Tag Archives: science

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

We Live On An Amazing Planet

Yes, we do.

What Happens If You “Like” Every Single Thing You See on Facebook For A Couple Days?

A Wired writer finds out (and the results aren’t pretty!)

70% of Canadians Are Lefties, It’s the Exact Opposite in the US and No One Knows Why (Oh, And This Isn’t A Post About Politics, It’s About…

…what hand we use to shoot in hockey. (I’m a lefty but my dad’s a righty.   Pace and I were on the driveway playing tonight and he was shooting right as well.  Weird.) (via Reddit)

Long Weekend Catch-Up – Happy, Sad, Funny, Tired

Didn’t do any blogging over the long weekend so I’ll catch up now… Saturday Snap Sappy Sunday Gah…so sad. Music Monday Guitar and Drums at the same time?  It’s like The White Stripes in a single body! Tuesday I have a headache and am now going to bed…

Saturday Snap – “Saturday Steak”

One trick I picked up about bbqing steak is to finish them by propping them up on their sides.   Yum!

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Solar Panels Could Replace Pavement on Highways and Roads

Yes, please!

Could Minecraft Help Make Kids Smarter?

Given how much Pace plays the game (and watches YouTube videos about it and reads books about it and has themed birthday parties about it), I hope so!

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]