February 15, 2012

Oh sure, it may *sound* pathetic that I spent Valentine's Day 
home alone with a bottle of wine, listening to "one is the Loneliest 
Number" over and over again.  But hey, at least I got lucky.
  

Top of the Heap: The Scale of the Everything, from Quantum Foam to the Estimated Size of the Universe.  Wow.
     http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

The 9 Most Dangerous Landing Strips in the World (Thanks, Susie!)
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-track-planet/the-worlds-10-most-danger_b_1217929.html

14 Strange and Interesting Facts Worldwide
     http://www.theworldgeography.com/2011/08/14-strange-interesting-facts-worldwide.html

Forget weddings.  How about a Drive-Thru Funeral Home?
     http://in.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=INRTR2XJP6#a=1

Breakfast Cereals From Around the World
     http://www.nowthatsnifty.com/2012/02/breakfast-cereals-from-around-world.html#.Tzfj7yPD7yx

Addicting Game of the Week - Blow Things Up
     http://www.random-good-stuff.com/game/play/Blow_Things_UP

6 Modern Playgrounds That Will Make Your Inner Child Jealous
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19675_6-modern-playgrounds-that-will-make-your-inner-child-jealous.html

6 Things No One Tells You About Living on a Farm
     http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-no-one-tells-you-about-living-farm/

Celebrity Tour Riders: The 9 Most Ridiculous Demands
     http://theweek.com/article/index/224260/celebrity-tour-riders-the-9-most-ridiculous-demands

February 8, 2012

  Mud on the shoe, dirt under the fingernails, spot of gravy on the tie:  
  I wonder if Sherlock Holmes would have been as great at deducing 
  people's actions if all his friends and acquaintances weren't such slobs.

Top of the Heap: Snowmobiler's Sphincter Factor - 9.6  (skip to 1:10)
      http://youtu.be/Rgd01qJjnR0

61 Things We Learned From the Armageddon Commentary
     http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/61-things-we-learned-from-the-armageddon-commentary-jkirk.php

9 Real-Life Planets So Outrageous You'd Swear They Were Sci-Fi
     http://blastr.com/2012/01/9-real-planets-so-amazing.php

After Munsters reboot, Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer want to work on Star Trek TV show
      http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/02/06/star-trek-tv-series-rumors-of-the-day/

6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19661_6-real-people-with-mind-blowing-mutant-superpowers.html

See what your name would look like as a tattoo!
     http://www.dilmaza.com/intro/

Wikipedia's Lists
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists

Wikipedia's List of Lists
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists

Wikipedia's List of Lists of Lists
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_lists

How to see if someone Unfriends you on Facebook
     http://mashable.com/2012/01/30/how-to-see-unfriend-facebook/#456413-On-Facebook

6 Painful Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Fighting
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19654_6-painful-things-nobody-tells-you-about-fighting.html

The New Police Siren You Can Actually Feel
     http://autos.aol.com/article/howler-police-siren/

February 1, 2012

   I’ve decided I’m no longer going to be using a personal 
   trainer. If I'm going to be paying that much money for 
   someone to hurt me, I want a ball gag and a safe word.

 
Top of the Heap: Blue Marble 2012: NASA Releases HiDef Photo of the Earth
     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/blue-marble-2012-earth-image-nasa-photo_n_1232173.html?ref=mostpopular

The Secret of Magic Island - the Holy Grail for Movie Nerds  (Thanks, Susie!)
     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/28/the-secret-of-magic-island_n_1237658.html

12 Myths Everyone Believes About Space (Thanks to Movies)
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19649_6-myths-everyone-believes-about-space-thanks-to-movies.html

2012: The End of the World
     http://www.bitoffun.com/video_vault/2012-the-end.html

The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor
     http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits-you-develop-growing-up-poor/

What Movie Posters Have in Common
     http://www.jumpoverthere.com/what-movie-posters-have-in-common/

The Craziest Facts About the Human Body
     http://all-that-is-interesting.com/craziest-facts-about-human-body

What Happens Online When You Die
     http://www.lifeinsurancefinder.com.au/infographics/what-happens-online-when-you-die/

Secrets of the Vatican Exposed
     http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/27/10-secrets-of-the-vatican-exposed/

Okay, THIS is kind of scary...  but if you want to know who your neighbors are, try this  (Thanks, Kevin)
     http://neighbors.whitepages.com/

