Diversion

Acrobots is not a game, just an online toy that you can waste a little time with. It won't mesmerize you for hours, but it will supply a nice diversion from any work you have at hand.
You can add or subtract Acrobots from the screen. I find it most interesting with about six to eight Acrobots. You can also use the slider control to change the amount of bounce.

Dog not eating cat

"You are begging to get eaten."

Gimme gimme

"Me wantie peanut!"

heheheeeee

It's cute picture Friday.

Death's Blog

Death's Blog
Everyday Life with Death

A blog written by Death himself. It's great dark humor and you can even submit a question to death for him to answer.

Some quotes:


""You kill women all the time... some of them must be cute, no?"
I responded by explaining to her that it's very difficult to announce to a woman that you're Death, proceed to tell her that you've arrived to kill her, and then segue into "would you like to grab a cup of coffee afterward?" I also told my mother, that for whatever reason, I seem to be killing a lot of women in bars lately, and when I arrive in those sort of venues I find that it's very loud and crowded and difficult to carry on a discussion."

"(Reaper Nick and his scythe come flying down a chimney)
Reaper Nick: Hello! My name is Reaper Nick, and I have come to kill each and every member of your family. Merrrrrry Christmas!
(Mother shrieks and wails in utter terror)
Mother: Oh my! Oh my! oh my! The horror! The horror!
(In one swift motion, Reaper Nick empties a large sack of toys onto the carpet)
Mother (intrigued and excited): Ooh. Is that "tickle me Elmo?""

"After Nick's early killings were successful, word spread like crazy on Earth, where a buzz slowly began to build. Parents giddily teased their small children that, "if you hear the jingle jangle of bells on Christmas Eve, you know that it's either Santa on his magical reindeer slay.... or Reaper Nick coming to kill the family!" It wasn't long before children actually began feeling disappointed if it was indeed Santa who had come to visit them, as they secretly hoped every year to catch a glimpse of the black hooded entity with his magical flying reindeer Hearse."


(red font, for death)

How to take a wife: According to the Bible

How to take a wife: According to the Bible

See among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her and would take her as a wife for yourself, then you shall shave her head and trim her nails. She shall also remove her clothes and shall remain in your house, and you may go in to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)

Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. You then own her.

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the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry.” (Hosea 1:1-3)

Find a prostitute and marry her.

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Moreover, along with this land, I have traded for Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. (Ruth 4:5-10)

Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal.

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The sons of Benjamin took wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they carried away. (Judges 21:19-25)

Pick the dancer you like.

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David struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. (I Samuel 18:27)

Cut off 200 foreskins of soldiers to get a wife.

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They gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, and let their cosmetics be given them. Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti. (Esther 2:3)

Hold a beauty contest, and pick your favorite.

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So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.” (Judges 14:2)

Spot a woman you like, and demand your parents get her for you.

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David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; she became his wife; then she bore him a son. (2 Samuel 11)

Snoop on her bathing, send your henchmen to take her.

Clever 1

Some clever alternative uses for everyday items...

Re-purposing Item: Egg Slicer

Original purpose: Slicing hard-boiled eggs.

Aha! use: Cutting strawberries and mushrooms. Give this classic tool a permanent spot on your kitchen counter and―presto!―you'll have perfect slivers of your favorite summer foods.

Reward: Sleeker food and less chance of nicking a fingertip.

Food52

So it's a little late but it is still Wednesday, food day. So here is something interesting that someone showed me today. It's called food52.

"We created food52 to celebrate the best cooks in the world: home cooks.

• Every week we'll hold recipe contests. After a year - 52 weeks - Harper Studio will publish the winning recipes in a beautiful cookbook.
• We'll also share discoveries from the worlds of food, wine, and cookware so we all become better cooks together.
• Exchange recipes with others. Cook. Vote. Contribute. Welcome to food52!"

Looks like each week there is a recipe topic, example: beef salad, apple cake, etc. What's great is that you can browse the recent recipes (so most of them are apple cakes since that is the category this week) or search by category, for example Fish & Seafood. When you go to that category you can see that there are 3 pages of recipes and a link for the winners and the editor's picks, so you can skip straight to the best of all of them. Or you can see the most recent on top or highest rated on top. Looks good! 

Stupidness

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: “I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,” –Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

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“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” –Mariah Carey

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Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life,” –Brooke Shields, during an interview to become Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.

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“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,” –A democratic congressional candidate in Texas .

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“I’m not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.” –Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.

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“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.” –Al Gore, Vice President

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“I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix.” –Dan Quayle

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“The word 'genius' isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” –Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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We don’t necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.” –Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

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“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” –Bill Clinton, President

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“Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.” –Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina

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“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.” –Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

Paper iPhone Stand

DIY paper stand for iPhone or other device. This will work great when I'm trying to watch movies at work and my stupid iPod won't stand up propped against the keyboard!

Download the PDF here.

Benches 2

In selected locations across Toronto, a campaign from Travel Alberta puts transit riders onto chair lifts climbing high into the Rockies. By agency Venture Communications, Canada.


















Becherovka is a traditional Czech liquor enjoyed by men and women. Long-term communication strategy of Becherovka is captured as a slogan: Get closer. That's why this Becherovka bench is specially designed to help people do just that. By agency Mark BBDO Prague, Czech Republic.

Benches 1

Denver Water.

For the campaign called "A Little Fabric Makes A Big Difference", Ikea covered everyday items such as benches with fabric. One result was this "cozy" sitting place.

The city of Istanbul is promoting reading with book benches. Benches that look like an open book have been placed around the city, each one carries poems from 18 famous Turkish poets.

Douglas Adams Quote 2

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

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The Bulgarian Lottery: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

"Was it a freak coincidence or proof of a vast lottery conspiracy? In Bulgaria, the set of 6 winning numbers were drawn twice in a row:

Sports Minister Svilen Neikov ordered an investigation after the numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were selected, in a different order, by a machine live on television on September 6 and 10. The results caused suspicions of manipulation.

An investigation found no wrongdoing in the draw or determining the winners, its chairman Konstantin Simeonov said.

"We cannot talk about any manipulation," he said.

The chance of the same six numbers coming up twice in two consecutive rounds was one in more than 4 million but was not impossible, respected mathematician Michail Konstantinov has said."

At least the numbers weren't 4 8 15 16 23 42 ... but wow, surprisingly closer than I thought they would be when I thought to include this.

Read more.

Douglas Adams Quote 1

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

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Piles of Junk with Interesting Shadows

Some piles of junk that have wonderful shadows when light is cast on them in a certain direction. Very cool, especially the motorcycle at the bottom