All you need is a larger rodent, a military obstacle course, and a nut and you can train your own squirrel assault team…. Though I’m still trying to figure out who is smarter, the squirrel that can traverse this or the human who built it so that the squirrel couldn’t just figure out a shortcut….
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Do you get a rush just from booting up your computer? Do you have a compulsion to check your email that’s almost painful to fight (insert Facebook for email, if you’re anything like me…) ? Then you may be a techno addict! And we should totally create a support group… on Facebook.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target” -Ashleigh Brilliant
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I’m so horrible at guessing people’s ages which is why this website is so addicting to me. Though they should have had me guessing sex too, ’cause I had no idea the picture above was of a girl…
I have Seasonal Affective Disorder which means I’m solar powered, so I’ve always had a special affinity for the sun. But apparently sunniness affects everything from the stock market to tipping. So, I’m proposing we move Wall Street to Arizona. Economy solved!
Arianna Huffington asks, “How About a Little Coverage of the Millions of At-Risk Kids Not Trapped in a Balloon (or Hiding in the Attic)?” Humans are built to notice the unusual. It’s a survival instinct. And it’s sad commentary on the world our children live in that homelessness, abuse, and violence are not unusual enough.
A small town heading toward 70% of its women receiving hysterectomies. Another town with a 75% chance of your kid getting his tonsils out and and the town next door with only a 20% chance. And still another town which has a 107% higher rate of lower back fusions than the rest of the state. [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tis the season for surveillance over at Lower the Bar.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I find the Spanish word for desk (escritorio) so much more descriptive than the English. The Spanish word for “to write” is “escribir,” so escritorio immediately makes you picture a handy place to jot down your thoughts. The English word desk is from the Latin for table, which is rather a disappointingly broad category.