How we read online
     http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_browser/2008/06/lazy_eyes.html?tid=sm_tw_button_toolbar

What do you want to be when you grow up? Here are some surprisingly fun things you can actually make a living doing
     http://www.uncoached.com/2012/01/26/7-surprisingly-fun-things-you-can-actually-make-a-living-doing/

204 Lay's Potato Chip Flavors From Around the World
     http://www.nowthatsnifty.com/2012/01/204-lays-potato-chip-flavors-from.html#.TybXeiPD7yx

T-Rex Trying... (to do stuff)
     http://trextrying.tumblr.com/

17 Movie Blockbusters So Horrible Even Their Creators Say They Sucked
     http://blastr.com/2012/01/17-blockbusters-so-horrib.php

Who woulda thunkit?  Clint Eastwood is a badass in real life
     http://thescuttlefish.com/2012/01/clint-eastwood-actually-is-a-bad-ass-in-real-life/

January 25, 2012

  They say the lottery is just a tax on stupidity, 
  but it only took me two minutes and a mere 
  20 bucks to win $5 on the Pick-Six scratch off!  
  So who's the stupid one now, bee-yotch? 

Top of the Heap: Most Important Scientific Study Ever; What About Farting Astronauts?
     http://io9.com/5876281/most-important-scientific-study-ever-what-about-farting-astronauts

Greatest Unscripted Movie Moments (Thanks, Susie!)
     http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-unscriptedmoviemoments/

Twenty Top Predictions for life 100 years from now (and we all know how accurate those are)
     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16536598
     http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm

Six "Based on a True Story" Movies with Unpleasant Epilogues
     http://www.cracked.com/article_19564_6-based-true-story-movies-with-unpleasant-epilogues.html

This ought to help you stick to your diet: 11 Things Germier Than Toilet Seats
      http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/113103

Launch Calendar: This Year's Space Mission Schedule
     http://www.space.com/14150-rocket-launches-calendar-space-missions.html

A fun-filled, downhill bike path.  Trust me - the Sphincter-Factor on this video is 9.6
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaNBuqSuNqk

Exposed: The Actors Inside Famous Costumes
     http://flavorwire.com/247982/exposed-the-suit-actors-inside-famous-costumes

The Biggest and the Best (according to these guys) Action Movies of 2012
     http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=20535

Science Fact or Fantasy? The Feasibility of 20 Imaginary Worlds
      http://www.livescience.com/17796-science-fiction-imaginary-worlds-countdown.html

10 Hand Gestures You Should Know When Traveling
     http://www.zencollegelife.com/10-hand-gestures-you-should-know-when-traveling/

The 9 Most Crystal Clear Waters on Earth (I'm heading to #1 thirteen weeks from today)
      http://www.travelsupermarket.com/blog/crystal-clear-waters/

Some Stuff You Probably Don't Know About Winnie the Pooh
     http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-winnie-the-pooh/

I used to joke about my sons snowboarding down a wall with snow on it.  These guys actually did it.
     http://alturl.com/bgkzp

January 18, 2012

  If you don't count  most of Europe, most of Asia, Hawaii, North
  and South America, Antarctica, and Australia, Alexander the 
  Great conquered the entire world by the age of 30.  By that 
  kind of thinking, I'm one of the wealthiest guys on the PLANET!     

Top of the Heap: I'm glad I'm going to Maldives (in 98 days) before they move the entire island nation to Australia
     http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/sea-levels-rise-maldives-president-may-move-his-entire-island-nation-australia.html

There are apps for this, but if you need to find your cellphone NOW, here's where to do it
     http://www.wheresmycellphone.com/

Speaking of apps, this one's a bit bizarre... (Thanks, Melody!)
     http://alturl.com/nckeo

25 Celebrities With Whom You Can Go on a Cruise
      http://www.holytaco.com/25-celebrities-with-whom-you-can-go-on-a-cruise/

12 Sci-Fi Film Locations You Can Actually Visit
     http://www.travelsupermarket.com/blog/12-sci-fi-film-locations-you-can-actually-visit/

12 MORE Sci-Fi Film Locations You Can Actually Visit
     http://www.travelsupermarket.com/blog/12-more-sci-fi-film-locations-you-can-actually-visit/

Skyrim's Craziest Mods and Glitches
      http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1215986p1.html

Set Up Your New Tablet, Phone, Camera and More the Right Way
     http://gizmodo.com/5871016/how-to-set-up-all-your-kickass-new-gear

The most insane surf footage you'll ever see
     http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/01/the-most-insane-surf-footage-youll-ever-see

Drinking Games for the Mature Adult  (yeah, right)
     http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6689718/drinking-games-for-the-mature-adult

The Most Extreme Super Bowl Party Recipes
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/crashthesuperbowl/the-most-extreme-super-bowl-party-recipes

January 11, 2012

  If I were a NASCAR driver, I'd switch on my left-turn 
  signal every so often just to confuse the competition. 

