Tuesday, March 5, 2013 // Woot
When we heard Clark Smith was a writer, we groaned. “He’ll want to do everything!” we said, “What if he only wants to write about elves in spaceships?” But it turns out that Clark Smith isn’t the sort of guy who cares about spaceship elves. And we assume that means he knows a thing or […]
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 // Woot
You should have seen the look on his face when he first saw the Revolutionary S Pen. He was so confused. First he tried picking his teeth with it. Then I caught him trying to use it like a chopstick. When I explained to him that a pen was something that people used to use […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
Use this: to extract what little joy you can from this bleak hellscape we call “life.” Don’t use this: without reading the instructions. It’s got its own operating system. Seriously. This just posted on Facebook: “Just had a personal record – lifted 110 watts (x7 speakers). #beastmode.” Archie Tinker, rodeo cowboy, describes how to best […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
When the great paper pest invasion of ’96 hit our home, I thought we’d have to move. Our house, built by my father 47 years ago, was overtaken by all sorts of paper rodents, varmints, and insects. I thought we were goners for sure. If these had been real creatures, like real rats, real mice, […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
See, we’ll admit that this Pyrex Easy Grab 19 Piece Bake Set does only come with ONE pie plate, sure. But do we live in a world of nothing but aqueducts? Are we constantly surrounded by Xs and VIIs? No! Sometimes they show up on clocks or at the end of movies, but they’re rare […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
Tell a thirteen year old they’ve got to make sandwiches all summer, and what will you hear? MOM! DAD! NOOOOOO! Tell a nineteen year old they’ve got to make pizzas all summer and what will they say? MAN, I WANTED TO DO STUFF WITH MY BUDS! Tell your three year old you bought them some […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
Consider two places. One, the Atacama Desert in Chile, is so dry that some parts of it have not received rain since the 1700s. Almost nothing can live there, which means that the microbrew and artisanal cupcake scene kind of sucks. The other place, Portland, Oregon, receives plenty of rain, offers copious beer and cupcake […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
Consider two places. One, the Atacama Desert in Chile, is so dry that some parts of it have not received rain since the 1700s. Almost nothing can live there, which means that the microbrew and artisanal cupcake scene kind of sucks. The other place, Portland, Oregon, receives plenty of rain, offers copious beer and cupcake […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
The jokes of Rusty Sparks, graph comedian: “Heya folks, it’s great to be here. Now, you all know them graphs that start off low and then get higher and higher, quicker and quicker? Yeah, a lot of people call em exponential graphs. Well, I gotsa different name for em! I call them going-up graphs ‘The […]
Monday, March 4, 2013 // Woot
Pinot Noir is good for a get-together, nice in the background at dinner, and yet also able to carry an evening by itself. Sounds a lot like a respectable classic rock CD, doesn’t it? Sure, wine is normally thought of as high class and rock-n-roll thought of as, well, slightly less. But today the hardest […]
