As a single man in my mid-thirties, I’ve spent 20 years trying to understand women, with mixed results. It wasn’t until six months ago, however, that I was given a clear insight into how the female mind works. It came in the form of Lou-Lou, my two-year-old niece.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Tips for improving gas mileage 30% or more
Area gas prices reached record highs again yesterday, and crude oil neared $120 a barrel. So, how would you like to improve your fuel economy by 30 percent or more without buying a new car?
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Helen Thomas Asks About Bush’s Torture Approval
During this afternoon’s White House press briefing, reporter Helen Thomas noted that Bush “has admitted that he did sign off on torture” saying it damages “the credibility of this country.” But press secretary Dana Perino denied that the United States has ever tortured detainees and referred to testimony from CIA Director Michael Hayden as evidence.You just gotta love Helen
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Making Gaming Better
Gamers like to complain. I like to complain too. When you care about something, of course you are the first person to point out its problems and what needs fixing. Most of the time, we assume that fixing those things is somebody else's job, but actually there's a lot that we can all do to make gaming better for everyone...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Great video of Ricky Van Veen
As a consumer of CollegeHumor.com and a business manager of a startup website, I found Ricky's breakdown especially poignant:
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
17-year-old newspaper columnist canned for patriotism column
Every once in awhile, we newspaper columnists, raging and fulminating at our keyboards, go too far -- we overstate, we gloss over nuance, we generalize unfairly, we give offense we don't intend while trying to be funny or profound, or we otherwise lose our rhetorical way.If we're lucky, we have an editor who saves us. Mohammad Sagha wasn't.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Improv Everywhere prank a little league game
Improv Everywhere are known for their pranks. I guess you could call giving a major league reception to a little league baseball game a prank, but it's more of a good deed. This is what the Make A Wish foundation would do if they were funny.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
If Pac-Man Was to Take a Crap...
Kotaku's Owen Good and his brother discuss what happens when Pac-Man takes a crap.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wash. Post: The Clear Debate Loser Is **ABC**
"Gibson and Stephanopoulos dwelled entirely on specious and gossipy trivia that already has been hashed and rehashed, in the hope of getting the candidates to claw at one another over disputes that are no longer news. Some were barely news to begin with." ....Disappointing SOAP OPERA version of a serious debate.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
An engineer's guide to cats
Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Super Pii Pii Brothers - ThinkGeek
Games like WarioWare and Raving Rabbids the Wii is no stranger to crazy gameplay mechanics... but it was quite unusual to see the "strap-on" style accessory and peeing action that Pii Pii Brothers provides.
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