January 14, 2009

Michael Phelps' amazing performance winning at the Beijing Olympics
has inspired me to try and get in shape so I can be more like him.
I'm starting off by increasing my food intake to 10,000 calories per day.
Eventually, I'm hoping to learn how to swim, but hey, one thing at a time.



Top of the Heap: 20 Hilarious Newspaper Clippings
http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/2009/01/20-hilarious-newspaper-clippings/

Addicting Game O'the Week - Pyro (thanks, William)
http://www.addictinggames.com/pyro.html

Calvin's Snowmen
http://www.witte-family.net/snowmen.htm

How the yellow football line is made
http://www.wimp.com/slickadd/

Strange Sounds from the Earth (and one from Space) (with audio goodness)
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/08/strange-sounds-earth-bloop-hum-mistpouffers/

At the Stove: A Dash of Science, A Pinch of Folklore
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/science/06cook.html?_r=1

How to be a badass and shave like your grandpa
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/

How to Speed Up a Sluggish Computer
http://www.ehow.com/how_4668777_speed-up-sluggish-computer.html

Simpsons Map
http://www.carnagecorp.com/pub/pictures/simpsonsmap.png

1957 Jukebox (thanky, George!)
http://hfm3.com/jukebox/jukebox.html

The Best Neighbor, Ever
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/28/mf.mrrogers.neighbor/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

Do-It-Yourself Kaleidoscope
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html

I, for one, welcome our new, noisy alien overlords
http://i.gizmodo.com/5128146/nasa-detects-mystery-booming-sound-in-deep-space-origin-unknown

How to Hallucinate Using Ping Pong Balls and a Radio
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/

Free Online Science Dictionary
http://www.thesciencedictionary.com/

25 Classic Movie Monologues
http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2008/12/25-classic-monologues-in-cinema.html

The Slingshot Man
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0

Strange Facts About Microsoft
http://www.althafahmed.com/strange-facts-about-microsoft/

5 Sites That Will Change the Way You Work with Digital Photos
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-that-will-change-the-way-you-work-with-digital-photos/

If Movie Posters Were Honest
http://www.holytaco.com/if-movie-posters-were-honest

Primarily for the Jack - 8 Ways to Make Mac and Cheese
http://www.slashfood.com/2009/01/13/ways-to-make-mac-n-cheese-slashfood-ate-8/

And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Thank You...(Takes About 24 Hours To Finish... I Stopped It After 4)
http://www.hallmark.com/wcsstore/HallmarkStore/images/products/ecards/nfg2687.swf?message=Thanks%20a%20million,%20StumbleUpon%20User!