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Monday, May 12, 2008
Economy
- 10 Ways Recession Can Help the Environment
- However, it’s not all doom and gloom – recession could do wonders for the environment. Here are 10 ways this could be helping provide a positive respite to the planet:
- Ron Paul, Is America Really Going Bankrupt?
- ...a misunderstanding of monetary policy could cost us all of our money some day soon
- Housing Meltdown: "Smart" People Do The Stupidest Things
- Here’s a random collection of notable quotes from people in suburbia I know, along with their educational provenance, and/or current profession
- "Euros Accepted" signs pop up in New York City
- In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just ain't what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise.
- High Wheat Prices Raise Grocery Costs
- The price of wheat has more than tripled during the past 10 months, making Americans' daily bread — and bagels and pizza and pasta — feel a little like luxury items. And baked goods aren't the only ones getting more expensive: Experts expect some 80 percent of grocery prices will spike, too, and could remain steep for years because wheat and other grains are used to feed cattle, poultry and dairy cows.
- Cutback Cuisine - WSJ.com
- With food costs soaring, restaurants are making changes. Steaks are out. Pastas and shrinking portions are in.
- Homes in foreclosure rose 79% in '07
- The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79% higher than in the previous year...
- Food prices rising across the world - CNN.com
- If you're seeing your grocery bill go up, you're not alone.
- Are we in a recession?
- It’s interesting to hear different people’s opinions at the World Economic Forum about what the economy is going to do this year.
- Rate cuts: why the Fed is just making everything worse
- Here’s the problem with the Fed’s approach. It’s now time for people and companies – banks, specifically - to rebuild their balance sheets. So by slashing interest rates and devaluing money, you actually make it harder for them to do that.
- Consumer Spending Slowed in December
- Consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months while applications for unemployment benefits soared last week, two more signs the economy is weakening.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Nature
- Amazing nature: Deepest Lake in the World
- Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.
- Psychology Today: Dreams: Night School
- Dreaming is so basic to human existence, it's astonishing we don't understand it better. It consumes years of our lives, and no other single activity exerts such a powerful pull on our imaginations.
- Winter Beaurt
- Beautiful winter landscape photo with snow
- Cool Birth vs Crazy Death Of Stars
- 10 super-cool space pictures.
- 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens in Arctic - washingtonpost.com
- Norway opened a frozen "doomsday" vault Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain where millions of seeds will be stored to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe.
- Daisy and Grass Wallpaper « Wallpaper Pictures
- This was my favorite desktop-wallpaper last summer. It shows a daisy. nature, photo, Photography, plants, wallpaper
- Owl Captures Prey
- Imprint in snow shows aftermath of owl capturing its prey
- Fukuoka fruit salad literally grows on tree
- A lemon tree that bears 11 different kinds of fruit ...including dekopon, hassaku orange, iyoyan, amanatsu, and banpeiyu, a variety of pummelo. (with picture)
- Giant Marine Life Found in Antarctica
- Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.
- Water drops in nature
- On this photos you will see amazing water drops, in these water drops you will see DREAMS. Awesome photos of water drops taken in perfect time, on perfect place.
- When God Paints
- 11 pretty pictures of nature
- Nature’s Best Photography
- Nature’s Best Photograph - beautiful and amazing pictures of animals and nature
- Amazing nature: Most amazing place in Norway - ...Pulpit Rock
- Pulpit Rock or Preikestolen, Prekestolen in Norwegian, is one of the areas most profound turist attractions.
- Amazing nature: Weird and strange clouds - Lenticular clouds
- Strange Clouds known as Lenticular clouds(Lenticularis) but also known as "flying saucer clouds," "angelship clouds", "cloudships", "clouds of heaven".
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Nature
- Psychology Today: Dreams: Night School
- Dreaming is so basic to human existence, it's astonishing we don't understand it better. It consumes years of our lives, and no other single activity exerts such a powerful pull on our imaginations.
