April 30, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                If I had to describe myself

                in one word it would be,

                “doesn’t understand directions.”

Top of the Heap:  33 Amazingly Useful Websites You Never Knew Existed

15 Funny Pranks in .gifs

Cool tricks Google can do

Related: Do you know these Google tricks?

This is cool - How to Remove a Dent From Wood

Facts About New Zealand That Will Blow Your Mind (Thanks, Will!)

7 Pictures of Tom Cruise Being Tall

The 9 Most Expensive Rooms in Las Vegas - or - Places *I* Won't Be Staying At Any Time Soon

21 Food Hacks That Will Have You Running For the Kitchen

It's Time to Redesign the Airline Boarding Pass

How Do We Get Brain Freeze, and How Do We Stop It?  (Thanks, Melody!)

20 Things You Had No Idea Your Microwave Could Do

How to survive a lightning strike

11 Facts You Might Not Know About George Clooney

20 Things You Might Not Know About ET: The Extra Terrestrial

42 Impossibly Fun Wedding Photo Ideas You'll Want to Steal

How's THIS for a fun gift? A 3D Printed Statue of YOU

34 Ways to Make Your Stuff Last as Long as Possible
 

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April 23, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                I should really throw away the soy milk my friend
                left before I do something drastic, like drink it.

Top of the Heap:  The GOOD news -  Finally, Japan Halts Whaling Program in Response to International Court Ruling

The BAD news - Bad Day for Captive Orcas at Seaworld: California's "Blackfish Bill" Stalls
An interactive map shows what kind of music is popular in different parts of the US

3 Awesome Experiments Dads Can Do With Their Kids

How to cut cherry tomatoes like a ninja  (Thanks, Melody!)

Hollywood's worst medical errors

Here's a few things you might not know about Mickey Rooney

     or Kill Bill: vols 1 and 2

          or Murder, She Wrote

               or Field of Dreams

                    or David Letterman

An Illustrated Guide To Why This Winter Has Been So Brutal (It got down into the FIFTIES in Los Angeles!!!)

The Soul of the World's Most Expensive Violin

Five Offenses That Can Land Kids (but not adults) in Jail
3D Pictures From Two Straight Lines

The Mystery of the Human Touch

ABC Illustrations of European Cities

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April 16, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

   What’s all this talk about adding Puerto Rico as

   our 51st State? It seems to me that our new goal

   number should be 53 States. A Prime Number.

   “One nation, indivisible…”

Top of the Heap:  An airline pre-flight briefing actually worth listening to (Thanks, Melody!)

Here's 1 Unexpectedly Awesome Reason to Be Proud Of Your Home State (Thanks, Uncle Mel)

The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now (Thanks, Michael)

This is National Library Week, so here are 10 Reasons Why Librarians are Awesome

20 Things You Might Not Have Known About Gone With the Wind

How the Muppets Created Generation X

The Origin of the Fork. And Table Manners

You might just catch a glimpse of your parents (or grandparents) in these Vintage Photos of Spring Breakers

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Shakespeare

Related:  Shakespeare 3-Panel Web Comics  (contains spoilers)

In honor of my late Mom's birthday today: How to Insult People in Italian: the Goodfellas Edition

Curly of the Three Stooges - the Funniest Guy in the World

New Poll Shows Americans in Red States Want to Expand Medicare

A Dutch journalist staged an interview on a boat. Everything was going great until she fell in the water

Google Glassholes: High-Tech Visionaries or Fashion Victims?

Staples is about to bring 3-D Printing to the masses

The 6 Best Mobile Games You've Never Heard Of

Things That Will Make Your Home Extremely Awesome

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April 9, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                "Oh, I see you, you son of a bitch."
                    - Special Forces sniper in wartime,
                    - or me looking for pickles anywhere near my plate

Top of the Heap:  A few days late, but still on top - The Ultimate Game of Thrones Drinking Game (Thanks, Tally!)

Top of the Heap:  How to Raise Happy Kids, According to Science

New Super-Accurate Atomic Clock Unveiled (Thanks, Melody!)

Here's a twofer: the Most Interesting Place and the Most Popular Attraction in Your State

25 Things You Didn't Know About 2001: A Space Odyssey

In the same vein,,, 21 Things You Didn't Know About Raiders of the Lost Ark  (Actually, I *did* know a couple...)

How (and Why) to Fight Television's Cultural Amnesia

Quiz of the Week: How Well Do You Know Time Travel Movies?  (Better than me, apparently)

The Most Expensive Burgers, Pizza, and Hot Dogs in America

Got an extra $69K? Wanna buy the Monkeemobile?

This simple fix could virtually end smartphone theft

Hilarious Yahoo Answers. Who said there's no such thing as a stupid question?

Fat Chance: The War Between Butter and Margarine

The Five Biggest Disasters in the History of Marketing

Excerpts from The Awkward Human Survival Guide

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April 2, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                Parents don't seem to like it when
                you lean in close, gesture toward the
                child sitting in their grocery cart
                and whisper, "They sell those here?"

Top of the Heap:  15 Courses That Should Be Taught in College (or from their parents)

A Day Late: Pranklopedia - The funniest, grossest, craziest, non-mean pranks on the Internets.

George Clooney's Longest Practical Joke (Thanks, BFF!)

23 Unbelievable Places to Visit Before You Die (Thanks, Stogie!)

The Best Kept Secrets of Pilots and Flight Attendants

Stars That Were Banned From Saturday Night Live

9 Things Photographers Need to Know About Memory Cards

Game of the Week: How fast can you spot the misspelled word?

35 Odd Baseball Facts (That Are Too Strange To Be Made Up)

14 Web Toys to Fill Your Day

25 Things You Should Know About Life With a Toddler

Related: 20 Absolutely Genius Parenting Hacks

How Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain (the explanation of the first picture is worth the click)

22 Words That Have a Completely Different Meaning in Chicago

In this week's "No, DUH" department:  TSA agents steal from travelers

Suspicious "quotation marks"

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