January - March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008


Call me a hopeless romantic, but not a day
goes by that I don't tell my girlfriend, "Baby,
you're pretty much the best of my available options."



I might've posted this one already, but if so, here it is again - Probably the Most Awesome Idea For ANYTHING, EVER!
http://www.lollyphile.com/maple-bacon.php

Nursery Rhymes for Our Times
http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/nursery.html

This is too cool - Watch your favorite TV shows online
http://www.primetimerewind.tv/homepage.do

An open letter to Will Ferrell. Amen.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/03/06/an-open-letter-to-will-ferrell/

The über-cool search engine of the week - ManagedQ
http://beta2.managedq.com/

BSG - What the Frak is Going On? (Official Recap, S1-S3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4DUraGnEMk&

Face in Hole - who do you want to be today?
http://faceinhole.com/home.asp

Top 10 Grammar Myths
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/top-ten-grammar-myths.aspx

In the "I-gotta-get-me-some-of-these" category - Custom Contact Lenses
http://www.9mmsfx.com/lenses.html

A Bit of Fry & Laurie - Psychiatrists and Patients
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0STFqXJpFxY&

The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time
http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/01/14/the-top-ten-hubble-images-of-all-time-the-very-best-hubble-images/

Life-sized picture of a Blue Whale
http://35mm.instantfundas.com/2008/03/life-sized-picture-of-blue-whale.html

If Celebrities Moved to Oklahoma
http://www.wintrest.com/if-celebs-moved-to-oklahoma/

Wigglevision - 3-D without those stupid glasses
http://users.linkfilter.net/%7Eeric/worshiptheglitch/gate3d.gif

Let's take a trip back in time to 1977
http://alimoso.com/pages/Funny%20stuff/Absolutely_HYSTERICAL.htm

There Will Be Blood, Best of
http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/there-will-be-blood-best-of/

10 Killer Firefox Extensions That you Probably Don't Know About
http://www.webupon.com/Browsers/10-Killer-Firefox-Extensions-That-You-Probably-Dont-Know-About.91442

The last one's from Will - Frozen Grand Central
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo





March 5, 2008


I applaud companies that go out of
their way to hire disabled people.
Recently my company hired a paralegal.



Star Trek (TOS), Twilight Zone, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Melrose Place - online for free
http://www.cbs.com/classics/star_trek/video/video.php

Kind of a cool picture - all of the water in the world, and all of the air in the atmosphere
http://blog.phiffer.org/post/27344630

10 New Uses For Everyday Things
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/print/0,22304,1030084,00.html

100 Weird Facts About the Human Body
http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/100-weird-facts-about-the-human-body/

Now we're cookin' - Bacon Cups!
http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups

Stuff white people like (thanks, Barri D!)
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

New (and final) season starts next month - Crack the Battlestar Galactia code
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20169703,00.html

History's Greatest Replies
http://www.drmardy.com/repartee/historygreatreplies.shtml#jbarrymore

For Spock and crew - 20 Things That Culturally Define Australia
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/australia.html










February 27, 2008

I'm back from Hawai'i, troops! Didja miss me?


Egrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
But not, apparently, to that "by-the-book" game warden.


Achmed, the Dead Terrorist (Tip O'the hat and a big thanks to Lucky and Gay)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

The 5 Ballsiest Con Artists of All Time
http://www.cracked.com/article_15892_5-ballsiest-con-artists-all-time.html

How to Illusion Knit (I didn't even know you could do this!)
http://www.wikihow.com/Illusion-Knit

The bacon-wrapped hot dog. So good it's illegal
http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/dining/the-bacon-wrapped-hot-dog-so-good-its-illegal/18276/

Probably because it tastes like crap
http://hubpages.com/hub/Drinking-Green-Tea-or-Taking-Green-Tea-Supplements

A Bucket List for Nerds (actually, I'd do some of these...)
http://theparkbencher.blogspot.com/2007/12/50-nerdy-things-to-do-before-you-die.html

