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…go here right now. Then come back here and paste your favorite one into the comments, since I don’t have enough time to read all of them. Dave and I are having a rousing game of Wikipedia Challenge:
- Each player has one computer.
- Together, you agree on a term that you will locate on Wikipedia. Examples (from our game) include: toothpick, Tenacious D, fart, and Rocko’s Modern Life.
- Go to Wikipedia’s home-page.
- Someone yells START and all players click on “Random Article.”
- From there, you may only click links WITHIN THE ARTICLE.
- The goal is to be the first player to reach the decided-upon term.
- You may not type ANYTHING, including Ctrl+F, cheater. And no hitting the back button, either.
That there’s a picture of me dressed up as a Coors Light can for the first annual Chicago Beachathlon a couple of weeks ago, where Whitney in Chicago, now an OFFICIAL LAWYER, was volunteering. Annnd…I’m not bragging or anything, but I’m married to the guy who finished second overall. He won a life-sized plywood surfboard that will be hung in our home when monkeys fly out of my ass.
Also, I made that Coors Light costume from scratch, by hand. I even painted the logo on felt, thus securing my spot in the Awesome People Hall of Fame.
Happy weekend, friends!
***Update: You like how my ponytail looks like a mullet (pronounced “moo-lay”) in the photo of me? It makes the photo even better.***
So last weekend I had to travel to Portland for work, and since Dave was at his bachelor party and my girlfriends were tied up with plans of their own, I ended up going solo. Not caring much about where I stayed, I went to Hotwire.com to find lodging. In case you haven’t heard of it, here’s Hotwire in a nutshell: you are told the location, rating, and price of your hotel, but you don’t get to know exactly where you’ll be staying until after you’ve paid. For my trip last weekend, I found a five-star hotel in downtown Portland for $99 a night.
People, it was The Nines. Look:
Yep, that was my room. Here are tons more pictures, just so you understand how incredible this place was. I’m a convert. I’m going to use Hotwire for the rest of my life.
Found on my mom’s blog:
Um, can we all pause for a second and talk about this? Words don’t exist for how excited I am to see this movie. Where The Wild Things Are, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and Babar and the Wully-Wully are the books that defined my childhood.
What were your favorite books growing up?
I came across this gem the other day when I was trying to figure out cell phone/driving laws.
I admit, I’ve used Yahoo Answers from time to time. It can come in handy when I’m trying to figure out what to substitute for allspice in a recipe. However, unlike Wikipedia, it doesn’t seem to be moderated, so the result is that 9 out of 10 people contributing answers are real yahoos (sorry, had to do it). 11 Stupid Questions From Yahoo Answers That Have Changed My Life hits the nail right on the head. I couldn’t finish reading it because I was crying with laughter. (Note: it’s a little bit offensive and there’s an EXTREMELY offensive photograph next to it, so don’t go if you’ve got a delicate consitution.)
My father-in-law to-be sent me a link to this NYTimes Laugh Lines article detailing the “15 Strangest College Courses in America.”
15. Arguing with Judge Judy: Popular “Logic” on TV Judge Shows; University of California, Berkeley
14. Underwater Basket Weaving
University of California, San Diego13. Learning From YouTube
Pitzer College12. Philosophy and “Star Trek”
Georgetown University11. The Art of Walking
Centre College10. Daytime Serials: Family and Social Roles
University of Wisconsin9. Joy of Garbage
Santa Clara University8. The Science of Superheroes
University of California at Irvine7. Zombies in Popular Media
Columbia College, Chicago6. The Science of Harry Potter
Frostburg State University5. Cyberporn and Society
State University of New York at Buffalo4. “Simpsons” and Philosophy
University of California-Berkeley
3. “Far Side” Entomology
Oregon State2. Myth and Science Fiction: “Star Wars,” “The Matrix,” and “Lord of the Rings”; Centre College
1. The Strategy of StarCraft
University of California, Berkley
Of course one of the courses is at Pitzer College (one of the five colleges in the Claremont Consortium, to which my alma mater Pomona belongs). The weirdest class I took in school was called “History of Gardens.” It actually ended up being one of my favorite courses, though – all we did was look at slides of gorgeous gardens, go on field trips to gorgeous gardens, learn about historical gorgeous gardens, and talk about what makes gardens so gorgeous in the first place. For our final exam, the professor gave us a blank sheet of paper and told us to design our dream-garden. I still have mine (and will scan & upload it someday for you, once I dig it out of my mom’s basement).
What’s the weirdest college course you ever took?
My mom is awesome. Totally, completely, awesome. She’s incredibly talented and well-respected in her field, and she has managed to master a craft that clobbers most people who attempt it.
Isn't she gorge?
Which is why it pains me to admit this:
This post originally appeared on my other blog, Figs & Wigs…but since I’ve got lotsa book lovers coming my way today (hi, Susan Wiggs fans!), I figured you’d all appreciate this.
Dave’s mom, Susan, has an old notebook in her office where she has written down every single book she’s read, and the date she finished it, since she was in college. She reads more than anyone I think I’ve ever met, and usually has about three or four books going at once, which absolutely knocks my socks off.
My "book" book
Last year I decided to start a notebook of my own. I don’t read as much as Susan, but it’s nice to look back and see what I’ve been filling my mind with all year. Plus, I’m blonde enough that sometimes I forget that I’ve already read a book until just before the end, when I’m like “CRAP! I already know what HAPPENS!” And then there are old friends on my bookshelf that I love to re-read. It’s nice to look back and see when I turned to them (like East of Eden, my favorite book in the history of favorite books, which I read after finishing the GMAT last spring). Check out the list of books I’ve read in the past year after the jump!
I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s SOOO much better with sound because the song is amazing, but it’s still mind-blowing without. If I had the set-up, I’d totes spend a Sunday making a video like this (yeah, like I could). Oooo, I have shivers! Over 3400 still photographs bring this movie to life. My jaw is still on the floor.
The artist is Oren Lavie.