- Water drops in nature
- On this photos you will see amazing water drops, in these water drops you will see DREAMS. Awesome photos of water drops taken in perfect time, on perfect place.
- Amazing nature: Weird and strange clouds - Lenticular clouds
- Strange Clouds known as Lenticular clouds(Lenticularis) but also known as "flying saucer clouds," "angelship clouds", "cloudships", "clouds of heaven".
- Nature’s Best Photography
- Nature’s Best Photograph - beautiful and amazing pictures of animals and nature
- Giant Marine Life Found in Antarctica
- Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.
- Amazing nature: Most amazing place in Norway - ...Pulpit Rock
- Pulpit Rock or Preikestolen, Prekestolen in Norwegian, is one of the areas most profound turist attractions.
- Fukuoka fruit salad literally grows on tree
- A lemon tree that bears 11 different kinds of fruit ...including dekopon, hassaku orange, iyoyan, amanatsu, and banpeiyu, a variety of pummelo. (with picture)
- Daisy and Grass Wallpaper « Wallpaper Pictures
- This was my favorite desktop-wallpaper last summer. It shows a daisy. nature, photo, Photography, plants, wallpaper
- Owl Captures Prey
- Imprint in snow shows aftermath of owl capturing its prey
- Cool Birth vs Crazy Death Of Stars
- 10 super-cool space pictures.
- When God Paints
- 11 pretty pictures of nature
- 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens in Arctic - washingtonpost.com
- Norway opened a frozen "doomsday" vault Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain where millions of seeds will be stored to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe.
- Amazing nature: Deepest Lake in the World
- Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.
- Winter Beaurt
- Beautiful winter landscape photo with snow
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Government
- Increases in the National Debt Chart
- Graphic chart of increases in the National Debt Chart from 1776 to present
- US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search
- National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans for cyberspace spying that would make the current debate on warrantless wiretaps look like a "walk in the park," according to an interview published in the New Yorker's print edition today.
- Bill Proposes Database of Offenders to Aid Dating
- Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, the San Francisco Democrat who is the majority whip, introduced a bill last week to create an online database of men and women convicted of domestic violence in California.
- Schwarzenegger: California will sue federal government
- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he announced Thursday.
- Google to Outspend US Government on Environment
- ...if you want to weigh Google’s proposed spending, check out my three part series on the US Budget. Check out Budget 09: How’d the Environment Do – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
- Safety agency slow to publicize hazards: report
- U.S. consumer safety regulators typically take almost seven months to inform the public of dangerous products in cases where the manufacturers were fined for not promptly reporting the defect, watchdog group Public Citizen said on Thursday.
- The TSA has a blog
- Our favorite federal administration, the TSA, has just launched a blog, called Evolution of Security. It kicks off with a cheerful message from Kip Hawley.
- Tighter driver's license rules coming out
- Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials.
- Top 10 Things Americans Want but Can't Have
- 10 Things Americans Want but Can't Have
- Marijuana ban failing just as Prohibition did
- The hearing on HB 1623, the bill to reduce penalties for marijuana possession, made for some interesting drama in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.
- FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
- Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.
- Techdirt: If The Fashion Industry Doesn't Get Special...
- ...we noted that the fashion industry was a near perfect example of a creative industry that thrived despite no copyright protection on clothing designs. It showed what a myth it was that creation and innovation would stop in the absence of copyright law.
- States of Opportunity - WSJ.com
- An old adage says high taxes don't redistribute income, they redistribute people. For new evidence look no further than migration patterns within the United States, as documented in a new survey by the moving company United Van Lines.
- Wesley Snipes to Go on Trial in Tax Case
- From 1999 to 2004, the actor Wesley Snipes earned $38 million appearing in more than half a dozen movies, including two sequels to his popular vampire thriller “Blade.” The taxes he paid in the same period? Zero.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Offbeat
- Man declared dead feels 'pretty good' - Yahoo! News
- Four months after he was declared brain dead and doctors were about to remove his organs for transplant, Zach Dunlap says he feels "pretty good."
