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And now, a quick trip 'round the UK's regional accents, always a favorite topic in the Riggs Residence:



Via Laughing Squid.

Silly Site o' the Day

In honor of 420 Day, a parody ad for a mind-altering substance that really is poison to many folks:



Via Laughing Squid.

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Now that both the Olympics and the Muppet movie are long behind us, I can run this bit...



Via The Mary Sue. Yeah, you got me, I'm still way behind in my reading...

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For some reason I've had a hankering for pizza all day. There aren't any good, cheap pizza places by my office any more. It may be because all the pizza is now found in the wild (via Wil Wheaton).

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These charts of multiple actors playing historical figures (via BoingBoing) read like an Oscar-bait ballot.

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Did Red Nose Day come a year early to New York? (Via Laughing Squid.) I know my nose is red from this little mini-fwinter we're having...

Silly Site o' the Day

Now that Mom can see things like videos and such, I figured she'd get a kick out of the background antics of the Bearcats baseball team as shown on Wil Wheaton's Tumblr. I know I did.

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I think it's an interesting experiment to try and make a short film with a completely drunk cast, written whilst drunk as well:



Via Laughing Squid. Sure beats most sober movies of the same ilk...

Silly Site o' the Day

We're back home, and Mom's wifi and iPad are working just fine. She's still not going for the social media stuff, though, so this rude Twitter bio generator (via Laughing Squid) is definitely not for her...

Silly Site o' the Day

We're visiting Mom today, in the former Land of Dial-Up, to help her with her new wifi and iPad. And we brought along my laptop as well just in case, so I can blog from here now! Now that Mom has my page bookmarked and her wifi is even zippier than ours, I'm sure she'll get a kick out of this interactive map showing how baby names have been chosen throughout the country in the last century (via io9). Have at it, Mom!