Etchings on the Attic Wall

Ok all you snow virgins!  If you’ve lived somewhere warm all of your life and have never seen snow (and want to), then you should sign up for this contest.  The Colorado Tourism Office is sponsoring a contest, called  “Colorado Snow at First Sight“, where three winners will receive an all expenses-paid, three-month trip to [...]

If you are a package designer, in the advertising business, or trying to create a new brand identify and looking for some inspiration, check out Lovely Package.  It is a site that features the best in package design.  They have a forum and also allow you to advertise on their site as well as submit [...]

In honor of the upcoming holiday, I thought it would be nice to present you with a travel option to creep you out.  The city of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, has an attraction called “Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride“.  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, the Bates Motel is the famous motel at which Alfred [...]

Here’s an interesting animation.  It goes through a slide show describing what will happen to Earth over the course of 7.1 billion years.  You can see how the continents, climate, and solar system will change.  Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?  Humans had better be relocated by about 3.5 billion years because Earth won’t be hospitable [...]

The Six Flags White Water water park is located near Atlanta, Georgia and was first opened in 1999 (originally called White Water Atlanta).  This park made Travel Channel’s top 10 water park list recently.
Let’s start with the thrill rides.  They have one called “Dragon’s Tail” which has a 250-foot triple drop.  Another one is called [...]

Their slogan says it all: “Exposing cruel and unusual workplaces since 2005″.  This site allows people to submit their work horror stories across several available departments related to corporations screwing over the “little guy”.  When you submit your stories – likely featuring frustrations, vengeance, stupidity, greed, betrayal or all of the above – their editors [...]

Have you ever wanted to know, if you went to hell, which circle of hell would be reserved for you?  Well, stop your wondering!  Here is a test that will tell you, called “Dante’s Inferno Test“.  You are asked a large list of questions after which you can find out how evil you are.  [...]

Do you like cruises?  Are you fascinated with the story of the Titanic?  Then I found the perfect vacation for you.  Borton Overseas is offering a Titanic Memorial Cruise in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.  Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is the company who owns the ship (chartered by British firm Miles [...]

There certainly are web sites for everything, aren’t there?  Here you can buy small stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes.  Yes, you heard me correctly.  Want to get your kid the H1N1 virus, a million times its actual size?  Or, how about the microbe that causes Athlete’s Foot?  Or Bad Breath?  Get your kid [...]

Foamee leverages the Twitter service to notify someone when you owe them a beer. Of course, it can also be used in general for any I.O.Us or acknowledgement of good deeds. After you’ve paid your debt and bought someone their much deserved “beer”, you can mark it as “redeemed”. I suppose there [...]