Fifty for the Fall

Joana thinks of the smartest contests for Nanashi-Inc! Fifty for the Fall is Joana's latest contest. Essentially, you write one post on one of your blogs that's 50 words minimum, include a link to her blog with her ...

In Memory of Your Dead Pet…WHAT?!

That's what people say when you name your pet "Shithead". Only in Appalachia... A random note: Mari has a cat named Shithead. But Mari doesn't pay to have her pets buried in a fancy-pants pet cemetery, so Mari will never have ...

Internet Fight Leads to Burnt House

You know those stupid Internet fights that 40 year old men who can't figure out how to turn the CAPS LOCK key off have? Apparently some of them are so stoopid that they take it to real life. ELM MOTT, ...

Gmail Opened Registration

They've opened the floodgates. Mari just noticed that Gmail has open registration. In case you have yet to, Yahoo, Live.com, and Hotmail (do they even exist anymore) users, GO GET A GMAIL ACCOUNT. Now Mari doesn't have to mail ...

Medicine in the Dark Ages

Apparently, it wasn't just all leeches and blood-letting. There was a little more to it. People living in Europe during early Medieval times (400—1200 A.D.) actually had a progressive view of illness because disease was so common and out in ...