http://offbeatblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:16 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss If you're a bicyclist, you don't want to share the road with a hybrid car. And you definitely don't want to share the road with the driver of a hybrid car who has the bad driver gene, which is said... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/-if-youre-a-bic.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/-if-youre-a-bic.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:16 -0500 First we we got the bighorn sheep look, a hair style that left fashion models looking surprisingly similar to bighorn sheep. Then we got the book hat, a smart look that enables fashion models to look brainy and maybe... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/post-3.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/post-3.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:07:38 -0500 The Associated Press reports that a woman in South Korea has passed the written exam for her driver's license after 950 tries. Cha Sa-soon, 68, succeeded after taking the test almost every day since April 2005. Good for her, but... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/time-to-start-w.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/11/time-to-start-w.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:39:55 -0500 AP Photo This screen grab released by ABC and "America's Funniest Home Videos", shows a dog in a tree from "America's Funniest Home Videos." A exhaustive 19-year study has proven what most sensible animal lovers already knew: Dogs are... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/a-exhaustive-19.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/a-exhaustive-19.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:36 -0500 A comfortable recliner is great, but what guy wouldn't want a recliner he could drive to the local bar? I wonder if the man in this story has met the Ohio man who was charged with drunken driving after crashing... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/drinking-and-dr.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/drinking-and-dr.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:30 -0500 Sure, most of us have probably wanted to backhand a karaoke singer at some point in our lives, but judging from this story, I'm thinking these women took it just a little too far: STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Police say... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/6-women-arraign.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/6-women-arraign.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:45:50 -0500 The Top 10 signs (from relatively recent news stories) your marriage might hit a few bumps. 10 You star in a reality television show like Jon and Kate, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, the... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/here-are-the-to.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/here-are-the-to.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:10:48 -0500 A new study reveals that parents often lie to their children. I thought I'd share the information, even though I realize it's news only to people who've never been parents, and anyone over the age of 12 who's never had... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/a-new-study-rev.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/a-new-study-rev.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:21:00 -0500 Do you ever feel like a visit to the doctor's office or dentist's office is like a visit to a drive-thru window? "Let's check your heart. Here's a prescription. See you next year. Gotta keep the line moving." If you've... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/do-you-ever-fee.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/10/do-you-ever-fee.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:05:46 -0500 AP Photo The heaviest baby ever born in Indonesia, Akbar Risuddin, center (OK, you could have figured that out yourself), lies between two more normal-sized babies. The baby, who weighed 19.2 pounds at birth, has drawn crowds. His name,... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/-the-biggest-ba.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/-the-biggest-ba.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:57:56 -0500 Slow-footed (but not slow-witted) criminals will likely move en masse to a small town in South Carolina now that the mayor has prohibited her police officers from chasing bad guys and girls. The town of Wellford should prepare for a... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/slow-footed-but.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/slow-footed-but.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:03:19 -0500 The Associated Press A model wears a blanket with sleeves, or a Snuggie, during a show for New York Fashion Week. The Snuggie wants to get off the couch and walk into the world of mainstream fashion. That's right.... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/the-snuggie-wan.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/the-snuggie-wan.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:37:10 -0500 How would you like this guy for a neighbor? In Uniontown, Pa., which is about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, a man characterized as a history buff accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home, according... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/how-would-you-l.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/09/how-would-you-l.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:13:59 -0500 Which guy would get your vote? AP Photos Some people are chastising President Obama because he went for a bicycle ride on Martha's Vineyard without wearing a helmet, but those critics, including my colleague Pam Cotter in the Projo Fitness... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/08/-critics-who-ar.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/08/-critics-who-ar.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:08:18 -0500 If you follow the coverage of President Obama's vacation on Martha's Vineyard, you're likely to learn that Vineyarders claim they aren't so impressed by the presence of celebrities. While the rest of us plebeians might shriek and fumble for our... http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/08/if-you-follow-t.html http://offbeatblog.projo.com/2009/08/if-you-follow-t.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:18:26 -0500