Derrick Rose quickly went from the NBA’s 2009 Rookie of the Year (and the Chicago Bulls’ savior) to the center of an NCAA investigation into allegations that he had someone take the SAT test for him so that he could play at Memphis.
According to the Chicago-Sun Times, his high school grades were even altered to help him stay academically eligible.
The investigation has once again brought attention to the NBA’s age regulation rule, in which players have to be at least 19 years old in order to play professional basketball.
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, asks: “Why the heck did he have to …read more

At this year’s Grammy Awards, Disney pop star, Miley Cyrus, was turned away when she attempted to meet Radiohead backstage (Kanye West was also denied access).  In the weeks that followed, Miley (and Kanye) spoke out about being snubbed by the British group and Miley went as far as to say that she was going to “ruin” them.  I laughed it off because it is a truly ridiculous statement but she’s a teenager and let’s hope someone had the good sense to talk to her about what she said.
To be honest, I had pretty much pushed this lame story …read more

While the 12 Days of Christmas start on the 25th night, I believe the 12 days of Christmas spam start 12 days before that night. Because spammers know that this is the time when shopping is at a peak and the actual 12 days are “duller” with people celebrating and taking vacations more than shopping.
Around this time last year, Symantec released the 12 days of christmas spam song. It is not as popular as it should have been but is worth watching again. It is a bit outdated because of changing trends. Help me edit it. I can’t let go …read more

So this post will take a little bit different angle than the last few. See this one is about information. Not the kind like where the latest and greatest porn site is or where Miley Cyrus has shown her booty today… This is the kind of information that can help you in your everyday life. Sites like ReadBurner, Alltop and Technorati are trying their hardest to help you find this information and they’re doing a damn good job at it so far.