TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: March Madness is here and Connecticut is well represented

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: March Madness is here and Connecticut is well represented

It’s that time of year again. When you fill out an office pool bracket without knowing one thing about college basketball. It’s fun though! Even if you don’t follow basketball at all, it’s always great to see some of our Connecticut teams in the tourney too. Both UConn men and women’s teams made the big…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Have we ever tried to get rid of Daylight Saving Time?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Have we ever tried to get rid of Daylight Saving Time?

Twice a year we as a country have the debate of whether we should still be turning our clocks back and ahead an hour. The growing majority of people seem done with it and want it to just be light out longer all year. I’m firmly in that camp, especially now that I have young…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who invented the pizza box?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who invented the pizza box?

New Haven is considered by many as the birthplace of American pizza. Back in the early 20th century pizza was always delivered. It started to become really popular in the 1910s. People would buy it on the street and deliver it to factories and famer’s markets. Frank Pepe in New Haven is credited as the…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A world record that may never be broken again

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A world record that may never be broken again

I love a good Guinness World Record story and this one is a doozy. Four siblings who live in the midwest just broke the record for highest combined age. Their ages are between 93 the youngest, all the way to 100 which is the oldest. All are still alive making their combined age a record…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who took the first selfie?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who took the first selfie?

Selfies have become such a huge part of our culture since the invention of smart phones but who took the first one?! A lot of people say Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian… when it fact it was someone WAY before those two were even born. Back in 1839 there was a guy in Philadelphia named…