February 25, 2015

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"Peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."

            Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay

            sounds like a lot of  fun if you don’t

            know what either of those things are.

Top of the Heap:  How to Eat Chocolate

Related: When Chocolate Was Medicine

10 Things You Didn't Know Your Microwave Could Do

The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes

12 Haunting Facts About the Titanic

15 Hidden Messages From TV and Movies That You Won't Be Able to Unsee

What's the Best Mobile Flight Tracker App?

The big list of 100 tools, tips, and tricks to work more efficiently online

Epic Facebook Comments

Know Your Stuff: The 110 Best DIY Tips Ever

Related: 37 Creative DIY Tricks Every Homeowner Must Know

Why Americans still use Fahrenheit long after everyone else switched to Celsius

And, more importantly, Why Fahrenheit is Better Than Celsius

47 Alternatives to Wikipedia

34 Places to Swim in the World's Clearest Water

How The Philadelphia Experiment worked

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February 18, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"Peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."

      When I was a kid we all played spin the bottle.

      A girl would spin the bottle and if it pointed to

      you when it stopped, the girl could choose

      to either kiss you or give you a penny. 

      By the time I was 16 I owned my own house.

Top of the Heap:  Meet some of the people who might be on the first flight to Mars

15 World Famous Landmarks Photographed With Their True Surroundings (Thanks, Julie!)

Video clips from the SNL 40th Anniversary After Party

30 Different Ways to Tie a Tie 

Ask Me Anything - a game of truths

10 (incredibly cool) Tips and Hacks for Google Maps

Jon Stewart's very first episode of The Daily Show

BingeClock tells you how long it would take to watch every episode of a TV show

16 Behind-the-Scenes GIFs of Famous Movies You Can't Unsee

The Secrets to Shopping at Costco

18 Things You Might Not Have Known About The Silence of the Lambs

20 Things You Didn't Know About Disney's Cinderella

Kill cable with these streaming devices and services

Finally! The Glorious Return of the Egg: Why Uncle Sam is a horrible nutritionist

The NHL's Secret Weapon? Women Figure Skaters (Seriously)

The Hardest Places to Live in the US  (Thanks, Susie!)

      and, finally, 

Make Someone's Day

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February 11, 2015

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"Peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."

            For the sake of realism, they really should make

            a few scenes where Superman arrives at the

            bad guys' lair covered in bug and bird guts.

Top of the Heap:  Hacks That Will Make You Love Facebook Again (found a bunch of old friends with one of 'em)

VD is coming (that's Valentine's Day). With that in mind, here's a Love Poetry Generator

25+ Nerdy Valentine's Day Cards (for Nerds Who Aren't Afraid to Show It)

10 Things You Didn't Know Your Microwave Could Do

The Truth is Out There. The CIA's Declassified UFO Files. I, for one, welcome our new Alien Overlords.

Scuba classes anyone?  Here are 18 of the Biggest Creatures That Lurk Beneath the Ocean's Surface

Growing Up in the 70's and 80's

Seasonally apropos:  How to Walk on Ice

An Open Letter To My Friends Who Choose Not to Vaccinate

18 Satisfying Examples of Instant Karma

Giant Rabbits Invade Fargo, North Dakota (You betcha!)

The 10 Most Important Life Lessons to Master in Your 30's

How to Fix 17 Basic Cooking Mistakes

Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Hacks

11 Things You Didn't Know About Weddings

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February 4, 2015

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"Peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."

                I'm having a philosophical debate with this cute barmaid.

                She likes to think of my glass as half full,

                and I like to think of her as half naked.


Top of the Heap:  The Most Talked About Commercials From This Year's Super Bowl

The Bride of Top of the Heap:  Unfollow? Unfriend? Restrict? Block? A handy guide to dealing obnoxious friends on Facebook

Related: 19 Annoying Facebook Status Updates That Need to STOP

Who vs. Whom: It's Not as Complicated as You Think

NASA's Kepler Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in the "Habitable Zone" of Another Star

The Plugin That Shows Where Politicians Get Their Funding

24 Struggles Every Netflix Addict Will Immediately Understand

26 Beatnik Slang Words and Phrases We Should All Start Using

For my unfortunate buds in the snow zone: Shovel Snow Like a Pro

What Beers and Wines Pair Best With Girl Scout Cookies?

A Perpetual Pizza (Never mind. It's got mushrooms.)

United States Weather Facts and Extremes

Game-Changing Storage Solutions

The Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer
     - and pretty cool analysis WARNING: Spoilers abound

I know funny, and THIS is funny: My Fake College Syllabus

The Best 404 Error Pages on the Internets

100 Years of National Geographic Maps

10 Amazing Vehicles of the Future Even The Jetsons Would Envy

Every Time Travel Movie Ever, Ranked

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