March 12, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                What this country needs is 15-minute
                Cliff’s Notes version of major movies
                that we don't want to sit through,
                but still want to be able to discuss.

Top of the Heap:  Okay, the apex of civilization has been reached. Get ready for the iPhone's bacon alarm clock app! (Thanks, Melody and Jack!)

President Obama and Zack Galifianakis.  What else is there to say?

"If the Moon Were Just One Pixel" - a tediously accurate scale map of the Solar System

Not sure if I agree with all of 'em, but here's one version of The 30 Best Films of the Decade   I could argue with this dude for hours about this.

Find the ad for your first (American-made) car. Mine was a 1959 Rambler Station Wagon (Thanks, Billy!)

Primarily for Barridawn:  21 Words That Have a Totally Different Meaning When You Move to LA  (Thanks, Jo!)

Cumberbombing  (Tip O'the hat to the Bardgal for this one)

If you HAVE to get detention, you might as well get it for something awesome (Amirite, Spock?)

The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America

A Tribute to the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Debunking a Few Internet Hoaxes

Striking Images of Earth From Space

Well I feel better now. Apparently, World War III Will Almost Certainly Never Happen

27 Amazing Facts About Comic Strips

Y'ever wonder why the Internet in America is so slow?

Some pretty cool and rare photos from the past (Thanks, Jason!)

What your body is doing when you're sleeping vs. resting

The story behind the SAT overhaul

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March 5, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,

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                  I guess I should be grateful I survived

                  the train wreck. I credit the fact I was

                  stinking drunk, which made me limber.

                  Well, that and the fact that the train

                  wasn't actually *moving* when I hit it.

Top of the Heap: Cool map that rotates to show what time is it right now throughout the world

Top of the Heap, part II:  The Top 100 Places to Eat (according to Yelpers)

Related: America's Best-Rated Restuarant is a tiny shack in a condo complex in Hawaii

20 Ludicrous Things Said by Yoga Teachers

10 Painfully Obvious Truths That People Forget Too Soon (Thanks, Ravi!)

I knew it! I knew it!  Why You Should Always Order the Large Pizza

Brains Always Running: Insomnia is a 24-Hour Problem  (Thanks, Solomon!)

Terrifying Two-Sentence Horror Stories

Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar Selfie Tweet set a new record. But did you catch the grammatical error in it?

The most striking evening gowns at Sunday's Oscars.

20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Seuss

The Original Locations of 15 Famous Food Chains

The Most Incredible Episode of M*A*S*H

The Six Biggest Myths About Money

Google Easter Eggs That You Probably Missed

The Monkees Reunite in 2014

Y'ever wonder why "The Ukraine" became just "Ukraine"?  Yeah, me neither.



Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.

 - Skip    ಠ_ಠ

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February 26, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets, 

 through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail..."

                If Katniss and Peeta from “The Hunger Games”

                were Hollywood celebrities, their supercouple

                nickname would be either Katpee or Peeniss.

Top of the Heap:  Who Knew a Bottle of Red Nail Polish Might Be Responsible For Saving Lives? (Thanks, Barridawn!)

The Philosophy of Spongebob Squarepants
Comedy legend Harold Ramis died on Monday - here's a Beginner's Guide to his work

Related:  11 Highlights From Harold Ramis' Amazing Comedic Career

Japanese Travel Tips for Visiting America

The Top 12 Tips For Single Ladies (in 1938)

Plan to Divide California Into Six States Advances (Hmmmm...)  

10 Famous Musicians' Hilarious (and Surprising) Ad Jingles

How the North Ended Up at the Top of the Map

25 Synonyms for "Pussy Riot," for news presenters who'd really rather not say "pussy" on the air

Signs You Are Dating a Boy and Not a Man

Ten of the Most Ludicrous Fox News Guests

The Curious Case of the American Accent

A Few Things You Might Not Know About the Movie Grease

Make your own warning system with the Personal Threat Level Generator


Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.

 - Skip    ಠ_ಠ

February 19, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,

through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail..."

                    The next time a server in a restaurant asks you, “Is Pepsi okay?”,

                    look shocked and whisper, “I don’t know!! Did something happen?”

Top of the Heap:  Everything you always wanted to know about your pets, but didn't know who to ask (may be a repost)

Six Words You Should Say Today (Thanks, Bodiojodie!)

12 Sites Guaranteed to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing (I guess the House of Chaos must've been #12)

How to Pour the Perfect Glass of Beer Every Time

How Facebook Obsessed Are You?

Life Battery - How Much Charge Do You Have Left (This sucks. Says I have 16%)

Gone in a Split Second - pictures taken at exactly the right moment (Thanks, Billy!)

Anybody want to buy a full-sized Space Shuttle?

20 Essential Facts for Dog Lovers

Why Charles Shultz's comic strip is called Peanuts

The Surprising Science of Dinosaur Pee

Your Country's History in a Nutshell

17 Facts You Probably Don't Know About Gilligan's Island

11 Naughty-Sounding Scientific Names (and What They Really Mean)

Inside the Brief Life and Untimely Death of Flappy Bird

50 Years of Easy-Bake Ovens

Experience just how big the Universe is in one mind-blowing interactive (Thanks, Rose!)

February 12, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,

through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail..."

                    I hate it when I think I’m buying organic vegetables but
                    when I get home I discover they’re just regular donuts.


Top of the Heap:  Your Comprehensive Guide to Everything That's Going Wrong at the Sochi Winter Olympics

13 Signs You're a Full-Blown Coffee Addict (Thanks, Barridawn!)

Related: Why the Sochi Olympics are the Most Expensive in History (Thanks, Erin!)

Everything You nEver Wanted to Know About Curling

The 5 weirdest sports that didn't make the Winter Olympics

13 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sleeping Beauty

In this week's "I-gotta-try-this" department: the Imploding Can Crusher

Pluto is about to make a stunning comeback

40 of the Best Villain Headquarters

Biscotti That May Get You Blacklisted

Jimmy Fallon is going to be great on The Tonight Show, but here The 10 Best Johnny Carson Moments

The World's Most Used Musical Sequence - it's called the Diatonic Phrygian Tetrachord

How Many Days Old Are You?

Fun Facts For Blazing Saddle's 40th Anniversary

A 12 Year-Old's Guide to Understanding Women

17 Misused and Made-Up Words That Make You Rage

How to Find Our Planet's Twin

A Guide to Optimized Napping

February 5, 2014

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,

through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail..."

                    The Bachelor says that having gays on TV

                    is “not a good example for kids.” I suppose

                    that’s because if anything is a good example

                    for kids, it’s one man dating 30 women at once.

                   

Top of the Heap:  What to do after the Super Bowl? Discuss the commercials and make image memes about the losing team

25 Websites That Will Make You Look Like a Genius

The 10 Worst Super Bowl Halftime Shows

15 Things You Should Be Buying at the Dollar Store

Fire in the Hole! Farting Cows Cause a Shed to Explode in Germany

This changes EVERYTHING!  Bacon Jam!  (Thanks, Melody!)

A State-by-State Look at the Future of Legal Marijuana

Spend the night in a giant anus!

26 Funny Movie Facts

7 Math Hacks That Will Change Your Life! (That title might be a bit exaggerated)

10 TV Shows That Changed the World

A hauntingly beautiful interactive visualization of global weather conditions

15 Words That Don't Mean What They Used To

Charlie Daniels' The Devil Went Down to Georgia is a Southern Allegory

Everything we know so far about the next Avengers movie

The Apple commercial you didn't see during the Super Bowl (Thanks, Timmy!)