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Spider-Man 1969 Fan Film

My spider senses are tingling with delight. This is perhaps the first true live appearance of Spider-Man on film. Yes Virginia, there were geeks in…

Word on the Street is

When the rich rob the poor it’s called business.  When the poor fight back, it’s called violence.

Joe Strummer’s London Calling

Joe Strummer’s London Calling is prose brilliance. It is punk poetry. He was a Dylan Thomas punk. This is the song that made the band.…

Ringo Starr: The Elderly Rock Starr

It’s all about timing, 50 years ago Ringo Starr inspired perhaps thousand of drummers to have teenyboppers drool over them. Some swear he is a…

Quick Fit: 7 Minute Workout

Some of us office types are just too busy to exercise. The 7 Minute Workout made popular on NYTimes is now an app and could…

The Thing About Thugs

The thing about thugs is that it is another word that is changing in meaning. The original thugs were a clan of professional assassins from…

Do More

Do more. Buy less. Be better.

Montreal Cat Café: A Catastrophe

Cat cafés are very popular in Japan and some parts of the orient. A cat café is basically where cat people can bring their cats…

Analog Memory Desk

The doodlers wet dream. Introducing the Analog Memory Desk from Kirsten Camara. It is has a table surface with a rotating roll of 1100 yards…

Intelligent Life Exists

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. -Bill Watterson

Captain Canuck Syrup?

Waterloo, Quebec-based Turkey Hill Sugarbush Ltd (south east of Montreal) created a Captain Canuck-brand “100 % Approved Canadian Maple Syrup.” People take their syrup very…

The Dude

The first mention of dudes and dudesses was by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court which was published in 1889. Evander…

Darth Vader Banana Peels

There is a dark force at work in Matthew Mahoney who can turn rotten banana peels into a life-like image of Darth Vader.

Gas Station Pump Solutions

Russian ingenuity at its best. When your fuel hose is too short to reach your gas tank, what do you do? Move your car or…

The Standard Calendar

I love calenders. Here is one I was not able to get but love the tongue and cheekiness of it. The Standard Calendar is a…

The Pantonization of the World

Pantone wants us to see the world in colors.  FoodArtPairings explores the Pantonization of the color of food.  I am getting hungry just looking at…

Dearest Netflix: A Break-up Letter

Are you like me who is always scrolling for something decent to watch on Netflix?  I found this amusing faux break-up letter to Netlix that…

Quiet Life

Live a quiet life, work with your hands.

Froot Loops Are All the Same Flavor

Well there goes another childhood myth down the toilet.  Froot Loops “flavors” taste all the same.  It’s all food coloring. You have deceived me for…

Patrick Dean: Half Assed Cosplay Ideas

The thing I like about Comicons are the cosplay costumes. Some costumes are great and others not so much. The motley collection of ideas inspired…

The Waffle Iron Meets Leftover Pizza

Here is an ingenious way to heat up leftover pizza. If you have a waffle iron, just insert your pizza in, and presto you just created a calzone.