As a boy, I adored Mad Magazine. Not to be trusted home alone, my mother would drag me along to the local Genuardi’s supermarket where I would camp out in front of the magazine rack to read Mad cover-to-cover. Among … Continue reading
I didn’t want to use the name given at LiveLeak for the mortal fear of mentioning genitals in a subject heading. Fortunately, Urechis unicinctus, which apparently doesn’t have an official English name, is also called a spoon worm. I considered … Continue reading
Julia received a pair of sparkly, rhinestone-bedazzled shoes for Christmas and, for some reason, was dying to go out last night to see how they sparkled at night. They don’t light up on their own, sadly, so I used the … Continue reading
I tweeted a picture of this bug-eyed beastie this morning, hoping someone could identify it. I rescued young Toby from its hellish spinning prison at Giggleberry Farms because it interested me so. Yes, I am the master of the dino-teeth … Continue reading
OK, a few things that have caught my interest today that I’ll post here for whatever limited sense of posterity it can offer. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, Pete Diamandis announced an X-Prize for a tricorder-like device. … Continue reading
Dangers of penis tattoos. I don’t know if you’ll get my subject line but, man, I loved that joke back in grade school. It was go-to gold for pre-pubescents who had a nominal grip on the process (no pun intended).
Grg reviews a 2011 that could use a mulligan. Continue reading
Greg drones on about his new iPod. Continue reading
Here’s a great article on recent animal discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean. Here’s a great reason why I won’t be sleeping well tonight: Yeti crabs. They look like giant, slightly fuzzy, ticks. The little octopus is just adorable, though, in … Continue reading