August 17, 2011

		My detractors accuse me of making up stuff just to avoid 
		criticism,.  I think that's just a load of runoidious palokey.  

Top of the Heap:  Pretty cool:  The (Interactive) Titanic Taxonomy of Wrestler Names
     http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-titanic-taxonomy-of-wrestler-names

Tired of your job?  Here are 10 High-Paying Jobs That Aren’t Worth It
     http://www.businessinsurance.org/10-high-paying-jobs-that-arent-worth-it/

Museums not really your thing?  Try one of these 10 Delightfully Weird Museums
      http://io9.com/5825821/ten-delightfully-weird-museums

A blast from the past: TV Intros from the 1940's to today
     http://ilovetvintros.com/

New drug may be able to cure all viral infections
     http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/antiviral-0810.html

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.  SETI is back in business
     http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/08/7309356-donations-revive-seti-quest

Speaking of the Final Frontier, Virgin Galactic picks first pilot of commercial space fleet
     http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/08/10/space-captain-of-the-day/

I don't know, I liked one or two of the Worst Summer Movie Sequels.  But mostly they just sucked.
     http://movies.ign.com/articles/118/1181897p1.html

10 Beautiful Urban Parks on Earth
     http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-most-beautiful-parks-earth

Test your reaction time and tranquilize sheep at the same time!
     http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Groovy, baby!  Austin Powers 4 (and by extension, Dr. Evil!) is coming!
     http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/exclusive-mike-myers-is-signed-sealed-delivered-and-austin-powers-4-is-coming

10 Hilarious Ways to Answer Your Phone
     http://www.homephoneservice.org/blog/2011/10-hilarious-ways-to-answer-your-phone/

11 Cheery Songs That Are Actually Depressing
     http://clutch.mtv.com/2011/08/15/cheery-songs-that-are-depressing/

Wacky Sci-Fi Laws
     http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17566

August 10, 2011

		I was just trying to be efficient.  Listen, if the people
		in my doctor's waiting room are going to get so upset
		about it, they should put up a sign that says, "Please 
		wait until entering the examination room before disrobing." 

Top of the Heap:  You just got Reichrolled!  I... just... PLOTZED!   (Thanks, Wills!  Good luck on your journey, pal!)
     http://reichrolld.com/

I've had it with voice activated help  (Amen.)
     http://sohaveyouevernoticed.blogspot.com/2011/08/ive-had-it-with-voice-activated-help.html

5 Things You Didn't Know About the TV Show Cops
     http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17432

Salt Water on Mars?  (Thanks, Kevin!)
     http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/04aug_marsflows/

New hi-tech goggles convert visual data into sound
     http://theweek.com/article/index/218046/scientific-breakthrough-seeing-with-your-ears

Penny Coyne - broadcaster turned fundraiser
     http://heraldnet.com/article/20110808/LIVING/708089995

I, for one, welcome our new cookie-baking robot overlords
     http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/08/08/cooking-baking-robot-of-the-day/

6 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Awesome
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19350_6-famously-terrible-movies-that-were-almost-awesome.html

Tents That Turn Into Concrete  (Thanks, Kevin!)
     http://www.wimp.com/concretetents/

Interesting Banana Facts and Uses
     http://www.epidemicfun.com/2009/interesting-banana-facts-and-uses/#more-929

GOP gripes about Bachmann's Crazy-Eyes pic, so Newsweek releases outtakes showing she always looks like that
     http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/newsweek/galleries/2011/08/08/michelle-bachmann-newsweek-cover-photos.html

SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING: Rep. Barney Frank farts during live interview
     http://videogum.com/349981/breaking-fart-news-barney-frank-d-ma-farts/politics

NASA discovers that humans evolved from aliens or something
     http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorites.html

"Play Monopoly, Lose a Friend." 11 Board Games Most Likely to Spark Actual Fights
     http://www.11points.com/Games/11_Board_Games_Most_Likely_to_Spark_Actual_Fights

Meet the man who lives in a 78 sq.ft. apartment in Midtown Manhattan
     http://www.dlisted.com/2011/08/09/open-post-hosted-78-square-foot-apartment

August 3, 2011

  I dream of getting married to a "girl next door" type.  Coincidentally,
  my other dream is that I live next door to the Playboy Mansion.