2008 Movie Sequel Guide
http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/02/12/2008-movie-sequel-guide/

How to calculate the value of pi by throwing frozen hot dogs
http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Frozen-Hot-Dogs

Amazing Puppetry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjzoAd96JE

A list of Obsolete Skills
http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills

9 Conditions You Shouldn't Do Anything About
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100188830>1=10914

Addicting Game of the Week - CoBaCoLi
http://jayisgames.com/games/cobacoli/

How to draw caricatures - the 5 shapes
http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=1782

41 Hilarious Science Fair Exhibits
http://www.photobasement.com/41-hilarious-science-fair-experiments/

For my old Seattle friends - a great article about one of my childhood TV icons - J.P. Patches (thanks, Melody!)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20080225/NEWS01/277275338&news01ad=1#Proud.to.be.Patches.Pals

Still searching for that "special" gift?
http://www.bd.com/thermometers/products/sb_musical.asp

20 Fascinating Facts About the Healing Power of Bananas
http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2008/02/20-fascinating-facts-about-natural.html

Pretty cool graphic - The Ebb and Flow of Movies: B ox Office Receipts 1986 - 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/23/movies/20080223_REVENUE_GRAPHIC.html?unomas

I'm so ashamed to be sending this out - Mr. Methane (credit to George)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofn8-3SWd8M

Teens Turn "Repeller" into Adult-Proof Ringtone (don't do this, kids)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687

How come February only has 28 days?
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_160.html

And finally, one of the weirder posts - the Echo Park Time Travel Mart
http://344design.typepad.com/344_loves_you/2007/12/introducing-the.html





February 16, 2008

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child.
But when I became a man, I put away my
childish things and bought a Dodge Viper.


Skipnote:
Dear troops: I'm going on vacation, and there won't
be a Website Wednesday next week, so I made
this week's a bit longer than normal.
Love you, mean it.


You saw the Obama "Yes We Can" video; now watch the McCain one
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28810-obama-parody-video-targeting-mccain

This is pretty cool - Howcast is the YouTube of instructional videos (I liked "How to Pretend You're a Real New Yorker")
http://www.howcast.com/

Thinking Outside the Box
http://www.netfrontiermarketing.com/thinking-outside-the-box-creativity-in-the-21st-century.html

Out of sight, out of mind
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00015/05RubbishGraphic_15022a.jpg

Top 100 Essential Mac Applications
http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/01/top-100-essential-mac-applications.html

NOW we're cookin' - Homemade Bacon Vodka!
http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2008/01/20/homemade-bacon-vodka/

This is STILL beyond me (quit laughing, Luis) - The Solution to Rubik's Cube
http://www.scaredcat.demon.co.uk/rubikscube/the_solution.html

Here's a fun way to kill some time - Yellowtail. 'Nuff said
http://www.flong.com/storage/experience/yellowtail/

Addicting Game of the Week: Spin the Black Circle
http://www.kongregate.com/games/AlejandroG/spin-the-blac-circle

10 Myths About Canadian Health Care - Busted!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19299.htm

Funniest moment on a game show, ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ImnkzaBaY&

And, on the political scene - An Unemotional Case for Obama
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/02/the-unemotional.html

Related: Wanna contribute to Barack Obama's candidacy? You can right here
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/main?source=homenavbar

And, just to be fair, if you want to donate to old What's-Her-Name, do it here
https://www.now.org/pac/hillary.html

Guess the song (it will become apparent about halfway through)
http://www.noob.us/entertainment/guess-the-song-impressive/

Funny! Spongebob actors voice classic movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eYkc2oQyOQ

Poser 101 - or - How to Look Cool for Cheap
http://www.holyjuan.com/2008/02/poser-101-or-how-to-look-cool-for-cheap.html

The Top 40 Photoshopped Images
http://www.vertustech.com/blog/2008/02/11/32/

The 10 Most Twisted Animated TV Shows
http://tv.popcrunch.com/10-most-twisted-animated-tv-shows/

