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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Posted by Kevin H at 8:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: coincidence??, dog massage, gil robertson, joseph mockie, potpourri, rainer alfeke, state poetic form

Friday, December 4, 2009

The Fine Print

Posted by Dan Z. at 6:48 AM 0 comments

Labels: Butternut Squash Spaghetti, Cherokee Print League, Early Microscopes, First Christmas Cards, Invention of the Laser, Letterpress, Printmaking Techniques, Sillkscreening, The Fine Print, Woodcutting

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Face Facts

Posted by Kevin H at 10:50 AM 1 comments

Labels: faces

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts

Posted by Dan Z. at 5:02 AM 0 comments

Labels: Crazy Straw, Dr. Geoffrey G. Knox, French-Fried Eyeballs Dipped In Kerosene, Goo-Goo Knox, Gorillas, Hudson Dusters, Mutilated Monkey Feet, Petrified Porpoise Peters, the Gophers Gang

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Posted by Kevin H at 7:31 PM 0 comments

Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Dogzigners!

Posted by Dan Z. at 1:30 PM 0 comments

Labels: Bloodpug, Boxcar Willie, Chocolate Malt, Cross Breeding, Cute Dog Names, Great White Shark breed, Ham 'n Cheeze, Hybrid Dogs, Scoodle, Shihtstorm

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Temple Troubles

Posted by Kevin H at 12:06 PM 0 comments

Monday, October 26, 2009

All Soul's Day, 1832

Posted by Dan Z. at 4:48 AM 1 comments

Labels: Apple Bobbing, Divination Ritual, Killarney, Maggie Sam Haynes, Man in the Mirror, Origin of the Candy Apple, Poisoned Trick or Treat Candy, Razor Blade in the Apple, Romantic Halloween, Snap Apple

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Posted by Kevin H at 3:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: aquineas of glendale, art of remembering, metrodonatus, simonides of ciaous, zodiac

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Hunter of Autumn

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:46 AM 0 comments

Labels: Aphid Graffiti, Chlorophyll, Fall Foliage, Leaf Peeping, Lost Ben Franklin Tree, Pantone Color Matching System, Victor Z. Dalton, Why Leaves Change Color

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Number of the Beast

Posted by Kevin H at 10:03 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Museum of Leftover Masterpieces

Posted by Dan Z. at 2:01 PM 0 comments

Labels: Andy Warhol, Bacon Crucifixion, carryout containers, Francis Bacon, Hieronymous Bosch, John J. Audubon, Leftovers, Lobster Telephone, Oyster Pails, Pinnated Grouse, Salvador Dali, styrofoam

Monday, September 7, 2009

Hearts Afire

Posted by Kevin H at 11:27 AM 0 comments

Glow In the Dark

Posted by Kevin H at 11:26 AM 0 comments

Communications/Birdwatching/Volleyball

Posted by Kevin H at 11:24 AM 0 comments

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lost Loves of Teenaged Fast Food Tycons

Posted by Dan Z. at 12:45 PM 0 comments

Labels: '71 Z28 Camaro, Burgoo King, Colonel Harland Sanders, First Sneakers, Indian Scout 4 Motorcycle, Keds, Orville Redenbacher, Papa John's, Tudor's Biscuit World

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

'09 Fall Fashion

Posted by Dan Z. at 6:13 AM 0 comments

Labels: Accordion Street Scarf, Boyfriend Jeans, Bullet Belt Blackberry Buckle, Capelet, Flat Tail Coonskin, Hyper-Color Hankie, Krinkle Kut, Power Boot, Prince of Persian Dunks, Shutter Monocle, Techno-Folk

Monday, August 10, 2009

The Jolly FloatBoatMen!

