January 18, 2017

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail,
peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."  

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going

to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise

money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you

feel the overwhelming desire to donate

money, you can do so here. Thanks!

                    I lost my watch at a party, then saw this guy stepping

                    on it while seriously hassling one of the women there.

                    I walked up to the dude and punched him in the face.

                      No one does that to a woman. Not on my watch.

Top of the heap:  20 bacon hacks that will change your life (This one's a lulu, Mel!)

A Simple Trick for Defrosting Your Windshield in Less Than 60 Seconds

Here we go again: What are your suggestions to replace the classic tokens in Monopoly

Here's this week's Star Wars Trilogy:
     -  Nerdpost: A Handy Guide to the Archaeology of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
      - 10 Humongous Plot Holes in the Star Wars Franchise
      - The 10 Worst Crimes Against the Original Star Wars Trilogy

How You Get the Job With Just One Interview

What it's going to cost to repeal Obamacare

Just in case you ever have one of these - Here are six ways to spot a fake $100 bill

Y'ever wonder what owls look like without feathers? Yeah, me neither.

The First Super Bowl

Here's everything you can order at McDonald's that's not terrible for you

11 Useless Things To Stop Wasting Your Money On In 2017

Key Themes of CES 2017: what do they tell us about the year in tech?

22 Food Quirks Americans Don’t Realize Are Super Weird (but MMMM-mmmm!)

Y'ever wonder why Canadians say "Eh"?  Me, neither.

Scientists are building an animal fart database. (And you thought there were no news worlds to conquer!)

How to Clean an Oven Window

Okay, here's something that could be useful - Eating Right on the Road

Okay, just one more - How to prevent smelly farts

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

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January 11, 2017

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going 

to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise 

money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you 

feel the overwhelming desire to donate 

money, you can do so here. Thanks!

                    You know that period between Christmas and 

                    New Year’s where you don’t know what day it is, 

                    who you are, or what you’re supposed to be doing?

                    Yeah, I’m pretty much there 24/7.

Top of the heap:  23 Ways To Desleaze Your Embarrassment Of A Car

38 of our most anticipated movies of 2017

Related: Top 20 Biggest And Best Comedy Movies Of 2017
5 Huge (And Under-Reported) Problems With Trump's Cabinet
California’s Famous Drive-Through "Tunnel Tree" Is Brought down by Winter Storm (Thanks, Melody)

The Loud, Empty Word That Defines President-Elect Trump

Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Paramedics (I usta be one, so I know these are true. Especially numbers 9 and 10)

The scientific reason you should be watching Planet Earth

The 20 Stages of a Hangover

The 6 Most WTF Unauthorized Uses Of Celebrity Images
18 Things In Your Home You May Have Been Using Wrong Your Entire Life

14 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets of Florists

Disney executives are scheduling meetings about the fate of Leia Organa

The Eddie Haskell Story

The synchronization of 100 metronomes (Try to identify the last holdout)

How Movie Effects Were Done in the Silent Film Era

The Beauty of Japan's Fantastic Emerald Green Algae

Eight Futuristic Foods You'll Be Eating in 30 Years


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

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January 4, 2017

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going 

to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise 

money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you 

feel the overwhelming desire to donate 

money, you can do so here. Thanks!

                    Technically speaking, there is a lot of food in my house.

                    However, since none of it is sweet and none of it is microwaveable.

                    Therefore, there is no food in my house.

Top of the heap:  Shut up and take my money: 27 genius products to ring in the new year

National Geographic's Nature Photographer of the Year 2016 winners

100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

In memoriam: Remembering the famous figures we lost in 2016
13 undeniably good things that happened in 2016

The Year In Memes

6 New Year's Traditions From Around the World

Entertainment Weekly's picks for the 20 Best Movies of 2016

21 Little Ways To Be Happier In 2017

5 Reasons Fake News Killed Facts In 2016

Trump May Well Try to Clamp Down on Anti-Trump Humor; Can He?

Tesla Autopilot’s new radar technology predicts an accident caught on dashcam a second later
Elvis would've been 81 this Sunday. For you heathens who DON'T know much about the King, here's a First Time Listener's Guide

The Most Commonly Misused English Words, part 2 (Thanks, Melody!)

40 types of pizza – The good, bad and weird

Man charged with DUI after testing positive for caffeine (Thanks again, Mel!)

How the cast of Game of Thrones should really look

33 Things That Were Originally Called Something Completely Different

    ~ and, finally ~

Full Star Wars Movie Schedule and Release Date Calendar. Mark your appointment book through the year 2020

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

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December 28, 2016 (last one of the year, auld lang zyneish sort of a vibe going' on)

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going 

to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise 

money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you 

feel the overwhelming desire to donate 

money, you can do so here. Thanks!

SKIPNOTE 2: I'm halfway to my goal of $1000.

Anybody donating gets a free subscription to Website Wednesday!

     

     Rest of the World:  Kilometers

     America:  No

     Rest of the World:  Celsius

     America:  No

     Rest of the World: Daylight Savings Time was last week

     America:  No

     Rest of the World: Day  Month  Year

     America:  No

     Rest of the World: Drives on the right side of the road

     America:  HELL  YESSSS

     UK:  Wait

Top of the heap:  Best Of The Web 2016  (Thanks, Billy!)

