June’s Get Smart Newsletter
Get Smart Newsletter Be the sharpest person in the room--or the Zoom By J.C. Bruce Welcome to Summer, Hurricane Season, and the Best Dad Jokes...
Strange Files Series a Winner Again
For the second consecutive year, a novel by Naples author J.C. Bruce has won the gold medal for best mystery in Florida’s most prestigious writing...
About that robot attack
A robot in Moscow violated Isaac Asimov's First Law of Robots when it broke the finger of a 7-year-old boy. The kid was playing the...
Are Cats Alien Invaders?
A Polish scientific institute has added house cats to a list of "invasive alien species." Not that they are otherwordly, but because cats damage biodiversity...
Honorary Florida Man Award Goes to…
A 53-year-old Oklahoma man was arrested after police said he killed his friend for summoning Bigfoot to murder him. Larry Doll Sanders was fishing with...
Tasty Tumble into Chocolate Vat Not So Sweet
It sounds like a dream come true: Swimming in a tub of liquid chocolate. But it was a nightmare for a pair of workers at...
No, Sharknado Isn’t Real. But This Sculpture is now a Protected Landmark
In case you were wondering, that fish embedded in the roof of this Oxford, England building is not the result of a Sharknado. It's a...
Hank the Tank–There’s more here Than Just One Bear Story
It was a big story. A really BIG news event. Hank the Tank, a 500-pound black bear, has been wreaking havoc in South Lake Tahoe,...
West Virginia to America: Kiss This!
West Virginia's governor, Jim Justice, recently ended his State of the State address by telling singer Bette Midler to kiss his dog's ass. Justice was...