Happy Endings for the Greatest Nerds in Movie History

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No, this is not some type of story about a massage parlor in Chinatown.
Instead, have you ever wondered what happened to your favorite nerdy characters after the movie ends?  [...]

Rejected Garbage Pail Kids

Do you remember the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards? First released in 1985, these trading cards were designed to make fun of the nation’s Cabbage Patch Kid mania. Each card featured a Garbage Pail Kid character, with some comical abnormality and/or suffering some terrible fate, and a humorous, word play-rich character name.
Recently, executives [...]

How Chutes and Ladders has Corrupted our Youth

Chutes and Ladders, originally known as Snakes and Ladders in England, was introduced to the United States in 1943 by American board game pioneer Milton Bradley.  The game was supposed to teach a little morality to our youth by showing the effects of good and bad deeds.  Instead, Chutes and Ladders has been  responsible for [...]

Happy Red Stapler Day

To all 37 or so of you  out there that will celebrate the first annual Red Stapler Day, I wish you the greatest day possible.   May your boss be sent away for a month for some corporate re-education.  May you be greeted with the arrival of a brand new copy machine and printer.  May [...]

Great Moments in Twitter History

Have you been sucked into Twitter mania?  Some people can’t seem to live without it and are addicted to it like crack.  For others, let’s just say, not so much.    Regardless of how you feel about Twitter, you would have to live under a rock to avoid hearing about it during the past several months.
So [...]

The Answers to all the Important Questions in Life

Recently, American archaeologists discovered a major find that is certain to inspire National Treasure 5 or 6 or maybe even both.  What did they find you ask?  The Holy Grail?  Proof of alien help at the pyramids?  Tom Cruise’s application to Planet Out?  Nope.  Instead, the American team of scientists discovered the following document, nicknamed [...]