- If Horses Could Text, Part One: These are too perfect!
- 5,000 years of religious history in 90 seconds: Nifty! (Also… those damn Jews, taking over the world! Or, um, maybe not…)
- Halal hysteria: A fascinating article on the intersection of animal welfare and religion.
- 15 reasons why mares are better than geldings: Some of these definitely apply to my girls!
- Denver police accused of excessive force, illegal search: “FOX31 Denver has obtained video of a Denver police officer punching an unarmed suspect in the face six times, then moments later, tripping the man’s seven-and-a-half-months pregnant girlfriend.”
- Buy Mr. Darcy’s IRL House for $11.1M and Lord Over Everyone: If only I had a few spare millions for the necessary repairs.
- Cards Against Humanity Holiday Survey: It starts hilariously low and goes downhill from there.
- I feel just like Forrest gump. Only more bitchy.: Welcome to the nasty, sniping world of dressage. OY.
- Hiker photographed bear before it killed him: Darwin Award Nominee!
- Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits (or Lack Thereof): Here’s what it means for a band to “make it” these days… and why I can’t stand people who think themselves entitled to pirated music.
- 20 Examples of Extreme Hipsterism: Much no, very wut.
Dec 052014
Nov 282014
- Reviews of Delicious Women’s Phd Darling Sexy Costume: Some of these are hysterical! To wit: “As a lady PhD student, let me say how much of a relief it is to see them accurately describe what we wear every day. I don’t care if it isn’t proper PPE, how else will we find husbands if not for our degree in sexy? Bravo to Delicious costumes for supporting women’s education in letting us know that we’re only as smart as our skirts are short.” And: “Sleeves are too short & have no stripes. Costume does not feature a hood. This is a “sexy BA” at best.” And: “I wore this to my friend’s Halloween party. Everything was going fine until some jerk asked if he could see my discrete variables and if my f-value was significant. Some guy and his girlfriend asked if I’m into three – way ANOVAS. I was beyond insulted.”
- The fruitful sex lives of the original Siamese twins: 21 children between them!
- Wayne Brady Opens Up About His Depression: ‘I Had a Complete Breakdown’: Major kudos to one of my favorite comedians for his openness.
- Braiding Your Daughter’s Hair? Think Again: Different beauty standards for men versus women take a real toll on women’s lives, values, and income.
- 42 Things You Didn’t Know About The Walking Dead: This is a good list… and no spoilers for those who haven’t started Season 5. I love #18… and #39.
- ‘You are so loved’: Ottawa lawyer describes trying to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo: This is a touching and tragic story of everyday heroism. Humans are really wonderful creatures… or at least so many of them are.
- Election 2014: Victories and Defeats for Individual Rights: Ari Armstrong summarizes the election results nicely.
- 10 Charities with the Most Consecutive 4-Star Ratings: The Institute for Justice is #3, and that’s part of why I’m a proud supporter of their work.
- 13 Amazing Food and Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now: These are priceless. To wit: “For perfectly cooked burgers every time, go to a restaurant.” And: “Can’t fold a fitted sheet? Don’t worry, nobody can. Unless you are a wizard or something. “
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The Entire Bible Explained: But but but… the things are so fun! I want to do them!
- 24 People Who Should Definitely Not Be Allowed To Reproduce: I managed to keep it together until I reached the case of the toaster.
Nov 072014
- Ten Short Rants About #GamerGate: Good thoughts here by Ken White of Popehat.
- Don’t Fart During an MRI: Heh.
- The woman who made a video about catcalling is already getting rape threats: I’m so not surprised.
- Horny Redditors Jerk Off to Photo of Dude’s Butt, Thinking It’s Boobs: Dear Internet, I love you.
- Please Put That Pink Can of Soup Down and Put Your Bra Back On: Something to think about, folks. Personally, I hate the faux “awareness-raising” of Pinktober.
- The Only Thing I Have To Say About Gamer Gate: Felicia Day penns a wonderful, sensitive post about Gamergate… and she’s immediately doxxed. *facepalm*
- Fire House Horses: This old video of fire house horses is pretty awesome. They’re ready in seconds, and they’re eager to GO!