5 Retro Commercials That Companies Would Like You to Forget
http://www.cracked.com/article_15852_5-retro-commercials-companies-would-like-you-forget.html

Reference Sites to Make You a More Effective Writer
http://diplomaguide.com/articles/Writing_Reference_Sites_to_Make_You_a_More_Effective_Writer.html

Top 50 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google Maps
http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2008/top-50-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-google-maps/




And, we can't forget that tomorrow is Valentine's Day -

8 Unusual Valentines Gifts
http://inventorspot.com/articles/8_valentines_day_gifts_make_your_10263

Unfortunate Valentine's Cards
http://www.capnwacky.com/valentines/valcard1.html

How Men Really Feel About Valentine's Day
http://www.tinyprints.com/valentines-day-videos.htm

Scientist Valentines
http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_scientist_valentines.html

Least Popular Candy Hearts Sayings
http://www.badcupid.com/candy1.shtml

Penn Jillette says that his Hillary joke predicts the future
http://crackle.com/c/Penn_Says/Penn_Says_-_Hillary_Joke_Predicts_the_Future/2180807/#ml=o%3D15%26fc%3D52%26fx%3D






February 6, 2008


It is almost criminal that those of us with
a genuine medical need for coffee should be
forced to wait in line behind those people who
view it as some sort of recreational activity


Miss the Super Bowl? How about the commercials? See them all here
http://www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=adblitz

Consumer tips for using salt
http://www.saltinstitute.org/29.html

I saw this in Vegas - Penn and Teller: How to Do the Saw Trick
http://www.5min.com/Video/Penn--Teller-How-to-Do-the-Saw-Trick-4988312

99 Extraordinary, Creative and Unusual Uses for Ordinary and Everyday Objects
http://lifehackery.com/2008/01/23/99-extraordinary-uses-for-ordinary-objects/

20 Things Everyone Needs to Know (21, if you count knowing that "tire" is not spelled with a "y")
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/20-things-everyone-needs-to-know-481270.html

Stranded at an airport? Don't forget Rule 240
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22900119

From the Earth to the edge of the visible Universe - all in one map
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~mjuric/universe/all200.gif

The Hawaii Chair! And it won't make you look like an idiot at all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4&e

Related - Ellen DeGeneres using the Hawaii Chair (Hilarious!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbWQYG-lDJo&e

14 Songs by Mr. Rogers. Sure.
http://pbskids.org/rogers/songlist/

Welcome to Elvis Place. Thankyouverymuch
http://www.elvisplace.nl/

Simply Google - all of Google's hidden features
http://www.simply-google.com/

The 44 Most Annoying Things of 2007
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archive2007/annoying2007/index.html





January 30, 2008


Okay, let me see if I've got this straight.
If you die waging jihad, you shall be
rewarded with 72 virgins in the afterlife.
That's you and six dozen adolescent
girls -- for the rest of all eternity.
Truly, Allah is just.



This is funny - Do's and Don'ts with Babies
http://www.c00lstuff.com/1133/Do_s_and_don_ts_with_babies/

Let's see the Dog Whisperer work his magic with this bad boy
http://postworthy.com/Worthy/ex/This_is_one_mean_dog/66.aspx?source=rss

Strangely, this sort of reminds me of MY desk...
http://mrdoob.com/#/66/

Vegetarians on the Website Wednesday list might want to skip this one - the Bacon Cheese Baconburger!!!!
http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/bcb/index.html

Looking to waste some cash? Look no further
http://www.wastesomecash.com/

Hey! I think I found a new source for my Website Wednesday taglines: The Verbal Cartoonist
http://www.verbalcartoonist.com/blog.html

A collection of MAD Magazine Fold-Ins
http://www.perturb.org/content/foldin/

A fun ad from a company with a sense of humor (you can't order anything, and it's in Dutch, but just wait and watch what happens)
http://producten.hema.nl/

Slice: A List of Regional Pizza Styles
http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/a-list-of-regional-pizza-styles.html

