Category: 10 Things

Can you name 7 ways to mess up a wedding? Surprisingly “inviting Adam Sandler” is not on the list

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 22, 2010

Adam Sandler - They're All Going to Laugh At You
Adam Sandler – They’re All Going to Laugh At You

Web Watch has had some wonderful wedding memories:

There was the wedding at the bowling alley during the Stanley Cup playoffs
The wedding where the bride proudly proclaimed to everyone within hearing distance how she wasn’t going to consummate the marriage that night… and why.
Getting the entire wedding party to lick the ice sculpture as a photo opportunity for the official photographer…after pretty much all the other guests have already done the same thing.
That wedding where we had to arrive six hours early to clean the bathrooms at the reception hall

And then there was the wedding where the DJ was asked to play the first 20 seconds – and only the first 20 seconds – of this NSFW song during the reception:

Seriously, that was a wedding to remember. And all of the above — good friends, and good times all.

And no, we won’t mention the engagement party where the groom-to-be publically and graphically declared his love for his bride’s bosom. Because that was not a wedding, and therefore ineligible for this post.

Tags 10 Things, Music, Party Talk, Wedding

10 Things News

The 50 Most Looked-Up Words on the New York Times Website

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 21, 2010

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz must be having a field day with this one.

The NYTimes has a feature on their website where a visitor can double-click any word in any article and be presented with the definition of what that word means.

And, just like everything on the Internet, such usage is tracked. And if it’s tracked, then it’s something that can be reported.

Here are the 50 MOST LOOKED UP WORDS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES WEBSITE, by you – their readers.

Tags 10 Things, News, nytimes

10 Things shopping Video Websites

Odd invention of the day: Anti-Aging Cream made from Infant Foreskin

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 9, 2010
1 Comment on Odd invention of the day: Anti-Aging Cream made from Infant Foreskin

SkinMedica - TNS: Essential Serum
SkinMedica – TNS: Essential Serum

SkinMedica is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in anti-aging creams and lotions to help restore elasticity to aging skin.

And, it appears from what Web Watch reads on other sites, that they will make an anti-aging cream just for you… if you send them your baby’s foreskin to use as an ingredient. It must be true, as it was allegedly announced as such on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show in 2007.

And we know that Oprah wouldn’t lie to us, would she? Besides, SkinMedica isn’t the only company doing this. A different company uses foreskins to make Vavelta, which is injected to help smooth wrinkles as Botox does.

Tags 10 Things, Beauty, medical, Penn & Teller, Relationships, shopping, Video, website

10 Things Disney Movies

The 26 Most Disturbing Kids Movies Ever Made

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 3, 2010

Growing up, we all remember being taken to see certain movies with our parents and wondering why they thought that seeing these films would be a good idea.

Web Watch faintly remembers being taken to see a double-feature of THE THREE MUSKETEERS with UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT, and recalls that we really couldn’t follow the plots of either film, let alone understand why we were taken to see them.

But when it comes to kid’s films, Walt Disney once famously said “for every laugh, a tear must fall”, which explains why many Disney films made back in the day contain some vivid, scary imagery or themes that may be a bit heavy for what today are considered to have been – truthfully or not – primarily children’s films. There’s a reason why the attraction at Walt Disney World is entitled SNOW WHITE’S SCARY ADVENTURES… because that Evil Queen reallydoes live up to her name.

Tags 10 Things, Disney, Movies, parenting, Walt Disney World

10 Things Book Internet Websites

According to the AP Stylebook, they are spelled “website” and “e-mail”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 2, 2010

The Elements of Style

Proper spelling and pronounciation is a long-standing debate amongst techno-nerds. For example, is a GIF image pronounced “JIF” (like the peanut butter) or “GIF” (rhymes with “gift”)? We usually settle it by saying it both ways in the course of a graphic-related conversation so that nobody feels superior to another.

Spelling, however, can be dictated by a central authority. Most of us are familiar with Merriam Webster, or at least the Scrabble Players Dictionary (where you may not get the definition you’re looking for, but at least you’ll have the word spelled correctly for that triple-word score).

So when the new AP STYLEGUIDE was announced with new words and spellings, you can imagine how excited wordsmiths must feel, as if they received a new toy at Christmastime.

Tags 10 Things, Book, Internet, website

10 Things Music News

The Ultimate List of Worst Earworms Ever Recorded (You’ll Never Guess #1)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 1, 2010
2 Comments on The Ultimate List of Worst Earworms Ever Recorded (You’ll Never Guess #1)

Audio Mashup Construction Kit

Earworms.

They’re those songs in your head that you just can’t get rid of. It happens to everyone — 98% of people have had an earworm at one time or another.

But it took a PhD student at the University of Montreal Department of Psychology – Andréane McNally-Gagnon – to create a study to identify, for once and for all, what THE ABSOLUTE WORST EARWORMS OF ALL TIME ARE.

Tags 10 Things, Music, News, survey

10 Things

Today’s Fact: 40-50% of American Marriages End in Divorce

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 30, 2010

Guy's Guide to Getting Over a Divorce
Guy’s Guide to Getting Over a Divorce

Sometimes one needs to evaluate their personal relationships based on statistics around us in order to see whether we are above the norm or staying about average.

We all want to be in the top x% of whatever the good ranking is; nobody wants to be “average” or worse. Unless the topic is one such as divorce, in which case the object is to NOT be in the normal range — especially when the range appears to lean towards divorce being the norm.

Sometimes you can’t help it – some marriages are destined to lead to divorce based on established criteria learned from hundreds of thousands of divorces before yours. That’s what led economist Betsey Stevenson to create the DIVORCE CALCULATOR, a simple way to determine the likelihood of your relationship ending in a flurry of court-approved paperwork or not based on education level and financial stability.

Tags 10 Things, Relationships, Wedding

10 Things

The Best Wedding Advice You’ll Ever Receive

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 22, 2010

The Wedding Planner / My Best Friend’s Wedding

We all know the stereotypical wedding-movie plotline involves some crazy BRIDEZILLA who gets involved with planning a wedding (or a crazed wedding planner, or a father who tries to plan the perfect wedding for his daughter)…when Suddenly Something Goes Wrong!

Let’s face it – actual weddings and wedding planning can be much, much simpler than that. Glamour magazine interviewed a number of wedding planners and came up with THE BEST WEDDING ADVICE EVER GIVEN that every bride and groom should try to follow – regardless of anything else – if you want to be able to sit back and really enjoy your nuptials.

Tags 10 Things, Relationships, Wedding