- BuzzFeed: The Most Honest Period Survey You Need To Take: Men, do not click. (Really, you don’t want to know!) Ladies, take it… and laugh!!
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Why are sticks of butter long and skinny in the East, but short and fat in the West?: News you can use!
- Massive drill bit nearly skewers New Yorkers in packed subway car: I love the vast difference between the reactions of the MTA official and the subway rider.
Oct 172014
- A Family Destroyed by the Gay Agenda: Absolutely, let’s blame the gays and their rainbow-colored agenda, because straight men have never wrecked their families in search of some new love, right?
- Orthodox Man Refuses To Sit Next to Feminist Activist on Airplane: I’m glad she spoke up, and I like what she said.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Not Everyone in the Village Is Worthy of Raising a Child: There’s so much good in this that I don’t know where to begin!
- About That ‘Common Core’ Math Problem Making the Rounds on Facebook…: Good points here… I figured out these heuristics for doing math in my head on my own, but why not teach them to students?
- The Woman’s Heart Attack: If you are a woman or care about any women, these symptoms of a heart attack are worth knowing!
- Why I don’t breast-feed, if you must know: I’d like people to make informed decisions about breastfeeding versus bottlefeeding… and not see strangers jump to assumptions.
- Supreme Court eases impact of Texas abortion law: Very good news!
- “Please Leave Our Neighborhood”: Rich White Woman Defends Elderly Black Man From Cops: I love this story for so many reasons, but mostly, kudos to this woman for sticking her neck out!
- Read what happens when a bunch of over-30s find out how Millennials handle their money: This is hysterical, but I must admit that I side with the Millennials here.
- The Man Who Smuggles Trader Joe’s into Canada: “Pirate Joe’s isn’t technically engaging in piracy. The stock isn’t stolen (Hallatt pays retail to Trader Joe’s for all his stock), counterfeit (Hallatt’s products are advertised as Trader Joe’s products, and are in fact Trader Joe’s products), nor technically smuggled (Hallatt declares his haul at customs, and he doesn’t stock alcohol — which is especially regulated). But Pirate Joe’s is dealing in a grey market, or the trade of a product outside of its official, authorized distribution channel. Authorized goods are white market, illegal goods are black market; grey market goods are somewhere in between.” Fascinating!
- 13 things Cary Elwes revealed about ‘The Princess Bride’ in his Reddit AMA: #3: “André The Giant could really hold his liquor. ‘Andre could drink more than anyone I’ve ever met… He could drink 103 beers in one sitting. One sitting. And not pass out or anything, or even tipsy!’ Inconceivable.”
Sep 262014
- “Check” Flag Welcomes Czech Prime Minister to Pakistan: Oh, those damn homophones! I’m pretty sure that if you made this mistake with the Russians, you’d be invaded — correction: stabilized — by Vlad in short order. Then again, at least it wasn’t as bad as this.
- Surprising Pictures: Wild “Cat” Rides on Rhino: Given how often I see birds on Lila’s back when she’s out in the pasture, this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest! Still, awesome! Still, a rhino is something else!
- I Will Dress Like a Slob on an Airplane and No One Can Stop Me: “Showing up to the airport freshly showered and wearing a clean pair of leggings (and a SMILE) is the farthest I’m willing to go, respectability-wise. Others might want to go farther and wear a three-piece suit and that’s up to them. Come the day that we all get stuck at the Detroit airport over night and have to sleep on the floor (it’s happened to me), we’ll see who’s happier with their decision.” It’s not some kind of social commentary on air travel for me… it’s just that I now regard a pair of jeans that haven’t done chores down at the barn as the equivalent of pumps and pantyhose. #HorsePerson?
- 5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe About Schizophrenia: A fascinating first-person account of schizophrenia from a woman who knows of what she speaks. Major lesson: Don’t freak out when you learn that someone you know is schizophrenic.
- What Happened to Anne Frank After the Secret Annex?: This was very painful for me to read. So many millions suffered her fate, but I felt like I knew her… and obviously, I’m not alone in that feeling.
