January 14, 2015

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                I miss the days when the tooth fairy
                was a reliable source of income.


Top of the Heap:  The 100 Funniest Tweets of 2014

Another Top of the Heap:  Most Astonishing Photos That Won Awards In 2014 (Thanks, Billy!)

22 Shocking Statistics That Change How You See the World

The coolest Star Trek reboot you're probably not watching

Current wind map of the United States

20 tricks that can make anyone an Excel expert

Smart luggage could forever change the way we travel

Creative Food Hacks

Ingenious Cleaning Hacks

Have a cat? Want to watch it go nuts? Go here (Thanks, Melody!)                                                           
Live in the USA? DON'T tie a Yellow Ribbon on Your Dog's Leash

Can Fargo do it again?

50 Apps That Will Track EVERYTHING

Movie Milestones

18 Things You Might Not Know About Frasier

Girl Scout Cookie Season is coming - with three new flavors - two of which are gluten-free

5 Things You Didn't Know About The Lord of the Rings

Christopher Lee is the Ultimate Badass

To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This


The Most Iconic Restaurant in Every State (and DC)  (Thanks, Susie!)

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January 7, 2015

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

                There is now a bipartisan push to legalize medical

                marijuana for arthritis use.  In other words, there is

                joint support for joint support for joint support…

Top of the Heap:  The Pirate Bay homepage is now a countdown timer until February 1. Dunno what's supposed to happen, but I'm thinking it's going to be AWESOME.

How Do Smartphones Compare To Supercomputers of the Past?

Never mind the headlines - The World Is Not Falling Apart

82 Mind-Blowing Movie Facts You Probably Didn't Know (Thanks, Mel!)

3 Things You Shouldn't Buy Generic

12 Facts That Just May Save Your Life One Day

Useful car hacks every driver should know

100 things we didn't know last year

21 Movies You Should See in 2015

10 facts you may not know about Elvis Presley

Pretty cool - the Andromeda Galaxy in 3D

20 Starbucks Foods You Probably Haven't Tried (Thanks, Melody!)

Airport and Travel Hacks to De-Stress Your Trip

4 Surprising Ways Google Will Soon Impact Your Life

12 Google Search Hacks That Will Make You Love Google Even More

86 Viral Images From 2014 That Were Totally Fake

10 Things Not to Buy in 2015 (Thanks, Billy!)

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December 31, 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 the people on New Year’s Eve 2019

            don’t call their resolutions “2020 visions”,

            I, for one, will be sorely disappointed.

Top of the Heap:  Just in case you get a little out of hand tomorrow night: The Top 10 Natural Hangover Remedies

6 New Year's Traditions From Around the World

The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2014

The Best Movies of the Year, according to The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Rotten Tomatoes

27 Holiday Desserts That Are Full of Booze. Make one, and you'll be asked to bring the dessert every year from now on.

12 Websites That Will Help You Stick to Your 2015 Resolutions  (yeah. right.)

Movie Moron's Best Movies of 2015

The Pictures of the Year, according to The New York Times, Reuters, The Guardian, and Time

The Most Exciting New Tech Products That Will Launch in 2015 (Thanks, Melody!)

The 50 Most Shared Facebook Posts of 2014

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2014


Top of the Heap That's Not Necessarily Related to the New Year:  27 of the Best Puns Ever on Tumblr

Amazing Princess Bride Theory Dreamed Up By a Child Just BLEW OUR MINDS!

26 pictures that will make you re-evaluate your entire existence

The Worst Things For Sale: The Internet's Most Horrible Items

8 Changes in "The Hobbit" Movies You Didn't Know Were a Huge Deal

Every episode of Every Star Trek Series Ever, Ranked

Stephen Colbert is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert

The Ultimate B-Movie Guide to Life on Other Planets

Did You Hear the One About North Korea?  (Interesting article)

The Drunkest Days in America

30 Flavors That Most People in the US Don't Know Even Exist

Pretty cool - The Internet in Real Time

9 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know About Farts

Cancer and Cannabis: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Medical Marijuana

Top 10 Real-Life Inspirations for Famous Animated Characters

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December 24, 2014

Website Wednesday
The Christmas Edition
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos

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

            Most of my time wrapping presents

            is spent by looking for the scissors

            that were just... in… my… hand.

Top of the Heap:  Rudolf, and Santa's 27 other reindeer

Real Santa Clauses

27 Things You Might Not Know About Home Alone

27 Things You Might Not Know About Christmas Vacation

How to Avoid Conflict With Your Family During the Holidays

The Myth of The 12 Days of Christmas

10 Sinister Santa Christmas Cards

Santa Claus is Real...

25 Years of Must-Have Toys

How to decorate a Christmas Tree

Why We String Popcorn and other fun Christmas Food Facts (Thanks, Melody!)

Things You Don't Know About Christmas Carols

A Brief History of the Christmas Present

The Eggheaded, Noggin-Filling Story of Eggnog

The Origins to 10 Popular Christmas Carols

A Pictorial History of Santa Claus

Related: Can you guess which are two Christmas Carols that have nothing to do with Christmas? (not including Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride, and Let it Snow)

11 Things You Might Not Know About Reindeer

      ~ and finally ~

31 Things You didn't Know About Holiday Songs

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December 17, 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 was late to Fight Club last night

                so I missed the introductory rules.

                Still, Fight Club was awesome

                and I’d highly recommend Fight Club.

Top of the Heap:  17 Little Tricks to Help You Ace All Your Tests

Six Star Wars Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away

The 15 Best and Worst Words to Use on Your Resume

For those of you in the colder climes... How to Get Rid of Ice Dams

25 Most Popular Myths We Believe Are True, But Aren't

15 Pieces of Underwear That Should Never Ever Be Worn

21 Simple Hacks That Will Forever Change the Way You Clean Your Home

Hacking a Keurig Coffee Maker

Different Words Americans Say for the Exact Same Thing

19 Secrets of UPS drivers

Every episode of Star Trek ever, ranked

The Real Story of Apollo 17 and Why We Never Went Back to the Moon

Speaking of which, Can Moons Have Moons? (Short answer: yes)

Five Maps That Never Happened - but if history had been a little different...

Ten things you might not know about Space

How to Speak New York

10 Misconceptions About the Flu

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