Category: Just Plain Silly

Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed

Despite the fact that only nine customers (out of 10 million orders) have reported problems with iPhone 6 bending, the alleged phenomenon has spawned numerous memes and generated its own Twitter hashtag, #bendgate.  Since the internet is never wrong about stuff like this, I immediately recognized that this is a world-class problem in desperate need… Continue reading Introducing the iBeam: floppy phones fixed

The shoe must go on

Here’s a photo of what arguably is the most compelling conversation piece in the history of pieces of conversation: No, not the sock – although shark socks definitely haven’t yet jumped the you-know-what. It’s the shoe, seen here in fashionable out-of-focus fashion (hey, you try taking a surreptitious photo with your phone in Sunday School… Continue reading The shoe must go on

Aliens among us seeking steel-belted radials

Or maybe they’re just humans from an alternate, rubber-worshipping universe, or visitors from an algoresque future without tyres. Who knows? But whatever their origins, while we can’t necessarily judge their motives for needing the wheels on one of our company trucks residing in our company parking lot, we are left with one niggling question: wasn’t… Continue reading Aliens among us seeking steel-belted radials

Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)

Fellow [occasional] blogger Jen posted a link to this list of “50 Life Hacks to Simplify Your World.” In a previous era, “life hacks” were referred to as “Hints from Heloise,” but that’s another topic for another time. Anyway, after skimming through the article, I started wondering what future extraterrestrial archeologists might glean about our… Continue reading Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)

A Moving Experience at Church

Have you ever visited the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas? It’s a spectacular indoor setting mimicking the watery “streets” of Venice, complete with singing gondoliers. I’ve never been to Italy, but I’m sure it’s exactly like this except for the Harley Davidson store and Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, but with… Continue reading A Moving Experience at Church