Archive for December, 2008

I am google’s biggest fan. No really.  Google’s seemingly, endless capacity paired with its A+++ search tool is a hoarder’s dream come true. Exhibit 1:  The 2,000+ e-mails in my inbox for my main (personal) e-mail account. Who knows how many more e-mails I’d find, archived away, if I ever were to click on...
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There’s a little bit of a debate over here…which Matthew Sweet song is your fave? If you can match the contributor with their favorite Matthew Sweet song…well, you’ll get a nice little present in the mail.   4 contributors (revisingproust, Fortuna_Köln, Bucky_Katz, and BrandyB).  4 songs (Girlfriend, We’re the Same, Sick of Myself, or...
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Late on this bandwagon? Yes. Who cares!! what’s your favorite TED talk?
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I’m simply boggled by the multitudes of articles out there that are dedicated to teaching people how to use “social media 2.0.”  If people take the time to sign up for the site, enter their name, their e-mail, create a password, verify that they’re human(ness)…don’t you think they should be smart enough to know...
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Bacon is good. Google is good. Bacongoogle is better.
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You are so antisemitic. I bet you saw the title of this post and figured, ah, the Jewish Mother-in-Training’s back…she’s probably wishing me a Happy Hanukkah or Chanukah. But, no, darling Readers. If there is one thing that I give to you this holiday season, other than my companionship on Christmas Eve, which is...
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God, I miss myself. Question #11: You meet a wizard in downtown Chicago. The wizard tells you he can make you more attractive if you pay him money. When you ask how this process works, the wizard points to a random person on the street. You look at this random stranger. The wizard says,...
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Hello. Nobody seems to be around except tough_love. Well, I’ve decided to rejoin society by trying to get famous. I won’t tell you where I’ve been, because you’ve never been and you just wouldn’t understand. Dial-A-Stranger is a podcast/site run by Mercedes and Zachary. Every week they tape and broadcast phone calls to strangers....
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This fact made me a little sad… In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child. Read more! Poor piggy!
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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
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