2011 has ended and the myriad search engines have been releasing year-end round ups of the top Internet searches during the past year.  The results are… well, they don’t speak highly of humanity.   For starters, these lists filter out spam and such, which makes sense, but they also had to not include people looking for […]

Did you know that certain names are illegal?  True story!  There have been numerous instances throughout the world of parents naming their children only to have the courts rule “No, that name sucks.  Try again.”  (a quote from the decision in the case of The State of Idaho vs. QuackyDuck Poopbooger*) *Not true.  Unfortunately. In […]

British artist David Hockney has an exhibition happening at London’s Royal Academy that features pieces he did on his iPad.  His iPad.  You know, that thing that you’ve seen people with, and they’re playing Zombie Cafe or downloading Dirty Dancing?  Yeah, he made paintings that are being publicly displayed at a place that includes the […]

“Get to a dark place as quickly as possible and try to lure the bee out of your ear with a single source of light like a flashlight… Never try to pull it out with your fingers.” – From “Tormented By A Bee In Your Ear,” Dangerous Situations, And How To Escape in One Piece, […]

I remember when I was a kid and learned how bees see the world.  I thought, “How funny that bees don’t see things like they really are, like we do.”  A moment passed.  A synapse fired.  Then I thought, “Wait a second… What if we don’t see the world the way it really is?”  Another […]

I love laughter.  I know that’s nothing profound or anything, but I just do.  I love laughing, I love hearing people laugh, and I love love love making people laugh.  Always have.  I’m not sure what has me reflecting on this, but possibly my wife saying that I laugh more at TV and movies than […]

According to a recent report, sharks – the world’s most totally awesome creatures who also scare the crap out of me – may be evolving.  Apparently, a breed of “hybrid shark” has been discovered of the coast of Australia.  Now, before you get your hopes up, it’s a hybrid with another species of shark.  It’s […]

Okay, so, you might be saying to yourself that I’m a little late to be applying for the job of North Korea’s Supreme Leader.  That Kim Jong-Il has died and after much build up, appointed his son, Kim Jong-Un, as successor (though most likely, he did those two things in the opposite order).  And you […]