What Frame of Mind Are You In? [COMIC]

What frame of mind are you in today? A creative one? A rosy one? Or are you maybe seeing things a bit surreally today? Orthodontist and cartoonist Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrated different frames of mind, using actual frames to express particular moods. So, what frame of mind are you in?  

IKEA Instructions for Real Life Situations

Are you having trouble figuring out exactly how to behave in certain situations? Have no fear, IKEA is here. Actually, Manchester-based artist James Chapman is here with a humorous, illustrated series of IKEA instructions demonstrating the dos and don’ts of handling situations in real life. Below is a sampling of what we at DashBurst have… Continue reading IKEA Instructions for Real Life Situations

The Six Types of Gamer Couples [COMIC]

If you and your significant other like to play video games together, then you probably are one of six types of gamer couples. Illustrator George Rottkamp created a comic for the fandom website Dorkly portraying those six couples, from the “Perfect Pair” who dominate the game in harmony to the “Cutthroat Couple” who fight each… Continue reading The Six Types of Gamer Couples [COMIC]

The Most Popular Halloween Costumes in the USA From 2009 to 2013

Can you guess the most popular Halloween costumes in the US? If you guessed “witch,” you are correct. From 2009 to 2013, the undisputed champion of Halloween costumes in America has been the witch. NPR’s Planet Money blog created an interactive chart ranking Halloween costumes over the past five years. If you hover over a… Continue reading The Most Popular Halloween Costumes in the USA From 2009 to 2013

How Many Planets in Our Solar System Can Fit Between the Earth and the Moon?

The distance between Earth and our moon is 238,855 miles. When you add up the diameters of all the other planets in the solar system, you find that you can actually fit them all between Earth and the moon: the sum of the diameters of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune is 236,126… Continue reading How Many Planets in Our Solar System Can Fit Between the Earth and the Moon?

What Kind of Lattes Do Pumpkins Drink? [COMIC]

It’s that time of the year again, when “everything Fall” is not only acceptable but encouraged: putting pumpkins on our doorsteps, wearing plaid shirts and vests, crunching leaves beneath our feet and those ever-so-popular pumpkin spice lattes. Yes, we just love those pumpkin lattes, but did you ever wonder what kinds of lattes pumpkins drink… Continue reading What Kind of Lattes Do Pumpkins Drink? [COMIC]

What if Real Life Was More Like Sports? [COMIC]

Everybody around the world loves sports, whether it’s watching them, playing them or talking about them. And we all have a favorite sport to watch and a favorite team to cheer for. So why isn’t real life more like sports? Thanks to College Humor, we can see what it would be like: