• THE GREATEST RACE IN HISTORY

    Two years later would come the worst motorsport disaster ever, when 86 people lost their lives and 120 more were injured.  Eleven years after that, a disgruntled Henry Ford II decided that he’d had enough of Ferrari’s victories and thrashed them four years running with the legendary GT40.  And 27…

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  • THE NEXT BIG THING (IF BY BIG THING YOU MEAN IRRATIONAL, SWEEPING PANIC)

    There is a new form of Wi-Fi coming.  It is longer-range and faster and thus better.  Naturally, people think it will kill them with cancerous death.

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  • My Least Favorite Person In The History Of People

    This is Dan Goodwin. I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is. Normally, I would point out that he looks like a total douche, but first of all, you can tell that for…

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  • This Video Makes Fear Itself Crap Its Pants

    Think of the awesomest, most terrifying, most awe-inspiring natural phenomenon that’s ever made you lie awake crying at night, praying to whatever you pray to that it doesn’t exist in your area and will never come to hurt you or those close to you until you stagger, weeping, to your…

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  • Dear God, What Have We Crateated?

    This picture makes me very very sad.  I want to meet this “Summer” person and punch her virtually everywhere.  There is no place on her person where she should not be punched.  I want to show this to kids in middle school and tell them that if they don’t pay…

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  • WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN

    Who loves design concepts?  You do.  So if I showed you a concept, you’d get all super-happy, almost delirious, like this kitty, right? You bet your velvety ear blanket you would.  You ready for this?  Brace yourself and squeal in anticipation as I reveal THIS.

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  • Another Brilliant Idea Ruined By Facts

    Biking is great, isn’t it?  You get fresh air, it’s inexpensive, and you get muscles like this guy: The problem is, it’s so damn hard.  Wouldn’t it be great if it was easier?  Now, there are a lot of ideas out there on how to improve the bicycle (most of…

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  • THE STUPIDEST HOAX EVER

    This woman thinks she’s magnetic. She’s not.  For one thing, there are some very fundamental laws of physics (why do those keep coming up?) that prevent flesh and blood from attracting metal, and then there’s this story. On one occasion I had a dreadful experience at the supermarket. When I reached…

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