announces that Harmonix, the maker of the hit music video game "Rock Band", has entered into an agreement with the surviving members of the Beatles to produce a standalone video game using Beatles licensed music.
A University of Kentucky student and his friend were arrested for hanging an effigy of presidential candidate Barack Obama from a tree on the UK campus.
A little known history of Olympic swimming champ Dara Torres and her high-rolling Las Vegas hotel owner father, Ed Torres, and his doomed partnership with singer Wayne Newton in the Aladdin Hotel.
Apple iTunes 8's Genius feature is an instant playlist generator for iPod and iPhone playlists
Famous people who've been homeless include Cary Grant, William Shatner, Halle Berry and others.
Were VP candidate Sara Palin and her husband Todd ever members of the controversial secessionist Alaska Independence Party?
Because of the current US home mortgage crisis and the resultant growing number of home foreclosures, the rich and famous are also taking their foreclosure hits.
Cheap, tiny, and fuel-efficient, microcars, smartcars, and kei cars may be an emerging trend on American streets
The FAO Schwarz Manhattan toy store has been one of New York's biggest family tourist attractions since 1876. From 1963 on, the toystore to the rich and famous had a rocky financial history and was close to demise until it was rescued by a hedge fund.
Throughout the world, there are underground cave hotels. Some even offer four-star accommodations.
Sex museums are opening all over the world from Mumbai, India to Iceland to Berlin to Tongli, China to New York City's Fifth Avenue. Some are titillating. Some are whimsical. Some are educational. All are unusual.
German artist Gunter Demnig has embedded brass individual memorial plaques in front of 12,000 former homes and businesses of Holocaust victims.
German zoologist brothers Heinz and Lutz Heck attempt to "revive" extinct horse and cattle breeds through genetic experiments during the Nazi years.
Ferdinand Porsche, the father of the Volkswagen, is also the inventor the first gas-electric hybrid vehicle in 1898.
How Alan Gelfand changed skateboarding forever by creating the "Ollie" move
The Red Devils' "Live at King King" (1992) and Touch's "Touch" (1968) were two of the best one-shot albums you probably never heard of.
In 1972, industrial design legend Henry Dreyfuss committed suicide with his wife. Unfortunately, this final act eclipsed his achievements.
Milwaukee-based Brooks Stevens was one of the great industrial designers, but he's best known for coining the term "planned obsolescence."
The history of the development of the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
The 1962 Studebaker Avanti was an American sports car ahead of its time. Unfortunately its success wasn't enough to save Studebaker from bankruptcy.
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has been a part of American roadside history since the thirties and is still going strong today. Find out about the history of this American marketing icon.
The Stanley Steamer was an alternative energy vehicle before its time --- and it made a record-setting sports car.
A rare thirties automobile, the Stout Scarab was far ahead of its time. In fact, it was the world's first minivan.
The 1934-37 Chrysler (and Desoto) Airflow models were huge financial flops even though its streamlined aeronautic design was innovative beyond its time.
Scav Hunt, the world's largest scavenger hunt, is a wild and wacky University of Chicago tradition.
The story of the 1956-57 Chevrolet El Morocco, a Chevy customized to look like a Cadillac Eldorado. It's now a rare car collector's item.
DARPA's Grand Challenge is a $2 million competition to entrants who have developed driverless vehicles for the military.
The story of Rosa Parks, and how Michigan's Henry Ford Museum acquired the Montgomery, Alabama bus that helped start the American civil rights movement.
Alexander Roy recently broke the cross-country road rally record that was held for 23 years, and spent lots of money doing it.
The Gumball 3000 is a controversial cross-country car race that's a six day party for the rich and famous.
A history of the Cannonball Run, the wild and wacky cross-country road rally that inspired the hit movie.
Associated Content Makes a Great Writer's Portfolio
About the highest profile writers conferences in the country.
Are you a published or aspiring author, or even a devoted and voracious reader of the great works of literature?
All you need is talent to get into the most prestigious writer retreats
The best workshops for aspiring science fiction writers
As a 2003 Cedar Fire survivor, I offer advice on what to expect for 2007 wildfire survivors.
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, con artists began filing false death certificates on non-existent family victims.
UCLA and USC has had a football rivalry since the early 20th century. With the first Victory Bell game in 1942, the rivalry amped up into a series of pranks perpetrated by students of both schools.
