Spare Room Be our guest…

If the shoe fits, throw it: A mash-up inspired by Muntathar Al Zaidi, the 29-year-old Iraqi reporter who threw a shoe at President Bush. Original clip here. More images here. Read the latest here.

Stress busting sites: Just what’s needed this time of year. Shoot It is a fairly self-explanatory game where you can upload a photo of your nemesis and then gun them down. If that sounds a bit nasty, there’s an online drum kit to have a bash on. Or simply unfurl an entire roll of toilet paper without consequence.

Cartoon: When I was your age…

Add Benny Hill Yackety Sax to any video.

Picture this: Playboy Mexico’s Virgin Mary cover. Might be NSFW on account of a very small picture of a single breast with miniscule nipple)

Time top 10 lists: Time has gone all out again, with their emphatic top ten of everything for 2008. Highlights include: The oddball stories (Pregnant man Thomas Beatie is hard to beat), T-shirt worthy slogans ( “I can see Russia from my house”) and Viral Videos (Where the Hell is Matt etc.) Go here for all the lists.

I was interested in this because the wiring in our rental has the tendency to blow the light bulb from the base with considerable force… 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution, an exhibit from Vienna’s Technisches museum.

Designed to shield the worker from distractions, the nun-like Workbay Chair won’t do much good if the distractions are mostly on screen.

Dating advice from the 1980s: According to this instructional video, some good conversational topics include a small stuffed animal, an interesting piece of jewellery, a pet, or a T-shirt with an interesting slogan … or just staring at him. (via Everything is Terrible)