Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Links for Fun
The Best Villains in Movie History. I must be getting decrepit -I can name all the old ones and none of the recent ones.Butterball goes down the stairs. That’s a big accomplishment for an adorable seven-week-old puppy who’s never done it before.
Extreme Swing Tricks. Just some things kids pick up on their way to parkour or Olympic half-pipe.
One Man Band. I wish my town had wonderful characters like this.
The Coolest Guy in the World. He’s kinda just great at everything except making those around him feel adequate.
Why I Slept with 1300 Women. (via Ty.rannosaur.us)
How to Defy Death on the Golf Course. I had no idea the sport was so dangerous!
Some people dream of fame and fortune, others of making the world a better place. Reed Fish and his wife Liz dream of taking photographs of every Sizzler restaurant in the United States.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Friday Fun Links
6 Beloved TV Shows (That Traumatized Cast Members For Life). Hey, nobody said stardom would be easy!10 Reasons Not to Bring Someone Back from the Dead. You can learn a lot from science fiction. (via Gorilla Mask)
Verizon Wireless pranks a customer. He made a call, they showed up, just like in those ridiculous TV ads.
Roman Polanski on To Catch a Predator. So what if the interviewer and interviewee are 30 years apart, it still works.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Support the cause by buying one of the 15 Strangest Breast Cancer Awareness Products.
Imagine watching Star Wars and the actors, sets, and style changed every 15 seconds. You’d be imagining the collaborative project Star Wars Uncut, which still needs volunteers, even though the first trailer is out.
Sesame Street Channels Mad Men. Good work, sycophants! (via YesButNoButYes)
7 Secrets Only Two Living People Know (For Some Reason). That reason is that if only one person knew it, no one would believe they knew it.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Creepy Halloween Party Food
When you plan your Halloween party, the food must be front and center. Since we published Gruesome Halloween Party Food two years ago, many more creepy and delicious treats have surfaced. Try serving the dishes in this list I posted at mental floss, and your guests will be talking about your party for years. Warning: some images may be disturbing.
Good Reads and Info
6 Natural Disasters That Were Caused by Human Stupidity. “Mountaintop Removal” is conspicuously absent.Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Cheese, researched by a cheese fan, encompasses a great portion of the history of cheese as well as the different varieties and how they are made. Who knew you could buy cheese made from moose milk? (via Unique Daily)
When it comes to phones, notebooks and portable game consoles, smaller is nearly always better. But sometimes a gadget just needs to be really, really huge.
Benjamin Franklin invented a musical instrument in 1761 based on the same principle as wine glasses played with a wet finger. Listen to French artist Thomas Bloch demonstrating a glass harmonica, or armonica, at the Paris Music Museum.
Volcanoes Wiped Out All Forests 250 Million Years Ago. That time, it took them four million years to recover.
Famous Dogs Adopted From Shelters or The Streets. See, the pup you rescue during Adopt A Shelter Dog Month may turn out to be a star!
Putting Humpty to Shame: How to Have a Great Fall (and Survive). Still, you don’t want to try this at home.
He wrote the song. He owns the copyright. But MySpace won’t let Edwyn Collins upload it because a Warner Brothers automatically protests anyone but themselves controlling music.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Bicycle Acrobatics
If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, skip to the three minute mark and watch the end. (via Bits and Pieces)
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Music on Wheels: 7 Bicycle Bands
Few things go together as well as bicycles and music. If you didn’t already know that, there are plenty of people who will prove it to you. Read about marching bands on bicycles, rock bands touring on bikes, and musicians who play bicycle parts in this article I wrote for mental_floss.
Informative Reads
The 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded last Thursday. The winners include the researchers who did an experiment to determine whether it is better to be smashed in the head with an empty beer bottle or a full one.Fifteen years after the bones were found, a new species of hominid dating from 4.4 million years ago has been publicly unveiled. Meet Ardipithecus ramidus. (via Metafilter)
Student Loans by the Numbers. The time to start working on those scholarships is now!
Putting Things In Perspective. Before you click the link, think about the one thing you want badly but can’t have.
Understanding the Anxious Mind. Those who realize they are born worriers can learn to deal with anxiety in their own way.
The High Price of Being a Gay Couple. The differences in taxes, job benefits, government benefits, and other expenses will add up over a lifetime. (via Metafilter)
Among the scientists, inventors, engineers, and leaders who left their mark on the world are some who were mentally ill or even downright insane. Their private peccadillos don’t survive in many history books. (via Unique Daily)
War Dances. In excerpts from Sherman Alexie’s new book, a Native American relives the last days with his father as he investigates his own hearing loss.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Funny Links
Cocktails Inspired by Super Heroes.Superman's powers explained. Is there anything geekier than coming up with ways to make superheroes possible?
What happens when a 28 year old guy makes a fake profile of a hot girl on a free dating site? A bunch of WTF.
The 10 Manliest Geeks of All Time. Too bad most of them are fictional.
Simon’s Cat knows where the warm spot is. Like all cats, he is fully capable of taking what he wants.
The Top 12 Movie Devils. I’ll take George Burns. Or Viggo Mortensen maybe.
Make your own fractals with just a mouseover on these magic dots. Other games on the same site are just as fascinating. (via Gorilla Mask)
30 Truly Bizarre Family Portraits.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009
The Hula Song
Someone at Reddit recently called this song “The best 17 seconds of film Disney has ever made.” I can’t argue with that. Also check out this tribute.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
The House of Blood
Where is the house of blood? It could be your house with these home furnishings, most of which are available at the click of a mouse. Individually, they might be described as conversation pieces; put them all together and you’ll have a house of horrors no one would want to visit twice. One of these products used the description “Gruesome, bloody, and absolutely offensive.” This collection I posted at mental_floss is not for the squeamish.
Informative Links
The Creepiest Thing Ever. L’Inconnue de la Seine, the most-kissed face ever, was a dead woman pulled from the seine in the 1870s or 1880s.Extreme pain and stress can actually impair a person's ability to tell the truth. Just in case ineffectiveness is more important than inhumanity in deciding whether to sanction torture.
9 Ways Marketing Weasels Will Try to Manipulate You. Thinking rationally before you buy will save you money, especially if you decide not to buy.
The Mystery of Hitler’s Missing Gold. They still don’t know where it is, but here are six possibilities.
Things you might not know about schizophrenia, in comic book form. There but for the grace of God go any of us. (via b3ta)
8 Historical Crossdressers: Women in a Man’s World. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10822 Because in many times and places, a man’s life was a lot more fun.
Roman Polanski: What Did He Do? Here’s the story from the transcripts of the 1977 grand jury investigation.
Redwoods: The Supertrees. They live for thousands of years and grow hundreds of feet, and they support an entire ecosystem in their branches.
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