February 27, 2013

                    I don't like to name-drop or brag,
                    but I've been told by some of the
                    biggest names in show business
                    that I've been part of a great audience.

Top of the Heap:  A chilling look into the not-too-distant future  (Thanks, Chad.  I think.)
     http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-the-workplace-slide-deck-2013-2?op=1&goback=.gde_2043887_member_212781496

10 Foods That (Thankfully) Flopped
     http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/22/10-Foods-That-Thankfully-Flopped/

Fill out your bracket for Pope Madness 2013!
     http://www.popebracket.com/envisiontees_pope_bracket.jpg

What the Tea Party Has Done to Florida
     http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/florida-tea-party-backlash-rick-scott

Oscar's Swag Bag: $45,000 of Some Really Weird Stuff
     http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/21/oscar-s-bizarre-swag-bag-condoms-circus-training-and-more.html    

18 English Words That Were Spoken By Julius Caesar (of course, they were Latin at the time)
     http://theweek.com/article/index/240541/18-ordinary-english-words-that-julius-caesar-spoke

Jewel of the Universe is the fanciest world map you've ever seen
     http://www.neatorama.com/spotlight/2013/02/25/jeweloftheuniverse/

Your next computer will live on your arm
     http://www.wired.com/business/2013/02/thalmic-labs/

12 Lifesaving Tricks to Teach Your Dog
     http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/12-lifesaving-tricks-to-teach-your-dog

The Psychology of Music
     http://visual.ly/psychology-music

Inside the Witness Protection Program
     http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/16/justice/witness-protection-program/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

10 Things Your Smartphone Sucks At (and how to fix them)
     http://lifehacker.com/5980738/top-10-things-your-smartphone-sucks-at-and-how-to-fix-them

If you haven't seen this yet, you should - Jennifer Lawrence gets hit on by Jack Nicholson
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upw1w2yXZs0

February 20, 2013

               I once knew a woman who thought she'd found the
            best desert nomad in the world until she met a Bedouin.

Top of the Heap:  Firefly's 15 Best Chinese Curses (and how to say them)
     http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/fireflys_15_best_uses_of_chinese_profanity.php

What the Internet Was Made For (Thanks, Billy!)
     http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=39525

Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-extremely-disappointing-facts-about-popular-mus

Incredible Animals Doing Disappearing Acts (Thanks, Billy!)
     http://alturl.com/tui3k

Whaddya know... you've been drawing a T-Rex wrong your entire life
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/psa-youve-been-drawing-t-rex-wrong-your-whole-life

Pretty cool - a typeface where every letter is an optical illusion
     http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671747/a-typeface-where-every-letter-is-an-optical-illusion

How to Tell if You're Spending Too Much Time Online...
     http://www.flamingcursor.com/

Some creative ways to Play With Your Food (Thanks, Susie!)
     http://www.baba-mail.com/Content.aspx?emailid=3540&memberid=758670#.USFXio7H1vc

The World's Most Impressive Coral Reefs
     http://www.thenatureanimals.com/2013/02/most-impressive-coral-reefs.html

A few more of Ol' Jay's Brainteasers
     http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/13/Ol-Jays-Brainteasers/

The USA redrawn as 50 states with equal population
     http://fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/

A New Study Points Toward Alien Earths Everywhere in the Galaxy
     http://alturl.com/uuuob

10 Things You Didn't Know About the Books You Read in High School
     http://alturl.com/ivsvd

You Had One Job...
     http://hadonejob.com/

Help Us Name the Moons of Pluto!  (Even though it is just a Mickey Mouse planet...)
     http://www.plutorocks.com/

February 13, 2013

            Judging from the honks, flipped birds and jeers of "Lardass!"
            from the other drivers, it's become pretty apparent that not
            *everyone* thinks it's a marvelous night for a moondance.

