And also:
http://tinyurl.com/y9w5fdw
Are you kidding me? Guinness no longer has these records for animals but they're okay for people? Can you please just drop this category? I mean, what if some other numbskull decides *she* wants to be the worlds fattest woman? What if there's an actual

Being a librarian, I just looked it up, but when you're dealing with something that sounds a lot like Q Bert, it's probably best to clarify what the hell you're talking about. Qubits indeed.
http://tinyurl.com/yhpldkz

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My absolute favorite word in scrabble is Qi. Pronounced "Chi". I cannot tell you how many games I've won because of that word. Not only is it short and simple, it's one of the rare "q without u" words". They're good things to know. And it means Life or Life force, which - not that definitions matter in scrabble - is always apropos when making a ( Read more... )

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