I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those people are utterly and completely wrong. Science takes us to the wonder. — here (via) Why do such different beasts play by the same rules? — there This is where you find out everything there is to know about the [...]

In the Dustbury post I linked yesterday, he talks about the Myers-Briggs personality test. I think I did one of those before but I couldn’t remember what it said about me so I googled Myers-Briggs test and clicked on the first result. It says I am an INTJ. Huh! I understand that’s quite rare? I [...]

A study has found that “low-intensity vibrations led to improvements in the immune systems of mice compromised by obesity.” The vibrations also reversed obesity related bone loss in the mice. The second I saw the headline my mind went to the vibrator belt machines that were popular in the 60′s.

The title claims, These May Be The Most Beautiful Hamburgers You’ll Ever See but, to me, most of them look slightly horrifying. I might actually be willing to try the Yin and Yang Burger. The ingredients don’t sound too bad. The Heatwave Burger has nothing scary in the ingredients but it looks like it might [...]

I meant to say something yesterday about the Big, Cool, Once In A Century Date 12/12/12 but never got around to it, mainly because I couldn’t think of anything interesting to say. It’s funny… I was thinking that if the world was going to end it couldn’t pick a better day than 12/12/12 but I [...]

What do you think of toe shoes? Both of my sons have them now. I don’t think I would like having my toes separated like that. Other than that, though, they look comfortable – lightweight and flexible. So far only some athletic shoes have the separated toes but can you imagine fashion toe shoes? Maybe [...]

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I found this one at Nicole’s place. Think about this: The woman whose voice you hear in this video drives a car. And there might be more like her. Scared yet? (Some people are saying it must have been a prank call. We can only hope.)

This is probably not the creepiest thing that ever washed up on the beach, but it’s gotta be way up there. I’m not sure how I would have reacted if I had found it. Probably I would have been grossed out but at the same time… “Oh wow! This is so cool!” So, sort of [...]

This is rather odd. This is a banana pepper plant. (It’s growing in one of those upside down planters.) This one undersized pepper turned red. Since banana peppers are usually picked when green I’ve never seen one turn red. According to the Wikipedia article this is normal but this one is only about an inch [...]

Have you seen the new Dog Whisperer commercial? If not, go! Watch it now. You really must see it. . . . Did you watch it? … Good. Now you’ve got that stupid song stuck in your head too.

Part of me wishes that I had the legs for this. Another part of me does not want to rattle and jingle as I walk. see more Crazy Shoes and Cool Accessories

I dreamed about kittens last night. That’s not unusual; I dream about kittens a lot, but these were especially interesting. We just found these kittens – really fuzzy ones – playing outside and immediately said we weren’t going to keep any of them because we already have two cats. Then I noticed that one of [...]

Lately I’m having a seriously hard time maintaining any interest at all in blogging, much less coming up with something interesting that someone might actually want to read. Oh, I do have things I want to say but I can’t get motivated to say them. But of course that’s why they invented embedding. So… see [...]

Rabbits – Bunnies are not cute. Well, okay, I guess they are sort of cute but the creepy outweighs the cute by quite a bit. I don’t understand it either. I thought they were creepy way before I ever saw Monty Python so that’s not it. It seems like I should like a pet that’s [...]

This morning I was leaving Walmart and when I tried to unlock my car the remote didn’t work, so I opened the driver’s side door and pushed the button on the inside that unlocks all the doors so I could put my groceries in the back. As soon as I pushed the button the alarm [...]

Every time we get a new computer and have to move all our stuff over to it, or I lose my bookmarks and the husband has to restore them, I end up with bookmarks from like five years ago instead of the most recent ones. But, strangely enough, this time I don’t care. I always [...]

One of the commenters over there where I found this complained about having lost five minutes of her life watching this video but I watched it twice. And I might watch it again. I might even add it to my favorites so I can watch it over and over again. This is more than just [...]

I found The Sartorialist linked at A Dress a Day. It has lots of photos of people wearing what I assume are fashionable clothes and, as they’re presented in a dignified and artistic manner, I also assume that the intention is not to make fun of them but that’s mostly what I’m going to do. [...]

My husband sent the link to this video. Thanks also to Number Two Son for introducing me to the very useful term, “horizontal prayer”. That’s prayer that’s actually intended for the other people listening.

Pretty but just a wee bit creepy. I want one. see more Lolcats and funny pictures, and check out our Socially Awkward Penguin lolz! And speaking of cat envy, last weekend the prettiest cat in the world appeared briefly on my back porch. The husband was sitting here at the computer and told me, ” [...]

I was searching for vintage art posters (honest) and found this. Obviously not quite what I had in mind. I suppose one should be as specific as possible when searching for things.

Trendy equals expensive and the latest trend is tiny houses. These houses are all 550 square feet or less and the cheapest one is listed at over $119,00 and one, in San Francisco, is over one million dollars. That’s crazy!!! If I’m going to spend over $100,000 for a house, which I’m not going to [...]

This performer calls his style “steampunk hip-hop” which, I suppose, proves that almost everything is cooler with a British accent. Thanks to long-time reader Harvey for sending me the link to this one.

Disturbing earrings. It is possible to freak people out without having 20 holes in each ear. Same site, unrelated: These are pretty. I’d wear those. If it weren’t for that whole fear of falling down and making a fool of myself thing I’ve mentioned before.