The invisible billion-bug highway in the sky

Someone on Facebook posted a link to this fascinating story featured on NPR a few years ago:

You're a man. Time to start smelling like one.

Are you tired of showering with your wife's floral-scented girly soaps? Do you want to smell like a real man? If your answer is "yes," then Man Soap is for you. Here's a sampling of available scents:

Bacon
By far the manliest of meats, Bacon Soap is the only soap meat lovers need to smell like clean sweet swine all day.

Baseball Glove
There's nothing quite like that rich smell of a leather baseball glove. The game is on everywhere you go.

Beer
There is perhaps no manlier smell than the scent of a cold pint of beer. Why wait until the drunk guy dumps it over you in the packed bar?

Bonfire
Only real men can build a bonfire, and only the manliest can smell like one.

Brewed Coffee
Don't worry you won't smell like a Frappuccino with whipped cream, we're talking a manly blend of black coffee.

Cash
There is no smell a young female will be more attracted to, trust us.

Cedar Log Cabin
Relax to the smell of a cozy log cabin from the comfort of your apartment full of smelly sweat socks and rotting food under your bed.

Fresh Cut Grass
Nothing screams man like mowing the lawn, so this smell will remind you of the smell of a job well done.

Top Soil
Nothing says manly like dirt, so now's your chance to smell like you're covered in it without all the worms and gravel.

Urinal Mint
The urinal mint is unique in that usually only men are around them staring down, wishing that smell could be all theirs. But its usually covered in pee. So if you want to smell manly, clean your hands with a soap that smells like a freshly un-pee'd on urinal cake."

There are 9 more manly scents to choose from. Check them all out at Gadgets and Gear.

Disney announces plans for Han Solo and Boba Fett spin-off movies

Disney announced yesterday that plans are in the works for several Star Wars spin-off movies. These films would include one about a young Corellian smuggler and one focusing on the exploits of an infamous galactic bounty hunter:

The Han Solo story would take place in the time period between Revenge of the Sith and the first Star Wars (now known as A New Hope), so although it's possible Harrison Ford could appear as a framing device, the movie would require a new actor for the lead — one presumably much younger than even the 35-year-old Ford when he appeared in the 1977 original.

The Boba Fett film would take place either between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, or between Empire and Jedi, where the bounty hunter was last seen plunging unceremoniously into a sarlacc pit. Exactly who would play him isn't much of a complication – in the original trilogy, he never took off his helmet. And in the prequels, we learned he was the son of the original stormtrooper clone, played by Temuera Morrison, who's still the right age for the part if his services were required.

May the Force be with you, Disney!

If all your friends jumped off a bridge...

"And it says a lot about you that when your friends jump off a bridge en masse, your first thought is apparently 'my friends are all foolish and I won't be like them' and not 'are my friends ok?'."

(from xkcd)

Skeet-shooting Obama now an action figure

Remember that skeet-shooting photo of Obama the White House didn't want manipulated? You knew it was only a matter of time before someone made an action figure.

And, as far as I know, the White House hasn't issued any statement regarding the manipulation of presidential action figures.

Tour the Grand Canyon with Google Maps

Visit Google Sightseeing and take the tour.

Replace your usual Super Bowl snacks with bacon

For many health-conscious folks who want to cut out unnecessary carbs and avoid the problems associated with a diet high in grains and processed foods, the "paleo diet" is the way to go. The bad news: such a diet doesn't allow much room for the usual Super Bowl snack fare. The good news: those foods can be replaced with bacon!

Amy Kubal, a registered and licensed Dietitian, provides this handy comparison chart to show you the bacon equivalent of your favorite game day foods:

White House: Photo of shotgun-wielding Obama "may not be manipulated in any way"

The White House would rather you didn't Photoshop this result of a staged photo op intended to back up President Obama's claim that he knows what a gun is and has actually fired one before:

President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Don't worry. No one has ever accused me of saying or doing anything "that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President."

(via Breitbart)

Happy Groundhog Day!

Relax. Turns out spring will be early this year.

Facebook responsible for most accurate NFL fandom map ever

Thanks to data collected from Facebook, we now have the most accurate map showing the geographic fan base locations of each NFL team:

That should silence all those who think social media sites are just a waste of time.