There's only one more day left in the year. There's only one more day left in the DECADE! So, I've pored over all the posts I've made in the past year and found the ones I would consider to be THE BEST of 2009!

In January, we saw a Dragon Cake, Congress found YouTube, and we learned about an incredible desk made entirely of Legos! February gave us the Banana Lamp! Yes, I know there was more stuff in February, but nothing compares to the awesomeness that is Banana Lamp, except The Adventures of Lucas, but I'm a little biased! March came in like a lion, or rather an Elephant on Skis, and went out like a lamb, or rather a Pink Elephant! In April, we lost a Golden Girl, and in May, we celebrated our Moms. In June, we wished Tetris a Happy Birthday and learned a little history. July introduced us to Hamish, and checked to see if we were paying attention. In August, we learned What Music Looks Like and that sending our husbands to the grocery store is a bad idea. We went Pole Dancing in September, and also took an awesome photo! October introduced us to little Stuart Anderson, and we like him! Things got a little hairy in November, and I met the PostSecret guy! And now here we are in December, by way of Scarborough Faire.

And here is my very favorite LOLcat of the year: The Spaider!!

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Everyone likes April Fool's Day. It's a day when you can play that awesome practical joke with little or no repercussions, simply by uttering two little words. "April Fool's!!!"

It's not just the little people who like playing tricks on April 1st. The media has a penchant for pulling the wool over the eyes of the general public on April Fool's Day, and suprisingly, we fall for it every year.

I found a great list on the Museum of Hoaxes website. The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time. It's a pretty long list, but it's human nature to joke, and what better day to do it than April 1st?

Here are a few of my favorites:

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957, the BBC Announced that the Swiss were enjoying a bumper crop of spaghetti. Here's the video:

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It's time to unlock your mad scientist lab again. Cracked.com has a list of nifty-neato gadgets from the sci-fi movies you can build yourself. WITH LINKS TO INSTRUCTIONAL SITES.

If your pyromaniac teenage son is reading this over your shoulder, you may want to turn off the computer now. You REALLY don't want him to learn how to build his own Tesla coil.

If, on the other hand, you are mature, responsible, and a little crazy (and promise not to build any of these gadgets while you are drunk), then you should check out this article.

5 Deadly Sci-Fi Gadgets You Can Build At Home

IF you build a jet-pack, fly on over my way. I wanna ride!

So, you're walking along outside, enjoying your day, when an eagle flies over and drops a tortoise on your head and you die. Not likely, you say? Well, I'm sure the Greek playwright Aeschylus thought the same thing, but that's how he died. Seriously. And the tortoise survived!!

Read about the strange deaths of 19 other interesting people over at mental_floss. It might make you think twice about trying to freeze a chicken with snow.

The Strange Deaths of 20 Interesting People

One of these days, I will learn how to take a decent photograph. Until then, I will enjoy the work of those that can.

WebUrbanist has once again impressed me with this article about 12 Long-Exposure and Time-Lapse Photographers.

Be sure and watch the videos at the end. They are most awesome, espescially the last one.

Have you ever played the fortune cookie game, where you read your fortune and put "in bed" at the end of it? This is sort of like that, but not really.

How about taking a line from Star Wars and replacing one word with the word "pants". Yeah, it's totally like that!

The Keepers of Lists have done just that. Way back in 2003, they made a list of The Top 278 Star Wars Lines Improved By Replacing A Word With "Pants" and I just found it. Just now. And it made me laugh. Alot!

These are just a few:

The Force is strong in my pants.

Governer Tarkin. I should have expected to find you holding Vader's pants.

Lock the door. And hope they don't have pants.

The Pants are what gives a Jedi his power

Look at the size of those pants!

See through pants, we can.

Leia: I love pants. Han: I know.

You should go read more of them.

Top 278 Star Wars Lines Improved By Replacing A Word With "Pants"

(via Reddit)

A toilet is a toilet. They all provide a place to do our business. Do they need to be anything more than functional?

Today, the toilet is more than that. There are expensive toilets, eco-friendly toilets, even a toilet house. Check out Toilets: 14 of the Best Seats in the House.

How many times have you been watching a music video and realized that the song has absolutely nothing to do with what you are seeing?

It's not just you. The last few months, "(Insert Song Name Here) - The Literal Version" is all over YouTube. Sometimes with hilarious results. Sometimes, unfortunately, they fail in an epic sort of way.

Here are 7 of the best and worst, including the one that started it all!

A-Ha Take On Me - The Literal Version

This is the one that started this whole phenomenon. A dude named DustoMcNeato made this one, and inspired all the others.

Now for the good.

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You know, I really like Cracked.com because they always seem to have something that will make me chuckle. Sometimes they make me wonder. And, on very rare occasions, they produce an article which speaks directly to my soul.

This is one of those times.

I was in the service industry for over 10 years. I worked at a fast food joint, a pizza place, and a sit-down restaurant. I was also a cocktail waitress and bartender. Hell, I was even your friendly grocery store checkout girl for a short time. Needless to say, I know customer service.

Obviously, the author of this article was also in the service industry at one point, because he writes with the familiarity that only someone who had to deal with these people on a daily basis would have.

If you've ever served a cocktail, or made a sandwich, or asked "would you like fries with that?", this article is for you.

If you have never spent a day of your life in the service industry, read this article anyway. Look at it as a list of thing NOT to do!

8 Customers Everyone Hates

Chances are, you've heard the urban legend about the Rocket car. Mythbusters even tested the myth on one of their early shows.

Well, it's not just a myth anymore. Rocket cars are out there. So are jet-powered trains... and rocket-powered shopping carts... and this:

Yep. That's a Port-a-potty with a jet engine.

15 Ridiculous Rocket and Jet Powered Vehicles

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Cubicle Makeover

In honor of the Cheesy Goodness makeover, I hope to inspire you to give something in your life a little makeover.

I know a lot of you spend more time at work than you do at home, so why not make your workplace comfortable and inviting? Wired.com has a great slideshow with some Fantastic Fixes for Your Sad Pathetic Cubicle. Why not do a little something to make your workday a little more pleasant.
If this is not an option, you could try an…

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