Documentaries I Like: Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides – It’s A Rock-You-Mentary
So yesterday I posted The Late Movies: Rock On, Wesley Willis, featuring some of Wesley Willis’s bizarre-but-awesome music. But the real treat comes today, when you can watch an entire documentary...
View ArticleThe Quick 10: Quoth mental_floss “Nevermore.”
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is 165 years old this week. That’s not bad for a bird with a life expectancy of 40 years (that’s in captivity, if you’re interested – 15 years is the longest a tagged...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: Musical Seniors
We all know that musicians like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are over-the-hill, but we usually don’t hear about too many people rocking away into the golden years. Some senior citizens, though, are...
View Article9 Facts About the Greatest Christmas Movie Ever
Holiday spirit hitting bottom? Can’t feel warmth in the cockles of your heart? (You should get that checked; I lost an uncle to poor cockle health.) Nonetheless, if you’re just not feeling the festive...
View ArticleThe Quick 10: 9 Miss Golden Globes (and one Mr.)
The Golden Globes are coming up this weekend, which means it’s time for a new Miss Golden Globe. Although the award ceremony has been around since 1944, Miss Golden Globe didn’t start handing out...
View ArticleZebra is a Jumping Horse
Sammi Jo Stohler had a problem: her zebra Zach kept jumping out of his field, so much that she had an eight-foot fence built. So she turned his habit into an asset by training Zach to show off his...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: Celebrity Advertising
If you aren’t a big name (or aren’t a big name yet), the easiest way to generate cash for an actor or musician is to do ads. Commercials. Advertising. But we will forgive you later when you make the...
View ArticleVillage Person Tests Copyright Law
The rights to the 1978 song “Y.M.C.A.” generate a million dollars a year, even after all this time. But that money doesn’t go to the Village People, who performed the original recording, or the...
View ArticlePorthole Laundry Chute
I want one. I don’t have a laundry chute, but I would like to have a porthole somewhere. Maybe I could cut one into the fabric of my cubicle? Allee Willis loves them. Over the years, she’s bought...
View ArticleThat’s No Pumpkin!
Etsy seller Cricket Willis painted this fake pumpkin with ultraviolet paint that glows under black light. At her shop you can also find a cow vertebra painted with the silhouettes of curvaceous women...
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