- Chocolate is America’s favorite Halloween candy, with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups once again the top choice in an overwhelming majority of states. But don’t sleep on Nerds Gummy Clusters, which boosted sales at Ferrara Candy Company from $40 million in 2018 to $800 million last year.
- Wow. Texas leads the nation in wind energy generation with over 15,000 turbines producing between a bit more than 10% of the total electricity in the United States.
- An Expert’s Guide to Protein for Athletes – via @sweatscience
- New research found that if you want to feel younger later in life, don’t go easy on your training. – via Arnold’s Pump Club
- I’ve always been a sucker for black holes, so these thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time were fun. – via kottke, of course
- Take thirty seconds out of your day to read this brilliant poem, If Adam Picked the Apple, by Danielle Coffyn. – also via kottke
Posts tagged “candy”
#FridayFive: Favorite (Non-Chip) Snacks
View the Friday Five from November 8th, 2013
Never Going Back to New Jersey
Another running post
- Looking for free WiFi access? There is, of course, an app for that.
- Great idea: Are You An Asshole? (.com)
- I really need to get my tickets for the 10th Annual Kickspit Underground Rock Festival!
- You’ve seen the Periodic Table of Candy and the Periodic Table of Booze, of course. There are lots of periodic tables of things on the ‘net. That’s why someone made a Periodic Table of Periodic Tables.
- It’s Literally, A Web Log: An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word “literally”.
- The big, unspoken problem with immortality is that eventually we’ll run out of room on the planet for any species that doesn’t die. Luckily (?) for us, there’s lots of room in the world’s oceans, because scientists have recently discovered a jellyfish that lives forever. I, for one, welcome our new jellyfish overlords.
2024-09-11: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.
#FridayFive: Halloween Treats
My favorite Halloween candy, ranked
Twizzlers v. Red Vines
There is one major difference between Twizzlers and Red Vines: People who prefer Red Vines will eat Twizzlers and claim that they’re very similar. People who prefer Twizzlers hate Red Vines. ‘Nuff said.
A Foul Color Scheme
On an absurd candy problem
Slim Shady
How incredible is this? I just reached into a 14 oz bag of M&M’s without looking and grabbed five green ones. Five. All the same color. Crazy.
Mentos and Blogs
Doo doo doo doo, doo-doo, do-Wah! It doesn’t matter what comes, fresh goes better in life, with Mentos, fresh and full of life. Nothing gets to you, staying fresh staying cool, with Mentos, fresh and full of life. Fresh goes better, Mentos freshness, fresh goes better with Mentos, fresh and full of life! Mentos, the