Christian author has problems with Conservatives
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/24/best.selling.christian.ap/index.html

Let's help Bill O'Reilly keep his promise
http://www.wisebread.com/know-a-homeless-veteran-who-needs-a-job-call-bill-oreilly#jump

Barack Obama's Top 10 Campaign Promises (by The Man himself)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWlpvOPKXc

I don't know if I'd call these The 100 Funniest Jokes of All Time, but there's some chuckles in here
http://www.smilespedia.com/the-100-funniest-jokes-of-all-time/

The Negotiating Table
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d70b5a11cb

The Ultimate Student Resource List
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-ultimate-student-resource-list.html

Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Six Not-So-Secret Societies
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11539

I am the very model of a Psychopharmacologist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFL4CrDMIY&

Go ahead - swim some laps in the World's Largest Swimming Pool
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509718&in_page_id=1770

Need an idea for a Science Fair project? Check this out
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

Truly, a sign of the Apocalypse - Cheeseburger in a Can (then again, that's where I've eaten them before...)
http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen

Fail!
http://failblog.wordpress.com/

Wanna see what gold atoms look like?
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/01/29/wana-see-what-gold-atoms-look-like/





January 23, 2008

I've been trying for weeks now to convince
Marlee Matlin of my undying love for her,
but my pleadings fall on... well, you know.


You read it here first: Kady Malloy will (probably) win American Idol. (I think she can sing... but I really wasn't listening to that part...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPqodamEVL0&

Real-life superheros
http://articles.citypages.com/articles/2008-01-16/feature/superheroes-in-real-life/

A cool way to go to school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABupgu5usLs

Top 10 Telephone Tricks
http://lifehacker.com/345501/top-10-telephone-tricks

I've seen a few of these before, but my son William tipped me off to Chuck Norris Facts
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/

The world's most controversial boardgames
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/17/the-worlds-most-controversial-boardgames/

A Tale of Two Brains - this is FUNNY! (Tip O'the hat to George, my favorite Republican minion)
http://www.marriageresourcecenter.org/videogallery/4/med/VideoWidget8.htm

Camera designs that think outside the box
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-camera-designs-that-think-outside-the-box

10 Accidental Product Discoveries
http://www.trifter.com/Practical-Travel/Tips/Oops-Lucky-Me-10-Accidental-Product-Discoveries.74268

Best Photoshop tutorial video ever - You Suck at Photoshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWn0lxRNqos&e

Want to walk in a straight line around the world? Google Maps will show you how!
http://map.talleye.com/

In the "Ew, gross" department: 8 Fairy Tales and Their Not-So-Happy Endings
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10457

Y'ever wonder what's behind those offers to raise credit scores?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/business/yourmoney/19money.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

40 Amazing Facts About Sleep
http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm





January 16, 2008

While there could've been any number of reasons why
Superman and Supergirl never had a relationship,
I've got to believe X-ray vision was a major one.


In this week's "I-want-me-one-of-them" department...
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

An entire webpage devoted to the Rule of Thumb
http://rulesofthumb.org/

Double vision (my head hurts)
http://www.freakingnews.com/Double-Vision-Pictures--1762.asp

He's a Scabwriter (tip o' the hat to Tim I-taught-him-everything-he-knows) Hunter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDoza4OWs14

10 Creepy Old Ads
http://www.2spare.com/item_92595.aspx

A Star Wars Guide to the Candidates
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/526482501.html

Semi-addicting Game of the Week (for a few minutes, anyway) - White Dwarf
http://www.enigmasand.com/games/whitedwarf/

Before he was Gregory House, M.D., Hugh Laurie co-starred in the funniest British television show of all time, "Blackadder"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPxX-ks95Y&NR=1

Related - never, EVER say the name of the Scottish Play...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqzcC_jf_0

So THAT'S how a sewing machine works
http://materialmama.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/how-a-bobbin-works-and-some-free-pattern-ideas/

Put your first name in the first box, second name in the second box, then hit "Visualizar" (it's not in English, but it doesn't matter)
http://www.tatuagemdaboa.com.br/

The best self-shot ever
http://pizdaus.com/single.php?id=17456

The Tom Cruise Scientology Indoctrination video Scientologists don't want you to see
http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see





January 9, 2008

Women giving birth are absolutely amazing!
They're instructed to breathe, then
push really hard, over and over again.
Whenever *I* push that hard, I'm holding
my breath and squinching my eyes shut!



