Category: Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.” -Alexandre Ledru-Rollin

Fact of the Day:
LSD existed in the Middle Ages as â€œergot,â€ a fungus that grew on rye bread. People in Europe referred to its effects â€œSt. Anthonyâ€™s Fire.â€ (Now you know why they were seeing giants, werewolves and unicorns.) –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Singing Telegram Day -has anyone actually ever had one of these? They sound cool.

Link of the Day:
Crazy images made with typing characters.

Tags acid, followers, fonts, leaders, lsd, middle ages, singing, telegrams, type, writing

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“When I speak it is in order to be heard.” -Roman Jakobson

Fact of the Day:
Despite the horrific display, nearly two-thirds of those who were on board the Hindenburg survived its 1937 mishap. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Finland’s National Sleepy Head’s Day -The last person in your house to wake up gets doused with a cold bucket of water.

Link of the Day:
The 10 weirdest museums in America. I’ve wanted to visit the burlesque and medical oddity museums for years now.

Tags burlesque, distasters, hindenburg, jakobson, life, medical, museums, rude wake up, sleepy heads, speach, survival, weird

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?” -Steven Wright

Fact of the Day:
Between magazine pitches, short stories, and books, Jack London claimed to have received 600 rejections. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
All-American Soap Box Derby Day -Sounds like fun to me.

Link of the Day:
Crazy real time statistics.

Tags jack london, killing, mimes, rejections, shootings, silencers, soap box derby, statistics, writing

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Quote of the Day:
“God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.” -Lynn Redgrave

Fact of the Day:
Only one breed of dog is mentioned by name in the Bible: the Greyhound. (Proverbs 30:29-31, King James Version). –Source

Today’s Holiday:
System Administrator Appreciation Day -Doesn’t mean much to most people who work from home.

Link of the Day:
Some of the best record art is on Sleevage a blog dedicated to record covers.

Tags albums, bible, covers, custard pie, dogs, god, greyhound, record art, redgrave, system admins

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Quote of the Day:
“The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fact of the Day:
The man on the can of Chef Boy-ar-dee was a real person. Hector Boiardi was a gourmet chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
National Tequila Day -This could be problematic.

Link of the Day:
Ack! Creepy nature. To be more specific, the 30 Creepiest Trees in the world.

Tags chef boyardee, creepy, freaky, funny, humor, intelligence, nature, ridiculous, sensibility, tequilla, trees

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.” -Quentin Crisp

Fact of the Day:
Blue eyes are the result of an ancient genetic mutation. (Take that nazis) –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Gorgeous Grandma Day -Go G.M.I.L.F.s!

Link of the Day:
Katamari Damacy fiends will love this hilarious therapy session with the prince of the Universe.

Tags blue, crisp, distasters, eye color, eyes, gmilfs, grandmas, japan, katamari, therapy, trivial, universe

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Quote of the Day:
“There are grammatical errors even in his silence.” -Stanislaw J. Lec

Fact of the Day:
The movie “There Will Be Blood” made their “oil” using the same industrial material McDonald’s uses to thicken their milkshakes. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Rat Catcher’s Day to commemorate the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Link of the Day:
Amazing speakers everyone needs.

Tags art, grammar, idiots, milkshakes, oil, pied piper, rat catchers, silence, speakers, there will be blood

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.” -Mark Twain

Fact of the Day:
King James IV of Scotland was an amateur dentist, and even paid people to let him to practice on their teeth. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
National Get Out of the Dog House Day: so apologize already!

Link of the Day:
Get ready for our exclusive Comic-con coverage by checking out SciFi Nerds in their own homes by Steve Schofield.

Tags darth vader, dentists, dog house, facts, fiction, king james, mark twain, nerds, sci fi, star wards

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Quote of the Day:
“But what is the difference between literature and journalism?…Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.” -Oscar Wilde Money origami

Fact of the Day:
Washington stateâ€™s Mt. Rainier is the tallest volcano in the United States, measuring nearly 14,500 feet in height. It last erupted in 1854. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Ugly Truck Day -hick’s everywhere rejoice

Link of the Day:
Cool money origami.

Tags hicks, hillbillys, journalism, literature, money, mt rainier, origami, reading, red necks, trucks, volcanos, wilde

Daily Goodness

French Maid Quote of the Day:
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.” -Paula Poundstone

Fact of the Day:
French maids never wore mini-skirts, stiletto heels, and fishnet stockings while cleaning house; that image originated in the U.S. on the vaudeville stage. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Burmese Martyrâ€™s Day -rough, seriously rough.

Link of the Day:
13 Strange Last Requests from Cracked

Tags burma, dead people, death, french maids, last requests, martyrs, poundston, sexy, sin, taxes, vaudeville