Shatnerquake is a novel by Jeff Burk. Here's the premise: It's the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/william-shatner-william-shatner-william-shatner/Everyone knows the famous showbiz families - the Carter-Cashes, the Osmonds, the Baldwins. But there are some people with hugely successful relatives in realms other than entertainment. Having an actor, a poetic genius...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/the-real-life-tenenbaums-three-famous-families/Fatigued and irritable, with a touch of fever? No, it's not swine flu. Chances are, you've caught swine flu overload. And who'd blame ya ...with "breaking news" every few minutes over possible cases of the flu,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/10-pigs-we-will-always-love/Money Art by Sarala KronJeffrey Errick of Stuff by Wackystuff blog has an extensive collection of fantastic retro art, but it was his Money Mail-Art Call that got our attention. Jeffrey asks artists to mail him "mon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/money-mail-art-by-jeffrey-errick/Images : Kyohei SakaguchiThe Japanese are just better than the rest of us. There. I've said it. From consumer electronics to cars, it seems that the Japanese just do things better.I'm sure we've all heard that the Japane...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/japanese-homeless-camp-complete-with-solar-panel/You've heard of X-men, but do you remember Doom Patrol? Unlike the X-Men, the Doom Patrollers were once normal people who suffered an accident that disfigured them but also gave them superpowers. Shunned by the w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/6-famous-characters-you-didnt-know-were-shameless-rip-offs/What do they call that weird cap with the ragged spikes and various decorations attached? You've seen it in old movies, TV shows, and advertisements. It's been called by many names: a fedora beanie, jagged beanies, Whoop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/jugheads-hat/Have you ever really taken a good look at US currency? In today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you'll be shown the buildings on the backs of US bills. Can you match each to the correct denomination? I scored 60% due...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/bill-backs/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg][YouTube - Link]On Saturday, a man in Maryland successfully launched a 1:10 scale model of a Saturn V Rocket. The Saturn V is the rocket that took NASA astronauts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/largest-ever-model-rocket-launched/Caterpillars of the Great Peacock Moth (Saturnia pyri) are making quite a buzz. A recent study has shown that these giant silkmoth caterpillars are advertising acoustically that they are unpallatable and warn of an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/caterpillars-warn-acoustically-of-upcoming-defense/