- Message arrives 21 years later - Yahoo! News
- After slicing the bottle open, Brandell found a message from an elementary school student in a suburb of Seattle. The fact that the letter traveled 1,735 miles without any help from the U.S. postal service is unusual, but that's only the beginning of the mystery.
- Snake eats family dog as kids watch - CNN.com
- A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said Wednesday.
- Termite hunters find 200-year-old mummy - Yahoo! News
- Exterminators looking for termites in a monastery in Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo found a mummy and a skeleton believed to be at least 200 years old
- Even your dog has a blog - CNN.com
- It goes without saying that Max, a 3-year-old golden retriever can't talk. But that doesn't stop him from chronicling his dog's life -- as told to his owner Aubrey Jones -- on the blog Max the Golden Retriever.
- 4 Awesome Unfinished or Abandoned Structures in Florida
- Here are just 4 examples of local sights that have either been abandoned since completion or never finished and which serve as a perfect destination for tourists looking for unique photo opportunities or parts of Florida that contain more character and history than Mr Disney’s theme park.
- World's tallest man struggles to fit in - Yahoo! News
- Stadnik's stature has earned him worldwide attention, but it has mostly a burden to him. He has to battle to lead anything close to a normal life.
- Canadian gophers notch a win in man-rodent battle - Yahoo! News
- A war on gophers waged by two Canadian men went awry this weekend when a device used to blast the rodents in their holes sparked a massive grass fire in a rural area near Calgary, Alberta, causing more than C$200,000 ($197,000) in damages.
- Biologist hooks fish he stocked in 1983 - Yahoo! News
- Some people catch fish and release them. Bill Wengert releases them and then catches them — a quarter-century later.
- EWU prof.: Obama wins presidential name game | Seattle...
- English professor Grant Smith contends that — taking no other factor into consideration than the sound of candidates' names — the person with the most pleasing moniker has won 84 percent of presidential elections in the nation's history.
- Sri Lanka Guardian: German police dogs to wear shoes
- The unusual footwear is not a fashion statement but rather a necessity due to the high rate of paw injuries on duty.
- LA man gets long-stolen Mustang back - Yahoo! News
- A Los Angeles man is getting his stolen Mustang back -- 38 years after it was stolen. The vehicle has an extra 300,000 miles and a different paint job, but Eugene Brakke's 1965 Mustang is evidently running just fine.
- Big Spanish Castle
- Optical illusion - The image will look like it's in color until you move your eyes.
- He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) - New York Times
- Mr. Parker has generated more than 200,000 books...
- Robot as good as real dog at easing lonely hours - Yahoo! News
- ...to his surprise, both dogs provided virtually equal comfort after seven weeks of visits.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
How To
- How to Speed Read on the Web | extreme webmaster evernerve
- Why should you learn this essential skill? Because you will find it extremely useful...
- Your Home Office Library: 45+ Home Office Tips, Hacks and How-Tos
- The categories are: general tips and improvements, building a home office, DIY projects, Zen stuff, uncluttering, design, productivity and organization, low impact and tax.
- Scaling Yourself : [chrisbrogan.com]
- ...I’ve been working towards learning how to scale my skillsets up to this next level, ...to get everything on my plate done. I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned with you, because ... I think this is useful “how to” information for anyone working in the Creative class. Here’s what I’ve learned.
- 10 Best Firefox Extensions for Web Development, Media,...
- For this feature, I want to share with you the latest, greatest extensions Firefox has to offer. I chunked the best of the best in four categories
- 50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily - Lifehack.org
- ...here’s a collection of 50 hacks, tips, tricks, and mnemonic devices I’ve collected that can help you work better.
