Fear plays a very important part in our daily life, and in human society as a whole. Fear comes in many shapes and forms, but it could be described as: an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, real or not. It functions to make us alert and ready for action while expecting specific problems. Our most basic fear is the fear of death, which functions to make us alert in dangerous situations, and can thus be a very healthy emotion, but much less dramatic reasons of fear are found everywhere in our daily lives. Here are a few of the many documented phobias that govern that fear for some. Read the rest of this entry »

A collection of high resolution images for anyone who has not seen enough transformers pics! Good for the true fan.

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Just like plants, animals have evolved stunning characteristics and brilliant mechanisms for defending themselves passively. Whether it’s the ability to change color or actually resemble other objects, the wondrous ways in which animals camouflage themselves from predators is fascinating.

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It may be the riskiest thing you do, and if you’re like most people, you do it every day: get in your car, get on the road and take your chances. we know them when we drive them — roads that turn your knuckles white, as you wonder whether that 18-wheeler is going to stay on his side of the yellow line or if there is even enough room for both of you on the road. Some of the most dangerous roads are presented in this list, and may bring back a white-knuckle memory of your own as you read.

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Bubble Wrap: Good for So Many Uses

1. Adding some padding (bra, wallet, jeans, seatbelt, etc: get as creative as you like).
2. As a security alarm – makes very noisy footsteps for a stealthy intruder.
3. Mood lighting – put it over your windows to get that “aquarium” effect.
4. Put in shirt and roll on the ground, acting like your bones are breaking
5. Smothering your victims
6. Underwear / Lingerie
7. When in a waiting room, pop bubbles instead of reading the magazine
8. Wrap it around your arms and hug someone
9. Stress reduction (really its primary use).
10. Go to a store and offer to pay with a giant roll of bubble wrap
11. Sell as new ecologically friendly “oxygenated plastic” (P.V.C.O2)
12. An air mattress for camping
13. Cheap baseball glove.
14. Group therapy bubble popping
15. Ninja Outfit
16. Place it under your welcome mat to ward off door-to-door salesmen
17. Scare your dog
18. Condom, to give that fuller feeling.
19. Shock absorber for your bike seat
20. Painting texture applicator
21. Wrap it around your milk in the fridge so when some one steals it – you know
22. Christmas stocking filler.
23. Personal flotation device
24. Body armour
25. Pranks to wake up the neighbors at 3AM

Or, what to daydream about when you are really bored….ever have one of those days at work that drag on and on and on… Read the rest of this entry »

Did you make a promise to yourself to do better at something? Be more productive, get ahead in your job or take up a new hobby? Whether your end state, any goal or objective cannot be achieved without focus. Enter distractions – with the average lifestyle  becoming busier, becoming defined by growing responsibility and activity, it can be hard to maintain focus on what you want.

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Twinkies have a shelf life of only 25 days.  The popular notion that they “last forever” or for some ridiculously large amount of time is incorrect.

Here are some other popular myths concerning Twinkies: Read the rest of this entry »