25 of the Most Awesome Monopoly Boards Ever
http://www.trifter.com/Practical-Travel/Monopoly-Mania-25-of-the-Most-Awesome-Monopoly-Boards-Ever.67709

Wild Solutions to Common Problems
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/12/wild-solutions-to-common-problems.html

Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase, "eat my balls"
http://lunchballz.com/

I suck at math, so I thought this was pretty cool - 10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks
http://listverse.com/science/10-easy-arithmetic-tricks/

Kinda interesting - 20 Things You Didn't Know About Snow
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/20-things-you-didn.t-know-about-snow

The 7 Creepiest Places in the World
http://direct-news.blogspot.com/2007/12/worlds-7-creepiest-places.html

10 Common Misconceptions
http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-common-misconceptions/

Well now, here's an idea
http://plusminus.ca/toiletseat1.html

Here's one for Mom - A dictionary of difficult words
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/

A Big List of Sites That Teach You How to Do Stuff
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.php

Interesting article: Party Tricks - Twenty Dollar Bills and Campaign Finance Reform
http://www.slate.com/id/7103

A definitive list of Sports Clichés
http://www.sportscliche.com/

The Ultimate Weight Loss Guide
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/weight-loss.php

5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202

Famous Vegetarians (I told the boys that I was drawing the line at spinach pizza)
http://pw2.netcom.com/%7Eaxleplus/stuff/veggie/celebs.html

Time magazine's 50 Best Websites for 2007 (once again, I guess SHOC must've been #51)
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1633488,00.html

In the "I-want-me-one-of-these" category...
http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2008/01/gadget-of-the-d.html

The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungerlateness.html

Picture of a man making the worst mistake of his life
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/01/07/cake.irpt/index.html

DVD v. HD versions of LOTR: Fellowship of the Rings (wow)
http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/

http://www.youguysseriouslyregistereverythingisearch.com, now proudly owned by Network Solutions
http://www.youguysseriouslyregistereverythingisearch.com/

"People keep stealing our stewardesses..."
http://adviewr.com/page/8/

This one's too good to pass up - Bill Gates Last Day at Microsoft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HA4lSUhlbw&feature=related



January 2, 2007

I thought about serving nachos, pizza
and fondue at my New Year's Eve
party this year, then realized that
was probably a little too cheesy.


Remember that Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meridith lost his glasses? He should've seen this
http://krampf.com/experiments/Science_Experiment37.html

"Get your fat, lazy ass out of that rack, Roslin." (Battlestar Galactica, "Crossroads II")
http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/

Top 10 Worst Realtor Headshots
http://www.ericbramlett.com/worst-realtor-photos.php

Theater of the Absurd - The Airport Security Follies (GREAT article)
http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/the-airport-security-follies/

The Best 19 Movies You Didn't See in 2007 (He's right. I missed 'em all)
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/12/24/best-19-movies-you-didnt-see-in-2007/

The 2007 Idiot of the Year Awards
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/12/the_2007_idiot_of_the_year_awa.html?nav=rss_blog

The 30 Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren't Reading (Hmmm... I guess House of Chaos must've been #31)
http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-3535.cfm

LSSU's annual list of Words To Be Banished
http://www.lssu.edu/whats_new/articles.php?articleid=1431

Here y'go, Andy - 100 things Brits didn't know last year (Grasshopper - there's only 100?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2008/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_3.shtml

The 5 Most Annoying Programs on Your PC (*snicker*)
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/01/01/the-5-most-annoying-programs-on-your-pc/

Cool Coin Jar Calculator
http://www.coincalc.com/