Archive for September, 2008

Tally Whacker

How does body jewelry differ from normal jewelry? I’m almost too afraid to ask. Seeing as though I’m on a public computer right now, I’m a little hesitant to type body jewelry into google for fear of what might turn up. For me, the term body jewelry conjures up images of nipple piercings and hunks [...]

Having recently finished reading Dearly Devoted Dexter, the second book in the ‘Dexter’ series, I couldn’t help but notice that Dansko shoes sounds eerily similar to Dr. Danco, the main protagonist from the book. Dr. Danco took his name from a vegetable slicing machine, that came with the tag line “it slices, it dices, it [...]

There’s no shortage of bizarre and/or funny signs out there. I thought I’d post a couple of pictures that I have saved on my laptop. Someone deserves a prize for writing this sign, it actually looks like the work of Captain Obvious. This one leaves little room for doubt. Read this carefully. This is one [...]

Did you know what the full name for acne is? Acne vulgaris. Doesn’t sound all that pleasant does it. What causes acne? I’m glad you asked, apparently, acne is caused by changes in skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland. The acne lesions themselves are what people commonly refer to [...]

When I hear ‘cribs’ I immediately think of MTV Cribs. I realise that a crib is actually a child’s bed with enclosed sides, hence crib bedding, but according to dictionary dot com, crib also means “a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing”. I’m guessing the [...]