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"The Simpsons" episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" finds Homer (erstwhile genie Dan Castellaneta) becoming despondent over the lack of major accomplishments in his life. Looking for meaning to his existence in a library, Homer stumbles upon a (pop-up) biography of Thomas Edison, and he is inspired. Homer quits his job to become an inventor, using Edison's volume of inventions to gauge his own success. 

Homer's inventions are, perhaps predictably, terrible. He invents a shotgun, for instance, that can blast makeup directly onto a person's face. He invents an easy chair with a toilet installed, designed for people too lazy to rise during their favorite TV shows. Homer takes his inventions very seriously, but he can't invent anything practical. 

During one of his invention montages, Homer is writing advanced calculations on a chalkboard, a shocking activity for someone as dumb as Homer,...

With her 90th birthday just a month away (and her big birthday bash planned for June), Queen Elizabeth is going to have a lot of cakes in her future. But on Tuesday, she was at the slicing of a special one for son Prince Charles. Charles's groundbreaking charity, Prince's Trust, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and he took his mother along to a center in London to hear some of the organization's most inspiring success stories. Dressed in an eye-catching royal blue ensemble with a matching hat and pearl and sapphire brooch, the Queen was all smiles as...