Today I found out why soap operas are called soap operas. This all started out in the 1920’s; a simpler time where Jazz was swell; the Soviet Union was in its infancy; Robbert Goddard became the first rocket man; and the world only existed in black and white… In this bustling time, radio was the Bee’s Knees. On the radio […]
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Today I found out that NASA uses the 1998 film, Armageddon, in their management training program. It turns out, to absolutely no one’s surprise, that this is not because it’s an incredibly well thought out movie in how to stop an asteroid from hitting the earth… No, they use it because it contains over 168 distinct things that are impossible […]
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Today I found out Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before finally getting published. In other news, fourteen out of fifteen publishing houses have quality standards on works they accept. Though of course, in this case at least, having no literary standards seems to have paid off for lucky number fifteen. So good on ya to them. Boggles the mind […]
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Today I found out Toad is flipping us all off in Super Mario Bros. As if the cloud/bushes thing wasn’t enough, now this! It’s all been a lie! ENHANCE! ENHANCE!
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Today I found out that the clouds and bushes in Super Mario Bros are virtually the same, differing only in color. Touche Mario designers, touche. In other news, Einhorn is Finkle!!!
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