I slept far better than I thought I would last night. That’s about the beginning and the end of the good news. I live only a couple blocks from where the downtown protests were being held yesterday and I had steeled myself for a long night of sirens and angry…

When I staggered into the emergency room, bent in half and moaning in agony with every breath, I was met with a completely empty desk. No one in sight except for a handful of patients in the waiting area chairs. I figured someone would hear me and come out to…

In case there was any question left about the absurd, damaging power of the media’s fear-mongering and brainwashing, please see exhibit #48,374,589: An EasyJet flight from Amsterdam to Newcastle was delayed two hours and 20 minutes after a kid on a class trip (reportedly 15-16 years old) saw another passenger…

Don’t stiff street performers. Especially a living statue in Rome. Seriously. Back in the early 90s, I did a little juggling on the street around Europe to earn extra cash, so I can tell you with complete authority that taking a photo or video of any street performer and not…

Great to know that yet another formerly irrational travel nightmare is actually possible. During his journey from Louisiana to California via Houston, Tom Wagner, apparently one of the world’s soundest sleepers, decided to rest his eyes for a bit only to wake some time later in an abandoned United Express…

Did you know that seemingly smart people can be idiots too? Big time. Like extravagant, breathtaking, galloping idiots. Exhibit A: The derp crew of architects in charge of designing Heathrow Airport’s fancy new Terminal Five were so focused on making their gigantic, light-festooned space that no one stopped for a…

I’m pretty sure there’s a screenplay somewhere in this story, though I can’t decide if the heroes, a bird expert and a bird slaying ninja, should fall in love in the end or if the ninja should die extravagantly while saving the bird expert. Oh right, the story. Welp, Rome…

“TSA Security Checkpoint” by billypalooza Well here’s some unsurprising news: apparently asking low-paid, famously socially deficient TSA agents to arbitrarily scan crowds of airport passengers for odd behavior isn’t particularly effective. Fortunately, they only spent $1 billion before someone pointed that out. In theory, agents were stare a hole in…

When it comes to inept drivers, Russia may have the quantity, but the good ol’ USA still has the quality. The story goes, a 19-year-old in Chicago allegedly (I have to say that, despite overwhelming evidence) driving a stolen car, got himself into a wee bit of trouble when, to…

Take the crush of humanity in the Tokyo subway and the lawlessness of the New York subway, put them in a blender and you get this crowded subway video from Venezuela. Hang on to your jaw before you hit “play,” because it’s about to drop onto your keyboard. This bonkers…