One of my rules of life (just formulated today) is that if it's faster to get somewhere on foot, then that form of transportation should be chosen over anything with wheels ( Read more... )

The Asian karaoke version ( Read more... )

I really don't like baking cookies ( Read more... )

Cool! There is a musical based on the boardgame clue. It sounds amusing.

Unlike the film (which limited itself to three possible solutions) the musical has 216 possible endings. At the start of each show, three audience members select one card and placed it in the envelope. These cards determine how Mr. Boddy deliveres some of his lines.(Well, OK ( Read more... )

1. It’s OK to put ice in red wine when the wine is sitting at room temperature, and room temperature is hovering around 90 degrees ( Read more... )

They're called cicak in Indonesian, and they're just darn cool. Now scientists have proven it!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5217240.stm

I think I just felt an earthquake (though I didn't know I was feeling it until my boss asked if I felt the earthquake...). Cool. Check that one off the list of life goals!

Why does anyone buy salad dressing? It must have once been a huge consumer ploy, and then it just stuck. And generations of Americans have been tricked by the thought that if they want to eat salad, they have to buy salad dressing.

Homemade salad dressing is so much yummier and quite easy to make!

Last night I joined a few thousand others to watch the world cup final at the local mall. Seats were reserved days in advance, and every square inch of floor space was filled with people watching the game - sitting, standing, climbing over each other, etc. With the chants of "Italia" rolling from one wing to the other, and screaming fans jumping ( Read more... )

I'm not sure whether to be excited or not, but I am amused to be going to the mall at 2 am to watch the world cup finals. However, I've been told that reservations should have been made two days ago, thus I'm not sure if we'll find a seat or just wander around for hours. Aahh. That would be the Indonesian thing to do anyway. It'll be fun.