Turkey Day is almost upon us. Now that the excitement of frying turkeys has mostly worn off – except for those that manage to burn their house down with this method – there doesn’t seem to be a new bizarre Thanksgiving custom on the horizon.  People seem to stick pretty close to tradition for this [...]

Statistically speaking it’s easier to get a Congressional Medal of Honor than to have a muppet named after you, and I bet the muppet party is a lot more fun too.  I figure I got lucky by having a minor muppet with my first name in a few episodes – pale blue fur and a [...]

Could anything be sadder than a bald hedgehog?  Yes, the news that the universe is actually beige?!!! Alternate history can always be fun to contemplate but a U.S./British landwar in Canada?  Yikes. Sheep become victims of religious controversy in Ireland – does Amnesty International have a sheep division? The odd history of the word ‘guy’ [...]

When I used my metal detector for the first time, I found a piece of tin foil and a nail – both minted within the last 50 years which would qualify them as collectibles  -  not even antiques.  Unlike the guy that recently found a small iron-age hoard of gold in Scotland. I would once [...]

If you had 3 million dollars would you buy something tangible (like an island) or blow it all on four days in a space hotel?  At least 43 people have voted for space so far even though there is no mention of the food, and probably for a good reason.  There is a teasing reference [...]

Even if most of the userbase departed Second Life when gambling disappeared, businesses and organizations have been going the other way – to Second Life and elsewhere in cyberspace.  And they need to be ‘virtually’ staffed apparently by real people. Which means avatars. Which means someone is getting upset that the avatar in the next [...]

The month is pretty well dominated by Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving, but if you’re in the mood for something less well known, these should get you started: November 2  – Look for circles day.  No evidence that it started with Sesame Street but I’m suspicious November 13 – Sadie Hawkins Day November 14 – National [...]