One From Column A & Two From Column B
by Steve West on April 5, 2008
Serve yourself.
Remember those "Fold-ins" from Mad Magazine? Here they are.
Wesst Bobow of the Planet Xanax sends you, "Greetings". Who will respond?
Creative use of Barcodes.
Thirst, but crave the taste of meat? Your prayers have been answered. Meat Water is promoted as "dinner in a bottle".
Attention Horror Movie fans! 19 upcoming films with clips for most.
Employee of the Month.
Brilliant 404 error pages.
The remains of a shattered Statue of Liberty makes an appearance in a surprising number of comics and movies.
Grocery Eats is a website devoted to reviewing odd foods. These are a few of my favorite entries:
Deep Fried Pancakes
Big MacChicken
Kornet Pizza Cones
Deep-fried White Castle burgers
The Koolickle
Stand-up of the Week: Jack Dee
Web Junkie
Steve West scours the Web searching for interest or absurdity and then shakes his head ruefully when he finds it. Read more »
I'm a Doctor, Not a Kitchen Appliance!
My toaster has a timer on it that let's you know when it's finished. It seems a little silly to add a timer beeping that's a redundant addition to the toast loudly popping up from the machine that means the same thing. So now, because the timer emits a sound eerily similar to an EKG indicating flatline, every time it goes off I'll say to Brenda, "He's bread, Jim." Go »Worth Your Weight in Gold
Are you worth your weight in gold? Gold bullion is traded by the Troy ounce which is 1/12th of a Troy pound that is little used today. A Troy oz is 480 grains or 31.103 Go »The Peak of Stupidity
By far, the stupidest thing I ever did was at my brother's bachelor party almost 40 years ago. The memory of it still haunts me. A group of his friends (around 25 - I knew some, but we had gone separate paths shortly after High School) met at the house of one his construction co-workers in the Maryland countryside. Go »My Favorite Memory
Yesterday, we held the memorial service for my father-in-law. There were approximately 100 people attending and afterward about 1/3 gathered at his home for a small meal and sharing remembrances. I chose to share my memory of the time, twenty years ago, when I asked him for his blessing for my planned proposal to Brenda, his eldest daughter. Go »Christmas Post #6: Beer Foam = Food
I showed this product to my wife and said, "If it only had a urinal, I would never leave the rec room." "But what would you eat?", she asked. Go »
