In the survival of the fittest, there is no place for an 18-year-old college freshman who thought he was throwing himself down a laundry chute ... and was crushed by the automatic trash compactor at the bottom. However, an honored place remains for “chute boy” among the annals of the Darwin Awards, ...
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, right? Well, even if it’s not treasure, somebody out there will pay a few bucks to take it off your hands. Evidence of this is at Who Would Buy That?, an irreverent look at oddball Internet auction items. Archives go back three months, but you don’t ...
Are cats or dogs the most loyal pet? Which one is cuter? Which has the most endearing qualities? Loyal owners of both species are quick to duke it out like, well, cats and dogs. No matter which you like, twin sites CatOfTheDay.com and DogOfTheDay.com each feature a daily photo of a pet cute enough to ...
As the end of the semester draws nigh, big term papers and research projects loom ahead with a menacing certainty. Well, students with perpetual writer’s block can catch a break at Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus. Besides being amazingly comprehensive, this thesaurus blows away its competition with ...
Any kid will tell you a successful Saturday morning requires two ingredients. The first is a bowl of sugar-coated sugar puff cereal (with sugar added). The second is a whole morning of great cartoons. Whether it was Inspector Gadget (“Go, go, Gadget Arm!”) to the Gummi Bears (“Bouncing here and ...
Sometimes nuggets of wisdom and irony are heard at the strangest times, like when you walk in on the end of a conversation or turn the radio station during a commercial. Those few words, standing alone and taken completely out of context, are snapshots of our culture, our relationships, ourfeelings. InPassing.org ...
In case you haven’t been surfing the Web for very long, let me clue you in to a little secret: At one time, the ‘Net was used for such lofty purposes as research. No more. Now its glutted by amusing Flash animations, pop-under ads for cameras and casinos ... and, of course, photos of beautiful people. Finally, ...
A thousand times you’ve told your significant other how much you love them. However, you’ve never taken a moment to address the annoying issue of his stinky feet or her bad breath. With an irreverent approach to the foibles of love, Rhyme Zone’s Valentine’s Day Slam gives bitter and jaded poets ...
If you've ever checked out the numerous “Best of the Web” lists floating around the Internet, you've probably come to one conclusion: “The Best” does not always mean interesting and funny. More often, it means educational and dry. Perhaps it’s time to recognize the other 99 percent of Web ...
If some point of your life has been measured by the length of your mullet, raise your hand. Now feel the back of your head. If the mullet is still residing there, put this paper down for a second, grab a pair of scissors, and extract yourself from the 1980s. MulletsGalore is an archive of the mullet-endowed, ...
