Dave Barry's Blog

WE WERE PROMISED FLYING CARS

Designed by inventor Kazuya Shibata, this is a video demonstration of a face shield that quickly closes above a user’s face in the event they drop their phone while scrolling in bed at night, preventing both the pain and personal embarrassment associated with such a drop.

(Thanks to John Lobert, who says "If this doesn’t win a Nobel Prize, then they might as well shred the damn thing [the prize, I mean].)

WE THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME

Exploding Whale Day now a full-fledged holiday on the Oregon coast. Here’s how to celebrate

(Thanks to Suzie Q Wacvet and Ralph)

WAIT... HER PLANE WAS A ROCK?

An Adventurer Thought He Found Amelia Earhart’s Plane. Now He Says It Was a Rock.

(Thanks to Al BarkafskI)

THEN WHY EVEN *HAVE* GOVERNMENT OFFICES?

Equatorial Guinea orders crackdown on sex in government offices after videos leaked

(Thanks to Barry Nester)

THAT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT

Bigfoot Photographed by Game Camera in Indiana?

(Thanks to Rick Day)

SERIOUSLY?

While it may mostly happen in your dreams, falling off a skyscraper does in fact occur in reality too, and you should be prepared in case it happens.

(Thanks to Rick Day)

THAT'S A LOT OF BREAD

Schneider Electric ransomware crew demands $125k paid in baguettes

(Thanks to Ralph)

APOCALYPSE UPDATE

Pit bull gives birth to green puppy

(Thanks to B&C)

'THE MOST LAGUARDIA THING AND THE MOST SPIRIT AIRLINES THING'

Raccoon busts through ceiling at LaGuardia Airport next to Spirit Airlines gate

(Thanks to Doug Shedd, John Lobert, The Perts, EricY and Ralph)