- Procrastination - How to Get Things Done - Goodhousekeeping.com
- 6 ways to outsmart your paralysis and actually get something done
- Writing Reference Sites to Make You a More Effective Writer
- Even the best writers have questions from time to time, which is why it's good to have a list of places you can turn to for help and advice. This list of writing references sites will work for journalists, fiction writers, resume writers, essay writers and nearly every other type of wordsmith imaginable.
- Tulsa World: Free tools to help you manage life
- There are many different theories on organization and time management. No matter what theory works for you, you'll need several tools. A calendar, to-do list and note-taking tools are essential. A system for reminders is icing on the cake.
- How to Write Posts That Set StumbleUpon on Fire
- In this post, I want to share all the trade secrets I’ve learned about how to craft posts that set StumbleUpon on fire. These are tips and ideas I use on a daily basis to get anywhere between a few hundred and a few thousand (or more) StumbleUpon visitors every day.
- How to Instill Passion in Others (and Yourself)
- Your goal as a leader is to develop a compelling vision for the team. Something that’s simple, yet elegant, maybe even a little edgy.
- Talk Like Frank Sinatra
- Below is a dictionary of the secret man language of Frank Sinatra. Throw a few of these words into your conversations among friends. You’ll probably get a few raised eyebrows but like Frank, you’ll add spark to even the most mundane interactions.
- The Simple Dollar » 25 Questions to Think About Before Your Next Job Interview
- I give a checklist of “homework” a potential interviewer should do before a big interview.
- Social Media - 6 New Friend Acquisition Strategies
- For anyone hoping to get their submissions seen by the masses on various social media, this means continuously expanding your network of friends.
- A better laptop stand for bed - Instructables - DIY
- Make a simple but incredibly useful Laptop Stand for around $15 and 30-60 minutes! Great for use in bed while typing, browsing, and especially watching movies.
- How To Tie A Tie: The Pursuit Of The Perfect Knot
- ...let’s dive into the twisted world of silk…
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Good News
- Verizon recovers man's missing recording - Yahoo! News
- An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005.
- Bird Flu Good news at last!
- By adding an agent that stimulates the immune system, it appears that the existing vaccine is effective against various strains of the bird flu virus.
- IndieScribe: Amazing Story: Dolphin Rescues Whales
- A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said
- 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo
- It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother',"
- Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From...
- Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air –– good news for the Earth's atmosphere.
- Dog Walks 70 Miles Through Desert To Find Marine
- But two days later after Dennis had moved, Nubbs came along and gave Dennis the surprise of a lifetime. The dog had walked 70 miles in the desert in 18 degree temperatures while he was still recovering from his wound to find Dennis.
- Sweethearts in the nick of time
- ..in wheelchairs and living at the opposite ends of a hallway, the two 83-year-olds finally closed the gap across both time and space. The result: love at second sight.
- Death Row dog gets taste of freedom
- Duke the pit bull left the doggy equivalent of Death Row Friday for heaven on earth.
- Nintendo of Australia makes one little girl's Christmas...
- one little girl in Australia suffering from arthrogryposis, a degenerative muscle disease, recently got a wonderful gift from Nintendo.
- Russian couple reunited after 60 years apart
- There, in front of her, was Boris, the man she had fallen in love with and married 60 years earlier. The last time she had seen him was three days after their wedding, when she kissed him goodbye and sent him off to rejoin his Red Army unit.
- Your Favorite Sweet Can Save the World
- As you may already know, chocolate is good for your heart. And it's definitely good for your soul. Now, thanks to a team of researchers and farmers in Brazil, it turns out that chocolate could be good for the planet, too.
- Marine, Iraq Dog Reunited in San Diego
- A San Diego-based Marine major was reunited on Saturday with one of his closest war buddies - a 2-year-old dog named Nubs.
- 5-Year-Old Alex Reeves Saves Family In Portage, Indiana
- A Northwest Indiana boy gave his family a priceless gift on Christmas day. He helped them escape a fire inside their home early Tuesday morning.