Posted by Dan Z. at 12:55 PM 0 comments

Labels: Confederate Flag Bikini, George Caleb Bingham, Keelboating, Meriwether Lewis, Missouri History, Origin of the Float Trip, Rafting Expedition, Tweety Bird Tattoo, Waterborne Diseases, William Clark

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Pinot Beyond

Posted by Kevin H at 1:09 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Partial Manifest of Traditional Pie-Habitants

Posted by Dan Z. at 6:48 AM 1 comments

Labels: Blackbirds, Cut Corners, Genus Pie, Global Trivia Championships, Gravy Coffin, Hare Pie, Huckleberry, Origin of the Pie Chart, Ornamental Crust Lattice, Pie-habitants, Sarcophogus, Stargazy Pie

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Lawnscaping: Clips 'n Tricks

Posted by Dan Z. at 9:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: Divine Winds Christian Hot-Air Ballooning, Fry-Daddy, Grass Cutting Techniques, Grass Mowing, Great Lawn Angel, Lawnscaping, Rooster Booster, Sean Torgel, Souped-Up LawnBoy, Terry Torgel

Thursday, July 9, 2009

All-Star All-Star Fantasy Team

Posted by Dan Z. at 5:56 AM 0 comments

Labels: All-Star Game, F9F Panther, First T-Shirt Artillery, Flip-Down Outfielder Sunglasses, Gashouse Gang, Headfirst Slide, Iron Horse, Mid-Flip Catch, Sabermetrics, T.R.I.V.I.A.™

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Red Dragon Mosquito

Posted by Dan Z. at 4:11 PM 0 comments

Labels: Crimson Cobra, DEETh From Above™, Pesticide Fireworks, Pink Shower of Sparks, Red Dragon Mosquito, Roadside Firework Stands, Shanghai Cargo Junk, Used Tires

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Department of Hypnomenunosis

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:07 AM 0 comments

Labels: Culinary-Industrial Complex, Get your Oink On, Hypnomenunosis, Psycho-Sensual Devices, Somatosenory Cortex

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Duel of the Fowl Ballers

Posted by Dan Z. at 5:27 AM 0 comments

Labels: Cardinals, Cleveland Naps, Cork-Cored Baseball, Cy Young, Dead Ball Era, Duel of the Fowl Ballers, St. Louis Perfectos, Stub Suffolk, Tasmanian Emu, Wild Turkey

Monday, May 25, 2009

Tux Time

Posted by Kevin H at 5:59 PM 1 comments

Labels: freckle tuxedo, negative tuxedo, tuxosaur

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Symmetry of the Universe

Posted by Kevin H at 4:39 PM 0 comments

Saturday, May 2, 2009

DIY

Posted by Kevin H at 5:13 PM 0 comments

Monday, April 6, 2009

Pods, Casts, and Kindling

Posted by Kevin H at 1:12 AM 0 comments

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Weapons of Glass DUNK-STRUCTION

Posted by Dan Z. at 5:56 PM 4 comments

Labels: Breakaway Rim, Darrell Griffith, Darryl Dawkins, Dr. Dunkenstein, Duffer Shot, Dunkstruction, George Mikan, Indestructi-Goal, Origin of the Slam Dunk, Shattered Backboard

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

...by Readers Like You

Posted by Kevin H at 7:10 PM 0 comments

Labels: brain arms, Indian Bowling Museum, John F. Kennedy, Jose Iturbi, Malpern Tortoise, World Children's Trivia Fund

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Benld Meteorite

Posted by Dan Z. at 7:18 AM 0 comments

Labels: '28 Pontiac Coupe, Benld Meteorite, Bright-white Dentures, Feldspar, Lead Paint Poisoning, Mrs. Carla J. Crumm, Mysterious Mallow-like Fluff, Olivine Silicate, Pyroxene, Veined-Grey Chondrite

Sunday, February 22, 2009

A Trivial Crisis (3)

Posted by Kevin H at 2:08 PM 0 comments

Saturday, February 14, 2009

A Trivial Crisis (2)

Posted by Kevin H at 11:41 AM 0 comments

Monday, February 9, 2009

Trivial Crisis (1)

Posted by Kevin H at 3:20 PM 0 comments

Labels: Car Crash, Dick Cheney as Terrible Poet, Financial Crisis, Holtz-Eakin Theorem

Friday, January 30, 2009

All-Star Shufflin' Crew

Posted by Dan Z. at 7:58 AM 0 comments

Labels: 80's Sports Raps, Bruce Grobbelaar, G.L.O.W., Jackie Slater, Matilda the Hun, Planter's Nuts, Roger Craig, Stormin' Norm Stewart, Super Bowl Shuffle, Super Broker Shuffle, Todd Christensen

