Although the 2009 Ocean to Ocean Race isn’t getting the press that the original 1909 race did, there’s a little more out there now that the race is underway than there was for the first NurdleNet post on the topic. The video below is low on commentary but great for anyone trying to get inspiration [...]

A tribute song to the inventor of chicken nuggets – I had no idea anyone was willing to take credit Hopefully this Canadian crime wave will cease before the Olympics There’s a sheep photography competition – a creative challenge if ever there was one Apparently carrots started out purple – who knew? UFO-spotting and alien [...]

It’s no secret that I’m not a Twitter fan, but I do have to admit that the Iranian protesters have found a legitimate purpose for it that can’t be equaled by anything else.  While revolution is always a tricky business both in terms of logistics and phrasing, per the musical 1776 “A rebellion is always [...]

It takes patience and years of dedication to produce enough content for a book on grocery cart identification or abandoned grocery lists. It hadn’t occurred to me how much until I found out that people have actually done it.  Although I’m a bit miffed that there is no Western Guide to Stray Shopping Carts and [...]

The crop circles of 2009 are promising to surpass earlier years. So either the aliens are getting better at it or the secret prize money at the local pub is enough to be inspiring.  I quite like the jellyfish design this year – the first ever jellyfish  crop circle but then there are a lot [...]

Art made from money – I suppose if it sells for more than it incorporates you’ve reached a profit.  I wonder if the Federal Reserve will bother pointing out that this is actually against the law (read the comments on that site for the exact citation.) Another explanation for missing socks – I think I [...]

So apparently I’m not the only one that thinks we should think ahead about how to greet the aliens if they ever formally show up.  You can see all the suggestions so far or add your own at SETI’s Earthspeaks site. I particularly like the ones that want to start with  ‘do you speak English’.  [...]

So apparently all the world’s air quality woes can now be laid at the door of the poor table manners of sheep and cattle. They are so inconsiderate as to belch methane as they go about their daily business.  Of course, when the sheep take it upon themselves to try and change their diet, they [...]

Someone British once told me that the uglier the school uniform the better the school.  Having never come within spitting distance of a school uniform in my youth I’ll have to take their word for it and just say that I passed kids going to some mighty good schools when I toured the museums of [...]

While not mentioned in the video, there are those that believe the tree octopus to most heavily populated in the vicinity of Mt. Octopus on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This location is in close proximity to the town featured in the Twilight series and I don’t see how that could possibly be a [...]