October 28, 2015

Website Wednesday
the Halloween Edition

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

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

                I used to be in a band called "Missing Dog".
                      You probably saw our posters.

Top of the Heap:  7th Annual Riverside Halloween House Light Show

10 Graveside Traditions at Famous Tombs

12 Things You Didn't Know About Pumpkins (Thanks, Melody!)

23 Two Sentence Horror Stories That Will Scare The Hell Out Of You

Halloween-Themed Movies, Ranked

Who Was Dr. Frankenstein? There were many men who could have inspired Mary                                                           Shelley’s creation.

15 Creepy Eyeball Treats Guaranteed To Scare Your Guests

10 of the Most Haunted Hotels in the World

The Art of the Jack-O-Lantern: More than just a pretty face

The Secrets to Growing a 2,000-Pound Pumpkin
The Stuff of Nightmares: 55 Genuinely Scary TV Episodes

38 Facts on Frankenstein (Including the Aerosmith song it inspired and the reason the Munsters never got sued)

The Great New England Vampire Panic
55 Genuinely Scary TV Episodes (Sphincter Factor: 9.6)

Are There Still Real Skeletons in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride? (short answer: probably)

The 13 Best Horror Movie Musical Themes

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October 21, 2015

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

                    I'll just bet they decided to call it Preparation H

                    because the name Aspercreme was already taken.

Top of the Heap:  Nikon Small World Photography Winners 2015

The Hidden History In Hawaii's Massive Underwater Ship Graveyard

A brief guide to Big Pharma. Or, why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for medicine

10 Classic Toys That Could've Killed You. You may have come closer to not growing up than you ever knew.

The 30 Harshest Writer-on-Politician Insults in History

27 Professors Who Got The Last Laugh

15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Aladdin

7 Reasons Libraries Are Our Only Hope In Case Of A Zombie Apocalypse

26 Facts You Might Not Know About Dragnet

Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes

Benny Hill This! speeds up any video you care to enter and adds a “Yakety Sax” soundtrack

21 Pun Costumes for Halloween

21 Passengers We Hate on Flights

10 Indispensable Facts about PEZ Candies

The death of the family meal and other things that we just don't do anymore

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October 14, 2015

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

                I got kicked out of a karaoke bar for singing “Footloose” six times in a row.

                They told me I exceeded my maximum number of Loggins attempts.

                                            I’ll show myself out.

Top of the Heap:  If You See Men Walking Around With One Fingernail Painted, This Is The Reason Why  (Thanks, Billy!)

Malia Obama's English teacher wrote her a refreshingly honest college recommendation Letter

Photographer banned for life from North Korea for taking these photos

Guest lineups for upcoming TV talk shows

A Craigslist Missed Connection like no other

24 More Great Life Hacks to Make Life Easier

Films Considered the Greatest Ever in Each Category

8 Ways the Shift Key Will Change How You Browse the Web

The Worst Plays in NFL History

What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? (A lot)

The Worst Retail Photoshop Disasters of All Time

Black and White: The Story of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

If Animal Names Were Totally Honest

10 Weird Creatures From the Mariana Trench

Movie vs. Reality: What It Actually Feels Like to Climb Mount Everest

With that in mind, here are 7 Reasons Not to Climb Mount Everest

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October 7, 2015

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

                    It may be illegal to steal kitchen utensils, but what can I say?
                                                I’m a whisk taker.

Top of the Heap:  Momentous - your place to discover and share life-changing moments.

10 Bars at the End of the World

Seven scientific facts to ruin childhood

Why (this guy) changed (his) mind about ad-blocking software

Brilliant! A Pizza Pouch!

62 Things That Mildly Irritate Everyone Who Works In An Office

19 Mind-Blowing Things You Can Never Unsee

This heated laser might change the way you shave forever

Stuff you might not know about Wheel of Fortune

The 20 Most Bizarre Traffic Laws in America  (Thanks, Melody!)

Pizza grease: To dab or not to dab

Jaywalking: How the car industry outlawed crossing the road

Things That Correlate With Each Other Really Well

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