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

History of the Heavy Metal Logo

Posted by Dan Z. at 9:31 PM 3 comments

Labels: Die Walküre, Festpielhaus, Gesamtkunstwerk, Goat Stool, Goat Vellum, Goat's Tool, Illuminated Manuscripts, Logo Design, Origins of Heavy Metal, Vienna Circle, Vienna Sausages, Wagner

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

No Laughing Matter

Posted by Kevin H at 12:52 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Guide to Field Sobriety

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:24 AM 0 comments

Labels: Drunk Driving Laws, First Breathalyzer, How to Beat Field Sobriety Tests, Nmstagmos, Nystagmus Horizontal Gaze, Ostrich as Vehicle, Smith and Wesson's Drunkometer, Symington's Side Lacer Bra

Friday, December 26, 2008

Potpourri

Posted by Kevin H at 11:11 PM 0 comments

Labels: meta-board game, movie reviews, northern bluemouth bass, skydiving talk show

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Holiday Hot-Tubbin'

Posted by Dan Z. at 11:46 AM 0 comments

Labels: Bodypart Entrapment, Hair Entaglement, Holiday Hot Tubbin', Hot Tub Safety, Jacuzzi Brothers, Jim Nabors Christmas, Origin of the Jacuzzi, Propellers, St. Louis Hot Tub District

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Tree Tomb of Hildeburg, Mississippi

Posted by Kevin H at 9:54 AM 0 comments

Labels: Abraham Lincoln, graveyard attractions, hildeburg MS, hurricane Alice, hurricane Marie, lightning strike, tree tomb

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Midwestern Origins of Thanksgiving

Posted by Dan Z. at 10:06 AM 0 comments

Labels: Alton, First Midwestern Thanksgiving, Illiniwek, Illinois, Jacques Marquette, Monster Bird, Nested Foodstuffs, Piasa, Roti San Pareil, Thanksgiving Origins, Turducken

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bed Bugs and Beyond

Posted by Kevin H at 9:28 PM 2 comments

Labels: Arthropods, Bed Bug Fleas, Carpet Mite, Chelicerates, Duct Bug, Insects, Ondatorus Worm

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

CLOUD-PLEX

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:38 AM 0 comments

Labels: Air Pollution, Airblown Yard Decorations, Cloudplex, Cote D'Ivoire, Holiday Tackiness, Inflatables, Manmade Weather, Plastic Cloud, Polyethylene, Ruppell's Vulture, Worms Germany

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Off to the Races

Posted by Kevin H at 12:19 AM 0 comments

Labels: Beethovenathalon, Ganges, Mississippi River, Orchestralympics, Space Shuttle Race, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Steamboat Drag Races, Yuri Clodtfeldter

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Star Clipper 20th Anniversary

Posted by Kevin H at 10:27 PM 0 comments

Labels: Black and White Boom, Comic Books, Doctor Strange, Graphic Novels, Hot Dog Restaurant, Libraries, Manga, Nick Lewis, Saint Louis, Star Clipper, Tattoos

Friday, October 17, 2008

The Gigant-O-Lantern

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:34 AM 0 comments

Labels: Cappuccino, Crushed Trailer, Gigantic Pumpkin, History of the Jack-o-Lantern, Mennonite Manure Tragedy, Pumpkin Spice Gas Station Flavoring, Stingy Jack, Will-o-the-Wisp

Vice Presidential Debate Tactics

Posted by Dan Z. at 8:28 AM 0 comments

Labels: Aaron Burr, Dan Quayle, Joe Biden, Powdered Doughnuts, Robotic Exoskeletons, Sarah Palin, Secret Debate Tricks, Spiro T. Agnew, The Steaming Piles, Vice Presidents, VP Debate

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

God's Word

Posted by Kevin H at 5:54 PM 2 comments

Labels: Burgundy, Chrabatchers, Church of Jesus Christ Library Scientist, Dr. Clinique Bonce, edible scriptures, Flanders, Marionites, Rabbis, rice paper, The Word of God, truth value depreciation, yak dung

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