How To Make Decisions #37

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ML Kennedy explains: 3 Things to do with slices of bread, besides eating them.
Part A: How to Butter Corn on the Cob

Step 1: [...]

Hodgepodeatorium - JonBenet Ramsey

There was a moment there, I remember it clearly; the long national nightmare was over. We’d finally caught JonBenet Ramsey’s killer. I was actually sleeping better. Honestly I’ve been having trouble sleeping since her murder went unsolved (wait, that doesn’t make any sense, how could I have been losing sleep since her [...]

Ellie’s Corner: People & Food

Welcome to my little corner of Moodspins. Some of you may know me already from the reader forums, but for those of you who do not, my hope is that I can amuse you long enough that you’ll want to keep reading.
I’ve been asked to take the food column I had over at [...]

How To Make Decisions #36

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Critical Thinking and Ordering Drinks
The following is a true story which demonstrates a strange reliance certain people have on nonessential information [...]

Paper Cuts: JoSelle Vanderhooft Exclusive Interview

Congratulations to Inside Pulse for two years of pop culture bliss. I’ve enjoyed my time here for the past year. The new layout has been streamlined and Paper Cuts has moved over to the Moodspins subsection (politics, people, and prose, sounds like the perfect place). I’m excited about all the changes, and look forward [...]

Box Office Haiku

Hey it’s Friday night
Let’s go see Al Gore lecture!
What a great idea
You will really love
A Prairie Home Companion
If you are old
Superman returns
Superman bores audience
Superman goes back
I didn’t go see
The World Trade Center movie
I know the ending
Two and a half hours
Of pirates running around
It’s drivin me nuts

Hodgepodgeatorium - Two Birds/One Stone

If there are two things that I learned from casually watching television over the summer it’s that America cares about two things; Illegal Immigration and the War in Iraq. On these two issues the country seems pretty divided. If only there were some way to unite the two causes.

I mean a lot of [...]

Ribbed For Your Pleasure: Agreeing to Disagree

Let’s introduce the latest incarnation of moodspins with an obvious statement, shall we? “It’s quite amazing what you can find on this here Interweb…” You’ve got people coming of their shells in order to have more of a social life than they ever would in “RL” (or people who are inherently socially inept [...]

The Yeti Rants on… 9-11-06

It’s funny how quickly the collective memory of people fades. Nothing points that out more to us than anniversaries though. Monday was the 5th anniversary of 9-11 and much like 9-11-01 my morning started out with me waking up, hopping into my car and heading off to do my morning routine. Granted, [...]

Dear Dusty: Tornados

Welcome to Dear Dusty with Dustin Glick.
This week’s topic: Tornados
Q: Where is the safest place to go if a tornado hits near or in an amusement park?
A: Head for the Gravitron. In case you suck and you’ve never been on The Gravitron, it’s a ride that looks like a UFO and spins really [...]