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After Spurs’ star Kawhi Leonard injured his ankle and was forced to take the bench, coach Gregg Popovich found his old pair of And1 basketball sneakers, laced them up, and contemplated taking Leonard’s spot on the team. “Damn. Not only are these just as comfy as they were when I bought them in 2002, they still look sharp as all get-out,” said Popovich, practicing his crossover and shooting a bottle into a nearby recycling bin. “Still got it, Pops. Neat.” (Cont'd Below) After thoughtfully contemplating his decision for hours, Popovich decided he’d best sleep on his idea of replacing Kawhi...

The Texas Medical Board has temporarily suspended Dr. Gregory Michael Gibbons, M.D., for drinking on the job with a BAC level of .293.On April 19, Gibbons was working a day shift at the CHI Baylor St. Luke's Emergency Center when co-workers noticed he was acting strangely. His co-workers said he exhibited clear signs of intoxication.A blood sample obtained from Gibbons during an evaluation came back positive for ethyl alcohol at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.293.Gibbons practices in Montgomery and The WoodlandsThe temporary suspension remains in place until the Board takes further action. Via ABC 13

Six months ago, spinners were unheard of. The hands of children were oddly empty. Today most middle and high school kids either have an original Fidget360, or have one of the many knock-offs. All parents and teachers know what spinners are, regardless of if they approve. When Allan Maman looked around for something to alleviate his own ADHD, he ran into the concept of a toy that allowed you to unconsciously fidget while still focusing on another task. At the time, nobody was producing fidgets for the marketplace in a readily available way. Maman saw the need and realized he...

Intuition, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is less about suddenly "knowing" the right answer and more about instinctively understanding what information is unimportant and can thus be discarded. Gigerenzer, author of the book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, says that he is both intuitive and rational. "In my scientific work, I have hunches. I can’t explain always why I think a certain path is the right way, but I need to trust it and go ahead. I also have the ability to check these hunches and find out what they are...

I don’t get it. Where did this affectation begin? Is this some bleedover from the gamer subculture? “wOOt!” “pWnEd!” I know every generation resorts to slang and obscurity to differentiate itself, so is this the new way for people who capitalize every other letter? Some digging has yielded the information that this practice is known as “Studlycaps” or “camel caps” From the Wikipedia: “According to the Jargon File “ThE oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.” it appears to have been popularized among adolescent users during the BBS and early WWW eras of online culture, as a form of rebellion...