It's been a busy week. I started it with great results from the exam I took last month, followed that up with two great nights of ultimate frisbee (my first week of two nights since December, a great book club meeting where we talked about Augusten Burroughs' A Wolf at the Table, and dinner with Grandma. Of course, that's just in my life, and doesn't even come close to scratching the surface of the insanity people are out there perpetuating on a daily basis. And here we are once more at the weekend, where celebration and other manner of ridiculosity will become commonplace. But before I saunter out of my cubicle or you take your pants off in your office, here's 10 things to keep your mind occupied before the chow whistle blows.
1) Wanna win $50,000? You can, as long as you can beat this teenager who won the Texting Championships. She only sends 12,000 a month.
2) Obama is stepping in and enacting rules that will require the government to offer Federal benefits for employees in same-sex relationships. However, I have to agree that these steps, while significant, stop far short of what we should be doing for our fellow citizens.
3) This guy came out of nowhere this week to claim that he was the man who disappeared as a child 54 years ago. Guess he should check with his real family first...he failed the DNA test.
4) The new iPhone 3G S came out today. I'll wait for my free upgrade, and use the OS 3.0 for now, but for a full review of the new phone, check this out.
5) Last week, I talked about the upcoming Iran elections, and you have to have lived under a rock to not have heard about the aftermath this week when the country fell into protests and the results are being disputed. You add in a government crackdown on media coverage, and you have a situation not many people can understand. Who do you trust? How about the people on the ground. Apparently, while the revolution may not be televised, it most certainly will be Twittervised, as the US State Department requested Twitter postpone a scheduled maintenance so Iranians could continue tweeting about protests. And, in a show of support to help blanket Iranian tweeters from secret police, people started changing their locations and timezones to Iran this week to confuse people looking at Twitter for arrest purposes.
6) Disappointing film news...incredibly talented actor and Academy Award winner Sean Penn has needed to back out of several films he had committed to in order to work on things with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn. Good luck to them, and I hope they fix it soon, we need him in more movies!
7) Like nudity? What about male nudity? What about Bruno? Well wait no more, here's Bruno in the flesh on the cover of GQ.
8) Remember when a phone was just a phone? Well now it's a canvas for artists as well. Check out these iPhone produced images using the "Brush Strokes" painting application.
9) Will the real Mrs. Doubtfire please stand up? How about this guy, who over the last 10 years or so has impersonated his dead mother in order to receive social security and rent benefits to the tune of $100k? Which crime do you like more? This, or a former professional cyclist getting arrested with 200lbs (yes, I said pounds) of pot?
10) Finally, some things from the Twitterverse that made me laugh this week:
a) "Just caught a couple in the stairwell at work, they were either fighting or dry humping. I've never seen them before so I can only guess." - @dolanite
b) "Oh, nature. I can think of about a million better ways to inform a lady that she is not pregnant. A nice fruit basket would be lovely." - @yowhatsthehaps
c) "That white sun dress leaves little to the imagination. Now entering imagineering phase." - @ahugeproduction
d) "I've got a special half-price offer for ex-friends and lovers today...I'll meet you halfway, as long as you get your 55% done." - me
That's it folks, enjoy your weekend and remember...the grass may not be greener on the other side, but it's very likely to taste a little different.
1) Wanna win $50,000? You can, as long as you can beat this teenager who won the Texting Championships. She only sends 12,000 a month.
2) Obama is stepping in and enacting rules that will require the government to offer Federal benefits for employees in same-sex relationships. However, I have to agree that these steps, while significant, stop far short of what we should be doing for our fellow citizens.
3) This guy came out of nowhere this week to claim that he was the man who disappeared as a child 54 years ago. Guess he should check with his real family first...he failed the DNA test.
4) The new iPhone 3G S came out today. I'll wait for my free upgrade, and use the OS 3.0 for now, but for a full review of the new phone, check this out.
5) Last week, I talked about the upcoming Iran elections, and you have to have lived under a rock to not have heard about the aftermath this week when the country fell into protests and the results are being disputed. You add in a government crackdown on media coverage, and you have a situation not many people can understand. Who do you trust? How about the people on the ground. Apparently, while the revolution may not be televised, it most certainly will be Twittervised, as the US State Department requested Twitter postpone a scheduled maintenance so Iranians could continue tweeting about protests. And, in a show of support to help blanket Iranian tweeters from secret police, people started changing their locations and timezones to Iran this week to confuse people looking at Twitter for arrest purposes.
6) Disappointing film news...incredibly talented actor and Academy Award winner Sean Penn has needed to back out of several films he had committed to in order to work on things with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn. Good luck to them, and I hope they fix it soon, we need him in more movies!
7) Like nudity? What about male nudity? What about Bruno? Well wait no more, here's Bruno in the flesh on the cover of GQ.
8) Remember when a phone was just a phone? Well now it's a canvas for artists as well. Check out these iPhone produced images using the "Brush Strokes" painting application.
9) Will the real Mrs. Doubtfire please stand up? How about this guy, who over the last 10 years or so has impersonated his dead mother in order to receive social security and rent benefits to the tune of $100k? Which crime do you like more? This, or a former professional cyclist getting arrested with 200lbs (yes, I said pounds) of pot?
10) Finally, some things from the Twitterverse that made me laugh this week:
a) "Just caught a couple in the stairwell at work, they were either fighting or dry humping. I've never seen them before so I can only guess." - @dolanite
b) "Oh, nature. I can think of about a million better ways to inform a lady that she is not pregnant. A nice fruit basket would be lovely." - @yowhatsthehaps
c) "That white sun dress leaves little to the imagination. Now entering imagineering phase." - @ahugeproduction
d) "I've got a special half-price offer for ex-friends and lovers today...I'll meet you halfway, as long as you get your 55% done." - me
That's it folks, enjoy your weekend and remember...the grass may not be greener on the other side, but it's very likely to taste a little different.
1 comment:
have you had the grass shots from jamba juice? i've heard they're envigorating.
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