August 19, 2008
Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you.

- The most brilliant blog we’ve seen this week (present company excepted, of course): Cake Wrecks showcases professional cake-work gone terribly, hilariously wrong. Our favorite is the STD-riddled fruit. Enjoy!
- It’s a scene that might make Editor Jim regret giving up on a big wedding.
- Want to feel old? Then read about college students not knowing what Watergate symbolizes, and only ever knowing Leno on the Tonight Show. The Beloit College Mindset List is ready for your perusal.
- Now there’s an iPod accessory we’d stand in line for: The Naughtinano really lets you get your groove on.
- Hey, everybody deserves to get some: Arava, a spurred tortoise in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo who arrived with paralyzed back limbs, has been getting it on since getting fitted with a custom skateboard that allows her to move around.
- Heard enough about Michael Phelps? Mental Floss has 6 other Phelps you should know (and two of them are dreamy).
- Raise your hand if you’re shocked: turns out the Bigfoot corpse those guys pulled out of the wilds of Georgia is a Halloween costume. First clue should have been the genetic tests containing only traces of human and opossum DNA. Now that might be a creature you’d find in the South.
- Can batteries electrify you? Personally, we think the Spanish synchronized swimmers shouldn’t be allowed to have Christmas lights on their costumes because it’s stupid, but that’s just us. It might turn out to be Darwinism in action.
- It’s nice to hear of such goodwill and generosity coming out of Hollywood: Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell donated their salaries from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Matilda Ledger, daughter of the late Heath, who was in the original cast.
Image Credit: Flickr user Toni V






