All those words and phrases are on Lake Superior State University’s annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.  There was a report about the top 15 words that should be banned from being said all together. maverick from Wall Street to Main Street desperate search monkey game-changing carbon footprint winner of five nominations first dude It’s that time of year again going green staycation change <3 bailout joe... 

The sad story of Abraham Biggs. It is likely one of the most shocking things a person can see in their lifetime - a webcam suicide committed by a young man ‘live’ on the internet. The South Florida teens’ suicide live on webcam broke yesterday as details began emerging from various Internet sources late in the afternoon. Biggs, of Pembrook Pines, chose to kill himself by overdosing on prescription drugs - in front of live people.  He blogged of... 

Do you live in Valentine, Nebraska?  If so you have probably been terrorised by the “butt bandit” and his greasy smears across your window.  Yes, that’s right folks, there is a butt bandit on the loose in Nebraska.  Leave it to Nebraska to create a new type of crime with the butt bandit’s butt vandalism. There were reports of this months ago going around all the way back to the spring of 2007 but no idea who the particular butt bandit... 

While this isn’t condoned by those of us here at OMG For Real! we have to show you this.  The media is up in a frenzy over this “baby cockfight”.  Supposedly the dad was egging on the toddlers to hit and fight each other and caught it all on tape.  You be the judge:  Embedded video from CNN Video Baby Cockfight Children Fighting Dad Encourages Kids to Fight Siblings Fighting Baby Cockfight Video Dad Pushes Kids to Fight Read More →

Hurricane Ike was a monsterous hurricane destroying cities in Texas like Galveston.  In it’s destruction it found a civil war ship that was sunken in the bottom of the gulf.  After examination it was found that the ship was the Monticello.   From WIkipedia: The first USS Monticello was a wooden screw-steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson. She was briefly named Star in... 

There’s some awkward “holidays” in America but this one definitely is near the top of the list of known days.  September 19th is the international “Talk Like a Pirate Day”. How did it all start?  I know you’re just dying to know.  From the official Talk Like a Pirate website: Once upon a time — on June 6, 1995, to be precise — we were playing racquetball, not well but gamely. It wasn’t our intention... 

So two Georgian’s claim they have bigfoot’s body in a freezer and that bigfoot is dead: They were supposed to reveal more information at a bigfoot press conference today that apparently was a bust and revealed very little information. Here is the full story from the NY Times: In the hairy and hoax-filled history of Bigfoot, those who believe in the mythical beast have offered up all manner of evidence, from grainy photos to hoarse recordings to... 

I’m the last guy that likes forwards but this is pretty funny…. CLASS PROJECT GONE WRONG An elementary school class started a class project to make planters to take home to their parents.  They wanted to have a plant in it that was easy to take care of, so they decided to use cactus plants.  The students were given green-ware pottery planters in the shape of clowns which they painted with glaze.  The clown planters were professionally fired at... 

The University of Florida is ranked the #1 party school by the Princeton Review’s 2009 edition of the annual guide to colleges.  Here’s how UF ranks: No. 1: Party Schools No. 1: Pack the Stadiums (intercollegiate sports popular) No. 1: Students Study the Least (report lowest number of study hours per day) No. 2: Jock Schools (popularity of sports: intercollegiate & intramural and of frats) No. 4: Best Athletic Facilities No.6: Everyone Plays... 

There have been 8 bomb blasts reported in Bangalore this morning.  I had to look up and see where Bangalore was as it sounded like it was India but I wasn’t sure.  It is one of the biggest areas for software development.  It’s India’s IT capital and probably the USA’s as well. Go figure, India has a lot of software developers. So far there is one death and 15 injured in Bangalore. “In all cases they created the blast using timer...