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Somehow you’ve managed to get the whole clan gathered around the table at the same time. You say grace and everyone starts slapping food onto their plates. How they manage to do it with one hand on their devices and the other on the silverware is befuddling. You want to engage. Encourage a little family…

One of my favorite dialogues from the show Friends was when Joey calls something a “Moo Point.” When pressed by a stunned Rachael, he explains “Yeah, a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.” The exchange sounds like something the great baseball player Yogi Berra would have said. Somehow, it actually makes…

Happy Trails, Chuck Norris Sadly, we lost the great Chuck Norris this week. Gone, at age 86. We’ll see you on the other side. In his honor, I’m reposting this humorous blog from a couple years ago. How to Push the Ground Down When you do pushups, are you pushing yourself up or pushing the…

The first space rendezvous, the greatest astronaut prank ever pulled, the first woman in orbit, an astounding spacewalk – learn the inside stories about the unsung space-breaking astronauts.

Jump to top 10 International Idioms You’re in a foreign land and nervous about conversing with the locals. But you’ve studied the basics of their language and have electronic translation tools. You’ve got this. Then they say something off the wall. The literal translation leaves you feeling like a fish out of water. You get…

The first space rendezvous, the greatest astronaut prank ever pulled, the first woman in orbit, an astounding spacewalk – learn the inside stories about the unsung space-breaking astronauts.
How Tiny Are They? The tiniest 20 countries cover a combined land area of just over 2,500 square miles between them (5340km). Combined, they could all fit comfortably inside the state of Delaware, the United States’ second smallest state. Skip the details: Jump to Top 10 Tiny Travel Destinations Tiny Countries Here are the twenty…

Color Me Surprised I began researching the uses of human excrement as a lark, thinking there might be some interesting material that would make people laugh. Yes, there are jokes to be made, which I’ve sprinkled throughout. But I was surprised to learn about the wide-ranging applications of this abundant natural resource… Jump to Top…