Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Good Reads
Beginning in the 1600s, almost a million nameless people were buried in an old rock quarry in Fontanelle, Italy. Those who live can "adopt a skull" and mourn for anonymous remains.CSI and other TV shows have changed the way people perceive crime investigation. Real life forensic pathologists will tell you that the truth of the profession is very different. (Thanks, Amy!)
Cappadocia, Turkey is Tatooine on earth, only without the Sand people, Jawas, and annoying Storm Troopers.
Is Obesity All In Your Head? I thought it was in the waist and hips, but scientists say genes might hardwire some people into overeating.
A journalist reflects on her five years of covering news in Africa. Despite war, injustice, and despair, she grew to love the continent. (via Metafilter)
Why are more male babies born after wartime? We don't know the answer, but the question itself leads to an intriguing genetic hypothesis.
Instead of keeping track of your faults, discover what's good within you: your character strengths and values. It will take about 15 minutes to complete the full VIA Survey on Character.
The most important ingredient in holiday baking is the butter. Here's the science behind those explicit cookie recipe instructions. (via Lifehacker)
You KNow Me, Don't You?
I received an absolutely wonderful gift delivered to my front door yesterday! Thanks, Duke!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Fun and Funny Links
The Smoking Gun selects the 2008 Mug Shots Of The Year. #16 made me laugh out loud, and #2 should be in some kind of Hall of Fame.Dolphin Stampede! Maybe there's a Black Friday sale at a nearby reef.
Cute Things Falling Asleep is a video blog about... well, you know. Rate the videos by cuteness or sleepiness.
The Real Story Behind A Charlie Brown Christmas (and why it almost wasn’t shown). But it was, and we're all richer for it.
What do 49 microwave ovens have to do with Christmas? If you said leftovers, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the Christmas greeting.
If Alcohol Labels Were More Realistic. I had to laugh at this while reliving memories of high school and the times I had no money.
The Strange Story of Santa Claus. A history of the jolly elf that resembles nothing you've heard before, but it makes about as much sense as any other Santa story.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Japanese Cat Humiliation
A set of calender videos featuring the world's most tolerant cats. They must be well fed. (via Metafilter)
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Santa Claus Quiz Show
A movie theater promotion from the 50s to give away prizes from local merchants. (via Cynical-C)
Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday Fun Links
The Sun-Sentinel's Scared of Santa picture gallery now has 269 photographs of disastrous holiday sittings. That's 110 more than last year!8 Guinness World Record Attempts That Failed (Hilariously). Lesson learned: try to know what you're doing before you go public with it.
Vote for the Sexiest Geeks of 2008! Wired's annual poll is open for nominations and voting.
17 Awesome Gingerbread Houses. They look good enough to eat; or even good enough to live in!
Rudolph, and Santa’s 27 Other Reindeer. How the legend of the flying reindeer evolved and spun off lots of Christmas stories.
Hangover Cures from Around the World. Just the thought of ingesting some of these will put you off drinking for a while. (via Neatorama)
What would happen if you put a lighter in a blender? Don't try it yourself before watching this slow motion video.
The Pug Head Tilt. They only do this so we can all say "Awww" together.
The latest on Mr-Too-Good-To-Be-True
The latest on Mr-Too-Good-To-Be-True: This morning my car wouldn't start. Normally, I would tell the kids to walk to school, but today was Christmas party day and Princess was wearing high heels and Gothgrrl was dressed like Santa Claus, and they had gifts to carry. So I called the guy I'm seeing and he was here in minutes. He took the kids to school, then took his son to the orthodontist, then brought a car charger and plugged my car in. While he was waiting for the car to charge up, he vacuumed my living room and fired up the carpet shampooer! He told me to go get back on the computer so I can get some work done. See, he knows I have relatives coming from out of town and I'm also chronically behind on my internet work -mainly due to spending time with him.I thought, hot damn! I'd love to brag on this, but no one would believe me.
Mere moments after I had that thought, the doorbell rang. It was my pastor's wife dropping by to talk about the dinner party they were hosting tonight. Ha!
I was dateless at the dinner party because he's shy about crowds of people he doesn't know. In situations like that, I'm a bit leery of talking about "my boyfriend" because it might come across as a fictional character dreamed up by a desperate old lady. After all, no one there had ever actually seen him. Or had ever seen me in the company of a man.
But tonight was different. "This guy I'm seeing came over today and shampooed my carpet."
"Really?"
"Yes, really! And I have a witness!"
Pastor's wife: "Yes, he was shampooing the carpet!"
Several women: "Lucky you!"
Hee hee!
(Image from the book Porn for Women)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Honey Badger
The most fearless animal on earth. He steals food from a cobra, then eats the cobra, too! (via Dark Roasted Blend)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
My Christmas Decorations
Despite the lack of a tripod and any video skills whatsoever, I felt compelled to document the process of decorating the porch of our new home for our first Christmas here. I shot the footage before Thanksgiving, and finally got around to editing it this morning.
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