“Right Turn, Clyde!” I usually forget everything I read at night by the time I wipe the morning sleepies from my eyes, but here’s a little tidbit on primate intelligence that stuck with me:
“There is a saying among primate keepers that if you give a screwdriver to a chimp, it will throw it at someone. [...]

“Move it son, I need your toys, I’m making serious stuff here!” - Sorry chubby-fingered little ones, Legos are not toys anymore. They are the premiere building material for robot nerds and conceptual artists alike. So you can stop building that stupid little house, junior. It’s crap compared to this stuff:

The Art of Brick: Nathan [...]

It must have been a slow news week in Philly… but we’re not complaining. The lovely, talented and extremely patient Nicole Brewer of CBS3.com spent some time with with Team UsedWigs (sorry, we did not have the cash to fly in Scott) and she produced a great video highlighting our little nonsense-filled website and our [...]

America’s favorite beet farmer/paper salesman has good taste in music and he’s gonna prove it to Philly. Check out Rainn Wilson “the deejay” on Josh T. Landow’s show tonight on WXPN.
The Rainn Wilson Radio Takeover starts at 8pm on the dial at 88.5 WXPN and online at YRockOnXPN.org.
More beets, beats, deets:
You know him as Dwight [...]

UsedWigs fave Mike Birbiglia brings his high energy, in-your-face, crowd-pleasing comedic stylings to Philadelphia’s Zellerbach Theatre on October 10th. We love Mike, his last Comedy Central special was beyond hilarious and he was kind enough to talk to our giant tape recorder a while back. Get Tix Now!

Lucero brings their distinctive blend of impassioned, whiskey-soaked, alt-country-punk goodness to the North Star Bar this Tuesday, August 12th. If you’re a fan of both Jawbreaker and Centro-matic like me, this show should knock yer socks off. Buy Tickets. Listen. Watch video below!

Bike Art: Screens ‘N’ Spokes is “all about awesome art and a great cause,” benefiting the National MS Society and supporting the Screens ‘N’ Spokes bike team in the MS150 City to Shore (Philly to NJ)  bike ride on September 27-28 - click if you’d like to join!
Once again, Sam and the SNS gang have [...]

“I’m motivated by that ‘Not-seeing-my-family-high’ that many runners get after logging in a few miles on the pavement. It makes all the leg cramps, eroded cartilage, third-degree sunburn, pants crapping, and the intense stabbing pain the jets up through my spine every time I begin to move my feet all worth it.”

No, This is Not a Kidnapping: The lovely Nicole Brewer of CBS3 Philly chats with Geekadelphia’s Tim and Eric and gets exclusive bonus footage of a super-fast chinchilla! Check out the video. Nice job fellas!
Blind Painter: Esref Armagan cannot see, but he sure can paint. {via boingboing.net}
Colossal Waste of Time: But I still watched the [...]