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Yay parenthood

“How does a cow go, sweetie?”
MOOOooooooooo.
“Good! How does a cat go?”
Meeee-yyyoww.
“Haha!! How about a pig?”
Oinkoinkoinkoinkoink.
“Good. How does a Mommy go?”
“NOoo-putdatdown!!!”

Exposing children to secondary bad chart design is bad for their health

Yes, *sniff*, our kids are being desensitized to poor data visualization.
Check out this craptacular chart from the back of a Cheerios box:

I would have had soooo much fun critically evaluating this, but Carl beat me to it already:
First of all, every condition shows a decline in concentration overall - with 8am as the benchmark! I [...]

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How to handle a bee infestation

Step one - Realize that calling pest control costs $$.
Step two - Immolation. Merciless, petroleum-fueled immolation.

Step three - Realize that buying your kid new swings costs $$ too, but at least you got to burninate stuff.
I’ll bet you his neighbors NEVER complain about loud music or tall grass ever again.
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So long, funnyman

Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera fame) died today at age 95.
It’s unfortunate that most only remember Hanna-Barbera for their poorly-animated-looping-backgrounds cartoons of the 60s and 70s cartoons (”How long have we walked by that pik-a-nik basket, Boo-boo?”) or the Flintstones. In fact, their best work was Tom and Jerry, and the cross-town friendly competition with Warner [...]

Springtime on Mars

Ever wonder what happens to all of those probes that crash on Mars?

HT: nickjsky

Shocking, really

THIS JUST IN:
Hey, it turns out there IS lightning on Uranus, after all.
Now this is an exciting story to tell the grandchildren. I don’t have stories like that. I’m not what you call the “exciting type.” Unless you count when I take my shirt off & jump on my moped and ride full-speed through the [...]




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