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M. Asher Cantrell

Asher Cantrell is the pen name of Asher Cantrell because he doesn't understand how pseudonyms work.

Asher was born in Nashville, TN and received a B.A. in English/Writing from Middle Tennessee State University. He now lives near Lexington, KY with his wife and a bunch of cats.

You can contact him by e-mailing weirdshitblog@gmail.com or, if you're lucky and within about a 100 yard radius, you can try shouting his name loudly.

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4 People Whose Schemes Hilariously Blew Up In Their Faces

Sit back, relax, and behold some recent situations where dickheads got the same crap they feed everyone else shoveled back to them.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: March 03, 2014

4 Futuristic Inventions That Will Make Us Look Like Dorks

What are today's tech giants cooking up for the next generation? Less RoboCop and more UrkelBot.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: December 02, 2013

The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make

Let us help you pick a password the Geek Squad won't die laughing at.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: November 27, 2013

The 6 Creepiest Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games (Part 2)

Developers go through the trouble of creating a frighteningly elaborate Easter egg knowing that only a select few will forever be changed by it..

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: October 24, 2013

6 Creepy Glitches Hidden in Famous Video Games (Pt. 3)

Let's again take time to gaze into the horrors that can lurk beneath innocent layers of code.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell, Chris Rio
Published: October 22, 2013

The 7 Creepiest Hacks of Popular Video Games

These mods are so crazy that they'll make your brain give up and come flying out of your ass.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: June 10, 2013

5 Conspiracy Theories That Are Shockingly Easy to Debunk

Even among theories like these (which count their believers in the millions), you find that the whole thing is usually based on some embarrassingly simple misunderstanding.

Authors: By Douglas A. McDonnell, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: June 06, 2013

6 Hidden Glitches That Make Famous Video Games Way Better

We hope that some day we can make a mistake that will bring a stranger as much joy as these six glitches brought us.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: May 07, 2013

Why the World's Most Advanced Robot Is Going to Kill Us All

easily one of the most viable walking robots we've got. It won't do your dishes or anything, but it's amazing for transportation and logistics ... if you're buying that company line, of course.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: March 08, 2013

4 Cringe-Worthy Errors Published by Respected Publications

Just like any other profession in the world, the news is full of clumsy assholes.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: December 04, 2012

5 Mind-Blowing Academic Theories as Taught by Classic Movies

There are a few core philosophical thought experiments at the center of our most popular movies, like ancient cheat codes that filmmakers know we'll pay to see depicted on the big screen over and over again.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell, Jason Cross
Published: December 03, 2012

6 Insane (But Convincing) Fan Theories About Kids' Cartoons

Just like a broken watch, even the Internet is right every once in a while

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell, M.W.
Published: November 13, 2012

5 Modern Horror Scenes Ripped Out of History Books

It turns out that many iconic horror movie moments that you thought came out of the imaginations of Hollywood writers can also be found in the pages of history, hundreds or even thousands of years before it made sense for anyone to come up with them.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: October 29, 2012

The 6 Creepiest Glitches in Famous Video Games (Part 2)

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell, Chris Rio
Published: October 28, 2012

The 6 Most Eerily Convincing Ghost Videos on YouTube

Science has found zero empirical evidence for the existence of ghosts, aliens, demons or any other supernatural creature and these videos will surely not fool an expert in video fakery. Unless he or she watches them alone, late at night, in the dark. Then they become very convincing.

Authors: By M. Asher Cantrell
Published: October 24, 2012

The 6 Most Mind-Blowing (and Pointless) Gaming Achievements

Real dedication means going past hard mode and thinking way, way outside the box.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Karl Smallwood, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: October 08, 2012

The 6 Worst Ideas Nearly Included in Great Video Games

Cutting scenes from games isn't so easy, so the code is usually lurking around in there for you to find, if it's not sitting right out in the open in some early or foreign edition of the game. This can lead to some bizarre discoveries ...

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: September 18, 2012

5 Internet Annoyances That Are Way Older Than the Internet

We have a tendency to think that all of the annoyances that came with the Internet are also brand new to humanity. Surprise! They aren't.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: May 23, 2012

5 Ridiculous Origins of Famous Urban Legends

We don't expect our craziest urban legends to exist for good reasons, but we do at least expect their origins to be mysterious. If you can just point to the guy who made up the crazy story in the first place, what are we doing here?

Authors: By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: May 02, 2012

The 5 Ballsiest Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games

If you're reading this, the odds are good that you 1) hate your job and 2) can't really do much about it. But if you, say, were working on a project that would be seen by millions of people, then you could get creative about expressing your displeasure.

Authors: By Claire G., M. Asher Cantrell
Published: March 26, 2012