Year-End Lists by Vulture, HuffPo, Rotten Tomatoes (movies), Time and NatGeo (photos)

The most anticipated tech of 2017

I knew it! I KNEW it! - The science is in: Exercise isn’t the best way to lose weight

Montage: The Media's 10 Most Mortifying Moments of 2016

C/net's Best LED light bulbs of 2016

What Went Viral in 2016 — and Where Is It Now?

I, for one, welcome our new overlords - the Most Incredible Robots of 2016

33 Painfully True Facts About Everyday Life

Anthony Bourdain Explains The Worst Mistake You Could Make When Cooking Steak

45 Hidden Gems You Should Already Be Watching On Netflix

33 Painfully True Facts About Everyday Life

The Most Commonly Misused English Words   (my mom would've liked this)

Which Actor Has Died The Most On Screen? (HINT: It's not Sean Bean)

If The Moon Were Only One Pixel ("A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system")

Interesting stuff - The Future Is Always Here

     ~ and, finally ~

Alien: Covenant - Trailer, Release Date, Casting, Story Details & Everything We Know


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

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December 21, 2016 - (The Penultimate, Christmasy Edition)

Website Wednesday
(The Penultimate, Christmasy Edition)
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail,
peeing like a baby on a changing table

into the brisk digital wind..."   

                    When one door closes, another opens.

                    When one door closes, another opens.

                    When one door closes, another opens.

              (Me, eating through a chocolate advent calendar)

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going 

to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise 

money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you 

feel the overwhelming desire to donate

money, you can do so here. Thanks!

Top of the Christmas heap:  Contrary, Lazy, or Subversive (but Funny) Christmas Decorations

These are the 10 worst Christmas songs. With videos so you can judge them yourself
14 Incredible Holiday Light Displays

Pley.com is sorta like Netflix for toys (Thanks, Jack!)

Bizarre (But Clever) Christmas Decorations

The 17 Best Christmas Horror Movies

The Story of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

10 Amazing Christmas Shopping Money Saving Tips

The Twelve Days of Christmas – NASA Earth Science Edition


Top of the REGULAR heap:  World War 2.0 is following the course of that war in real time
(but there's a twist: the presentation is a news website, as if it were happening today)

Cats and Laser Pointers

Top 10 Martial Arts and Their Origins

The Weirdest McDonalds Locations in the World (Spasiba, Ivan!)

12 Things Found in Japan That Will Simply Amaze You

29 Logos With Super Sneaky Hidden Meanings

Very Tricky Ways To Sneak In Your Favorite Beverages
Netflix’s Secret Categories That You Never Knew Existed

Like to hike? Here are some World-Class Walks

Here's Why Republicans Hate Obamacare

Coming to America: How 10 Classic Foods Made Their Way to Our Plates

Now you can fact-check Trump’s tweets — in the tweets themselves

15 Surprising Facts About Winter Weather
E. Coli Research Review. Those little boogers get into everything

In the "Depressing-News-Of-The-Week" department: Here's the final popular vote count of the 2016 election 


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

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December 14, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

                    I bought a pair of shoes from 

                    this guy who turned out to be 

                    a drug dealer. I’m not sure 

                    exactly what he laced them with,

                    but I’ve been tripping all day

SKIPNOTE: My friend Erin and I are going 
to do the LA Marathon on March 19 to raise 
money for the Kitten Rescue charity. If you feel 
the overwhelming desire to donate money, 
you can do so here. Thanks!

Top of the heap:  Just GUESS who won this year's Finland's Got Talent (hint: it wasn't a singer)

Spoilers galore in the Top 10 Best TV Moments of 2016

The Most Underrated Movies of 2016 (and where to see them)

15 Insane Homes From Around the World

As you're doing your holiday shopping, consider these Ridiculous PurchasesMade By Super-Rich Celebrities

Earthquakes On a Sphere - every earthquake from 2001 through 2015

Rare Photos on Pinterest

The Top 10 Saturday Night Live Christmas Skits

Real Or Fake Christmas Trees: Which Are Better For The Planet? (the answer may surprise you)

The 50 best places to work in 2017, according to employees

The Internet Reacts Accordingly To Donald Trump’s Time Person Of The Year Cover

NOW we're cookin' - Five of the Top Stargazing Destinations in the World

Radio Garden is a browsable map of streamable radio stations around the world

13 habits science shows will help you fall asleep faster and sleep better

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Winter Solstice


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

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December 7, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

                    I just got back from the funeral 

                    of a guy who died after being hit 

                    in the head with a tennis ball.

                    It was a lovely service.

Top of the heap:  A Lovely, Non-Traumatizing Way To Break The News About Santa To Your Kids

Some stuff about NCIS you might not know

10 unlikely events that actually happened

Home Cleaning Hacks

An eye-opening illustration of what it's like to have dyslexia

Next SpaceX launch looks set for December 16

It's getting cold, little ducks! Read up on Snow Safety For Dogs (Thanks, Melody!)

The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think

Let's Colonize Titan (Saturn's largest moon might be the only place beyond Earth where humans could live)

11 Twisted Facts About The Far Side

100 All Time Greatest Comedy Films

Most Embarrassing Office Party Fails Ever

The best books of 2016

Your name... in gum

8 Things Every Person Should Do Before 8 A.M.

Dutch Treats: The Many Coffee Candies Of The Netherlands

The Ultimate Guide To Shutter Speed In Photography

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

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