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Some American beers SOUND like they're made of horrifyingly weird things, but in the end, the most actually bizarre thing about Dogfish Head is that someone in Delaware is actually doing something.

La Carmina

Travel TV host, fashion blogger at lacarmina.com

Did you know Steampunk culture existed in Japan?

Richard Zombeck

Founder, Home Preservation Network at www.hpnhelp.com

One night, when I was about 13-years-old, my dad caught me doing unspeakable things to myself and said, "You know, if you keep that up you're going to go blind." And I said, "Dad, I'm over here."

Sharon Hill

Researcher, scientific consultant, Editor of DoubtfulNews.com

There is a problem with how the word paranormal is used because it is often utilized in a way that is perhaps not consistent with the original intent.

Dan Persons

Film journalist

As Mystery Science Theater 3000's TV's Frank, comedian and writer Frank Conniff became possibly the most cuddly mad scientist in history.

John B. Alexander, Ph.D.

Retired Senior Military Officer and Retired Los Alamos National Laboratory

Despite the substantial advances that have been made in our standard of living, the reputation of science is in decline. While scientists were once revered by the American citizenry, confidence rightfully has diminished as more and more research projects become discredited.

Anneli Rufus

Comfort-food freak

These vegan-repellers bring a whole new meaning to the term "Bloody Mary."

Chris Clow

Geek, comic book enthusiast, contributor to Movies.com

If you've ever been interested in the ongoing adventures of Batman or Iron Man, of the Avengers or the Justice League, then as a geek and a comic book peddler I can tell you: now is the time.

Michael Sean Comerford

Journalist and writer

Did I look like an American drifter? Am I one of them? Should I be flattered or just find a laundromat?

John R. Talbott

Author, 'Survival Investing: How to Prosper Amid Thieving Banks and Corrupt Governments'

I can't remember who first showed me how to cure hiccups. I know it was late in life, sometime in my late thirties. The cure came too late to help me. But, ever since then I have been enormously grateful.

Alejandro Rojas

Editor at Open Minds Magazine

While not all of the former Congress members at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure last week were convinced that we are being visited by aliens, they all did say they were impressed by the high level of credibility of some of the witnesses they heard from.

Thom Nickels

Philadelphia-based author/journalist

In the world of facial stubble, the famous five o'clock shadow has become the nearly permanent 10 o'clock shadow, proving -- as if you needed proof at this point -- that this is the season of facial hair.

Crazy Legs Conti

Competitive eater

George Shea, the head of Major League Eating, has often compared our sport to, "a ballet of the buffet." He is often ridiculed for comparing traditional art to, well, stuffing one's face for prize money and a trophy.

Martha Burk

Money Editor, Ms. magazine; director, Corporate Accountability Project, National Council of Women's Organizations

Women (and not a few men) were outraged this week about a Bleeding Zombie Target Ex-Girlfriend sold on Amazon for $84.

Marlo Thomas

Award-winning actress, author and activist

Before Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria and Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot -- throughout history and in almost every culture -- disguising one's gender has been a common plotline in folklore, literature and theater. Cross-dressing gods and goddesses frequently populated Greek, Norse and Hindu mythology; and Shakespeare's plotlines often featured women characters posing as men

Emily Peck

Managing Editor, HuffPost Business

Allegedly we're all desperately afraid to poop in the ladies' room.

The Amazing Kreskin

With a showman's flair, a comedian's wit, and capacities of a bona fide Mentalist...

I've given a lot of thought to what I'm going to talk to you about right now given the gravity of the most recent prediction I have been preparing to reveal. These are not logical things I'm going to say, but things that I feel very, very strongly about.