- 11-year-old helps rescue classmate
- You don't always know when life will test you.
- Firefighter saves dog by performing CPR - Yahoo! News
- A firefighter performed CPR on a dog, saving its life after responding to a mobile home fire
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
Business
- Best Companies 2008 - FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For
- See the full list of America's top 100 employers, including detailed company profiles, top locations, and contact information. Plus, post your thoughts on the winners in our Best Companies blog.
- Ten Quotes to Run Your Business By » Small Business Trends
- Let me share the top ten bits of wisdom that I picked up from this American Express OPEN Forum, based on my notes during the event. Here they are:
- Green IT: Corporate Strategies
- Recent reports from Gartner, Forrester, and McKinsey highlight the costs of and savings from implementing green-tech corporate strategies
- Patent Suits Target Operators, Broadcasters - Multichannel News
- A suburban Philadelphia firm whose sole business is to buy up technology patents is trying to force large cable operators and major broadcasters to pay substantial license fees on the transmission of digital TV signals and Internet services.
- Company seeks tax exemption for bribes - Yahoo! News
- Some companies request tax deductions for philanthropy, others for restaurants bills. But one Israeli business tried to push the envelope by asking to deduct nearly $860,000 it paid in kickbacks.
- Publisher: Kindle Selling Up To 10,000 Books A Day (AMZN) - Silicon Alley Insider
- Our quest for Kindle stats continues: Today a small publisher tells us he thinks Amazon is selling 5,000 to 10,000 e-books a day. If correct, that's huge
- How to Instill Passion in Others (and Yourself)
- Your goal as a leader is to develop a compelling vision for the team. Something that’s simple, yet elegant, maybe even a little edgy.
- 100+ Useful Web Resources for Small Business and Non Profits
- Read Rae’s tips on what you need to think about before you launch your small business website - particularly good if you have yet to begin your online presence.
- Techdirt: If The Fashion Industry Doesn't Get Special Copyrights, The Terrorists Will Win
- ...we noted that the fashion industry was a near perfect example of a creative industry that thrived despite no copyright protection on clothing designs. It showed what a myth it was that creation and innovation would stop in the absence of copyright law.
- Mom starts online toy rental service
- After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest. If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys?
- Wal-Mart Tweaks Store for Arab-Americans
- It's clear as soon as shoppers walk in that this isn't a typical Wal-Mart.
- Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger
- While everyone has been preoccupied with the Microsoft-Yahoo saga, the Microsoft acquisition machine keeps on chugging along. Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Danger, makers of the popular Sidekick cell phone.
- Apple introduces another game changer….. at My Own Reality
- This changes everything! ...Apple TV Take 2 transforms podcasting into an on demand streaming content delivery service in one fell swoop - literally overnight.
- EBay to ban negative seller views
- Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers.
- Building Relationships: 11 Rules for Self-Promotion
- The good news is that self-promotion doesn’t have to be shady — in fact, real self-promotion almost by definition can’t be shady.
- Mashups Are Breaking the Mold at Microsoft - New York Times
- Mr. Montgomery, a veteran product manager who has also worked as a computer industry writer and editor, is an example of how it just might be possible to teach dinosaurs to dance.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Weather
- Study: Ethanol may add to global warming
- The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded
- Global winter coldest since '01, but still warmer than usual - USATODAY.com
- Winter storms and snow notwithstanding, this winter was still warmer than average worldwide,
- Study Shows Bacteria Are Common in Snow
- Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside - bacteria.
- Canada's Concern: And They Should Know They Live There
- A record loss of Artic ice made Canada's #1 weather concern for 2007.
- Baghdad Gets Snow for the First Time in 100 Years
- On early Friday morning, a light snow fell on the city of Baghdad, a phenomenon not experienced by the Iraqi city in about 100 years.
