College Annex

Michigan vs. Ohio State (not football)

Ever wonder how else you could compare Michigan to Ohio State beyond athletics? Today we’re looking at a different comparison.  The rental market. Ann Arbor is a great college town, but it comes with a hefty price tag.  Take a look at our analysis on how Michigan’s rental market has grown over the years and how it stacks up against Ohio State and Michigan State.  

Will Ferrell has landlord problems. Do you?

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74/the-landlord-from-will-ferrell-and-adam-ghost-panther-mckay?_cc=__d___&_ccid=hz2yig.nxpy04

Man Self-Incriminates In Under 30 Seconds

On Judge Judy the other day, a man mistakenly admitted to robbing a woman of her purse, and he did it in slightly more time than it takes Usain Bolt to run 200 Meters. After Judy asked the alleged victim what had been stolen from her purse, the overanxious defendant interrupted to announce that one of the items – an earpiece – was not actually amongst his haul. Judy smirked, the crowd laughed,…

Drunk Couple Delivers Perfect How We Met Story

Tired of being asked how they met, a couple decided to be proactive, drink a few bottles of liquor, and take the story head-on. In the style of Drunk History, they deliver a pretty incredible re-creation of their 3 year courtship with a full cast of actors and pretty darn high production value. They’re both semi-successful hollywood types with obvious access to some competent folks, so chances…

#Lumenocity Lights-Up Cincinnati

For the third year in a row, Cincinnatians were treated to an unbelievable show of light and sound in Over the Rhine.  For those not in the know, Lumenocity is a musical performance by both the Cincinnati Pops and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the latter playing their set while the facade of music hall is lit up by a laser light show.  Words really don’t do it justice: There were a few…

Who thought Coke was healthy?

Former UK pharmacist Niraj Naik produced an infographic that details what happens to your body throughout the first hour after drinking a Coca-Cola, which reassuringly includes points like, you don’t vomit from the overwhelming sugar because it’s got too much acid. Yikes. While all of this is certainly alarming to a rum and coke enthusiast like myself, you’d have to be pretty dense to think the…

For all you travel nuts.  Or clothing nuts.  Or nifty things nuts.  Or Kickstarter nuts…if you’re passionate about crowdfunding campaigns.  We have for you the Travel Jacket by startup company Baubax.  This 15-in-1 jacket has quickly become the most funded clothing item in the history of crowdfunding, vastly surpassing its goal of $20,000 and reaching $1,307,483 with 7,859 backers (I had to…

And then Pluto was like, "Oh, not a planet? Suck on these Ice Mountains NASA" #PlutoFlyby

The NASA New Horizons space craft is finally delivering high res, up-close images of Pluto – something that has never happened before – and scientists are getting straight up honrswaggled by the results. First, they were shocked to find a paper thin atmosphere.  Then, their prediction of additional moon friends for Charon turned out false. And now this?  When did rocket science turn into episode…

Prime Day Only Useful for People with Cats #PrimeDayFail

After a whole mess of hype, Amazon Prime Day seems to be fizzling pretty badly.  Today (July 15th) Amazon began what they’ve been unofficially calling Black Friday in July.  And while the headline deals were certainly pretty solid ($100 for a 40″ LED TV), their format proved less so.  Deals only pop up for a little while and sell out really quickly.  So unless you’ve got an entire day to devote…

Megan Rapinoe, fresh off her World Cup victory over Japan, stopped by the SportsCenter set at ESPN to do SportsCenter things.  While there, she was asked to describe herself in one word, and provided this wonderful moment. https://vine.co/v/en36KuhuB0H/embed/simple From the pre-reveal excitement, to the silly shouting of her proud identity, to the post-reveal giggle, this Vine is pure joy.  Shine…

Did you guys know it’s Shark Week?  How did I miss that?  Do we even care anymore?  Did Sharknado ruin it for us? No, that can’t be it.  That s** was wild. Maybe after the tragedy of Adam Savage from Mythbusters getting eaten by a shark, they decided not to market it so hard. Or maybe the insane programming they started doing got a…

If you have a pulse, you likely own, have owned, or will own a piece of clothing with a swoosh on it.  And for that you can thank Mr. Phil Knight.  On Wednesday, Knight, now 77-years-old and with a net worth of close to $24 billion, announced plans to step down as the chairman of Nike 51 years after its inception. Knight, a native of Oregon and graduate of the University of Oregon and Stanford…

If you managed to correctly navigate that confusing title, you’d understand that a pastor in Texas promised his supporters he’d light himself on fire if gay marriage ever became legal.  His name is Rick Scarborough, and as expected, he remains at a cool 98.6 °F (37°C for our international readers). Self-immolation has been used in some really incredible moments throughout history (some of which…

Nothing happened… Seriously though, it was a dull one.  Where were the bat-s*** trades?  The incomprehensible picks? David Kahn, why did you leave us?  Frank Kaminsky could have gone first overall. And in years past, when all else failed, we always had the sheer, uncompromising, stubborn cockiness of David Stern: But now folks cheer…

Here we go again (and again) – Lexus claims they’ve built a hoverboard. I know, I know, we’ve been duped on this before, guys. Our indicator for how futuristic society is seems to universally include hoverboards, flying cars, and wildly improbable fashion trends (or all three). Welcome to the stone age folks, earth-tone zip-up hoodies remain in vogue. But despite all that pessimism, Back to the…