Blog Oops By Brady Carlson December 20, 2011 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Lesson of the day: never assume the immersion blender is unplugged – always check. Related Related: What’s so civil ’bout The Civil Wars’ civil war, anyway? Recommended reads from my research team This Week I Am Ram Tough For Some Reason Forget It, Cousin… It’s Balkitown Brady On Civics 101: One Last Midterm Tagsoopstoday's photo The latest Joe Frazier Was A Legendary Athlete, But A TV Athletic Competition Didn’t Go Swimmingly Well For Him This was a very different version of “down goes Frazier!” Elm Farm Ollie, The Cow Who Once Flew Over St. Louis This is why people use the phrase “when pigs fly,” not “when cows fly.” One Tournament Chess Game, Twenty Hours, No Winner Today in 1989, two players in a chess tournament faced off… and set a record for the longest tournament chess match of all time. There’s A Set Of Giant President Heads In Virginia And They’ve Been Through Some Stuff Those heads have definitely had a rough go of it. Creator of the “Crappie Shack” Funky little shack! Fun-ky little shack! A Painting Chimpanzee Posed As A Modern Artist Named Pierre Brassau The talk of the art world was an exciting avant garde painter named Pierre Brassau, except that Pierre Brassau was a big old hoax. - Advertisement - Brady CarlsonBrady Carlson is a writer and radio host from Madison, Wisconsin. more