- Heavy snow affects one million Chinese
- Heavy snow has already affected 1.21 million people in east China's Anhui Province as the country braces for the coldest part of winter.
- Climate change threatens West's water, world's crops
- The potential that global warming has to dry up water resources in the American West and the food supplies of 1 billion people in the poorest regions of Africa and Asia are the focus of two studies
- Wild weather battered USA in January
- Rare winter tornadoes in the Midwest. Powerful Pacific storms with hurricane force winds. More than 1,000 daily high temperature records. And that's just in the first month of 2008. Is January the new March?
- Warming Atlantic worsens hurricanes
- When the water in the hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic warms one degree in the dead of summer, overall hurricane activity jumps by half, according to a new study.
- Live Weather Map
- Interactive Live Weather Map
- Why the snow crisis happened in China
- The recent extreme cold weather and snowfalls almost handicapped the transportation of the whole China.
- Spring keeps coming earlier for birds, bees, trees - USATODAY.com
- The fingerprints of man-made climate change are evident in seasonal timing changes for thousands of species on Earth, according to dozens of studies and last year's authoritative report by the Nobel Prize-winning international climate scientists. More than 30 scientists told The Associated Press how global warming is affecting plants and animals at springtime across the country, in nearly every state.
- Interactive Weather Presenting Kit
- A free [UK] CD to study the weather, and make weather maps, includes satellite images
- Freeze after snow in South, Gulf Coast
- Freezing cold spread across the South and all the way to the Gulf Coast early Sunday, a day after the region got an unusual coating of snow.
- Nation's 'Icebox' hits record 40 below zero
- The temperature in International Falls, Minnesota, fell to a record 40 below zero ...just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the "Icebox of the Nation."
- Possibly NOAA's National Weather Service Funniest Report
- That's some record snowfall :)
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Humorous
- Talk Like Frank Sinatra
- Below is a dictionary of the secret man language of Frank Sinatra. Throw a few of these words into your conversations among friends. You’ll probably get a few raised eyebrows but like Frank, you’ll add spark to even the most mundane interactions.
- Topless Robot - The 20 Most Awesome but Tremendously...
- Here are the 20 greatest shirts for nerds that look great, don’t automatically prevent you from getting laid, and are kind of stylish to boot.
- Ban Library Headline Clichés
- For the new year, I'd like all news reporting agencies to cease using the following phrases when referring to libraries: The (whatever) library... closes the book; turns a page; begins a new chapter.
- Flickr: The Microsoft: Keep Your Evll Grubby Hands Off...
- Pictures speaking 1000s of words...
- Terrible Pickup Lines on SpongeFish
- This is a collection of chat up lines that are likely to get you a slap or maybe worst.
- Thank Goodness for a Free Press
- Political cartoon on presidential debates
- Stupid: The "Hawaii Chair" Freaks Us Out
- Watching people fidget suggestively on what looks like an office desk chair makes us uncomfortable for some reason. Maybe it's the way they're pretending there's nothing weird going on?
- Hillary Sends Bill on Campaign Trip to Antarctica
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent her husband, former President Bill Clinton, on a “special campaign trip” to Antarctica that could last “six or seven months,” Clinton aides confirmed today.
- The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
- misinterpreting bad punctuation since 2005
- Good food on the go! I'm not sure what to say about this one...
- Cheeseburger in a can - the experience...
- Germs and You
- Please watch and enjoy this informative video... before it's too late.
- College Isn't Necessary???
- What are girls and boys supposed to do?
- Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends on Google Video
- Here are the videos I found (some are from later shows called When Louis Met... and another show called Louis and...).
- Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- In this comic by Roz Chast really sums it up nicely, for grandmas, parents and, let's be honest, sometimes even ourselves during our darkest moments of troubleshooting.
- List Of The Day: Rerun Of The Day: Great Moments In Local News
- Some of these are ancient, and some are probably fake, but such is life.
- How glasses can change your life
- With and without glasses, images
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