- Infected doctor: Ebola isolation ward wasn’t the most dangerous part of the hospital: “I have to tell you that if I had a choice of working in the isolation unit, or working in [the normal part of a] hospital during the middle of an Ebola outbreak, I’d choose the isolation unit every time. You are provided with all the personal protective equipment you need; you know that every patient you’re going to see is at least suspected of Ebola, if not confirmed to have it. But in the hospital, you have to look at every single patient and say, “Should I think you have Ebola or not?””
- Honest Names for Classic Childhood Games: I love these!
- Why Your Cousin With a Ph.D. Is a Basket Case: Oh academia, I do not miss you.
- What It’s Like Raising Money As A Woman In Silicon Valley: Wow, and not in a good way.
- Forbes Column Warns Drunk Women Will Ruin Fraternities: OY. So much wrong. (A reprint of the original column is here.)
Sep 052014
- 44 Medieval Beasts That Cannot Even Handle It Right Now: This has got to be the best BuzzFeed self-parody ever.
- A Statement from the Monkey: Ha!
- What I’ve Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings: “The biggest thing I’ve taken away from this project is something I’ll never be able to prove, but I’m convinced to my core: The lack of such a database is intentional. No government—not the federal government, and not the thousands of municipalities that give their police forces license to use deadly force—wants you to know how many people it kills and why.”
- Popular Food Blogger – the Blonde Vegan – Admits to Eating Disorder: Her warning about the danger of labels — of sticking to them for too long — doesn’t just apply to food choices.
- Hello Kitty is not a cat. Everything is a lie.: Heh: “I did in fact know about Charmmy Kitty before. But I always assumed that owning another, smaller cat was just an act of weird sadism on Hello Kitty’s part, the way you see Micky Mouse goofing around with Goofy while owning Pluto. But who knows. Mickey may not actually be a mouse at this point. Mickey is probably a five year-old German boy with six siblings who lives near Frankfurt and likes to go to the airport to watch the airplanes land. Oscar the Grouch is probably just a resident of Cleveland with a skin condition. Anything could be true of any animal at this point. Rocket Raccoon is probably not a raccoon after all. After all, he doesn’t think he’s a raccoon, and it’s how you self-identify that matters.”
- 31 Reasons Why Horse People Are The Craziest You’ll Ever Meet: I fit more than a few these, as Paul can attest.
- Philistine, or What Happens When You Break a Sculpture in a Gallery: I love how honest this woman is in telling the story, including in her many temptations to lie.
- Looking for Us Visas – And I’m Not Talking Credit Cards: America’s immigration system is beyond broken.
- Herd Of Deer Encounters Strange New Creature Called ‘Cat’: Oh dear!
- A New Father Got An Unexpected Surprise At This Photo Shoot With His Newborn Baby: The best part is the smug smile on the baby’s face.
Aug 292014
- Stovetop Pork Carnitas: I made these last week, and they’re amazing!
- Peyton and Eli make triumphant sequel to rap video: I’m ready for some football!
- Rolling in money: Man makes toll road to get around roadworks: But but but… who will build the roads?!?
- You’re better off than the average American if you can come up with this much cash: $400?!? WTF, Americans!?!
- How Much You Can Buy in Each State with $100: Colorado isn’t too bad…
- Prosecutor: Tuberculosis patient who refused care arrested in effort to protect public: You have the right to refuse treatment, but you don’t have the right to infect others willy-nilly.
- Birds Bursting Into Flames over State of the Art Solar Plant: This seems to me rather similar to the fantasy that a vegan diet doesn’t kill animals or disrupt ecosystems.
- These Are the Brave and Fluffy Cats Who Served in World War I: Kitty Merlin would enjoy all the attention in a war … but Kitty Elliot would have defected to the Nazis.
Aug 012014
- FedEx: Sixty horses from Belgium to China: This is a pretty cool glimpse into how fancy sporthorses are shipped halfway across the world. I just wish it showed more details!
- No End in Sight: Academic Research and “Time Off”: Academia is not conducive to having a life, for the reasons explained here, and I’m glad that this now-tenured professor has decided to carve out one for herself.
