The ROUS’s of Princess Bride actually exist – in New Guinea There’s now an annual reunion for red-heads in Belgium, not sure if the rest of us are banned or not. Declare your file extension loyalty with jewelry – why’d they leave out .raw? Creative turtle prosthetics, that pretty much says it all Germs as [...]

Although the self-help books call it synchronicity when you start noticing a word or thing frequently that you never noticed before – like spotting blue Hondas everywhere after you purchase one – I’m not quite sure what to do with the sudden climb in news stories about carrier pigeons.  I don’t think it’s me.  First [...]

I’m about to commence my semi-annual (as in every few years when I get around to it) wine brewing. Since I don’t live where grapes grow well and I think using juice out of a can is somehow cheating, I resort to the more exotic flavors like blackberry (dry, not sweet).  I thought I’d stretch [...]

This is why I have random news item widgets on my home page. If I didn’t I wouldn’t have seen the reference on Mashable, which led to the website which led to the blog. They all say pretty much the same thing, starting Wednesday the 9th you can get $3 million Monopoly dollars and start [...]

Other than the required Civil War cannon on the town square of each and every hamlet in New England and the half shell reputed to be from some ancestor’s castle (doubtful)  I haven’t ever noticed any out and about.  I’ve obviously not been looking in the right places.  Cannons are back in the news due [...]

Sheep prices approaching that of art masterpieces – And yet another story in the ever increasing news about sheep A bizarre static-electric effect – maybe explains one or two UFO’s ? Zoo gorillas try internet dating, and it appears this guy didn’t bother filling out his profile either A Lego cookie press – how come [...]

You know that intro bit to Mission Impossible series: “this message will self-destruct in 5 seconds” or how ever long it was?  There is now promise of a self-erasing ink that will do just that in a pre-programmed amount of time.  Less dramatic than a disk bursting into flame but just as effective.  It’s obvious [...]

The big day is almost here. If you don’t have everything picked out for International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Sept. 19th  by now, you’re running late! Here are a few online generators to help you catch up: Name your pirate ship – ahem, The Evil Eel is now taken. Name your parrot – [...]

September 13 – Fortune Cookie Day and Uncle Sam Day September 19 – International Talk Like a Pirate Day Third Saturday of September – Von Steuban Day – basically celebrating people that volunteer to fight in other nations’ wars. The entire month is dedicated to the following foods, although no one has yet suggested eating [...]