Cool stuff:

Online Conversion: Trade kilometers for miles or ounces for litres. This site has all the tools.
Slipups.com: If you have some time to kill, browse through over 11,000 goofs, blunders and bloopers. Most are just lack of continuity. This site is similar to Easter Eggs, looks to be run by the same folks.
The Nitpickers Site: [...]

Found an interesting slang timeline. From the Flapper 20s, through the Beatniks in the 60s and onto the Rappers in our current day, slang is become more and more mainstream. The all-time award for longevity goes to, “cool.”

Retired General Jay Garner has been put in charge of rebuilding a new Iraq based on Democratic elections and citizen representation. Now, that the first election has been held, the picture will start to form as to what kind of nation Iraq will be.
The majority of Iraqis are Muslims that have historically persecuted the members [...]

Don’t say I’m crazy, some people do use Big Macs to making investing decisions. And only some of them are kooks.

What is evil? This definition is very clear:
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm;
So, is someone who doesn’t actually commit the evil act, but rather, protects and supports the person doing the act, [...]

The original Sidekick got rave reviews, so now the new (color) Sidekick has taken the stage. With an Editor’s Choice award, it looks to be a strong competitor.

Men being men will gather and watch sports, drink beer and punch each other in a show of machismo. But that’s not what it means to be a man. THIS is what is means to be a man and this is what he looks like. I haven’t been this awestruck since the time my friend [...]

Political correctness is an insidious form of dishonesty that when taken seriously can do a great deal of damage. Let me give you a couple of examples.

I heard on the radio today that a “concerned” group has decided that brainstorming is an offensive term to some people. Can you guess what group this term is [...]

Need some vacation ideas? My Dad found Vacation Rentals by Owner, which makes it easy. Now, Boca… or Maui…

Very few things enrage me like bad officiating. It’s like when my brother cheated in Monopoly, I went straight to violence bypassing all other means of resolution. Some people say that the referees in the NBA do a good job. I say, “Let’s let an impartial third-party audit each game and publish the results.” Well, [...]

A new study says that cell phones pose a real flight risk. Here’s how I’d phrase the pre-flight message, “It is an FAA regulation to turn off all mobile phone devices during flights in the US. If we find you using your phone, you will be locked into the specially prepared bathroom-cabinet for the duration [...]

After a 5-year haitus, Half-Life is finally going to have some offspring. Half-Life 2 is slated to be released in on September 30. I’m sure it will be good, but with this kind of wait, shouldn’t it be stellar?

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a link to a well-designed site, but Matias Zadicoff is one talented jack. His site, Mediaramas, is one of the slickest I’ve seen.

What do alligators, an angry drunk woman, gunfire, a lake, and a 40-year-old lifeguard have in common? They were all together in St. Petersburg on Monday.

Mel Gibson has done some great work in his time (and some not so great as well) but will his new project thrive or die? The Passion is a movie about the final hours of Jesus on planet earth. That’s not so strange, but the entire dialog will be in Latin and Aramaic. No subtitles. [...]