Table of Contents
Because the BRI understands your reading needs, we've divided the contents by length as well as subject.
Short-a quick read
Medium-2 to 3 pages
Long-for those extended visits, when something a little more involved is required
Amazing Origins
Short
You're My Inspiration 3
Chalice, Tumbler, Tankard & Stein 193
Random Origins 237
Around the World in a Page and a Half 267
You're My Inspiration 329
Medium
Random Origins 119
Long
The Eyes Have It 340
Americana
Short
Meet Godfrey Sithole 40
Macy's Parade Balloons 209
Medium
Kitschy Art Origins 13
Raiders of the Lost Apples 121
Raiders of the Lost Apples, Part II 272
Long
Initial States 232
Bathroom Lore
Short
Stall of Fame: Canine Edition 93
Bathroom Humor 147
TP, FYI 220
Paul Pierce's Putrid Pants 363
Medium
Uncle John's Stall of Fame 269
Big Screen, Small Screen
Short
Oops! Live TV Edition 7
First Drafts 56
Rated PG-13 for Very Bad Weather 247
Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli 277
Name the Other Guy 335
Medium
NCIS, Starring Harrison Ford 152
Video Treasures: Direct-to-DVD 207
Talk Show Flops 291
Long
And the Winner Isn't… 319
The Late-Night TV Timeline 383
Buildings and Builts
Short
Dusted! 30
What Goes Up 65
The Stadttempel 84
I'm Still Standing 210
Medium
When Good Pipes Go Bad 204
Know Your Columns 288
They Don't Build Them Like They Used To 370
Long
Edifice Wrecked: The Parthenon 157
Creature Features
Short
De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat) 11
Migaloo and Splashy Pants 77
Animals in the News 103
The Birds 161
The Shell Station 191
The Loneliest Whale in the World 217
Whale Tale: Old Timer 252
The Peculiar Platypus 339
Medium
Know Your Fangs 37
When Worlds Collide 133
21 Rabbits (and Hares) 280
Long
The Law of the Tongue 325
It's a Dog's World 398
Eat at John's
Short
Tastes Like "Blueberry" 4
Hambs Across America 25
First Drinks 43
Mis-Mapped Foods 86
Food Floods 167
Sugartime 258
Medium
Make Your Own Canola Oil 225
Goin' Vegan 293
Retch-Worthy Recipes 395
Good News!
Short
Lucky Finds 17
Lucky Finds 106
Lifesavers 255
Lucky Finds 299
Love…Lost and Found 346
Medium
Survival Stories 67
Nice Stories 184
Govern-Mental
Short
Govern-Mental: Know Your -Isms 227
Medium
9/11 Fraudsters 34
Govern-Mental: Know Your -Archies and -Ocracies 100
Country? What Country? I Don't See Any Country 144
"Whatever the Mistakes that Have Been Made" 285
Hi (And Low) Tech
Short
Enter the GIF 19
Flop.com 72
Robots in the News 174
The Iceman Killeth 365
Medium
Unplayed Video Games 124
Tech Flops 323
Hindsight
Short
The Kid Is in the Mail 27
Before A/C Was Cool 187
The Man Is in the Mail 245
Medium
Know Your Shibboleths 58
Life in 1994 108
The Trees of Hiroshima 149
It's a Weird, Weird World
Short
Ironic, Isn't It? 44
Just Plane Weird 73
Strange Twists of Fate 154
Afterlife in Prison 195
Weird Canada 244
Medium
Oops! 222
Nudes and Prudes 275
It's a Weird, Weird World 315
Ironic, Isn't It? 373
Larger Than Life
Short
First Ladies 51
Caine Meets Wayne 98
Medium
TIBOTIs 81
The Man Who Dove Out of His Wheelchair 139
Any Resemblance to Actual Persons… 169
"Action-Packed!" Part II 305
Long
"Action-Packed Stories!" 197
Jimi Hendrix in Black and White 300
Jimi Hendrix in Black and White, Part II 388
Legal Briefs
Short
The Jack-in-the-Box Bandits 49
Dumb Crooks 117
Big-Time Impostors 172
Medium
The Weird Crime Blotter 215
Really Dumb Crooks 353
Money Talks
Short
You Bet Your Life 5
The Black Market 47
Smarmy Reviews 75
Music and Industry 166
Portrait of an Artist: Pierre Brassau 189
Stonehenge for Sale 229
Lo$ing Casinos 278
Medium
Firsts in Advertising 126
We're Still Open! 312
Mouthing Off
Short
Two Kinds 32
Karens 88
On Being Shy 142
"So Am I" 143
Quotes for Marxists 212
Dear John 254
Imponderables 309
Away with Words 328
On Language
Short
My Name Is My Destiny 9
On Language 16
Novel Novels 63
Oof! 80
Odd Books 148
Medium
"Eskimo" or "Inuit"? 96
The Linguistic Ether 175
Uncommon Origins of Common Phrases 213
This Is an Insult! 263
Long
Indigenous to English 330
Pop Science
Short
Q&A: Ask the Experts 41
Tickle Your Fancy 92
Uncle John Moons You 129
The Science of Stink 183
Water, Water, Everywhere 239
Q&A: Ask the Experts 265
Medium
The Poison Garden 53
Have a Heart 163
The Barf Scientists 307
Strange Animal Science 310
Long
Biosphere 2: Ecologic Boogaloo 348
Pot-Pourri
Short
Telephone Pole Facts 24
The Difference Between… 29
There's a Museum for That 70
Uncle John's Page of Lists 105
20 Uses for Silica Gel Packs 131
Myth-Conceptions 202
Ironic Facts 257
Clever Household Hacks 283
Moose Tongues and Dingle Bells 304
Medium
Are You on Rugs? 241
A Needle-to-Know Basis 392
Sports & Games
Short
Hot Cockles, Anyone? 177
Chris "Nickname" Berman 231
Wooden's Wisdom 382
Medium
Baseball Bizarre 61
Riding the Concrete Wave 115
Long
The Washington R*dsk*ns 375
The Human Animal
Short
Tales From the Man Cave 296
Man vs. Bug 381
Medium
The Surgeon and the Guinea Pig 111
The Surgeon and the Guinea Pig, Part II 249
Strange Medical News 355
Long
Human Nature Explained 357
Human Guinea Pigs 366
The Sounds of Music
Short
Instru-Mental 46
Ladies and Gentlemen…Snot! 156
Don't Listen to My Early Stuff 298
Medium
Million-Dollar Guitars 21
Behind the Hits 89
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back 135
More Classic Rock Almosts 260
Long
Classic Rock Almosts 179
Still More Classic Rock Almosts 336
Wordplay
Short
Street Talk 10
Pleonasms 33
Welcome to Mianus 79
Baffling Headlines 95
Signs and Warning Labels 138
What Am I? 219
Phantonyms 372
Medium
Terrible Typos 317