- See, even God hates selfies…: The title is all wrong… God photobombed this selfie. Perhaps he was jealous of the Queen.
- A Growing Movement To Spread Faith, Love — And Clean Laundry: I love this as a charitable idea, as it would allow lots of conversation and relationships to build over time.
- Why women are afraid to fight harassment: A case just up the street…
- Dave Barry Learns Everything You Need to Know About Being a Husband From Reading 50 Shades of Grey: Now I don’t need to read the damn book!
- Jen Reads 50 Shades of Grey: If these blog posts are remotely accurate — and they are hysterical, in any case — the book is seriously twisted. The relationship is manipulative, controlling, and pathological — not sexy. UGH.
- A Former Comcast Employee Explains That Horrifying Customer Service Call: This explanation makes sense… but it doesn’t make Comcast look any better!
- Stunning High Speed Photos Capture the Moment People are Shot Out of a Water Slide: WHEEEEEEEEE!
- Stark color photos of segregation-era U.S. thought lost, rediscovered in photographer’s storage: As always, color makes the past seem much more real. I can imagine the characters from the wonderful novel The Help in these shots.
- What’s Up With That: Your Earphone Cords Are Determined to Be a Tangled Mess: The solution to the problem is still forthcoming…
Jul 252014
- 11 Tricks to Get Engineers to Sort of Respect You: These are hysterically accurate.
- Here’s What Happens When Your Joke Goes Massively Viral On Twitter: The plagiarism here fascinates me. The plagiarizers didn’t take the joke as a kind of meme or template, then craft it to their own circumstance. That would have been cool. Instead, they just took the material in a ham-fisted way and presented it as their own. That’s pathetic.
- Weird Al airs all his grammar grievances in hilarious spoof of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”: This is so much better than the original!
- Mmm “wedding cake”: My submission — from an Asian buffet restaurant in Los Angeles — was posted to The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks on Monday!
- 10,000-developer survey: 2% of coders split staggering 54% of all app revenue: If you’re interested in tech, these stats will interest you.
- Tony Dungy Explains Why He Wouldn’t Have Drafted Michael Sam: I’m not surprised, but I’m disappointed. (Michael Sam is the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL.)
- The Blood Harvest: This is where I see major benefits to GMOs.
- Lifeguard Would Save Drowning Man, But Who Is He To Play God?: Indeed, it’s dangerous business to act at all when you’re living in the same universe as an omnipotent, omniscient being…
- Neil Patrick Harris Makes Fun of CRAZY US Liquor Regulation: This is pretty awesome.
- Silly German Shepherds: OMG to the last clip. The enthusiastic French kisses of your dog are a sure sign that you drank waaaaay too much.
- Black Squirrel Assault Course: If only we had squirrels, I’d be so tempted to construct something like this for them… but you can’t beat his fine British commentary!
Jul 182014
- Everything you need to know about UFOs: The graph at the top says it all, I think.
- Facts: A hilariously perfect fake argument!
- That Moment At The Zoo When You Hear, ‘Ma’am, There Is A Lemur On Your Baby’: Heh.
- Teach Your Child not to Interrupt in One Simple Step: I love that this method is very respectful of both adults and children.
- If Horses Were People, Farrier Edition: This is so perfect… particularly the farting. Heh.
- Dressage Knockout: The New Craze?: I’d love to see this become popular.
- A restaurant studied its old surveillance and solved a “major mystery.” Happy Place investigates.: I thought the original story was bullshit when I read it a few days ago, simply because I’ve never seen people behave in restaurants in the way that was described… and apparently, I’m not alone.
- And now: The criminalization of parenthood: Criminalizing parental mistakes (or someone’s idea of a mistake, whether it is or not) is a very dangerous trend. It’s not just an injustice to the families prosecuted: it means that children in genuine peril aren’t getting the attention and help they need.
- Deodorant review is already awkward enough before it goes wrong: Oh dear…
- Here’s How History’s Most Brilliant People Scheduled Their Days: I wonder how many brilliant people didn’t keep a rigid schedule. *fingers crossed*
- Unconventional Before and After Pictures: Hooray!
