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Excerpt From Richard Chiem’s Short Story, “Animal”

yesterdayOdd : Thought Catalog

For days, unsaid things are more and more common between them, like once in the morning in the mirror in the bathroom, when they catch eyes brushing their teeth and distance themselves. They have matching towels they regret buying.

Russell Brand Schools MSNBC On Professionalism In 8 Minutes Of Epic Television

21 hours agoOdd : Thought Catalog

Russell Brand calls Mika Brzezinski a “shaft grabber” and instructs her to take off her wedding ring while stroking one’s water bottle. There’s something for everyone.

Baby Poops On Dad (SFW) [Video]

Peek-a-boo was so shocking that it scared the poop right of out the baby. Baby Poops On Dad (SFW) [Video] is a post from: The Inquisitr Baby Poops On Dad (SFW) [Video] is a post from: The Inquisitr

Pilot showcases stunning photos taken from inside plane’s cockpit

yesterdayOdd : The Sideshow

Dubai-based pilot Karim Nafatni has posted several pictures from inside a commercial jet that provide a stunning view from inside the cockpit at 37,000 feet above the ground. Nafatni told the website PetaPixel that he began bringing his Nikon D300s aboard flights where he worked as a 1st officer to capture images from inside his [...]

Man standing at Wendy's drive thru may be slightly overreacting to being given the wrong order.

yesterdayOdd : Happy Place

Sir, if you wanted lettuce, you should have ordered a lettuceburger. Look, this man knows he's overreacting. He basically says so right in the middle of his insanely over-the-top cheeseburger tirade. But man, he is so sick of people not doing their jobs correctly. Show More Summary

The Future of Online Backup

yesterdayOdd : It Thing!

Click image to see a larger versionThe Future of Online Backup via Backblaze

Clueless British Commentary for a Major League Baseball Game

yesterdayOdd : Laughing Squid

In this hilarious video, British comedy group The Exploding Heads provides their own clueless commentary for a Yankees vs. Red Sox “rounders” game. via Digg

This lazy man loading cargo into an airplane explains exactly why flying is so horrible.

yesterdayOdd : Happy Place

We'd like to see this guy lovingly decorate a birthday cake. Based on his hilarious disregard for the consequences of his actions (hey, they're not our boxes), we would assume this guy was high, or half-asleep, or in the midst of a really rough break-up. Show More Summary

Seattle Public Library Creates World’s Longest Book Domino Chain

yesterdayOdd : Laughing Squid

Back in May the Seattle Public Library used 2,131 retired and donated books to create the world’s longest book domino chain. According to the library, “no books were harmed during the filming of this video.” The event marked the launch of the library’s 2013 Summer Reading Program. video by Playfish Media via The Stranger, Archie [...]

One More Thing About Marie Calloway

yesterdayOdd : Thought Catalog

That female degradation exists in the world, in more places than not, requires that women tell stories of degradation.

Google Announces Project Loon, A Moonshot Project to Provide Balloon-Powered Internet

2 days agoOdd : Laughing Squid

Google has announced the latest moonshot project from the Google X labs, Project Loon. The project’s goal is to beam internet access to the ground using a system of balloons in the stratosphere, providing internet for rural, remote, or underserved areas. The balloons can be controlled and directed using just wind and solar power, and [...]

Viral Video of the Day: Miss Utah Marissa Powell's Flub

yesterdayOdd : The Daily What

Miss Teen South Carolina has a new challenger! At the Miss USA pageant last night, Miss Utah Marissa Powell responded to a question about gender-based income inequality in America with a rather strange fumbling answer, proclaiming the...Show More Summary

Man Claims To Have Poisoned An Entire United Airlines Flight In Mid-Air

yesterdayOdd : Geekosystem

Because international air travel is always such a breeze and needed to be more of a terrifying, white-knuckled pain in the rear, a passenger on a flight from Hong Kong due to land at Newark International Airport later this afternoon has reportedly told the flight crew that he has "poisoned everyone on board." 

Miss Utah? Barely coherent

yesterdayOdd : Boing Boing

Whatever she said, Miss Teen South Carolina is still our nation's pride.

Diapered Monkey Buys Himself a Drink From a Vending Machine

yesterdayOdd : Laughing Squid

At Tohoku Safari Park in Japan, a squeaking capuchin monkey in diapers grabs some coins and buys himself a grape juice by banging madly on a vending machine. video via ts2336 via Say OMG

This incredibly awesome photo, featuring our Inflatable Unicorn...

This incredibly awesome photo, featuring our Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats (Cat’s love it!), was taken by Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based artist Kate Anderson (also known as Kate Funk) for The World’s Most Super Amazing 100% Awesome Cat...Show More Summary

A man went on a 2-month trip abroad. His housemates gave his room a very precious makeover.

yesterdayOdd : Happy Place

Never has the question "your place, or mine?" been easier to answer. So, this redditor left town (and the country - the UK, apparently) for two months, unwisely leaving his room in the hands of his housemates. They remade his room to be a "fairy empire" in his absence, and filmed their progress (below). Show More Summary

Meet the Pugs of Middle Earth. Phillip Lauer and his wife Sue...

Meet the Pugs of Middle Earth. Phillip Lauer and his wife Sue are a Californian couple who love The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films and their three pugs, Blue, Bono, and Roxy, so much that they’ve come up with an unusual and pretty awesome hobby. Show More Summary

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