The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist. The man who made off with up to $100 million in gems tells how he did it. * Eight scientists who became their own guinea pigs. Because even professional experimental subjects have their limits. * Make your own Daft Punk remix with the iDaf...

He said... Want a quickie?She said... As opposed to what? He said... I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it.She said... You wear briefs, don't you? He said... Do you love me just because my father left me a fortune?She said... Not at all honey, I would love you no matter wh...

But i'm feeling better, cough is easing, more productive (I know, gross). Hopefully soon I can do more than 15 minutes of cardio before I start feeling like I can't breathe. Added the gravitron  to my circuit, I'm a total pussy and barely work with 40lbs on this thing but still oh ...

We have the standard 6ft. Fence in the backyard, and a few months ago, I heard about burglaries increasing dramatically in the entire city. To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence and ran a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually, I got the biggest cattle charger Tra...

A copy of Walter Kirn's Lost in the Meritocracy (a reiteration of the article with little to justify the extra 150 pages, as it turned out) came through my office yesterday, and I read it. Two things:1. David Samuels already wrote this book.2. I am sympathetic to skeptics of the academic meritocracy...

Farts are ALWAYS funny. The most valuable thing we have is time. Here are some great thoughts about how to value your time. The Rise and Fall of the Nazi Dinosaurs. The government's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is supposed to help up to 9 million people lower their mortgage payments. A...

Just the other day, I thought about how neato my basement would look with a laboratory set up like Dr. Frankenstein, with beakers and burners and electrical gadgets. Now Wired has a how-to video on just that! They don’t make chemistry sets like they used to — no more uranium or explosive...

The entire city council loses it and cannot conduct business when some kid uses a fart machine. There’s no indication of what city it is, but they moved to recess in order to regain composure. Link...

I did finish something last week.  It wasn’t knitting, though.  My MIL’s birthday is this week, and as a resident of the steamy state of Florida, she doesn’t have much use for knitted things.  But she does love her horse. I wasn’t thinking about documenting this when I star...

I've been sick all week. I blame work. Just as it's a place to promote health and fitness and overall well-being, and we keep a clean club, it doesn't smell like a gym when you come in, it's still a festering petri dish of human filth. So yeah.  *cough cough* ....*COUGHCOUGHCOU...