I FAIL

Because I didn't know what "FAIL" meant. Of course I know the word, but I thought "FAIL" was shorthand, like "WTF" or "LOL".

I took this test yesterday and it said I was "OMG".

(that was the very first time I've ever used that particular acronym and find it semi-offensive)

I took the test again and changed an answer to question #3, which really needed to be -- AFAIAC -- "All of the above".

You Are FAIL

You love the internet, but it sometimes gets on your nerves. How can so much of humanity be so stupid? Wait, you don't even want to know. While there are some good aspects to being online, you can't help but notice there's so much fail. You liked the internet so much more in the good old days... before all the idiots found out about it!

What Internet Slang Are You?

Mellow Yellow

They call it Mellow Yellow?

From Reuters:

A hardline Hindu organization, known for its opposition to "corrupting" Western food imports, is planning to launch a new soft drink made from cow's urine, often seen as sacred in parts of India.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), or National Volunteer Corps, said the bovine beverage is undergoing laboratory tests for the next 2 to 3 months but did not give a specific date for its commercial release.

The flavor is not yet known, but the RSS said the liquid produced by Hinduism's revered holy cows is being mixed with products such as aloe vera and gooseberry to fight diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Many Hindus consider cow urine to have medicinal properties and it is often drunk in religious festivals.

The organization, which aims to transform India's secular society and establish the supremacy of a Hindu majority, said it had not decided on a name or a price for the drink.

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I can think of all sorts of names for it, but "Mellow Yellow" sounds good to me.

There's already a theme song they could use:

Look Both Ways!

I guess this Londoner's mum didn't tell him to look both ways before crossing the street...or railway crossing.



His shoe didn't come off because the train hit it; it was because it suddenly weighed several more pounds than the other.

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

Happy Birthday, Christina!

Today is Christina Ricci's birthday, one of my favorite actresses. Even though she's not yet 30, Ms. Ricci has had a long career in movies, some of which are Mermaids, both Addams Family movies, Casper, Sleepy Hollow, Prozac Nation and Monster. She has taken on some very oddball movie roles.

She has an unusual beauty some would say, but I think she's gorgeous.

Wiki entry on Christina Ricci

I noticed it was also Arsenio Hall's birthday, but who cares about him? Not me, and apparently not many others. (well, I bet his momma does, but...)

Reminds me of a joke:

Knock knock!

Who's there?

Arsenio

Arsenio who?

That's show biz!

iSerenity

NOTE to visitors: I've noticed quite a few hits on this post and will have to apologize to all who have found the link invalid. I don't have a clue as to why the website no longer exists.

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From the website:

Welcome to iSerenity - ambient sound environments at your desktop for relaxation and solitude. 31 sound and image environments to choose from, and counting.

iSerenity takes you away from your usual desktop setting and delivers you via a variety of sounds and image environments to a tranquil, private and entertaining space. iSerenity offers the capability of a sound machine without the added expense.

I'm not so sure about some of these; a cricket noise makes me nervous, afraid that it will suddenly hop onto my face just as I drift off to sleep. (it's happened!) A hair dryer? I'd be counting the kilowatt hours like sheep as it droned on. The crackling noise of a fire would put me to sleep, but not if it was a fire that was from an overheated hair dryer.

I could probably get to sleep after I threw the typewriter out the window, though.

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