“People are too depressed to be sexually active. This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex. With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It’s time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual [...]
“Despite all the carping, there’s a lot that is good to say about 2008. The presidential election was great. Britney seems to be improving. George W. Bush is leaving. Eventually. That collider in Switzerland didn’t create a universe-gobbling black hole. So far.
Before we move on, one last blast from the past. See how much you’ve [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new type of dry glue designed to mimic gecko feet is 10 times stickier than the gravity-defying lizards, and three times stickier than other gecko-inspired glues, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
“It’s the stickiest dry glue yet,” said Liming Dai of the university of Dayton, who reported on the glue in the [...]
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama appeared on the “Late Show” with David Letterman in New York on Wednesday, a day after heated debate ignited over a “pig” remark some took as a slam against Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The following is a transcript of the “Late Show” interview.
Dave: “Let me ask you a [...]
Thanks to Fred Langa’s blog.
Crowd mobs Taco Bell opening: Rutland Herald Online
Rain fell through the Wednesday afternoon lunch hour, but that didn’t stop hundreds of local chalupa-starved residents from lining up for the grand opening of the new Taco Bell on Route 7 in Rutland Town.
Do Our Virtual Lives Make Our Real Lives Suck? - 236 - The Room
The problem with video games and the internet and Web-connected cell phones and giant TVs with surround sound is not that it makes us violent. It’s that it makes us bored with reality. If you’re under thirty-five like me, answer this question: [...]
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind [...]
“…one mistaken click of the mouse began an ordeal that would overtake Petersen’s in-box for several minutes—thrusting the history major into an HTML-formatted world she “never intended to see.”
E-Mail From Aunt Accidentally Opened | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Facebook can ruin your life
Social network sites have brought unexpected pleasure to millions. But if present trends continue and users fail to wise up, the sites could soon be bringing them some equally unexpected shocks….
Priceless Art or Ikea?
The website Reverent.org puts artistic wet blankets to the test, asking them to tell the difference between fine art and art made by apes.
From EcoStreet:
2008’s most desirable eco-gadgets at EcoStreet - Raising Green Consciousness since 2002
A thousand souls populate McMurdo during the Austral summer fromNovember to February – not just scientists, but also pilots, plumbers,burger flippers, and everyone else needed to keep a small city ticking.Down here, even a job like plumbing can transform into a survival epicin the blink of an eye. Just a few days before our mid-November [...]
From WIRED Listening Post:
As I left the Imax theater after seeing U2 3D, a manasked me, “So, what did you think?” Using my best Larry Davidimpression, I responded, “Pretty good. Pretty… pretty good.”
I was lying. The film I had just seen — the world’s firstthree-dimensional live-action concert film — was astounding. I justdidn’t want to [...]
Steve Bass, who does something or other over at PC World Magazine, presents us with some of his favorite things:
“If you’re working anywhere near as hard as I am today, [Note from editor: Oh, like you ever work hard?] then you’ll have plenty of time to sit back and enjoy these time wasters–favorites from 2007, [...]
Anime News Network announces the following guests for Florida SuperCon. For further information, follow the link at the bottom.
* James and Oliver Phelps: Harry Potter superstars! James and Oliver are best known for their roles as Fred and George Weasly.
* Stanislav Ianevski: Harry Potter superstar! Stanislav is best known for his role as Viktor [...]
dPS writes:
Fireworks displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular to watch but they also are often used to celebrate momentous occasions.
I’ve had many emails from readers asking how to photograph fireworks displays, quite a few of whom have expressed concern that they might [...]
This time, Jesus was almost guaranteed to return.
Someone stole a baby Jesus doll Wednesday night from a Nativity scene in front of the Wellington Community Center in Palm Beach County.
But village leaders were wise: They knew about a similar theft from Bal Harbour earlier this month, so they equipped their figurine with a GPS tracking [...]
Best Buy during the holidays is a special kind of hell. Swarms of soccer moms trailing toddlers, looking for the new game of the year. Overweight dads butt-glued into recliners in front of NASA-style walls of aggressive televisions, commenting on the silent football games arrayed before them. Hordes of middle aged couples making dreadfully misguided [...]
I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop. …
…Windows XP is both faster and far more responsive than Vista. I no longer have the obligatory 1-minute system lock that happens whenever I [...]
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