Black and White Photo Illusion

Here is an optical illusion based on the concept of an afterimage. An afterimage refers to the way the eye retains an image even after you’ve stopped looking at it. It’s why you see dark spots in front of your eyes after looking into a bright light, or why you see shadow images after you close your eyes.

This is a black and white photo. Look exactly at the red dot in the middle. The...
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Make a Baby Monitor for your Belly!

I touched on this in my Pregnancy Tips article, but felt that it should be its own article as well. It’s made from things that you can easily obtain at home or at the local store.

You know how great it is to feel your baby moving inside you? And how exciting it can be to watch the bumps move when a foot or a hand pushes against your belly? Well this...
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Google+

So I’ve had a Google+ account for about a week now. Been trying to play around with it. So far I like it, but it’s hard to compare it to Facebook because so few people are in my “circles” compared to how many friends I have on FB. Go ahead and add me to your circles if you want to play around with it. If you want an invitation to the beta test, you...
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3:30am boredom fixers: Nestlé Crunch Hotline

If you can’t sleep and you’re looking for some inane entertainment, why not call the Nestlé Crunch Hotline? Believe it or not, there is much silly fun to be had. Here’s what to do:

Dial this toll-free number: 1-800-295-0051

Listen to the options for English and Spanish without choosing one, then

WAIT through several seconds of silence.

A new set of options will be provided… if you don’t want me to spoil the fun, go do it now....
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What is up with fortune cookies, Part II

This is a followup to my previous article, What is up with fortune cookies these days? which I wrote after friends and I received some very strange “fortunes” in our fortune cookies.

Well, it’s happened again. Different restaurant. Three of these are just weird. One of those three is just stupid. Then the fourth one is just made of 100% pure awesome, and it was, appropriately, the one in my cookie.

The first weird one...
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Calling all Tellers of Tall Tales!

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. THIS ARTICLE IS HERE FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.

I’m putting together a video that will be played at our wedding (May 24, 2009), and one of the things I want to have is a bunch of people telling stories of how they “allegedly” heard we met. We want these to be as wacky as possible, and I know that...
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What is up with fortune cookies these days?

When I was growing up, I seem to recall that fortune cookies contained things like “you will meet a tall, handsome stranger” or cute little “Confucius say…” type phrases. These days it seems like they’re…um…different?

We ordered Chinese delivered tonight and each of us got a cookie. Here is what our “fortunes” were:

“You have a sincere desire to improve”
This one actually works well with the “-in bed” suffix, so it gets my approval.

“Lucky you....
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Fuzzball kitten savages a 130lb golden retriever

Exceedingly cute video of my 10 week old kitten beating up on my 10 year old, 130lb golden retriever. Smackdown ’08.

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The World's Worst Songs To Have Stuck In Your Head

Warning: This Page May Cause Brain Damage, Insanity, And/Or Unpopularity With Co-Workers and Friends.

Everyone knows that some songs are just… stickier than others. They can be great songs! It doesn’t mean the songs are bad…(though it sure makes it worse when they are)… but you can only have a song… or a verse…or a single line play through your head for so many hours in a row before you are ready to...
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Another Installment of Absurdist Mail Theater

Incredible! I have in my hands another piece of the most ludicrous mail I’ve ever received. Yet again, sent by hopped-up religious zealots. Now, I have nothing against Christians in general, but these goofy fringe loonies just get to me. I can’t take them seriously. This one came in an envelope all marked up in silliness, just like the other one did. The best part was on the back:
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This Mail Can't Be Real?!

Ok, I get a lot of junk mail, and I throw most of it away. Every now and then, however, something really stands out. Sometimes it looks inviting. Sometimes it looks cool. And then sometimes it looks so unbelievably stupid and scary, you just have to open it. That was the case today when I checked the mail. Seems some slightly over-caffeinated Christians decided to send out some really weird shit. What caught my eye...
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Egyptian Rat Screw: Best Card Game Ever

What the hell is Egyptian Rat Screw??
Egyptian Rat Screw is a card game. It can be played by any number of people (but everyone has to be able to reach the center of the table.) and the goal of the game is to get all the cards.

The deck is split evenly between the players, and each holds their...
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The Future Free Citizens of the World

As my bid for world domination draws ever closer to fruition, I am now allowing people to pledge their allegiance and become Free Citizens. (Those who aren’t citizens when I do take over will not be able to make use of the many benefits of citizenship, and might possibly be enlisted as slave labor.)

Becoming a...
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