Top of the Heap:  11 Incredibly Satisfying Simple Pleasures
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/11-incredibly-satisfying-simple-pleasures

How To Use Two Google Accounts at the Same Time (in the Same Browser)
     http://todayilearned.co.uk/2011/07/15/how-to-use-two-gmail-accounts-at-the-same-time-in-the-same-browser/

Basic Self-Defense Moves Anyone Can Do (and Everyone Should Know)
     http://lifehacker.com/5825528/basic-self+defense-moves-anyone-can-do-and-everyone-should-know

The Flexible Phone of the (not-too-distant) Future
     http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/396690/Like-a-Second-Skin-The-Flexible-Samsung-Phone-from-the-Future

5 Classic Movies That Seemed Like Terrible Ideas at the Time
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19304_5-classic-movies-that-seemed-like-terrible-ideas-at-time.html

Trojan Asteroid Stalking Earth.  What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
      http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20110727.html

Here’s something you don’t have to think about. Just move your mouse around and enjoy
     http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7066/main.swf

We don't have 'em all in California, but we don't miss many: Man Attempts Surgery With Butter Knife  (Thanks, Ivan!)
     http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/07/26/us/AP-US-Butter-Knife-Surgery.html?_r=1&hp

Addicting Game of the Week: All We Need is Brain (Tip O'the Hat to BFF Donna)
     http://games.yahoo.com/game/all-we-need-is-brain

Confirmed: Charlie Sheen’s Two and a Half Men character is dead
     http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/the-new-two-and-a-half-men-intel-casa-harper-for-sale-harpers-girlfrinds-return/

July 27, 2011

  The Olive Garden's ads say, "When you're here, you're 
   family."  That's so true.  My family can't cook either. 

 

Top of the Heap:  Famous Movie Quotes as if Spoken by a Proper Englishman  (Funny!)
     http://slacktory.com/2011/07/famous-movie-quotes-spoken-proper-englishman/

21 Things You Probably Didn't Think eHow Could Teach You
      http://www.geekosystem.com/21-weird-ehows/2/

10 Deleted Scenes That Would've Ruined the Film
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19312_10-deleted-scenes-that-wouldve-ruined-film.html

The "Most Pointless Game of the Week" - Boohbah! (Thanks, Jack.  I think.)
     http://www.boohbah.tv/zone.html

Divers’ faces frozen in action at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai
      http://alturl.com/tzw66

Find out how many English words know with Test Your Vocabulary
     http://testyourvocab.com/

For the pirate in you - create your own Jolly Roger flag with the Skull Generator
     http://www.schaedelgenerator.de/

Turns out that Pluto (which was recently downgraded to a Mickey Mouse planet) has a fourth moon
     http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/20/138560524/hubble-discovers-fourth-moon-orbiting-pluto

For my fellow scuba enthusiasts:  10 Bizarre Underwater Events
      http://www.oddee.com/item_97828.aspx

There's No Lack of Stupidity in Sports
     http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/norman-chad-stupidity-in-sports/2011/07/16/gIQAlNVVKI_story.html

The Big Lebowski bungalow for sale. Rug sold separately.
     http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/07/big_lebowski_realty.php

July 20, 2011

  Every once in a while I stop and think, 
                "I know you can read my thoughts."  
                      You know. Just in case. 

 

Top of the Heap:   Incredibly cool 360° panoramic picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck
     http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

Another Top of the Heap:   The Top 100 Images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope
     http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/

Top 10 Real World Easter Eggs and Cheat Codes
     http://lifehacker.com/5819337/top-10-real-world-easter-eggs-and-cheat-codes

10 Fascinating Facts About Phone Numbers
     http://mashable.com/2011/07/06/facts-phone-numbers/#view_as_one_page-gallery_box1669

Got a hangover?  Try a bacon sandwich!
     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5118283/Bacon-sandwich-really-does-cure-a-hangover.html

15 Foods That Could Survive the Apocalypse
     http://highcholesterolfoodsblog.com/15-foods-that-could-survive-the-apocalypse/

The Top 10 Invented Languages (Gee, just guess which clocked in at number one)
     http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-invented-languages.php

Over this past weekend NASA's Dawn became the first spacecraft to orbit a main-belt asteroid (Thanks, Kevin)
     http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18jul_dawn4/

  Students create a Jedi Robot that can duel humans. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
     http://youtu.be/VuSCErmoYpY

Take a guess what rating Rotten Tomatoes gave Sarah Palin's film The Undefeated.  Go ahead.  Guess.
      http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771245638/

7 Strange Ways Harry Potter is Now Real
     http://www.ranker.com/list/7-strange-ways-harry-potter-has-become-a-reality/saintmort

July 13, 2011

           

  It occurs to me that the phrase "righty tighty,
  lefty loosey" applies equally well to politics.

