Today is the 246th year anniversary of the United States becoming its own country. Before July 4, 1976, the original 13 states were English colonies. If it wasn’t for a bunch of slave owning white men thinking that paying tax on the tea they drink was one of the most immoral things they could be …
Lids is returning to the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown region’s premiere indoor shopping experience. It’s about time. The mall had a Lids store for as long as I can remember. It then suddenly shut down a few years ago, eventually getting replaced with a cellphone accessory store. That left only one Lids store in the …
At around 2:30 p.m. yesterday, a lone gunman entered Columbia Machine, a manufacturing facility in Smithsburg, Maryland and shot four people, killing three. After fleeing the scene, a member of the Maryland State Police confronted the suspect. He then shot the trooper, wounding his shoulder. The trooper returned fire, injuring the suspect. Members of the …
The first two episodes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show premiered on Disney Plus this past Friday. Some fans were having difficulty coming to terms with the casting of Inquisitor Reva Sevander, played by the Maryland native Moses Ingram. She’s an accomplished actress. She’s also Black. Are Star Wars fans racist? I’ve long believed at …
Remember when Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter and Twitter took steps to ensure that never happened? Yeah, about that. From the Washington Post: Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion on Monday, the company announced, giving the world’s richest person command of one of its most influential social media sites — …
Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game played by really cool, hip people. Wizards of the Coast, the producer of Magic: The Gathering, announced that it will increase prices this September. From ICv2: Wizards of the Coast will raise prices on select Magic: The Gathering products starting in September. WotC attributes this latest price increase to …