A descriptive list of official television game show websites with online game components.
How to apply online to become a television game show contestant
An interview with Jay Wolpert, the first producer of the Bob Barker version of "Price is Right." He's also a screenwriter who helped create the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
Long-time Price is Right producer Roger Dobkowitz talks about veteran host Bob Barker and how he's handling retirement
A behind-the-scenes look at the classic television game show, The Dating Game
The television game show Family Feud has had a long life with several different hosts. Some have experienced hard times.
A list of the top eight game show moments of all time
About notable artist-in-residence programs sponsored by corporations
Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, New York's genius photographer of the streets
About J. Todd Anderson and Saul Bass, two masters of the unsung profession of movie storyboardist.
A brief history of the Airstream trailer and its creator, Wally Byam.
America's petroleum industry pundit family: The story of the Lundbergs
The Republic of Vanuatu encompasses 83 islands in the South Pacific, including the Pentecost Island. "Naghol" is the original Pentecost Island name for the native ritual of "land diving", which later inspired a westernized version best known as "Bungee Jumping."
Customized golf carts for the rich and famous. In fact, some of the highest end of these customized golf carts can range from $8000 to nearly $40,000.
About the growing trend of "golf cart communities." A prime example is Peachtree City, Georgia
The story of producer Dwain Esper, the father of the exploitation flick
A brief history of Big Boy restaurants, particularly the story of Bob Wian, the restaurant founder.
Internet suicide pacts are a growing social phenomenon, originating in Japan.
In the forties, film producer Kroger Babb toured small town America with his highly successful and sexually explicit films that were promoted as sex hygiene lectures.
Oxford's Dangerous Sports Club was a group of extreme daredevils.
Hollywood film producer William Castle made sixties B-movies, but he's best known for his promotion stunts, many taking place right in the movie theaters.
How modern day swimmers have debunked the inescapable and invincible Alcatraz myth.
The exploits of BASE jumping daredevils and Yosemite's dangerous El Capitan cliff.
During the WTC's short life, daredevils have climbed it, jumped off it, and walked across tightropes.
Spurred by the tragic event at Kent State, a radical University of Wisconsin group "The New Years Gang" held an emergency meeting. The Gang's mode of operation was violence aimed against property, not people.
As recent as 2003, Kirk Jones, without body protection of any sort, floated down the falls on his back and miraculously survived without injury.
The story of Bruce Meyers, inventor of the iconic Southern California symbol, the dune buggy
A history of Mexico's communist regime in the 1920s and its threat to the U.S.
The story of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary affordable, mass-produced Dymaxion Dwelling Machine
Leisurama was housing development package sold by Macy's department and created by legendary designer Raymond Loewy.
The Lustron House, created by a colorful character named Carl Strandlund, was one of several mass-production manufactured housing solutions offered after WWII.
The history of the hot rod and "Hot Rod" Magazine publisher "Pete" Petersen
The mystery surrounding the 1911 heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum.
In 1975, Skunk Works founder Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, master designer of aircraft radar and surveillance technologies still used today, picked longtime associate Ben Rich to be his replacement as "Chief Skunk."
A brief history of America's top secret government-sponsored Skunk Works aircraft design team and its founder Kelly Johnson.
The brief history of professional wrestling's Hart dynasty, including champions Bret and Owen Hart.
How WWE has supercharged their matches with more sex, violence, and Hollywood pyrotechnics and glitz.
A brief history of the Klingon language, a full-blown fictional character language created for "Star Trek"
How did the common sneaker wind up evolving first into a sports technology wonder in the eighties and then a big ticket fashion statement from the nineties to now?
In the thirties, Chancellor Adolf Hitler summoned two German automobile manufacturers, Auto Union and Mercedes Benz, to build the fastest race car on the planet as a symbol of Nazi superiority. The result was the Silver Arrow.
The 9/11 attacks not only took a horrific toll on human lives, an estimated $100 million worth of original art by some of the masters, as well as historic artifacts were also lost. These losses included 300 bronze Rodin sculptures alone.
A discussion about how and why rock legends sell out their songs to advertisers and others
A trivia quiz about the Three Stooges
A trivia quiz about the White House
The latest Madison Avenue trend is to use images of dead celebrities to hawk products. This trend can only attributed to the rising prices of product endorsements from living celebrities.
