I can't really concentrate on things that require a lot of mental energy when death metal is blasting out of my speakers, and metal has to be played at a high volume or else it just sounds like noises from a nearby machine shop.
But for some reason learning HTML from RiffShop's David Wu while he's dressed and Satan and singing about code accompanied by his death metal band Cyborg Octopus made it quite easy to learn.
And I'll never look at all those bodies in the HTML code the same way ever again!
You never hear about a voodoo doll being made for a good reason, and I don't think I've ever heard of someone making a voodoo doll in their own likeness, but maybe we've been looking at them all wrong.
Perhaps, as this comic by Dami Lee of As Per Usual suggests, we should make voodoo dolls of ourselves so we can use the power of black magic to massage our sore shoulders and give ourselves some light acupuncture. Just don't push those pins in too deep!
The recent episode of Rick & Morty entitled "Pickle Rick" changed some fans' wubbalubbin' lives, as Rick turned himself into a pickle then used his astounding intellect to survive a day as a limbless pickle.
Fans were so enamored of that episode they started creating fan art as a physical manifestation of their love, proving Pickle Rick is a smash hit and sure to be one of the most popular episodes of all time.
So in order to properly capitalize on this fan mania the folks at Sneaky Zebra created an 90s style TV commercial for the mighty ridiculous Pickle Rick action figure! (NSFW language)
We're taught at an early age that it's wrong to cut in line because we have to wait your turn just like everyone else, and then we flout this rule by cutting whenever we see someone we know in line.
But what if there was a scientifically proven way to cut in line without making people pull out their torches and pitchforks- would you cut in line if you knew the power of science would allow you to get away with it?
Of course you would, so here's the skinny on skipping ahead in line, as collected by The Atlantic:
First, cutting is much less likely to work at special events. Waiting for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Get in line. The morning queue at your local Starbucks is much lower stakes, and so you’re less likely to face blowback.
Second: ask! Don’t try to sneak or saunter ahead. No one believes that you didn’t know where the end of the line was, anyway. Research has found that even if you don’t have an excuse, a polite ask to cut gets an okay 60% of the time. (And if the person you’re trying to cut ahead of says yes, people farther back are unlikely to object.) If you’ve got a good reason—your flight leaves in an hour, or you only have a few items for check-out—your odds are even better.
Finally, keep in mind that this etiquette varies country to country. Spain, for example, is pretty lax on cutting. Britain, well—if any Brits have made it through this article without a coronary, I’m sure they’ll tell you about it in the comments.
People love to hear stories about police officers, paramedics or firefighters saving the lives of animals trapped in deadly situations because they show us how much emergency responders actually care about life.
But this story of firefighters rescuing animals is a little different, and may make some animal lovers a bit angry- because the rescued animals were later eaten.
Firefighters in southern England were called to a farm near Pewsey to handle a barn fire and ended up rescuing 18 piglets, so to thank the firefighters for their hard work farmer Rachel Rivers served them sausages-made from the piglets:
The 18 piglets and two sows survived the fire in Wiltshire in February, which saw 60 tonnes of hay catch fire. In a potentially controversial move, farmer Rachel Rivers thanked the Pewsey fire team by giving them sausages. She said: "I'm sure vegetarians will hate this." The firefighters however said the bangers were "fantastic". The pictures of their impromptu barbecue have since been removed from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service's Facebook page.
The animals were given a six-month stay of execution when they were rescued from the farm at Milton Lilbourne. But, having been reared for meat, they have since been slaughtered and the sausages were delivered to the fire station team, which barbecued them.
Most dogs are inherently boorish and uncivilized so they don't know how to ask politely when they want to come back in the house and end up annoying their humans by scratching on the door and whining.
That's why dogs who have learned good manners should teach their uncouth cousins how to politely ask to come in like the dog in this video, who stands up and rings the doorbell when she wants back in.
Oenophiles like to boast about their exquisite taste, claiming their obsession with wine began when their perfect palate allowed them to taste the very soil the grapes were grown in before they became wine.
But the rest of us who simply enjoy drinking wine and the warm, fuzzy feeling we're left with after a bottle or two recognize wine for what it is- a tool for survival in this crazy world we live in.
But as great as wine is there's definitely a time and a place for and drinking at work is definitely a no-no unless you're a sommelier, aka the job every wise wino should set as their career goal.
Back in those halcyon days when Chuck E. Cheese's actually considered their animatronic characters to be the main attraction they went through many different characters and acts, to keep the show as fresh as their pizza.
