Matilda the hen laid a giant egg but didn’t beat the world record set in 1896 Snowmen are becoming more politically active You can now send your stuffed animal on its own vacation in the Czech Republic – it’s exhausting looking that cute all the time! You gotta love a man in uniform

It seems like every four years the media wakes up and remembers curling is an Olympic sport and starts the same jokes all over again. I can’t really blame t hem as I once sat through a collegiate curling practice – 20 years later and I would still rate that experience up there with Vogon [...]

Unintentionally this week is all about quirky  animals but the humans in the story are a little bit odd too… Odd snake with tentacles – am I the only one that sees a resemblance to a slug? Cat proves that felines have untapped powers even when blindfolded by tin can Giant rabbit – evolving to [...]

It’s hard to believe that Nurdle.Net has been online for one full year – particularly since I’d been  sitting on the domain name since the .com days.  It’s been quite a year; Seth Godin left the very first comment, proving that talking about someone’s socks will get you more attention than high volume traffic. For [...]

An original gnomer repents but probably too little too late in terms of the hobby “Thinking outside the box” is the most hated office jargon phrase A woman received a bequest of 3000 watering cans – 2999 more than the rest of have America’s longest married couple now on twitter dispensing advice(they got married sometime [...]

Although I’m a bit behind with an update I’ve been hard at work. Alas, the first eBay attempt got no bids even with no reserve. But then I really didn’t “sell” too hard. I have however offered the print to the Museum of Bad Art and they’re willing to take it! With any additional copies [...]

A bizarre new take on tourism unveiled in London New word of the day – vegangelical (i.e. rabid vegans) Could you get a posthumous book deal for balancing stuff on your head?  Something to strive for isn’t it? Feral beagles are terrorizing Long Island (yes, they’re the  ones with the short legs…)

February 1 – National Baked Alaska Day February 8 – Kite Flying Day February 13 – Get a Different Name Day February 22 – National Margarita Day February 23 – International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day February 28 – National Chocolate Souffle Day The third week is International Flirting Week – note this is the week [...]