Etchings on the Attic Wall

Here’s a web site that actually helps people by providing food to the hungry. For every trivia question you answer, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. The more you play, the more rice will be donated. You can make a difference from the comfort [...]

I know what you are thinking – a stampede in Calgary? Yes, believe it or not, they have an annual event in Calgary called the “Stampede” which usually takes place during July and draws more than a million people from all over the world! The entire city shuts down for a week while [...]

I’ve been using this web site for years and it is a great tool. It finds the banks with the best rates across the country for CDs, savings accounts, checking accounts, mortgages, auto, insurance, credit cards, and more.
BankRate.com

This is billed as the world’s largest aquarium and is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It first opened in November of 2005, has more than 60 exhibits containing more than 8 million gallons of water and more animals than any other aquarium (more than 500 species of fish)! They have the following main exhibits:

Georgia [...]

Do you remember these stick figure animations called “Xiao Xiao“? They first popped up around 2001 and were extremely popular. These are Flash cartoons created by Chinese animator Zhu Zhiqiang. He created 10 originals that can still be found on the Internet. There are also a bunch of parodies out there [...]

The Caesars Pocono Resorts is a resort centered around couples located in the Poconos Mountains of Pennsylvania. You basically pay a flat rate depending on how long you are staying and in what type of accommodations and then most of the meals and activities are all-inclusive. My wife and I stayed at “Cove [...]

Still looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right? Or perhaps you don’t have anyone in particular to go on vacations with? Then give a singles cruise a try. I’ve been on one of these myself and they are a lot of fun. I used a company called “SinglesCruise.com”. They are the largest singles cruise operator in [...]

This is one of the only places I’ve ever visited and wanted to immediately live there. My wife and I went here on our honeymoon for 2 weeks and had an absolute blast! And, trust me, 2 weeks was not enough! There are tons of things to do on the island. [...]

Want to send a unique e-mail? Send a Monk-E-Mail! You can dress up a chimp, accessorize him, and put him in your favorite setting. Then, give your chimp something to say via text-to-speech, phone recording, or voice recording via microphone. Finally, send the email to your friends. Very funny!
Monk-E-Mail

Here’s a fun little game to test your typing skills. Just type the words that appear as fast as you can and make as little mistakes as possible. It will highlight the letters when you miss them and the letters will fly out towards the screen at you as you get them correct. [...]