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The All-Time Best (And Worst) TV Dads. Your dad stacks up pretty well against these.
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14 Research-Proven Ways To Boost Brain Power. Several of these can be fulfilled by reading mental_floss.
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The Discovery Channel’s popular video I Love the World gets the video game treatment from College Humor. Silliness ensues.
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How To Visit a Secret Nuclear Bunker. Sharon Weinberger and Nathan Hodge came this close to attending Facilities Managers Conference at the secret Raven Rock Mountain Complex.
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Summer recreation tips from Forecast Earth. Forest fires aren’t all that bad, but you don’t want to start one.
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Two elderly people with dementia fall in love in an assisted-living facility. Should they be “allowed” to have sex? And who has the right to decide?
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Extreme Sports Destinations. Great ideas for a summer vacation, or vicarious adventures to enjoy in the safety of your computer screen.
Thank you for getting all of my coffee spit violently onto my keyboard. I had no idea that the paragraph about the elderly people was going to turn out that way.
posted by Benjamin M. Strozykowski on 6-12-2008 at 7:03 am
The elderly couple story was soo SAD! I wonder what Dr. Huxtable would recomend? (He was my favorite TV dad on the list).
posted by GTT on 6-12-2008 at 4:14 pm
What IS it with Americans and sex (the elderly couple)? Have we all gone that nuts? But then go back to the TV Dads link at the Art of Manliness and check out the 10 Worst Products for Men Ever Created. The more things change, the more they stay the same I guess. . .
posted by gwdMaine on 6-12-2008 at 5:55 pm