Top of the Heap:  The Best Things Ever Said About Love
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/39-best-things-ever-said-about-love

25 Funny Pop Culture Valentines
     http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2013/02/pop-culture-valentines-day-cards/?showall=true

How Romantic - 18 Songs About One-Night Stands
     http://www.avclub.com/articles/tonight-lets-be-lovers-18-songs-onenight-stands,92326/

14 Red Flags to Look Out For in a Relationship
     http://artofmanliness.com/2013/01/31/relationship-red-flags/

The Best Pickup Lines in Film History
     http://flavorwire.com/370072/the-best-pickup-lines-in-film-history/view-all

The Walking Dead Drinking Game
      http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/the-walking-dead-drinking-game

The 10 Leading Candidates for the Next Pope
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/the-10-men-who-would-be-pope

Jay Newman's Brainteasers (no cheating!)
     http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/07/Jay-Newmans-Brainteasers/

54 Fun Facts About Every "Best Album" Grammy Winner
     http://alturl.com/prw6u

Why I am a Christian Democrat (Thanks, Susie!)
     http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ellenpainterdollar/2012/10/why-i-am-a-christian-democrat/

The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World (and NONE of them are in the US!)
     http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/06/and-the-worlds-10-most-expensive-cities-of-2013-are/
    
Seeing the World Through an Airplane Window
     http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/seeing-the-world-through-an-airplane-window/

Why Only Some Grammar Rules are Breakable
     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joel-hoffman/why-only-some-grammar-rul_b_2649062.html?utm_hp_ref=books

For those of you in the colder climes: How to Build an Igloo
     http://www.dumpaday.com/genius-ideas-2/how-to-build-an-igloo-18-pics/

Yum!  The Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival (Thanks, Melody!)
     http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130210/NEWS02/702109919/0/SEARCH

How the Mars Curiosity Rover Got a Personality
     http://io9.com/5980734/how-the-mars-curiosity-rover-grew-up-and-became-a-woman

February 6, 2013

              Growing up, I always thought that quicksand was going
              to be a much bigger problem than it turned out to be.


Top of the Heap:  20 Spectacularly Nerdy Science Jokes
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/20-spectacularly-nerdy-science-jokes-1opu?sub=1798110_613686

Morals, Mammaries, and the Invention of the Stethoscope
     http://mentalfloss.com/article/33583/morals-mammaries-and-invention-stethoscope

The 7 Most Beautiful (But Deadly) Flowers in the World
     http://www.hotelclub.com/blog/deadly-flowers/

Star Trek Wisdom
     http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/31/Star-Trek-Wisdom/

The Thoughts Room
     http://thequietplaceproject.com/thethoughtsroom/?page=thethoughtsroom&lang

How to Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots
     http://www.caranddriver.com/features/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots

Incredible Real-Life Laser Weapons
     http://www.techgraffiti.com/10-incredible-real-life-laser-weapons

CES 2013: The Next Interface - You
     http://live.cnet.com/Event/CES_2013_The_next_interface_You?Page=0

Much cooler than it sounds - Interactive 360^o Light Field Display (Thanks, Jack!)
     http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/3DDisplay/

The 200-Yard Gong Shot (Thanks, Susie!)
     http://www.baba-mail.com/Content.aspx?emailid=3147&memberid=758670

8 Government Conspiracy Theories (and How They Could Be Right)
     http://mentalfloss.com/article/33497/8-government-conspiracy-theories-and-how-they-could-be-right

The Cost of Living on Mars
     http://visual.ly/cost-living-mars

Cool: A 360° Panoramic View from the top of the Burj Khalifa
     http://dubaimap.hipa.ae/index.html

Even cooler: an Interactive 360° Video From A Helicopter Flying Over Four Erupting Volcanoes
     http://www.flixxy.com/interactive-360-video-from-helicopter-flying-over-four-erupting-volcanoes.htm#.UQ3LD1pU5ho

Ridiculous Publicity Stunts by Vladimir "Pooty-Poot" Putin
     http://theweek.com/article/index/239576/8-ridiculous-vladimir-putin-publicity-stunts

Mothers Superior: Not Your Everyday Nuns
     http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/01/Mothers-Superior-Not-Your-Everday-Nuns/

10 Things That Will Torpedo the Value of Your Home
    http://alturl.com/qjkxr

What is The Meaning of Life? (I always thought it was 42)
     http://www.crummy.de/