Then again, there are those sacrosanct celebrities like Woody Allen and Leonardo DiCaprio, who wouldn't consider appearing in an American commercial, but have secretly appeared in foreign commercials.
A trivia quiz about Apple Computer Inc.
A trivia quiz about O.J. Simpson
A trivia quiz about Bob Dylan
A trivia quiz about the TV show "I Love Lucy"
A trivia quiz about Dracula
A trivia quiz about country music star Willie Nelson
About football's Detroit Lions and their 48-year streak of bad luck, dubbed by some "The Curse of Bobby Layne."
How the swastika symbol went from being a symbol of good luck to a symbol of hate
A trivia quiz about President Richard Nixon
A trivia quiz about Graceland
Tiki culture is a kitschy trend popular with many of today's designers and artists. It encompasses music, décor, food and drink.
Thanks to Hollywood car customizes like George Barris, Dean Jeffries, Anton Furst, and Les Dunham as well as top-end luxury manufacturers like Aston Martin, cars have succeeded in becoming real characters that rival their human co-stars in many movies and television series.
The major American automobile companies have created concept cars or "cars of the future" since the 1930s. Throughout the years, the greatest automotive designers such as Harley Earl
Colon is a small town in Michigan where the largest magician supply manufacturer is located as well as the burial place of Harry Blackstone Sr., one of the greatest magicians of all time.
Harley Earl was General Motors' first genius car designer. Besides his unmatched list of automobile design and technological innovations (more about that later), he's also known for creating the idea of concept cars or "cars of the future" for the automotive industry.
A concept car is an automobile prototype usually created by the design division of a major automobile company for the purpose of showcasing new styling and/or the latest technological innovations.
Tarzan author Burroughs also founded the city of Tarzana, California, yet there is no historic remembrance there.
I knew that Hell was a real Michigan town, but thought that it was either an abandoned iron ore mine ghost town in the Upper Peninsula; or a podunk that existed only to sell postcards.
Throughout the years, hit popular songs have been re-recorded (or "covered") by other artists who have put their own spins on the originals. Some have been covered many times by many artists.
The stories behind some of the most popular sports stadium anthems.
How Ford Motor Company launched the subcompact Pinto knowing that there was a dangerous design flaw.
The song "Louie Louie" just turned 50 years old. When I was a teenager, "Louie Louie" was the song played over and over at drunken parties. Its "dirty" lyrics were made to be sung at full volume by drunken teenagers.
When the name "DeLorean" is uttered, two images immediately come to mind for many people: the "Back to the Future" car and the auto exec busted with a briefcase full of cash...
In 1959, a famous photo was taken of then-Vice President Nixon touring Peru in an Edsel convertible. After the photo opp, Nixon was pelted with eggs and tomatoes by Peruvian demonstrators
Spacewar!, the first commercially available video game, was created way back in 1962. It all began at the "Hingham Institute Study Group on Space Warfare" in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Was the Corvair really unsafe at any speed, like Ralph Nader said?
The Yes Men is a political spoof group aiming their pranks at corporations and the WTO
A history of culture jammers and other media hoaxers
Answer: Nothing more than "the same old cheap (computer) hacks elevated to political protest", according to "Oxblood Ruffin" (mebbe not his real name?), one of the founders of Cult of the Dead Cow (AKA "cDc"), the first online hacktivist group.
Joey Skaggs is a New York City political trickster who's been at it since the early sixties.
In 1985, Tipper Gore, wife of the then Vice President, co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center as an organized reaction to "suggestive" and "offensive" lyrics in pop music.
The demise of the music video on MTV and as a music industry promotion medium
Thomas Edison's dying breath is inside a test tube on display at the Henry Ford Museum. Is it real?
A selection of some of the most blatant corporate public relation disasters
A trivia quiz about Playboy and Hugh Hefner
Sugihara was the Japanese envoy in Kovno, Lithuania from 1939-1940. He wrote visas to Tokyo for thousands of Jewish refugees.
A discussion of favorite early websites that died before their time
A trivia quiz about Marilyn Monroe
A trivia quiz about Mickey Mouse
A trivia quiz about MTV
In recorded popular music, there has been controversy about song lyric content whether for political stance, racist views, drug and sexual references, and the glorification of violence.
