Booby-trap your house for $14.99

SO apparently this dimmer by INTELA is voice-controlled. You set it for a word and when said, it dims whatever is plugged into it. Sounds like a torture device, plain and simple. Two ideas off the top of me head:

- TEACH GRAMMA TO SWEAR LIKE A SAILOR: Attach it to the reading lite by her bed. Program the word as "F*ckwad". Extra points if she loves the idea.

- THE CAT IS IN CONTROL: Hook all the lights in the kitchen to the dimmer. Record the cat's hunger meow. The cat will get fed first. Guaranteed.

INTELA Voice-activated Dimmer -$14.99

The Dance Remix is the best.

This was a damn riot. You have to listen to the story about the best voicemail message ever left. "You and the little mermaid can go.."

Link: From WBEZ in Chicago... This American Life

Pie charts can produce heightened enthusiasm.

This is the kind of joke which absolutely never gets old. Ever.

I didn't produce these (though some would think I could) and they make me want to put funny into wonky places.