July 25, 2012

              Is it solipsistic in here,
                or is it just me?


Top of the Heap:  A "Die-hard Conservative Republican" tells "How I Lost My Fear of Universal Health Care"
     http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/12/how-i-lost-my-fear-universal-health-care

The 18 Worst Things For Left-Handed People
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/the-18-worst-things-for-left-handed-people

50 Wonderful Comic Con Costumes From 2012
      http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/18/50-wonderful-comic-con-costumes-from-2012/

34 Places to swim in the world's clearest water
     http://matadornetwork.com/trips/34-places-to-swim-in-the-worlds-clearest-water-pics/

9 Really Strange Sports That Are No Longer in the Olympics
     http://alturl.com/uwja7

Japan: The Land of Vending Machines
     http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/07/japan-land-of-vending-machines.html

An Illusion That Explains Why Typos Are So Hard to Catch
     http://io9.com/5924861/an-illusion-that-explains-why-typos-are-so-hard-to-catch

25 Reasons Why Food is More Awesome on a Stick
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/25-reasons-food-is-more-awesome-on-a-stick

The absolute, all-time, hands-down, Dumbest Western Ever Made
     http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/23/the-dumbest-western-ever-made/

Comic Genius: An interview with Mel Brooks
     http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1203-Summer-2012/DGA-Interview-Mel-Brooks.aspx

A whole buncha Infographics
     http://infographicdirectory.wordpress.com/

One of the weirder ones - the Nude Men Clock (Thanks, Billy)
     http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html

July 18, 2012

                    Does anyone else think it’s weird

                    that we put a man on the moon

                    a full 20 years before someone

                    realized it would be a good idea

                    to put wheels on luggage?

Top of the Heap:  What honor looks like (Thanks, Billy!)
     http://www.mullerover.com/2012/05/23/what-honor-looks-like-the-flash-mob-at-gate-38-of-reagan-national-airport/

The 7 Most Extreme Lies Ever Told to Get Out of Something
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19912_the-7-most-extreme-lies-ever-told-to-get-out-something.html

Is it, or isn't it Ice Cream?
     http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/133068

Wanna buy a Zimbabwe 100 Trillion Dollar Bill?  It's cheaper than you might think!
     http://alturl.com/78agr

The Science of Spider-Man
     http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=74676

Let NASA take you on a Tour of the Moon
     http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/07/12/geek-news-nasas-tour-of-the-moon-of-the-day/

Russia’s Orda Cave is the Largest Underwater Gypsum Cave on Earth.
      http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-orda-cave-longest-underwater-cave-russia

6 Famous Misquotes and where they came from
     http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/12/6-famous-misquotes-where-they-came-from/

Start typing in your address on Show My Street - pretty cool...
     http://showmystreet.com/

The "invisible" bandage
     http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/06/12/camouflaging-a-bandage/

"Firefly" reunion at ComicCon
     http://alturl.com/7ucjw

8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People
      http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people.html

Experimental headlight system that can see through rain and snow
     http://www.gizmag.com/headlights-see-through-rain-snow/23212/

The Overthinking Person's Drinking Game
     http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/the-overthinking-persons-drinking-game-2/

July 11, 2011

            Shopping for antiques won't make you
             gay, but it will make you buy curios.


Top of the Heap:  How All 50 States Got Their Names
     http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/132523

Real-world Monopoly - Atlantic City properties based on today's prices
     http://www.movoto.com/blog/novelty-real-estate/real-world-monopoly-marvin-gardens-is-the-new-boardwalk/

How We Die (in one chart)
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/22/how-we-die-in-one-chart/

And speaking of death, here are 10 Fun Ways to Euthanize Yourself
     http://io9.com/5921194/10-fun-ways-to-euthanize-yourself

10 Facts You Might Not Know About Babylon 5
     http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/25/10-facts-you-might-not-know-about-babylon-5/

What's So Good About Growing Old?
     http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/What-is-So-Good-About-Growing-Old.html

And, the Most Peaceful Country in the World is...
     http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/18/and-the-most-peaceful-country-in-the-world-is/

Behind the Scenes of "The Wizard of Oz", 1939
     http://www.retronaut.co/2012/06/behind-the-scenes-of-the-wizard-of-oz-1939/

181 Google Tricks That Will Save you Time in School
     http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/06/25/181-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school-updated/

Related:  The Best Google Features You're Probably Not Using
     http://lifehacker.com/5923588/the-best-google-features-youre-probably-not-using

Just GUESS what's going to happen to the Milky Way in the next few billion years!
     http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=74647

July 4, 2012

              My girlfriend and I are complete opposites.
                         I exist and she doesn't.


Top of the Heap:  Explain it to me like I'm 5: What Exactly is Obamacare, and What Did It Change?
     http://www.reddit.com/tb/vbkfm

Happy Fourth of July!  Although Independence Day SHOULD'VE been on July 2
     http://nowiknow.com/born-on-the-second-of-july-or-august/

School's still in session, Little Ducks. Here are some 4th of July Myths, Debunked
     http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110630-july-fourth-myths-nation-independence-day/

Some Fantastic Fourth of July Facts

     http://www.11points.com/Misc/11_Fantastic_Fourth_of_July_Facts

The 101 Most Useful Websites
     http://www.labnol.org/internet/101-useful-websites/18078/

Cool, zoomable, 20-gigapixel image of London
     http://lifeinmegapixels.com/blog/2012/06/london-in-20-gigapixels/

11 Women's Names Forever Tainted by Song Titles
      http://www.11points.com/Music/11_Women%27s_Names_Forever_Tainted_By_Song_Titles

How to Take a Shower Without Using Any Water
     http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/25/drybath-how-to-take-a-shower-without-using-any-water/

6 Terrible Decisions That Gave Us Great Movie Moments
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19918_6-terrible-decisions-that-gave-us-great-movie-moments.html

The Weirdest Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
     http://www.employmentking.co.uk/interviews/the-weirdest-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them/

Interesting Subreddit: Explain It To Me Like I'm Five Years Old
     http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive

Lasers for the Dead - Gravestone Technology
     http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/lasers-for-the-dead-a-story-about-gravestone-technology/242601/