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Courtesy Reason, I bring you the results of the Third Annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama contest.

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Courtesy Reason, I bring you the world’s first vending machine for freshly-cooked hot dogs.  Only in America….

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In a continuing theme from last week, a scientist thoughtfully examines the threat of insects as a form of biological warfare.  Needless to say, that’s serious stuff, not a properly silly topic.  What is silly is the example given in the article: [In 1989 a] group calling itself “the Breeders” claimed to have released the [...]

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Someday, I’ll actually find video of Bill Gates releasing a swarm of mosquitoes indoors.  I’ll admit that there is no better way to get people to care about a disease than to threaten them with it. Update 5 minutes later:  here it is.

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Growing up, I didn’t realize that there were paramedics other than those in a fire department–virtually every EMS service around me was fire-based, and I’d grown up watching Emergency!  Courtesy (some time ago, actually) of Echomouse, I present to you what is quite possibly the worst firefighter cake ever.

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In honor of the coming holiday, I’m leaving you with an image of how, precisely, Grandma can afford your presents on her fixed income, to the tune of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”  And if you hate presents, perhaps you can do as this shopper does. (If something a little more highbrow is [...]

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In case you weren’t already sure how to do so, you can learn how to ride escalators and elevators safely from the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation.  I’m bringing you this as a public service announcement in support of the 15th Annual Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week.

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It turns out that “loath maniacs joked” is an anagram of my full name; a former online persona of mine anagrams as “maniac erects guns.”  You can find any anagram you’d like (and many you wouldn’t like) at the famed Internet Anagram Server.  And if you don’t know what an anagram is, the same site [...]

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A company that offers quick answers to questions sent to them by text message somewhat inexplicably collected a list of what they consider the top 11 movie fight scenes (why 11?  I don’t know either).  I’m a particular fan of the clip from Drunken Master, since Jackie Chan is the only person I know of who [...]

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I always wanted to be an evil scientist growing up; although, technically, I’m a Psycho Vigilante.  Now, there’s a website that will help quell my unnatural urges.

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