August 26, 2009

You know that cool thing the stars do in Star
Wars when they make the jump past light
speed? I found I can make a good imitation
of it on the bathroom mirror, if I floss real
close to it after eating a big, chewy steak.


Top of the Heap: 100 Totally Fun and Weird College Courses You Can Now Take for Free
http://www.onlineclasses.org/2009/08/11/100-totally-fun-and-weird-college-courses-you-can-now-take-for-free/

The Stupidest Table Manners (and How to Resist Them)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/radicaleater/top-10-most-ridiculous-table-manners-ghl

The Diver and the Whale (Wow!)
http://www.scubadivemaldives.com/the-amazing-story-of-the-scuba-diver-and-the-whale.html

A Back-to-School Guide for College Students
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10313158-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

And, along that same line, 15 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2009/08/19/15-secrets-of-getting-good-grades-in-college.html

10 Amazing Truths You Already Suspected (Tip O'the hat to Troy)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/08/07/notes080709.DTL

For the Geeks (you know who you are) - MATH TATTOOS!
http://www.bowlofserial.com/2009/08/19/interesting-mathematic-tattoos/

Interesting article that's pretty much guaranteed to piss off "District 9" fans....
http://thefinecut.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-keeping-it-real-goes-wrong.html

25 Awesome Homeless Guy Signs
http://www.holytaco.com/25-awsome-homeless-guy-signs

Early Risers are Mutants (Guilty.)
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/813/2

The Truth is Out There - UFO Quotes from Presidents, Astronauts, Senior Military and More
http://www.squidoo.com/ufo-coverups

Being an amateur magician myself, these really hurt - 13 of the Greatest Magic Fails of All Time
http://www.epiccarnival.com/2009/08/13-of-greatest-magic-fails-of-all-time.html

An idea whose time has come - glow-in-the-dark toilet paper!
http://nerdapproved.com/approved-products/glowing-toilet-paper-helps-you-poop-in-the-dark/

21 Oddly Named Places and the Stories Behind Them
http://vacations.com/21-oddly-named-places-and-the-stories-behind-them

Forget Corvettes, Lamborghinis or Maseratis - the 1948 Tucker was the Coolest Car Ever Made
http://www.laubly.com/1948tucker.htm

High-resolution pic of the Moon
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d3/FullMoon.jpg

Insane Anamorphic Art
http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2008/08/29/unbelievable-anamorphic-illusion.html/

Star Trek Bloopers
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/07/03/an-awesome-collection-of-star-trek-bloopers/

Like humor? Monologue transcripts from all the late night comedians
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are Actually
the Same Movie
http://www.spitefulcritic.com/2009/06/hold-on-ive-seen-this-before-how-star-wars-star-trek-the-matrix-and-harry-potter-are-actually-the-same-movie/
Hammer Time
http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/11/44%20Hammer%20Time.jpg


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