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How many pirate jokes are lame?

Most of them ARRRRRR! —————– To err is human. To ARRR is pirate. ——————— How do you know if you are a Pirate? You don’t, you just AAARRRRR! —————— Only one more sleep to Talk Like a Pirate Day! If … Continue reading →

Three kick-ass e-reader uses: a writer’s list

There’s tons of advice out for how to use your e-reader more effectively, but I thought I’d throw out this short list because these things have changed my life. They’ve certainly altered the way I engage with text and they’ve … Continue reading →

How to Play Monkey-Robot-Pirate-Ninja-Zombie (moropinzee)

In honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d revisit my version of the classic rock-paper-scissors, or rochambeau, as it is sometimes known. As you can see from the schematic below, each thing can beat two other things, … Continue reading →

Magic monkey time!

To get the full effect of this magical, awesome monkey moment, you will want to play the soundclip, and then scroll back up so you can only see the monkey: Happy Friday! Alltop thinks it would be better with a … Continue reading →

Bubble Mode

As a form of travel, giant soap bubble is suited to Buddhist monks, toddlers, and whimsical characters from children’s stories. It is not recommended for 60-year-old podiatrists with catastrophic waxy ear buildup and the inability to stand on a skein … Continue reading →

The nit-pickers always can find something

In high school we parodied For Whom the Bell Tolls relentlessly: “Que va, what a cafeteria lunch that is.” “Truly, it is a cafeteria lunch.” “That is a cafeteria lunch to test a man.” “Que va.” Alltop is a humor … Continue reading →

How many humans ever lived?

This infographic supplies an estimate for how many human beings ever lived. (140 billion) And if that sounds like an astonishing number, imagine how crowded the planet would be if they all existed at once. Actually, you don’t have to … Continue reading →

Thag angry! Teenager bad!

Having settled the issue of if the members of the Thunka Grunka tribe had free will or not, Thag settled back into life with his tribe. For once, it was almost peaceful. He and his new mate, Twigla, were happy. … Continue reading →

Thag grok free will!

The journey back to the Thunka Grunkas had been a long and difficult one, but Thag had finally returned from his sabbatical with the Drunka Grunkas, learning how to make beer. Along with this new technology, Thag also returned with … Continue reading →

Thag not talk much!

Thag’s year with the Drunka Grunka was drawing to a close, and he was almost ready to head back to his own tribe, the Thunka Grunkas. His relationship with the slender and beautiful Twigla was blossoming, and his artwork was … Continue reading →