The Life of Mr. Santa Clause, and other men who filled Santa's boots. (Thanks, WTM!)
The Traditional Ugly Ornament Exchange. You might even like some of them.
Glace Nobel, the World's Smartest Ice Cream. If you never win a Nobel Prize, you can still taste it.
See gallery of 47 snowball fights depicted in art from all over the world (except the tropics). You'll also get anecdotes about some of the more important snowball fights in history. (via Nag on the Lake)
11 Actors Who Came Close to Starring in The Lord of the Rings. Then imagine what a different trilogy it could have been.
A taxonomy of the January 6 insurrectionists and how these groups fit together. (via Fark)
Mel Brooks at 95.
Can science solve the poverty problem? Science can tell us what we're doing wrong, but it can't make us do the right thing.
A blast from the past (2014): 14 Web Toys to Fill Your Day.
2 comments:
In order to fix the poverty problem you need people who care about the poverty problem. Human nature wants to be able to point at people who are doing worse so as not to look as bad.
Great LOTR story. And Peter Jackson (admittedly) screwed Sir Christopher by cutting Saruman's death from the theatrical release of Return of the King.
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