March 26, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail..."

                    My dream job is to be a professional musician
                    in the "Jeopardy!" house band -- because
                    then I'd only have to learn that one song.

Top of the Heap:  Graph ratings of your favorite TV shows

Christian Conservatives Should Be Christians First and Conservatives Second (And all God's chillin' said, "Amen!")

After 68 years, this WW2 widow finally gets some closure  (Thanks, Susie!)

Dream Dome Home in Thailand (Thanks, Jimmy!)

9 Crazy-Looking Deep Sea Creatures

17 Everday Words You Just Might Be Mispronouncing... and Why You Need to Stop

The Popeye the Sailor Story

An Insane Fan Theory That Would Put "Frozen," "Tangled," and "The Little Mermaid" in the Same Universe

12 Chinese Travel Trips for Visiting America

NOW we're cooking! How to Upgrade Your Mac and Cheese

The Most Beautiful Animal You've Never Seen

Before and After Photos of Seattle's deadly mudslide last week (Thanks, Melody)

The signs are pointing to a power grab in the Westboro Baptist Church now that the Fred is dead

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March 19, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
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                    If I have one complaint about being a man,
                    it's probably my inability to experience the
                    joys of child bearing. That, and women's suffrage.

Top of the Heap:  Four Terrifying Myths About Adulthood That Every Kid Believes

Check. This. Out.  A Life-sized elephant folded out of 1 piece of paper ... Duu-u-u-u-u-de!

Game of Thrones returns next month. To help get you ready, here's a 25-minute recap of Season Three

20 Cult Movies That Absolutely Everybody Must See

10 Books That Changed The World ... For Better or Worse

65 Songs That Will Never Be the Same For You. Ever again.

Left-Handed Facts and Statistics.  They forgot the one about how they had no souls.

How to Easily Bypass YouTube's Regional Filter

18 DIY Cooking Hacks

Senator Fights to Add .sucks As an Internet Domain. He's got my vote.

25 Things You Probably Don't Know About The Godfather

Scientists May Get Best View Yet of a Black Hole in Action

How many streets, towns, parks, schools, lakes, etc. have your name?

Four Neat Facts About the Big Bang That Will Make You Look Smart Without Understanding Any Physics

Okay, THIS looks interesting: Boosters for Orion Spacecraft’s First Flight Test Arrive at Port Canaveral  

10 Interesting Psychological Facts About Love

The Shocking Lie About Baby Carrots  (Thanks, Uncle Mel!)

An Uplifting Story: The History of the Bra

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March 12, 2014

Website Wednesday
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"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
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                What this country needs is 15-minute
                Cliff’s Notes version of major movies
                that we don't want to sit through,
                but still want to be able to discuss.

Top of the Heap:  Okay, the apex of civilization has been reached. Get ready for the iPhone's bacon alarm clock app! (Thanks, Melody and Jack!)

President Obama and Zack Galifianakis.  What else is there to say?

"If the Moon Were Just One Pixel" - a tediously accurate scale map of the Solar System

Not sure if I agree with all of 'em, but here's one version of The 30 Best Films of the Decade   I could argue with this dude for hours about this.

Find the ad for your first (American-made) car. Mine was a 1959 Rambler Station Wagon (Thanks, Billy!)

Primarily for Barridawn:  21 Words That Have a Totally Different Meaning When You Move to LA  (Thanks, Jo!)

Cumberbombing  (Tip O'the hat to the Bardgal for this one)

If you HAVE to get detention, you might as well get it for something awesome (Amirite, Spock?)

The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America

A Tribute to the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Debunking a Few Internet Hoaxes

Striking Images of Earth From Space

Well I feel better now. Apparently, World War III Will Almost Certainly Never Happen

27 Amazing Facts About Comic Strips

Y'ever wonder why the Internet in America is so slow?

Some pretty cool and rare photos from the past (Thanks, Jason!)

What your body is doing when you're sleeping vs. resting

The story behind the SAT overhaul

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March 5, 2014

Website Wednesday
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"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,

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                  I guess I should be grateful I survived

                  the train wreck. I credit the fact I was

                  stinking drunk, which made me limber.

                  Well, that and the fact that the train

                  wasn't actually *moving* when I hit it.

Top of the Heap: Cool map that rotates to show what time is it right now throughout the world

Top of the Heap, part II:  The Top 100 Places to Eat (according to Yelpers)

Related: America's Best-Rated Restuarant is a tiny shack in a condo complex in Hawaii

20 Ludicrous Things Said by Yoga Teachers

10 Painfully Obvious Truths That People Forget Too Soon (Thanks, Ravi!)

I knew it! I knew it!  Why You Should Always Order the Large Pizza

Brains Always Running: Insomnia is a 24-Hour Problem  (Thanks, Solomon!)

Terrifying Two-Sentence Horror Stories

Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar Selfie Tweet set a new record. But did you catch the grammatical error in it?

The most striking evening gowns at Sunday's Oscars.

20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Seuss

The Original Locations of 15 Famous Food Chains

The Most Incredible Episode of M*A*S*H

The Six Biggest Myths About Money

Google Easter Eggs That You Probably Missed

The Monkees Reunite in 2014

Y'ever wonder why "The Ukraine" became just "Ukraine"?  Yeah, me neither.



Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.

 - Skip    ಠ_ಠ

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