World’s Strangest

My girlfriend and I recently watched Julie and Julia (my pick, not hers) and, honestly, I could have done without the Julie half of the equation. I’m a cook and a blogger, so I didn’t really need an hour of Amy Adams acting out a variation of my life and all the chopping, typing and [...]

Sometimes, you just gotta dance. And sometimes you should check for cameras. Then again, this could be the break you’ve been waiting for. I remember the Safety Dance. So do these guys. Going to a Best Buy. Don’t ya wanna go. A cop gets funky to a little MJ. Fun for any age! Even the employees are getting in on [...]

For many Halloween is a time for fun and dressing up, but for others it has a greater significance – some believe it to be a time for tradition an…

#122 – Week of October 26, 2009 Building the Batillus Supertanker, more – [awesome pics]Amazing Steampunk Carousel, via – [fascinating]A 1935 US Plan for Invasion of Canada! – [weird history]How big is Antarctica, really?, and without ice? – [wow pic]Halloween Vintage Ephemera Set – [collection]How to make your stand without agreeing to anything – [useful?]Wish-tree in [...]

More fun with movie posters and Photoshop can be had at The Chive. Inspired by a Worth 1000 contest, users re-imagine popular movies if one letter in their title was changed, or removed. Here, The Chive lays claim to The Ark Knight and No Country For Old Hen. Link

Is it just me, or was Halloween way more fun when you were a kid? You could trick-or-treat to your heart’s desire (on HALLOWEEN, not the night before – pet peeve of mine) while wearing a sweet, mom-made costume (or that plastic mask from the store that you had to have or you would die) [...]

#121 – Week of October 11, 2009 Chicken-Powered Atomic Bombs – [fascinating]Incredible Video of Bullet Impacts – [in slow motion]Steampunk Mice Modification – [pics, scroll down]Brilliant Idea: Piano Urban Installation – [cool video]Great Futuristic Technical Illustrations – [design]Richard Feynman on chess, fairy pieces in chess – [interesting]The True Story of the Red October, more – [history]If [...]

All you need to have for a fun evening with a too-trusting friend are a couple of logs, a long piece of 2 by 4s, a bin, and a blindfold. Here’s a simple yet diabolically genious prank that you shouldn’t pull on anybody, you hear? Link