Fifty Facts that Should Change the World

I bought this book recently and was a bit disappointed. The facts are very thought-provoking, but some seem arbitrary or even dubiously factual. All the research for the book seems to have been done on the Web. The author is alarmed that there is no mention of God in the EU constitution- why?

I recommend reading a list of the facts rather than the whole book. Fortunately here’s a blog post with the facts and some notes.

The Economics of Faking Orgasm - No, really

A layman’s summary of some fascinating research applying economic reasoning to questions of sex and honesty. Worth blogging for the quote “Sex and academic research complement each other nicely, since you can do either one while thinking about the other.”

This post by: Martin_P

Good Judge of Character?

serial killer or programmer:

This post by: Grace_dlF

Tolkien with a twist

Funnier if you’ve already seen the previous blog entry

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/

I’ll stop now.

This post by: Chris_M

BadgerBadgerBadger

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

Probably a little outdated but somehow captivates me.

“snake, snake, oh it’s a snake”

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The Shining in 30 seconds

From the people who brought you the Exorcist in 30 seconds …

… and it’s by bunnies

This post by: Paul_A

Stockstock

Stockstock challenges entrants to knock up three-minute movies constructed from the same 40-minute film stock compilation tape of old US infomercials, educational films and forgotten B movies. See:

http://www.stockstock.org/

An in particular the Oppositional Libidinal Potentiality, in which men and dogs stage an epic battle against the massed forces of women and monkeys (”Women take the preparations seriously. Men do not. Women win”). See:

http://www.stockstock.org/films/OLP.mov

This post by: Chris_M

The 100 Worst Porn Movie Titles

I saw this and thought of Martin.

Not especially safe for work (although free from actual nudage) but damn funny anyway.

http://members.shaw.ca/stayasyouare/tohwpmt.html

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Travel Entendres

Fun with www.tripadvisor.com and humorous place names. Fancy staying at the Big Horn Lodge, or taking a trip to Minge House? And I’m not even going to mention the The Black Cock Inn Cider…

http://www.jboom.com/entendre/

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Heap of Trouble

http://www.pureesoiree.be/Post/?P_ID=3869

Arguably Not Safe For Work because of explicit male nudity, this short comedy film made in Cardiff is worth blogging for its exceptionally catchy song.

This post by: Martin_P