July 2007
22 posts
Be amazed! (in 3 simple steps)
1. Click here
2. Which direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) does she spin? Look at it for about 2 minutes or so and she will start to spin the opposite way. But it’s just an optical illusion! Neat, huh? (To witness the reverse, I focused on her foot near the ground.)
3. Say “wow”
You’re welcome. Now get some rest. That was some good mental flossing, I know.
“If you are a grown adult living in your own place, you should be able to take...”
– from Dusty’s blog. He had a bad experience with a neighbor. How do your neighbors treat you? Let me know in the comments.
Testing: 1, 3, 5
Ignore this post (or don’t!). I’m just testing some import functionality for Tumblr.
Watchfrom PodTech’s only worthwhile show, National Banana. They do all sorts of comedy bits. This one is Episode 1 in a series called Sands of Passion, an Al-Qaeda soap opera.
“I want to take that show to the next order of magnitude - let’s hospitalize a...”
– from Dusty’s Pork Tornado blog. Worth it 83% of the time!
WatchHow Robert Scoble reads his feeds. Watch as much as you can handle the close-ups on his chin…
This can't be what they mean when they say "doggy...
I will simply point you to this story. Funny? Maybe. Weird? Yes. Disturbing? Absolutely.
Plan a trip around the Chicagoland area using... →
Wasn't Samantha just in Aruba?
Chick #1: You can see Venezuela on a clear day from here.
Chick #2: Really?! I would love to go to Venezuela -- I hear it's a really nice island.
Chick #1: Um... Island as in South America...?
Chick #2: It's right off of South America, right?
Chick #1: I guess you should have paid attention in geography class.
Chick #2: What does math have to do with it?
from: http://www.overheardatthebeach.com/archives/000698.html
“I love my cousin and everything,” she said, “but his temper and not...”
– from CNN’s article on the Las Vegas casino shooting. I wonder what the “and everything” means. Perhaps it means “except for his sociopath tendencies.”
Slipping out of this (ad)dress
This tumblelog now lives at alexklein.tumblr.com for good. After much deliberation over the domain name, I have finally chosen to use my real name now that I have a job on the internet.
SO…
What does this URL change do for your Sunday? Well, the only thing you need to do is re-enter my new URL into your feed reader of choice. Thanks! Let me know how you feel about this in the comments.
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This post comprises 172 words
That title looks grammatically incorrect, doesn’t it? Doesn’t sound right? I know.
I just came across a series of posts on Dan Santow’s blog Word Wise. Each post contains about a half-dozen pairs of words that are used incorrectly every day in conversation and writing. The “compose vs. comprise” comparison (in Part III) is the one that most caught my attention. See...
“What will they think of next? I can’t imagine them topping that last...”
– from The Onion. Titled “Ha! Ha! Ha! I Can’t Believe How Funny This Sitcom Is” and written by The Laugh Track for How I Met Your Mother (a relatively new sitcom), this article nailed the reason shows like Arrested Development, The Office, and Entourage are wildly successful: They...
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