Top of the Heap:  From the guy who invented the "Breathe-Right" Nasal Strips...
     http://youtu.be/il9Arcx4h2k

College Humor tackles Battlestar Galactica (the good one)  (Thanks, Tally!)
     http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6683770/battlestar-galactica-rpg

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About The Moon
     http://zidbits.com/2011/11/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-moon/

12 Things That Will Be Less Expensive in 2012
     http://dealnews.com/features/12-Things-That-Will-Be-Less-Expensive-in-2012/533663.html

Stephen Hawking Understands Everything.  Except Women
     http://www.geekosystem.com/biggest-mystery-stephen-hawking-women/

USC’s Ski and Snowboard Team Thrashes Mammoth Mountain
      http://www.brobible.com/videos/watch/uscs-ski-snowboard-finals-week

The Big Question for 2012: Was There Ever Life on Mars?
     http://news.discovery.com/space/life-on-mars-111113.html

Hair of the Dog: Now man's best friend can enjoy a pint and a Sunday roast as pub introduces beer for canines
     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083958/Pub-sells-special-beer-dogs-Newcastles-Brandling-Villa-offers-mans-best-friend-pint.html

Failed Flavors of Popular Snack Foods
     http://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/28/failed-flavors-of-popular-snack-foods/

January 4, 2012

  The probability that Van Morrison titled the song "Brown 
  Eyed Girl" because he couldn't remember her name: 67%

 

Top of the Heap:  If Famous Writers Had Written "Twilight"
     http://io9.com/5872490/if-famous-writers-had-written-twilight

The coolest clock you'll see all week, guarandamnteed.
     http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=Accessories&ProductId=MCLK12

Somebody call Kumar:  White Castle is considering selling booze
     http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/white_castle_considers_alcohol.html

Ever wondered how much TSA security screening accomplishes?
      http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112

Congratulations, Saginaw!  You're at the top (bottom?) of the list of the Most Dangerous Cities in America. (LA? Not even on the list!)
      http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

Katy Perry donates her boobs to charity.  Incidentally, I want tattoo lady's job.
     http://www.break.com/index/kate-perry-donates-boobs-to-chairty.html

Everything You'll Hate About the new Facebook Timeline, and How to Enable It With One Click
     http://news.yahoo.com/everything-youll-hate-facebook-timeline-144043431.html
     http://mashable.com/2011/12/15/facebook-timeline-how-to/

Hilarious Prank Letters to Corporations
     http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2011/12/hilarious-prank-letters-to-corporations.html

"Did I ever tell you about the time...?"
     http://rockandrolltedium.tumblr.com/

Here's a newsflash:  Celebrity Gossip is Making Us Stupider
     http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/01/charlie-sheen-s-winning-streak-celebrity-gossip-is-making-us-stupid.html



A couple "End of the Year" posts I missed last week:

Winning!  The Year in Mostly Annoying Quotes and Catchphrases
     http://www.good.is/post/winning-the-year-in-mostly-annoying-quotes-and-catchphrases/

The Top Scientific Discoveries of 2011
     http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/top-discoveries-2011/?pid=2732&viewall=true



And, looking forward:

The Ultimate Adventure Bucket List for 2012
     http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/trips/ultimate-adventure-bucket-list-2012/

The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukadium/30-most-anticipated-movies-of-2012-r5

49 Funny Things to Look Forward To in 2012
     http://splitsider.com/2011/12/49-funny-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2012/

2012 Economic Outlook: Why Things Are Better Than We Think
     http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/27/2012-economic-outlook-why-things-are-better-than-we-think.html

What's In and What's Out for 2012
     http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/features/2011/year-in-review/the-list.html

This'll come in handy - Mark your 2012 Calendar for some SERIOUS geeking out!
     http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/02/mark-your-2012-calendar-for-some-serious-geeking-out/?hpt=hp_c2