Maps, like all framed images, mold our perceptions of reality. Take a look at what a new perspective can do for your world 
This incredible device magnifies without a lens. The image is virtually lifted from the source and can be viewed from any angle. It needs to be seen in person to be believed!
Sure you can buy these at any gift store, but think about shipping them UPS. Your recipient receives an enormous box that feels completely empty. People are sure to gather 'round. When they open it, the balloon pops out with your message in tow. I love it!
This idea has been around a long time and has aged well. Buy a kit and build your own. I did!
I made one of these myself almost ten years ago and put it on my desk at work. Aside from being soothing and cool, I was continually amused by people who thought it was a screensaver. I know it sounds crazy but it's true. Nothing funnier than "feeding" the "fake" fish and watching their moment of realization.
In this day and age it is important to realize that a little moth can do what no motors and batteries could: jump around for weeks and weeks making everybody startle and laugh!
Unbelievably strong magnets have only started to become mainstream. These are amazing and worth the price.
These are the heaviest remnants of the supernova which formed our solar system. And some look like Kryptonite!
Everyone loves them and they are easy enough to make (Did you know the post office will give you free rubber bands if you ask at the counter?). Too lazy? Try this. Or, use it as a starting point for your own mega ball.
Ok, I'm a little biased on this one but after 5 years I still can't put my own piece down. Bounce it, Stretch it, Tear it!
Ok, so they are illegal inside the US, but Great Britian thinks they're bollocks. Try « Awake During Surgery | Main | The Soviet Exploration of Venus »
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Cecil Adams of The Straight Dope famously quipped, "These days there's no such thing as an urban legend. There's just stuff that reality hasn't caught up to yet." He was dead on. It's as if the zeitgeist takes our unrealized fears as a challenge. From babies in the microwave to Kentucky's famous Kitchen Fresh Chicken to soda can tabs for kidney dialysis.
Where does it all lead? Is our collective unconscious compelling someone to tamper with halloween candy?
Urban Legends often arise innocently enough. But, they can be an effective tool for rumormongers to exact revenge or material gain.
Proctor and Gamble was once accused by Amway competitors of being run by devil worshippers who flaunted their satanic religion with a diabolical logo. The logo consisted of an old man's bearded face in the crescent moon, facing thirteen stars, all set within a circle. Some saw 666, the number of the Beast in Revelation (usually identified with Satan by the Christian watchdogs), lurking in the old man's beard and in the arrangement of the stars. Others saw a goat, surely a sign of the devil.Before Google made it possible to quickly check on a rumor, one could forgive the gullibility of its believers. Look out though, some stories stoke our fears so perfectly they unleash our worst behaviour: the herd mentality.
- The Skeptic's Dictionary, Robert Todd Carroll
October 21, 2004 in History | Permalink
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