 

Top of the Heap:   The 13 Most Common Brain Farts
     http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/07/01/the-13-most-common-brain-farts-in-human-history/

Do You Remember These? (Then you're freakin' OLD!)
     http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm

How to Make Everything OK
     http://make-everything-ok.com/

People who were banned from Saturday Night Live
     http://www.zimbio.com/Infamous+moments+in+Saturday+Night+Live+history/notes/1

Mmmm, artery-clogging goodness with turtle burgers
     http://doitandhow.com/2011/07/03/turtle-burgers/

7 "Ancient" Forms of Mysticism That Are Recent Inventions
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19283_7-ancient-forms-mysticism-that-are-recent-inventions.html

"One of the biggest challenges you're gonna face in your life is how to fold a fitted sheet..."  Yup.
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc

A collection of Drinking Games (the only ones I can remember are "Cardinal Puff" and "Fuzzy Duck")
     http://www.webtender.com/handbook/games/

What do engineers do when they get bored?  Create an EXCELLENT Rube Goldberg machine! (Thanks, Billy!)
     http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qybUFnY7Y

Yet another one from my right-wing love muffin Billy - a Century of Sports
     http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=QNL0iMIMxvk&vq=small

6 Lies About the Human Body You Learned in Kindergarten
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19296_6-lies-about-human-body-you-learned-in-kindergarten.html

10 Cheap Date Ideas She’ll Actually Love.  Hmmmm.
     http://artofmanliness.com/2011/07/06/10-cheap-date-ideas-shell-actually-love/

The Harry Potter Corn Maze (Maize Maze?)
     http://designyoutrust.com/2011/07/12/photo-of-the-day-english-farmer-carves-enormous-harry-potter-corn-maze/

Related: the Hogwarts Cake, created for the New York premiere of ...  well, you know....
     http://eater.com/archives/2011/07/12/heres-a-photo-of-duff-goldmans-harry-potter-premiere-cake.php

New video of the tsunami in Japan... coming straight toward you!  (Thanks, Billy!)
     http://sg.news.yahoo.com/dramatic-video-japan-tsunami-viral-video-20110417-074110-955.html

July 6, 2011

  How come those fans that move their 
  heads back and forth are "oscillating," 
  but when I watch tennis I have to say 
  I'm "moving my head back and forth?" 
          Hey, I'm a fan, too. 

 

Top of the Heap:   7 Pieces of Good News Nobody is Reporting
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19317_7-pieces-good-news-nobody-reporting.html

Where are YOU going to be on Monday, August 21, 2017?  I, for one, will be in the path of the next Solar Eclipse
     http://www.eclipse2017.org/ECLIPSE2017_main.HTM

A 360° zoomable panoramic view of Paris (Thanks, Jack!)
     http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm

The Science of Pie.  Mmmmm, pie.
     http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2011/07/the-food-lab-the-science-of-pie-how-to-make-pie-crust-easy-recipe.html

Dunno how to explain Twisted Sifter - just a pretty cool site and worth a visit or two
     http://twistedsifter.com/

Almost Cast:  Who Lost Iconic Roles?
     http://www.life.com/gallery/61531/image/3244818#index/0

The One Billion Dollars That Nobody Wants (Well, hell.... I'll take it if nobody else wants it!)
      http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137394348/-1-billion-that-nobody-wants?sc=fb&cc=fp

Night vision contact lenses?    Forget that.  When are they gonna invent contact binoculars for the beach?
     http://www.internet-d.com/2011/06/25/night-vision-contact-lenses/

5 Acts of Nature That Rearranged the Face of the Planet
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19235_5-acts-nature-that-rearranged-face-planet.html

Michelle Bachman - Try Not to Laugh
     http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-20110622?link=mostpopular1&page=1

Qwiki is an Interesting new search engine
     http://www.qwiki.com/

Looking for an exotic adventure locale for your next vacation?  Try The Cool Hunter
      http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1957/amazing-places-to-experience-around-the-globe-part-1

Vampires, A to Z
     http://vampiresaz.webs.com/

Explaining the Psychology of Comfort Food
     http://www.gilttaste.com/stories/622

This Saturday, the date being 7-9-11, is Odd Day
      http://www.oddday.net/

Have you ever wondered what's living in your belly button?  Me neither.
     http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/06/27/discovering-my-microbiome-you-my-friend-are-a-wonderland/