Elsewhere…
My recent mental_floss work:
- Forget about Google spoiling their employees. What’s the crappiest perk you’ve ever received?
- Just how crazy was the recently deceased Turkmenistan President-for-Life?
- Why do they call it Kinko’s?
- What are the busiest shopping days of the year?
- Was New Coke really a savvy marketing maneuver?
And here are a few contributions I’ve made to YesButNoButYes:
+In Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Chuck Klosterman talks about “the primary cultural obsession of all people born between 1968 and 1980 (i.e., profound nostalgia for the extremely recent past).” I came into the world in 1979, just under the wire. And I’m nostalgic for everything that’s happened since.
I had no real reason to conduct a YouTube search of “Mr. Belvedere.” But it returned some great results, some only tangentially related to Mr. B. Like these ABC promos, featuring Kirk Cameron, Larry & Balki, the dad from Just the Ten of Us, Dave Coulier, Randy Newman reworking the lyrics of “I Love L.A.” to be about MacGyver, and more.
+The not-very-long awaited sequel to my definitive list of NFL Quarterbacks’ Wives. The original version has been viewed approximately 75,000 times. The follow-up is reminiscent of Frampton Comes Alive II, which probably isn’t on your iPod.