Why You Should Believe In God ( Even If You'd Really Rather Not). Sometimes the things we think are the most complicated are actually very simple. For example, making lasagna is assumed to be challenging, but really it's just a matter of preparing your sauce, meat, etc, and putting it in layers. Mississippi might be scary for kids learning to spell, but it's really just some double letters segregated by the letter i. And you either believe in God, or you don't. As much as people would prefer to hedge on this, there really isn't any middle ground. More. . .
What Dreams May Come, Volume V  : The Plastic Arachnid. Dreams are a perfectly normal phenomenon. For that matter, so are spiders, if you can call them a phenomenon. Lots of folks would call them an annoyance or worse. I don't mind spiders so much, and would prefer not to kill them, so long as they aren't actually crawling on me. The way I look at it, anything that might be eating ants or earwigs is more welcome in my home than either of those insects. But this isn't really about how I feel about spiders. This is about a dream I had recently. As you may have guessed, this dream was indeed about a spider. More . . .
Absurdity in Signage: Patient Cleanliness . This is a first for Absurdity in Signage. Normally we feature either changeable letter signs or poorly concepted road signs, so a hand written note on a hospital room door is a bit of a departure. This happened to be up on a door the last time I was in the hospital, and it struck me funny. The notion of putting a note on a door to indicate the cleanliness level of the patient inside is just funny. More. . .
A Thousand Words, Volume XXIV — Worst Ever Edition . It's that time again. It's been a few months since the last edition of A Thousand Words, but everyone loves funny photos, especially when accompanied by equally, if not even funnier, captions. Once again, we have a theme, this time it's more with the captions. If you haven't seen A Thousand Words before, you may want to check out the arrows at the bottom of this page, which you can use to get to every previous edition. This is number 24, so that's a lot of funny photos. More. . .
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Versions of Tag . I think pretty much everyone played tag when they were a
kid. It's a very basic game that generally requires nothing more than
a nice day and an open area to play it in. But like so many games, people
like to customize and change stuff to make it a unique experience. Or
maybe just because they like to change stuff. So I'm going to rate the
different versions of tag that I recall playing as a kid. The rules I
played by might be different than what you grew up with. More. . .
The Dontmindme Guide to Real Estate . Several of our writing staff here at Dontmindme have reached that point in life that they're looking to buy a little piece of real estate to call home. Finding a home can be a daunting task, though, especially for the first time buyer. Particularly intimidating is the prevailing culture of real estate, which is filled by people who call themselves agents (although none of them are called 007) and talk in their own unique code. Learning this code is a vital part of dealing with real estate agents. More. . .
A Tale of Two Beards . Let's get the background details out of the way first thing. I'm 31 years old, and until recently, I was clean shaven. Now, from time to time I might have skipped shaving for a day or five, but when I did shave, I shaved my entire face. Well, the parts that grow hair, anyway. No danger of lycanthropy here; my facial hair has always tended toward thin. I have no fear of ever being mistaken for a member of ZZ Top.
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Send in the Cans . The first Saturday in May was the first time since the mid '80s that anyone was able to buy flavoured, carbonated drinks in non-refillable containers (apart from those intended for immediate consumption) in Prince Edward Island. What does this mean? It means that on that weekend people here went just a little insane.
Stores moved canned pop and 2 litre bottles like there was no tomorrow. Glass bottles vanished from most store shelves overnight. And on that afternoon, two local radio stations held a street party that featured live music and the provincial minister of environment officially opening the first legal can. More . . .
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