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The pop rocks & soda dare

The triple dog dare This past weekend, I was perusing the sugary selections at Northwest Sweets in Portland, Oregon, when I came across this gem of marketing and couldn’t help but laugh — and take a picture,...

Winnie the Pooh: Violent criminal?

From the Brampton, Ontario Guardian we get a valuable lesson for newspaper publishers about making sure the photo on the front page above the fold matches your top headline — or at least doesn’t make your...

Problem solving flowchart

As a follow-up to our Official engineering flowchart, I present this additional helpful guide for solving difficulties at work or around the house. I’d also like to point out that this was brought to my attention...

31 fun synonyms for pooping

Continuing our “synonyms for bodily functions” series (we talked vomit here), let’s take a look at another one America seems obsessed with: pooping. Just a regular guy Not a day goes by where we...

Silly signs, part 1

OYT is kind of like a rest stop on the side of the internet. It’s where you pull over for a while, take a break, maybe grab something to drink and pee in a bathroom of questionable cleanliness and functionality....

Fun synonyms for vomit

Throw up, puke, barf, hurl, upchuck — everyone knows these alternate terms for vomiting. However, if you’re looking to describe your next stomach-emptying escapade with a little more elan, then consider...

Rock Paper Scissors: Game on

Rock-paper-scissors, roshambo, whatever you like to call it, this classic game dates back to the Chinese Han Dynasty.  Not just a popular playground game, it’s also used the world over to determine who is going...
recent from History Portable multimedia – 1980s style
Portable multimedia – 1980s style Eighties smartphone equivalent Once upon a time, in a decade far, far away, if you wanted to listen to music, read a book, watch a movie, record a video, listen to the radio, use a calculator, or make a phone call — and be prepared to do it all at once,...
recent from Animals & creatures The pop rocks & soda dare
The pop rocks & soda dare The triple dog dare This past weekend, I was perusing the sugary selections at Northwest Sweets in Portland, Oregon, when I came across this gem of marketing and couldn’t help but laugh — and take a picture, of course: It’s never funny when you have to explain the joke, but I will anyway in...
recent from Food & drink The pop rocks & soda dare
The pop rocks & soda dare The triple dog dare This past weekend, I was perusing the sugary selections at Northwest Sweets in Portland, Oregon, when I came across this gem of marketing and couldn’t help but laugh — and take a picture, of course: It’s never funny when you have to explain the joke, but I will anyway in...
recent from Places Earth: As seen from the sky
In between the moon and the stars From NASA comes this amazing 3-1/2 minute video of scenes of Earth shot by Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. Check out a sky-high view of auroras, lightning, oceans, and nighttime light displays from all...