Characters like Crusty the Cat, Madame Oink and Foxy Colleen weren't in the spotlight for long, but their memory will live on in the greasy hearts of their robotic pizza band lovin' fans.
So Emma grabbed every tiny weapon she could find and armed her scaly friend Olive, shooting pics of her silly little warrior to share online.
Emma's battle lizard chronicles inspired another pet owner to share pics of his sugar glider holding stuff too, which made them look tougher than any sugar glider has ever looked.
The darling little sugar glider is still cute, but also very, very tough with that massive warhammer in his hands, as if he's saying "come at me, sis!" to the chameleon that started it all, Olive the Omnipotent.
Drinking coffee is a great pick-me-up, and coffee can be used to stimulate the mind when your brain needs a kickstart, but did you know coffee can be used like watercolor paint?
Coffee paintings only come in brown but the watercolor-y look of the paintings is quite nice, and coffee artists like Michael Aaron Williams have turned java into a fun new medium you can find in every breakfast joint.
Michael mixes a tiny bit of ink in with the coffee, to give it more permanence on the page, then he paints his (often predatory) subjects on antique paper in a style that's a cross between sumi-e and Rembrandt:
The Knoxville, Tennessee-based painter and street artist creates his artworks by painting coffee and a bit on ink (for the darkest shades) on century-old ledger paper, which he found in an old, rural Appalachian store that was closed for decades.
Talking about his paintings, Williams states, “the paper has an immense amount of character that can only come from the wears of time, and the coffee just melts into the history of the paper.” The motifs and fauna that inhabit the works also reveal his deep connection to his Appalachian heritage
Have you ever handed your ID or passport to a security guard only to have them sit there and make that screwy face that makes it look like they're really scrutinizing your photo and info "just to make sure it's really you"?
They love to pull that BS even when the ID contains a perfectly fine photo of you, so imagine the face they'd make if your ID photo made you look like a Conehead!
Cats are the coolest animals on the planet in terms of personality and attitude, and because they're so cool we humans look up to them, secretly wishing we could muster as much moxy as our fearless feline friends.
But why hide your love of cats when you can announce it proudly with a NeatoShop t-shirt? They're fun to look at for both the wearer and the world, and when you spread smiles wherevery you go life just feels a little more purr-fect!
Our fascination with cats begins with the admiration of their physical beauty
America's Funniest Home Videos receive hundreds of videos a year featuring cats doing crazy things, so they decided to put all the videos with cats who appear to be under the influence of catnip together in one high-larious compilation.
You can't always tell when a cat is sleepy, happy or grumpy, but you can definitely tell when a cat has been hitting the catnip- because when the catnip kicks in their frisky side comes shining through.
Rock stars spend a lot of time on the road away from their friends and family, but as soon as they stop touring for a while they look forward to going home to see their loved ones- especially their cats and dogs.
The average rocker may not be good at keeping their marriage alive, staying sober or handling domestic matters, but they are really good at showering their pets with adoration and giving them a good life.
And since their pets have no idea how famous they are and don't judge them for their rock 'n' roll lifestyle the special bond they have with their pet makes even the most famous rock star feel like a kid again.
I'm either trying to savor that fine barrel-aged flavor straight up or I'm trying to catch a buzz when I drink whisky, and either way water seems like a waste of time to me.
But scientists Björn Karlsson and Ran Friedman have proven people were right about adding water to whisky- because the water helps enhance the flavor compounds on the surface of the whisky and release complex aromas:
"The taste of whisky is primarily linked to so-called amphipathic molecules, which are made up of hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts,” explained Karlsson. “One such molecule is guaiacol, a substance that develops when the grain is dried over peat smoke when making malt whisky, providing the smoky flavour to the whisky.”
The scientists found that guaiacol was more likely to be present at the “liquid-air interface” of a whisky with concentrations of ethanol up to 45%. “This suggests that, in a glass of whisky, guaiacol will therefore be found near the surface of the liquid, where it contributes to both the smell and taste of the spirit,” said Freidman.
“Interestingly, a continued dilution down to 27% resulted in an increase of guaiacol at the liquid-air interface. An increased percentage, over 59%, had the opposite effect, that is to say, the ethanol interacted more strongly with the guaiacol, driving the molecule into the solution away from the surface.”
The study therefore concluded that the taste and aroma of guaiacol – as well as other similar compounds in whisky – are “enhanced when the spirit is diluted prior to bottling, and this taste may be more pronounced on further dilution in the glass”.
