Showing posts with label interesting content. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interesting content. Show all posts

03 May 2009

Grace Before Meals

Spiritual Sunday:

Grace Before Meals is a ministry run by a priest named Fr. Leo to help families strengthen their connections through family meals. I especially liked the webisode on shopping for sauces in liturgical colors. I wonder what goes into a purple sauce? Lots of red wine, I hope!

23 February 2009

Ranking of the presidents on leadership

Information to Start Your Week:

C-SPAN has ranked the 43 past U.S. presidents on their leadership abilities. These aren't exactly the best and worst presidents, but rather the best and worst presidential leaders.

20 February 2009

Googling the 50 U.S. states

Funny Friday:

The author of the comic Wondermark, David Maliki!, has documented what Google thinks of the 50 U.S. states. It turns out South Carolina hates university presidents, Hawaii is not legally a state, and Kansas isn't so bad.

11 December 2008

27 November 2008

26 November 2008

All About Birds: Wild Turkey

Midweek Curiosity:

Everything you ever wanted to know about Wild Turkeys, including a beautiful photograph of a displaying tom.

22 November 2008

LIFE Photo Archive

Saturday Relaxation:

Google hosts the LIFE Magazine photo archive. How cool is that?

20 November 2008

Report Phone Numbers

Too Good to Miss

Who is that mystery caller who keeps harassing you? Look them up or write a report on it at Report Phone Numbers. Profanity warning.

16 November 2008

Headstone Inscriptions

These humorous, though often mean-spirited, headstone inscriptions are purported to have been taken from real graves.

13 November 2008

Wikimedia Commons

Want free images? Wikimedia Commons contains only free content -- either licensed under a free license such as GFDL or CC, or else totally free, i.e. public domain. You can use images there for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

29 October 2008

Smiley Jungle

I've always preferred calling them "smileys," not that robotic sounding word "emoticons."

11 October 2008

TV Tropes

The TV Tropes Wiki is awesome, for both creators and devourers of fiction.

06 October 2008

Free coloring pages

Got kids? Got a printer? Check out The Coloring Spot, a site full of free coloring pages.

20 August 2008

The Tunguska Event

Explosion in Siberia, 100 years ago - the Tunguska Blast