Remember that one Cosby episode where he has the bad dreams? Remember why he had the bad dreams? In a wonderful tale where science and sitcoms unite, it’s indeed being shown that people who eat – anything (not just salami or whatever he nommed before bed) before bed – tend to have bad dreams. While hot ‘n spicy stuff do indeed tend to make for worse dreams, it’s generally just.. Read More
Let’s all have a moment of silence… …. …for the awkward silences… … that kill good conversations. My dad loves intentionally doing this thing. He uses it as a conversational or public speaking device, though – calling it a “dramatic pause” or “pausing for effect.” And while this can work fantastically in a Toastmaster’s scenario, what makes some pauses okay and others straight up uncomfortable? When I think about getting.. Read More
Google dude Larry Page estimates 50% of American jobs will be replaced by robots. In the next decade or two. That’s like – a lot. And not in that much time. While the first humans to get shitcanned and supplanted by R2D2 will be tax preparers, librarians, and telemarketers, even jobs like mine might become obsolete (can you at least pretend to look surprised?). In fact some online articles from.. Read More
Ever wonder how much money’s in those parking meters? Thomas Rico, a public works inspector in New Jersey sure did – right before stealing $460,000 in quarters from a buncha them. Now, he’s facing about five years worth of probation for cuffin’ them coins. Really? That’s all? I mean I get that the fact that it was quarters sort of trivializes the story a bit. But, dude – that’s still.. Read More
When we were kids, my sister and I had our own language. In retrospect, the sounds we made were probably a combo of us trying to mimic our Hawaiian uncle’s pigeon English and watching too many Native American late 80’s flicks. But we tried our hardest to get creative, issuing everything from commands to calming signals. It wasn’t till later that I’d learn lots of kids were doing that and.. Read More
Screw watching T.V. series and screw writing articles! Let’s just make a shiz ton of money conjuring up a hoax online instead. Like this one guy from Ohio who began a culinary kickstarter as a joke. Much like the guitar playing, master chef guy who wrote a Craigslist ad looking for a roomie and coming off all charming and hilarious in it, this was amusing initially for its “funny ‘cause.. Read More
So, science found a f’real UFO? Mhmmm…. Right after we disprove they did the pyramids, they come to get credit. Typical. Well, what’s in it the shiny saucer? Is the apocalypse finally happening? Have they made demands or taken prisoners of war yet? Are they going to eat my dog and make me watch to study human emotion? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. In the skies of.. Read More
When I get stuck alone in the doctor’s office, I’ll start fiddling with stuff. Especially that room in the back with no phone reception. Move the table around, play with the blinds, mess with the aseptic doo-hickeys… Why not? Don’t lie to me. You’ve done it too. But what if you were stuck there for a super long time… and there weren’t any fun toys to tinker with? Just a.. Read More
Holy Annunaki, Batman… the giant pyramids weren’t made by aliens? As fun as it is to pretend some almond-eyed creatures from The Fourth Kind were responsible for descending outta a wormhole in the sky and into the era of King Tut to erect majestic pyramids, we always knew there had to be another way. (Right, guys? We knew that? Guys?) Whatever your beliefs, hopefully most of us have been trying.. Read More
They say that soon we’ll be able to merge our brains with computers. But what if there’s already a built in computer-like component? Like – a power switch that knocks consciousness on and off? Indeed, it may not be long before “… and how does that make you feel?” gets replaced with “Did you try turning it off and on again?” A recent study done at GWU managed to access.. Read More