Just what the title says.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Author John Grisham makes at least one new Spam-based dish for his family every week. His goal is to create a dish that will win the cooking contest at the annual Spamarama in Austin, Texas. He has entered the competition 5 times, placing 56th, 23rd, 4th, 77th (dead last) and 9th. He says that the day he placed last was the "3rd worst day" of his life. His family hates Spam.
Friday, July 28, 2006
The first pressing of the 1971 Pink Floyd album Meddle was rumored to contain an extremely high content of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. As a result, most of the albums were destroyed by fans trying to get an exceptional high. The albums remaining are some of the most valuable rock albums of all time.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The Yahoo corporate headquarters was deliberately built with airducts large enough to crawl through. Jerry Yang, Yahoo's co-founder, demanded that the airducts to be that large in case there was some sort of corporate attack. He had just seen Die Hard when they were talking about the building design.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
There is a new floral shop in New York called Schadenfreude's that specializes in deliviering bouquets to people you hate. They have a range of products starting with simple dead flowers, moving to beautiful bouquets with poison ivy accents, boquets with vases full of leeches and lastly boquets with marijuana accents that are accompanied by anonymous calls to the police. The store is staggeringly successful and they are planning on opening a Los Angeles branch in time for Christmas.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
The new "must-have" item for Hollywood publicists is a quick-acting, mini tranquilizer gun. Publicists will often use them on misbehaving celebrities before they do something especially stupid. The quick collapse can then be blamed on "exhaustion" and the sleeping celebrity can be whisked off to some controlled environment. Unfortunately, some clients have proven very resistant to normal tranquilizers, and some have gone on rampages after the initial prick of the dart.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Although the flamingos of Lake Titicaca are rather slow and ungainly, they have developed an extremely effective defense mechanism. Using their long necks and curved beaks, they are able to hurl stones at predators with a great deal of force and surprising accuracy. Researchers have clocked stones hurled by the birds at over 60 miles per hour. Some people believe that the birds' abilities and beak shape led to the development of the cestus which is used to hurl the ball in the sport jai alai.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
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