Wednesday, December 31, 2014

December 31, 2014

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            If the people on New Year’s Eve 2019
            don’t call their resolutions “2020 visions”,
            I, for one, will be sorely disappointed.


Top of the Heap:  Just in case you get a little out of hand tomorrow night: The Top 10 Natural Hangover Remedies

6 New Year's Traditions From Around the World

The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2014

The Best Movies of the Year, according to The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Rotten Tomatoes

27 Holiday Desserts That Are Full of Booze. Make one, and you'll be asked to bring the dessert every year from now on.

12 Websites That Will Help You Stick to Your 2015 Resolutions  (yeah. right.)

Movie Moron's Best Movies of 2015

The Pictures of the Year, according to The New York Times, Reuters, The Guardian, and Time

The Most Exciting New Tech Products That Will Launch in 2015 (Thanks, Melody!)

The 50 Most Shared Facebook Posts of 2014

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2014


Top of the Heap That's Not Necessarily Related to the New Year:  27 of the Best Puns Ever on Tumblr

Amazing Princess Bride Theory Dreamed Up By a Child Just BLEW OUR MINDS!

26 pictures that will make you re-evaluate your entire existence

The Worst Things For Sale: The Internet's Most Horrible Items

8 Changes in "The Hobbit" Movies You Didn't Know Were a Huge Deal

Every episode of Every Star Trek Series Ever, Ranked

Stephen Colbert is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert

The Ultimate B-Movie Guide to Life on Other Planets

Did You Hear the One About North Korea?  (Interesting article)

The Drunkest Days in America

30 Flavors That Most People in the US Don't Know Even Exist

Pretty cool - The Internet in Real Time

9 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know About Farts

Cancer and Cannabis: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Medical Marijuana

Top 10 Real-Life Inspirations for Famous Animated Characters



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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

December 24, 2014


Website Wednesday
The Christmas Edition
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            Most of my time wrapping presents
            is spent by looking for the scissors
            that were just... in… my… hand.


Top of the Heap:  Rudolf, and Santa's 27 other reindeer

Real Santa Clauses

27 Things You Might Not Know About Home Alone

27 Things You Might Not Know About Christmas Vacation

How to Avoid Conflict With Your Family During the Holidays

The Myth of The 12 Days of Christmas

10 Sinister Santa Christmas Cards

Santa Claus is Real...

25 Years of Must-Have Toys

How to decorate a Christmas Tree

Why We String Popcorn and other fun Christmas Food Facts (Thanks, Melody!)

Things You Don't Know About Christmas Carols

A Brief History of the Christmas Present

The Eggheaded, Noggin-Filling Story of Eggnog

The Origins to 10 Popular Christmas Carols

A Pictorial History of Santa Claus

Related: Can you guess which are two Christmas Carols that have nothing to do with Christmas? (not including Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride, and Let it Snow)

11 Things You Might Not Know About Reindeer

      ~ and finally ~

31 Things You didn't Know About Holiday Songs



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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

December 17, 2014

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                I was late to Fight Club last night
                so I missed the introductory rules.
                Still, Fight Club was awesome
                and I’d highly recommend Fight Club.


Top of the Heap:  17 Little Tricks to Help You Ace All Your Tests

Six Star Wars Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away

The 15 Best and Worst Words to Use on Your Resume

For those of you in the colder climes... How to Get Rid of Ice Dams

25 Most Popular Myths We Believe Are True, But Aren't

15 Pieces of Underwear That Should Never Ever Be Worn

21 Simple Hacks That Will Forever Change the Way You Clean Your Home

Hacking a Keurig Coffee Maker

Different Words Americans Say for the Exact Same Thing

19 Secrets of UPS drivers

Every episode of Star Trek ever, ranked

The Real Story of Apollo 17 and Why We Never Went Back to the Moon

Speaking of which, Can Moons Have Moons? (Short answer: yes)

Five Maps That Never Happened - but if history had been a little different...

Ten things you might not know about Space

How to Speak New York


10 Misconceptions About the Flu



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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

December 10, 2014

Website Wednesday
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                My friend told me, “All women are the same!”
                    He always makes broad generalizations.


Top of the Heap:  How to Clear a Stuffy Nose in 1 Minute

The Kids Should See This - cool videos for curious minds (of all ages)

How coffee is consumed around the world (Thanks, Mel!)

Each US State's biggest public company

8 and a Half Hours of Holiday Comedies

10 TV Characters They Forgot to Write Off the Show

Brain Scans Reveal What Dogs Really Think of Us

Superman on the Screen Over the Years

Pages Ripped From a North Korean Text Book

A sneak peek at the next James Bond movie

America's 50 Best Cities to Live

I am not a robot! The end of captchas

The Ultimate "Law & Order: SVU" Drinking Game

Toll House Cookies: A Long, Secret History (With Recipes)

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

December 3, 2014

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                I saw a woman walking toward a door,
                so I opened it for her, just to be nice. 
                Instead of thanking me, she started screaming.
                Thinking back on it, so did everyone else on the plane.

Top of the Heap:  Innovative Christmas Gift Idea. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? (Thanks, Melody!)

34 Truly Devastating Images for the Person With OCD

What it REALLY Feels Like to Get a Vasectomy (not for the squeamish)

16 Holiday Life Hacks Tested

How to Have a Perfectly Productive Home Office

Amazing Food and Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now

An Astronaut Reveals What Life in Space is Really Like

Handy Tips for Holiday Lights and Trees

Ice Cream Hacks
That Will Take Your Life to the Next Level

Genius Kitchen Tips You Probably Didn't Know About

9 Unusual and Unique Flying Cars

15 Ways to Beat Procrastination  

11 Things You Should Know About Rocky and Bullwinkle

Let's Take a Deep Look at the Droid in the New Star Wars Trailer

The World's Longest Straight Road

The Gigantic, Secretive Market Where France’s Top Chefs Buy Their Food

Awesome Holiday Gifts for the Movie Geek in Your Life

10 Religious Holidays Not Yet Exploited by Hallmark

The Illogical Fighting Style of James T. Kirk

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