Here’s an excellent case of some of the weird shit we here at CTB get in our inboxes: I came across your site while searching for blogs and posts about the X-Files. I don’t know if you would be interested, but I wanted to reach out to see if you’d like to view an animated graphic that my team and I created – it illustrates the current demand for medical transplants and how the black market … Read entire article »

I’m what some would describe as a man of many hats. Full time scientist, part time freelancer, trivia host, and most recently — fledgling beef jerky baron (also mustache/charity enthusiast). While making a meat delivery servicing various office environments around town, one of the most important details is to look really cool – as walking through an office’s doorways carrying little snack packs of delicious teriyaki jerky in a Whole Foods tote lacks a certain panache. … Read entire article »

Scooter Nation— Fall back or Standard Time is this weekend. This time change gives you an extra hour of sleep, unlike its evil, sleep sucking stepsister, Spring. This weekend, at 2:00 AM on November 6th, Daylight Saving Time will end, and revert back to Standard Time. You’ll need to wind back the clock one hour, going back in time (like M.J. Fox and Doc à la Huey Lewis) to 1:00 AM. DLST vs ST has an interesting history. For example, a man, born just after 12:00 a.m. DST, circumvented the Vietnam War draft by using a daylight saving time loophole. West Bank terrorists prepared time bombs and smuggled them to their Israeli counterparts, who misunderstood the time on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded—one hour too early—killing three terrorists instead … Read entire article »