A New Weight Loss Technique

Sounds like it’s straight out of Fight Club:
A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics.
The suspects claim there is a black market for it with European cosmetic companies. Most doubt [...]

Invade Iceland

There used to be some random fact that the US has never gone to war with a country that currently had a McDonald’s in it. That still might be the case, but either way, it’s not good sign for Iceland:
Iceland’s McDonald’s Corp. restaurants will be closed at the end of the month after the collapse [...]

Hell’s Angels

Here’s the fact of the day from a Michigan State graduate student’s study:
Our estimates imply that every death of a helmetless motorcyclist prevents or delays as many as 0.33 deaths among individuals on organ transplant waiting lists.
When a state repeals their helmet laws for motorcyclists, organ donation increases by 10%. Basically, stupid young men (men [...]

Unscrambling Socialists

The last Mental Floss logic puzzle was pretty easy. Here’s the question. Here’s the solution.
Today’s Brain Game is a tad more difficult. It requires not only brain power but a healthy dose of European geography bee skills as well. I haven’t had my coffee yet this morning, so it took me a while to get [...]

Got Milk?

I just got an email from The Blankman insulting the Midwest as “…a time zone where approximately 200,000 people and 500,000 cows live. Milk straight from the utter is tasty though. It’s not cold, but it’s tasty.”
That statement reminded me of this picture I saw the other day (even though he’s a tall, [...]

Sunday Morning Sportsbook: Week 3

I can’t gamble online, because America is not as cool as Europe.
Last week, I threw a 4-team parlay out there. Two teams (New York Giants and New Orleans Saints) covered. Two other teams, Tennessee and Green Bay, that were favored by a touchdown or more, actually lost straight up. It wasn’t my best betting performance. [...]

4-Teamer

Europeans are smart. They allow online gambling.
The US Government hides behind the guise of not allowing online gaming because they want to protect us from ourselves. Yet, they are happy to allow brick and mortar casinos.
The real issue is being able to control the tax revenue.
Politicians argue that prohibition is the best way to protect [...]

Welcome Mr. Woods

I was checking my website traffic stats for the week I was just away. I got my first visit from Windermere, FL!!!
For the unfamiliar, that’s where Tiger Woods has his (probably one of many) home(s). But it’s his primary address. It’s the town that’s announced on the first tee when he starts a round.
There are [...]

Sportsmania

Usually I could care less about sports between the end of the NBA playoffs and the start of the NFL season, but there have been plenty of reasons to watch in the past week.
- The Brazil/US Confederations Cup Final was unbelievable. If you aren’t watching soccer yet, get with the program. It’s almost worth moving [...]