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Is this the most offensive birthday card ever?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 4, 2013

The other day, Web Watch was browsing through various birthday cards at the local Target, trying to find The Perfect Card for a friend.

When picking out a birthday card, one always has to take into consideration whether the recipient shares the same sense of humor (if you go for a funny card), can appreciate a joke at their aging expense, or if you need to go the safe route and go with a sappy poem or note that more honestly conveys how you really feel about your relationship with that friend.

Friends seldom offer cards to each other – it’s more of a family thing, we believe. With friends, it’s easier to just go out for a drink and celebrate the birthday event with them.

But when your friends live across the country, then sending a card is almost the same thing as being there – especially if you get the sentiment just right.

Amusement Park Death Song
by Wally Pleasant, from the album Wally World

Tags accidents, birthdays, death, shopping, theme parks

Music

The 50 Greatest Live Rock Concerts You Have to See

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 3, 2013

Going to a rock concert is an experience. Going to a GREAT rock concert is an experience you’ll be sharing with others for years – perhaps decades – to come.

We all have our favorite artists, but not all of them know how to give a great performance. Web Watch appreciates The Steve Miller Band, for instance, but didn’t need to hear them perform a 2-hour rendition of the Steve Miller’s Greatest Hits album.

We also recall one start-up band (whose name we will purposefully leave out) that had to fill a 30-minute set… but only had about 15 minutes worth of material. They opened with their hit, they closed with their hit – then, after being told backstage that they “need to get back out there”, finished their set by playing their hit a third time. Almost a text-book example of what the term ONE HIT WONDER really means.

The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll:
The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music

Tags 10 Things, Concert, Music, Party Talk

Science

Proof that you can pee in the ocean

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 2, 2013

Web Watch knows that swimming in the ocean isn’t for everyone. If you think about it, you’re swimming in the same water that billions (billions of trillions?) of fish use as their personal bathroom every day.

Have you ever wondered why the ocean water is unusually warm on some days compared to others? It’s not because the sun warms the water — it’s because there’s more fresh pee in your immediate area than normal.

Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers
Open Water Swimming Manual:
An Expert’s Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers

Tags animals, bathroom, ocean, science, swimming

10 Things

This one thing causes 15% of all child emergency room visits

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 1, 2013

Going to the HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM is never a good time.

There’s no good food, the chairs are uncomfortable, there are germs everywhere… the hospital is not the place that you want to go to if you don’t already have a reason to be there.

So in the guise of helping parents, researchers at the NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO went through thousands of child emergency room records from 2001 to 2009 to see if there were any trends in PREVENTABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS that could be discovered through the data.

The theory is that if parents were aware of why children were going to the emergency room, maybe they could be more aware of those situations and prevent them from occuring in the first place.

Safety 1st Small Object Choking Tester

Hard Candy

Tags 10 Things, health, hospitals, medical, parenting

10 Things

Top 12 Trendiest Baby Names of All Time

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 31, 2013

Baby names are very important to get right.

Web Watch has heard parents struggle with getting the name of their offspring exactly right, that the monogram isn’t weird, or that they aren’t going to subject their kids to unmerciless teasing because their name just happens to rhyme with “fart”.

Kids can be cruel, but parents can be unintentionally cruel as well.

Hobart Handler

Tags 10 Things, baby names, parenting

10 Things Internet

Stuff you can do on the Internet in 60 seconds

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 30, 2013

How much time do you waste on the Internet every day?

Can you count your Internet time in minutes? Hours? Doubtful to even ask — but can you count what you do on the Internet in seconds?

1001 Incredible Things to Do on the Internet

Tags 10 Things, amazon, email, facebook, Google, Internet, itunes, twitter, wal-mart

How To

How to interpret your handwriting

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 29, 2013

Do you have sloppy handwriting, or nun-sactioned perfect script?

Some people — doctors, famously – have some of the worst handwriting on the planet. Some say it’s because they are so busy that they don’t have time to write a perfect note to the pharmacist or in your chart. Others say it’s just sheer laziness.

Handwriting Analysis

Tags How To, Party Talk, science, writing

Science

What your sleep habits say about you

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 28, 2013

How many hours of sleep do you need a night?

Some people religiously go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 5am, a good seven hours of sleep every night. They are also likely to have a decent breakfast and workout before heading off to be at the office before everyone else.

These go-getters tend to piss off everyone else around them, don’t they?

The Going-To-Bed Book

Tags health, medical, parenting, Relationships, science, sleep