Author Archives: Stan Flouride

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This new Jurassic dinosaur wasn’t discovered by a paleontologist, but by a seven-year-old child. (Are you as jealous as I am?) On February 4, 2004, while hiking around southern Chile with his geologist parents Manuel Suarez and Rita de la … Continue reading →

Citing the growing negative opinion of Sea World for its imprisonment and enslavement of sentient creatures for cheap entertainment, Mattel Toys has decided to retire its Overseer Barbie along with any other toys or products branded with Sea World. Let’s hope … Continue reading →

Professor David Lerner carrying out pollution tests with tampons: The cotton that makes up tampons is unique, in that it’s completely natural and untreated. As a result, the material is able to easily and effectively absorb different chemicals that it … Continue reading →

This movie, which shows some amazing views of San Francisco in the 50s, was a pilot for a TV show of the same name. It was CBS’s response to NBC’s hugely successful Dragnet and set in SF as counterpoint to that show’s … Continue reading →

Jacob is straight, and Anthony is gay, but Jacob figured who better to go to the dance with than someone he considers a brother? Jacob popped the question by unfurling a giant banner that read “You’re hella gay, I’m hella … Continue reading →

An archaeologist has discovered liquid mercury at the end of a tunnel beneath a Mexican pyramid, a finding that could suggest the existence of a king’s tomb or a ritual chamber far below one of the most ancient cities of … Continue reading →

The dark squares that make up the checkerboard pattern in this image are fields of a sort—fields of seaweed. Along the south coast of South Korea, seaweed is often grown on ropes, which are held near the surface with buoys. … Continue reading →

These mandalas are the creations of baker Stephen McCarty‘s Sukhavati Raw Desserts, all are vegan and several are all-raw. Not my first dietary choices by I’d not push my chair away from the table were they presented to me. The colors used … Continue reading →

One of the better Photoplastys in a while examines a world where humans are less sex-obsessed.I know the winning entry already applies to about half the women I know: http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1444_if-everyone-suddenly-didnt-care-about-sex/ -Ogden Nash