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December 2007

Published on December 30, 2007
Television has always had its share of out-there plots, weird characters and completely unbelievable moments. I got to thinking, what would it be like if someone my age had never gone to school, but instead had been raised by watching TV. Here are a few of the...
Published on December 28, 2007
Humans have kept animals as pets since the dawn of time. They make loyal and loving companions. But we’ve come far from the days when man and beast would sleep on the ground beneath the stars together. Our pets have recently become exceedingly pampered and...
Published on December 27, 2007
Throughout the history of modern cinema, there have been many iconic heroes and villains. Here is a Top 10 list of the baddest movie characters that you wouldn’t have a chance against in a fight. One condition though, they have to be human. 268 Comments | Read more...
Published on December 26, 2007
It's the Day After Christmas, When All Through Your House, Those Brown Monkey Socks and That Way-Too Big Blouse, Need to Go Back to the Store Right Away, So No One Will See You Dressed That-A-Way! I Mean Who in Their Right Mind Would Give Such a Thing As a...
Published on December 25, 2007
I would like to wish you all a wonderful and happy Christmas. I hope that this holiday in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ will be a joyful family occasion for you all. Drink lots and have fun! JFrater
Published on December 25, 2007
Christmas Competition: Winner. Congratulations to Jess for this great Christmas list - she has won the first prize of a 4GB Apple iPod Nano valued at $149! This is a nice light list of songs to increase your...
Published on December 24, 2007
When we think of statues and buildings of the classical period, we tend to imagine white marble; scientists in recent years have discovered that it is in fact most likely that many of the buildings and statues were painted and probably adorned with jewelry. The...
Published on December 24, 2007
Christmas Competition: 2nd Place. Congratulations to Samehrocks for this great (albeit macabre) list - he has won the second prize of a 1GB Apple iPod shuffle valued at $79! 10. Romas...
Published on December 24, 2007
The visage of the Jolly Red-Suited man has been around for a long time, and many, many different versions for almost nearly as long. Few icons have represented the Holiday of Christmas quite like the happy-go-lucky Santa Claus (aside, of course, from Jesus...
Published on December 23, 2007
Christmas Competition: 3rd Place. Congratulations to Mathilda for this excellent list - she has won the third prize of a $25 iTunes music card. According to Wikipedia, "A castle is a defensive structure seen as...
Published on December 22, 2007
I recently received this email which contains some very funny motivational posters - with a twist. While I have seen a few of them, many were new so I thought it would make a nice relaxed list for the weekend. So, here are twelve posters to motivate you in life!...
Published on December 21, 2007
When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, Britain was a dump, "the sick man of Europe" and on the brink of total economic collapse. When she left power in 1990, it was the one of the financial capitals of the world. She is associated her political philosophy...
Published on December 21, 2007
Too many people decide that they wanted a cutesy, wootsie, little dog to love and then spend a ton of time and money picking out a perfect pooch. Then these people proceed to ignore the dog after a couple of months when the novelty wears off and they realize that...
Published on December 19, 2007
Another trivia list! This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it - this will be the first of many scientific fact lists...
Published on December 19, 2007
Nothing quite celebrates the feeling of the Holiday season like an engrossing and wonderful book. Many stories have been written about Christmas and Santa Claus, but very few of those take the theme and make it into something truly special and important. Here are...
Published on December 19, 2007
I have always admired Harry Truman for his plainspoken common sense, his zero tolerance policy for bullshit, his sharp wit, and blunt honesty. It's too bad we don't have a president like him today. Truman was the last president not to have a college degree, but he...
Published on December 19, 2007
As you should all know by now, I am leaving for New Zealand for one month today. I will be posting from there so fear not - the site will keep going through Christmas. It will take me nearly 30 hours to reach NZ so there may be a period where the site does not...
Published on December 18, 2007
When we think of Ancient civilization we think of togas, chariots, and gladiators. What we don't think about is flame-throwers, eye surgery, and other inventions we take for granted. This is a list of things that the ancients had that you think are modern...
Published on December 17, 2007
Sure, we all know Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, and, to some extent, gift giving and Santa Claus, but, what you didn't know is that Christmas is also about fine cinematic horror choices. Horror on Christmas? Absolutely. Some of the genre's finest...
Published on December 17, 2007
Food is something we interact with on a daily basis - frequently in fact. There are many very obscure facts about food that are fascinating and definitely worthy of knowing. So, at the behest of Juggz, here is a nice trivia list about food. 128 Comments | Read more...

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