A local boot camp instructor on trial for kidnapping, child abuse, extortion and more used disturbing methods for disciplining troubled children in his program. Videos show kids at the boot camp led by Kelvin McFarland aka "Sgt. Mac" being forced to drink until they puke — and then being forced to drink some more. Another video shows a child in tears being screamed at to carry a tire — the child also nearly pukes. more ›

Erick von Markovic has been called "the world's greatest pick-up artist" and "the world's most successful pick-up artist," but the name he's best known as is "Mystery." Thanks to Neil Strauss' book The Game, Mystery's work crossed over from message boards to the mainstream. In 2007, Mystery became an even bigger name thanks to the successful VH-1 reality show "The Pick-up Artist." more ›

It's no secret that computers, as great as they are and as important as they have become to us, sometimes have problems. In many cases, these problems happen to those of you that decide, for whatever reason, to use Microsoft Windows. However, even the Macintosh has its share of issues and can sometimes cause users to scratch their heads, confused about how to proceed. That's why, in the interest of support for our fellow... more ›

We're just not able to get upset by another story of fat salaries and benefits for museum heads. The latest kerfluffle in the LA Times is about the housing expenditures for the new Getty Museum director, whose rental is $15,000 per month, which is $180,000/year. The Getty purchased a house for him that (oops) was mold-ridden so they're putting him up elsewhere. But if we want to have world-class museums we have to pay world-class salaries & bennies, just like they do in sports, right? The director of MOMA in NY made $617,000 in 2004 and had more than $100,000 in expenses. That same year, NY's Met spent almost $250,000 in expenses for its director, footnoting that most of that was for housing. So we're in the ballpark. What's the big deal? more ›