You may remember back a few months ago, that my application to write for The 3six5 was accepted by the geniuses behind the project. Well, today, March 1, is my day. So go check out my post here.

It’s strange to say, but it was kind of nice to have a deadline to blog. I had to come up with something to write about today. That doesn’t happen to me very often. Usually I have days to develop an idea, do the research, and write it up for mental_floss. But today, I had to think fast, edit even faster, and try to come up with something fairly coherent. All that considered, I’m pretty happy with what I wrote. Even if you don’t agree with it, I hope you got a kick out of it.

My latest mental_floss article is online

Throwback: 4 Football Games From the Good Old Days

I thought it was a fun angle to take on gridiron history in honor of Super Bowl week. The original idea came from someone I follow (and he follows me) on Twitter, which was kind of cool.

Do you remember your favorite football game from childhood? Tell me about it!

8 Stories of Vicious Man-Eaters is up at mental_floss with one serious comment attributed to it. The other is about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

This bums me out. I worked my butt off on this over the weekend.

I feel like I’m in a slump since November. I haven’t had anything go Popular on Digg. CNN has stopped calling. Things have just really slowed down for me. I understand there are going to be lulls in any career, but this one’s hitting me pretty hard.

Well, the only thing to do is get back on the horse and try again next week. I’m not sure if my next idea is a home run or not, but there’s only one way to find out.

Wish me luck!

Apparently someone linked to my site from Neatorama.com in reference to my “The Big House vs. The Nut House” movie reviews, where I compare the big blockbuster film with the low-budget knock-off to see which one’s better.

Now I sort of wish I had time to do more of those. Well, hopefully you folks will enjoy the ones I have.

And thanks for stopping by!

My latest mental_floss article hit the web this week.

You can read it here

I had a really exciting moment yesterday when a link to the article was sent out via Twitter by Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG, a very well-respected “architectural conjecture” website. I’ve been reading the site for a few years now and they often have features on underground structures, so my story was a nice fit for their readers. It was really an honor for him to send a link.

The story did make it to Digg, but it died an early death. Eh, what’re ya gonna do?

I’m working on next week’s article as we speak. I’ll save the topic as a surprise, but I will say it’s a “killer” subject.