A trivia quiz about Frankenstein
Comic book publisher Denis Kitchen and how the Comic Book Defense Fund came about
The raid on Steve Jackson Games and the beginning of the Electronic Freedom Foundation
A trivia quiz about the Las Vegas "Rat Pack"
A trivia quiz about the Brat Pack
In 1771, American David Bushnell invented the first submarine. In 2007, a replica of Bushnell's Turtle was launched one more time.
Comedian George Burns once said, "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar, a good woman ... or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle."
A discussion about the 2005 reunion of rock group Cream, and how this event relates to Baby Boomers who are turning 60
A trivia quiz about WWE and Vince McMahon
Throughout the years, Britain's Prince Philip has made many offensive remarks, some considered racist.
Michael Crook has launched websites that attack American soldiers and harass married men who respond to Craigslist ads. These acts and others have made him hated throughout cyberspace.
These players in turn have become more sophisticated. (Note that eBay banned the sale of in-game items and other virtual assets in 2007)
Protecting yourself against cyber-bullies ("griefers") in multiplayer online games.
A trivia quiz about former Vice President Al Gore.
A trivia quiz about Arnold Schwarzenegger
Four current popular urban legends about travel. An airline passenger goes into an airplane bathroom, sits down on the toilet, flushes it, and the toilet's suction keeps him/her stuck tightly to the toilet seat.
Why "John from Cincinnati" is the best show on TV. If Fellini met Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson in a hardscrabble California beach town and they all dropped several tabs of bad acid, you'd have "John from Cincinnati." Pure brilliance.
And where there's billions of dollars involved and millions of people there's often real world crime within and without those virtual worlds. More than we'd like to think.
The Mizner Brothers were con artists in the 1920s Florida Land Boom, noted for developing the prosperous city of Boca Raton.
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud sponsors an annual Hall of Shame, where they present the worst examples of fraudsters
"Pseudocide" is a term for those who have faked their own death to scam insurance companies
Trivia quiz about Miss America
Trivia quiz about Mick Jagger
In the fifties, Spade Cooley was a famous country music superstar. He later became infamous after murdering his wife.
A trivia quiz about Senator Barack Obama
In the fifties, Confidential Magazine was the sleazy predecessor to today's tabloids.
The best movie special effects from the best special effects innovators
Phone pranks have been played on famous people including Queen Elizabeth II, Fidel Castro, and Tony Blair
When it comes to Hollywood and film production, anything can happen and it usually does. That's why production companies or film studios have found it necessary to purchase rock solid insurance policies for each of their movies.
The story of the end of Detroit's legendary Kronk Boxing Gym where Tommy Hearns and others trained.
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about Indiana Jones.
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about movie character "Indiana Jones"
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about the television show "The Simpsons"
The New Beverly Cinema is the last independent revival movie theater in Los Angeles, the film capital of the world, and it's in danger.
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about The Simpsons
The story of whistleblower Diann Shipione, the woman who revealed San Diego's pension fund corruption scandal
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about the sitcom "Seinfeld"
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about the sitcom "Seinfeld"
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about the fictional character James Bond
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about fictional character James Bond
Former sponsor of world terrorism, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi now presents himself as a world peacemaker. Can he be trusted?
About famous people who have declared bankruptcy. They include Donald Trump, Dorothy Hamill, and President Thomas Jefferson.
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about golf legend Tiger Woods.
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about Tiger Woods
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about "American Idol"
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about "American Idol"
Artist Robbie Conal's political posters can be seen plastered all over many major American cities.
Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the Federal government.
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about England's Queen Elizabeth II.
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
A Q&A trivia quiz about JK Rowling and Harry Potter.
Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas is now a Detroit City Council member
Martha Jean Steinberg was the Queen of Detroit Soul Radio in the 60s.
The answer part of a two-part trivia quiz about Saturday Night Live
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about Saturday Night Live.
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about the New York Yankees baseball team.
The questions part of a two-part trivia quiz about the New York Yankees baseball team
The early history of the Writers Guild of America and their struggle with the Hollywood studio moguls
About famous recluses including Johnny Carson, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, author Harper Lee, and others
The answers part of a two-part trivia quiz about the Kentucky Derby
The question part of a two-part trivia quiz about the Kentucky Derby
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