Steal My Ideas, Please

SPOILER ALERT ONCE MORE!!! Potions, potions, potions. As I speculated before (see A Bloody Better Theory About How Lily Potter Saved Harry), clues from the first six books suggest that Harry’s scar is a horcrux Voldemort unintentionally created (which is why the Dark Lord failed to kill Harry — a horcrux can’t be destroyed by a simple curse, even […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are converging on 10,000 losses in their history — the most, supposedly of any professional sports franchise. (At least since Groink the Caveman started the Prehistoric Arrow Catching League, whose contests always ended in sudden death. I hear the Visiting Christians may also have had a similar record vs. the Colliseum Lions.) Read all about it on countdownto10000.com and […]

Imagine a bunch of your pictures superimposed in some ghostly way. As you mouseover different spots, different pictures appear. Mouseover quickly, and you’ll make a kind of movie out of stills. Which cursor path you pick will determine which story you’ll see and whether it makes sense. Maybe there’s a numbered grid so you can keep track of which routes […]

I think this will happen: Some group, worried about the corrupted morals of our youth (and adults) will begin sending spam, nagging us to mind our nasty habits, get a job!, avoid drugs!, keep your privates private, etc., etc. Or, perhaps we’ll get health-oriented reminders, motivated by insurers and others who’d like to cut how much the inattentive […]

I’m not a doctor, just someone speaking from experience. After a lame-brain stint of playing basketball barefoot (this was many years ago), I strained my feet and developed plantar fasciitis. The conventional treatments, I tried: stretching and orthotics. But the more I thought about it, this seemed, well, stupid. Why would you stretch something that’s […]

He: “My goal is to be perfect.”
She: “Well, there’s your first mistake.”

Here’s a great idea touted on a cool website: Neato.com. The curved barbecue grills better, fits better on a plate, and looks cool too.
Makes me wonder: What else would be better curved? Golf clubs that come preshaped for wrapping around a tree? … knives for cutting around the cores and pits of apples, pineapples and […]

Want to know when someone’s entering your house? Could be a loved one, friend or foe. Now you can with Noisy Doors and Squeaky Rugs. What’s great about Squeaky Rugs, they’d be also laugh for kids who’d diabolically dance up a sonic storm. (Maybe not so much for stressed-out parents.) I’m imagining they sound like squeaky toys, but […]

Canned warning about formulas goes here. But, seriously, don’t most compelling classic stories boil down to something like this? Hero, who has suffered all his or her (often parentless) life, faces seemingless insurmountable obstacles, including at least one persistently present powerful villain, but ultimately gets by with pluck (not just luck), stick-to-it-iveness and a little help from friends — and […]

Seriously. Why not let pitchers come back? Think they’d be more likely to get injured? I think the opposite: Pitch a little, take a rest, pitch some more. Sounds like less wear and tear to me. Would also increase strategy talk that fans both love and hate. OK, impose some limits. Baseball is too slow. Can’t substitute […]

Simple concept: A hat with a cup holder. I’m thinking: Would be kind of tipsy. So how about one on each side, with a weighted disc. Empty they’re both balanced. Got a drink? Move both weights to one side, put the drink in the other. Gotta have a long flexible straw, of course, so you […]

Well, there is now. If nutrients are chemicals good for you body, then what are substances that make you sick? How about pollutrients? Popped into my head driving yesterday. Has a certain ring, yes? Reminds me of a cartoon I once did that I’ll have to find, scan and post later. 
For more about Googlewhacks (searches […]

All sorts of sites automatically find and rank and list the latest, greatest news. But what about the blasts from the past? What’s new isn’t always the most interesting. So how about a site, or part of a site, that randomly generates a list of once-popular posts, videos, podcasts and news articles. Would be fun, nostalgic, surprising, too. […]

Not so much an original idea, but a change here. Recently, I started linking to earlier posts. Kind of: If you liked that, you might like this. Well, gotta share the love, right? So now I hope to also link someone else’s original idea. Have one you’d like to tell me about? Email it to  pmucha @ stealmyideasplease.com. If […]

I’d eat less (I’m just a bit overweight) if my stomach wasn’t greedier than my brain. It works like this: Mind see cherries. Mind think: “I’ll only eat half a little dishful.” Mouth eat. Stomach say: “Me want more.” Dish fill up. Mouth eat that. Mind think (lie): “Just a few more.” Repeat.
Stomach rumble.
See, if […]