Forum: The Lounge

It seems that just getting comments and likes are not enough for some people, so some people from MIT have developed a new Facebook vest that will inflate and give a hug every time someone likes something on Facebook. I wonder what happens if...

Was out of coffee, and still had a tea pod for my Keurig, so I made a cup of tea. Hadn't tried tea in years. Still hate tea.

I found a copy of "Batboy of the Giants", from 1949, in the used bookstore. For ten bucks.

So after all this time, I caved in and picked up Angry Birds on my phone. It didn't cost me anything as it was free in the store, just a few adverts scrolled every so often across the top, but otherwise free... ...and addictive. And now I...

I was reminiscing about previous jobs when I started thinking about how one of them taught me an important skill for this one: Even if you're a total introvert who hates mornings, fake a smile and say 'morning' or 'hi' to people. I got dinged at...

Summer vacation's started, his mother and I are both at work today, and he want to see his best friend. Got left at home by himself, and was crossing the street and takin the subway by himself. I hope everything's fine. He's been capable of...

I have a computer I'm setting up as a entertainment center. It needs a lot of work (it's got a 150G hard drive! WTF?!), but more importantly, it needs a name. I'm completely open on suggestions.

I don't like Chocolate Chip cookies.

It's finally arrived in all its gilded glory and London has thrown open arms to the world to come and join in. 2 months of hosting a few extra million people from around the globe. Being a cynic, I'm just waiting for the first things to start...

So, the Weather Channel and other media outlets have been talking about Hurricane Isaac for some time, since one of its projected paths would have put it slamming right into the RNC, but that path has since changed, and the storm should make...

My family all met in Boise last weekend for a family reunion, so my husband and I decided to turn it into a regular vacation and take the kids out to Craters of the Moon, Yellowstone, and the Grand Tetons. Every single thing we saw was simply...

Whether Charles in Charge went downhill after it moved into syndication.

With some computational tricks as I understand, but it looks convincing.

I needed another place to monkey-click between.

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So I come home the other night, and the kid's saying to my wife "There was a voiice-mail from a laser eye surgery place. Why were they calling?" My wife says, "Because I called them" in a tone that was meant to cut off conversation. My kid...

I've started working full-time again, so I've just been kind of swamped and haven't had time to post much, but I have been checking in about every day. I'm sure things will settle down a bit soon and I can spend more time thinking up stupid topics...

In one of these daft polls that come out every so often, a cleaning firm has given a list of the top ten stains that it has difficulty getting out of carpets. The number 1 item was Irn Bru Given what it tastes like, I'm not surprised. Then...

I'm having a lot of serious problems on The Dope which have led to some serious rants, some of them undeserved and apologized for, so I am taking some time off from there. This seems very awkward, I know. Especially being that I'm a loyal member...

I have a new enemy in the garden. It used to be Ivy, but after a couple of years guerilla warfare it has been driven back into the dark recesses behind the hedge. The new plant to step forwad and try to overgrow everything is the plant I know as...

The most prestigious Mayor's job in Britain is up for grabs in a few days and so for all the floating voters this quiz has been put together to match the voters with the policies they like and the politicians they came from. See who you should...

We are officially having a drought in the UK, groundwater levels at an all time low, rivers not running, reservoirs drained dry. There are bans on using hoses to water the garden, clean cars and so on as everyone must make efforts to ensure that...

At lunchtime I went to the liquor store to pick up some beer, which took me past the book store in the mall. The two stores had items that got me thinking. I like beer, especially big flavourful beer. You'd think I'd like Scottish beeer, but I...

Yeah, I know, this is total and utter fluff and completely brainless. I don't care. Look! Piggies!

Mom sent a bunch of family photos to my sister and me, as we're putting together a slideshow for their 50th anniversary party thos summer. Unfortunately, she numbered them on the back...I think with a Sharpie...and ink smeared on the photos when...

Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure most people out there use a lot of text messages and find them really useful. I know several who prefer them to actually using the phone for, you know, phoning someone and speaking to them. I always found them...

The people who work at Payless Shoes are pretty much exactly the kind of people you would imagine would work at a place called "Payless Shoes".

That big blacked out area on the right is Belfast. :( This thing should be hanging up in every museum in Ireland.

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I'm dead in 2 of the three mafia games I'm playing, the third is moving at a pace that makes glaciers feel like speed demons and I can't access the dope today, it seems. So I'm watching Nanny and the professor episodes on Hulu. At one point I did...

Candidate for the research project of the year! Roman Empire is renowned for sharp logical design and outstanding building quality of its road system. Many roads built by Romans are still use in continental Europe and UK. The Roman roads were...

Ok, this one amused me for the afternoon: Hillary Clinton has managed to become cool thanks to the internet Two guys created a meme from a couple of photos of Hilary Clinton sitting with some large stacks of paper looking serious while swapping...

http://twitpic.com/97vogu :fail:

...and if you didn't, Wikipedia would be the first to tell you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal

Harry is a Hermit Crab living in a rock pool in Legoland. Only he doesn't have a shell he has moved into, he has a lego house instead. V47wx8qMSxA I wonder if they gave him a choice of colours and if they will make some bigger one for him, if...

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No evidence necessary, just things you're convinced of: The kind of people most likely to go to high school reunions are the kind of people who still live within ten miles of their high school.

Wow. McDonald's must go through a lot of yellow paint--and toilet paper.

http://www.phocks.org/stumble/creepy/ Just in case anyone is bored. Some of them are woo, and/or boring, many of them are faskinating.

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When I was a kid I loved astronomy, read astronomy books and with one of my first pay packets I bought a telescope. Unfortunately I hadn't done my homework and wound up with a junkscope, one of those $100 telescopes that are all but useless for...

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Assuming this video is real, and it seems to be, there's a lot more wrong here than just wanting a ton of people present at your special moment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/leap-year-proposal-2012_n_1364359.html But, I am...

On Wikipedia, right now, this text exists: The use of any leopard may cause serious injury (that is, carpal tunnel syndrome or other repetitive strain injury) to hands, wrists, arms, neck or back. Thanks to this. On some days I might find...

You know, the occupations that are solely filled by people who are killing time until they find something better, or who have given up on ever succeeding in their chosen field. I'll start off with: High school art teacher.

This is really very interesting... What part of and where in the U.S. is your accent from? http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/american-accent-quiz.html It correctly tagged me as being from "the Midlands" (Midwest).

(in respectful imitation of our sister thread)

Somebody, obviously, has way too much time, imagination and spare parts on their hands. This would make an amazing talking point anywhere it was used. The video of it in action is worth watching as well. wSuH9u0kvhU

Ok, I realise it's March. Why does it feel like last October. I keep referring to things as being in 2011. Anything I am working on feels like it was left over from the tail end of last year. Surely something will come along and remind me that it is...