Jeremy has been an Internet based writer for the past seven years.
Jeremy Taylor
See the Cast of ‘Friday the 13th’ Then and Now
Audiences got their first taste of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise, which is now 12 films strong, when the original horror flick hit theaters in 1980.
The tale of gruesome happenings at Camp Crystal Lake didn't do much for critics, but audiences ate up its grindhouse-style gore.
Thief Made $70,000 a Week Crawling on Movie-Theater Floors — Dollars and Sense
It took some serious slithering, but Anthony Johnson was able to steal as much as $70,000 a week from unsuspecting movie-theater patrons.
According to an accomplice who turned on him, Johnson would purchase a ticket for a movie that women were likely to see. Then he and a female partner would crawl around on the floor of the dark theater, plundering the purses sitting at the ladies' feet.
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Parents Get All Bent Out of Shape Over School’s Yoga Program, Cite Religious Objection
Over the last couple decades, yoga has gone from being thought of as a mystical ancient Indian discipline to a mainstream exercise practiced the world over.
In fact, all students in the Encinitas Union School District, which is in the San Diego area, now do yoga twice a week as part of their physical education curriculum. But this isn't sitting well with some parents, who are worried that the Hind
Theater Screens ‘Paranormal Activity 4′ Instead of ‘Madagascar 3,’ Scars Children
A movie theater full of kids in Nottingham, England, had come to see the lighthearted animated tale 'Madagascar 3.' Unfortunately, they received quite a shock when theater employees mistakenly played a completely different kind of sequel.
Just About All Homemade Pornography Ends Up on the Internet
If you snap a racy picture, or shoot a dirty video and store it on your computer, you should probably be prepared to see your homemade pornography somewhere on the Internet.
How Much Are You Planning to Spend on Halloween? — Survey of the Day
According to a new survey from National Retail Federation, about seven in 10 plan on celebrating Halloween this year. Since revelry isn't always free, the next question the NRF polled is how much celebrants plan on spending on the holiday this year.
Boys Are Hitting Puberty Earlier Than Ever
Fifteen years ago, researchers began to notice that girls were hitting puberty earlier than usual. Now they've discovered that boys are showing their first signs of sexual maturation an average of up to two years before their counterparts from a few decades ago
Mom Arrested After Slapping Kids Who Bullied Her Daughter
Rebecca Sardoni doesn't deny that she entered her nine-year-old's school bus to complain about her daughter being bullied by four of her fellow students.
But it's what happened next that is subject to dispute.
Would You Rather Have Better Pay or a Better Boss? — Survey of the Day
Not being paid enough and having a difficult boss are two of the more common complaints of the employed. But which of these problems bothers working folks more?
You Probably Don’t Need an Annual Checkup With Your Doctor
It would seem like getting a yearly physical would make you less likely to die of an otherwise undiagnosed malady than someone who doesn't go in for such checkups. But that may not be the case.
Brother and Sister Claim They Were Just Having Sex, Not Stealing That TV!
A brother and sister entered the women's bathroom of Samuel's Sports Bar in Springfield Massachusetts, with the intention of stealing the restroom's TVs. But the noise they made ripping the units from the walls alerted one of the bar's patrons, and then a bar employee quickly locked the duo in the bathroom and called the police.
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At What Age Do We Stop Being ‘Young’? — Survey of the Day
In these days of 30 being the new 20 and 40 being the new 30 it can be a little difficult to derive at what age we cease being considered young. So the folks at the dating site Seeking Arrangement surveyed 1,000 of their members to get a better sense of when they think youth ends.
Man ‘Borrows’ Pedestrian Cell Phones for Hilarious Prank
Unless you've used your monthly minutes, there's usually no harm in letting a stranger borrow your cellphone for a quick call. There's usually no harm, but internet prankster Andrew Hales plays off this social generosity in his latest video.
Should Colleges Ban Hazing? — Survey of the Day
The stated goal of college fraternities and sororities is to promote brotherhood and sisterhood among their members. In many of these organizations, hazing of pledges is a technique that is used to build these bonds. Occasionally, though, this hazing gets out of hand, and a pledge is seriously injured or worse. So, should colleges ban hazing to protect their students?
College Student Returns $690 Million Check
Because his late father was an Air Force veteran, 22-year-old Allen Smith gets a check from the VA every month. The $650 helps pay his college expenses but, like many students, he could always use some more.
He got a lot more earlier this month, when he opened his VA check and was staring right at the staggering sum of $690 million.
Have You Ever Been Confused by Text Message Abbreviations? — Survey of the Day
Thanks to text messages, and now Twitter and Facebook, a whole new language of abbreviations has developed. But if you don't know your IMHOs from your YOLOs, you are not alone.
Facebook Reaches One Billion Users
You know what's cool? One billion users.
OK, now that that's out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world's population.
TV, Web, Newspaper, Radio: How Do You Get Your News? — Survey of the Day
The Internet may have revolutionized the way many of us get the news, but according to a Harris Poll of 2,307 adults, a majority of Americans still prefer an older technology when it comes to their preferred method of news accumulation.
Angry Short Guy Steals Hundreds of High Heeled Shoes
As any guy under about 5'9 will attest, this whole super high heel trend is getting out of control.
Do You Need Coffee to Make It Through the Day? — Survey of the Day
Just about every workplace has a coffee maker somewhere. And that's because a good chunk of the employed can't make it through their nine-to-five without a jolt of joe. But just what percentage of workers would be doomed if coffee suddenly disappeared?