Quoted: Great joke, thanks Charlie! A young boy went up to his father and asked him, 'Dad, what is the difference between 'potentially' and 'realistically'?' The father thought for a moment, then answered, 'Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars,

Quoted: At this site, you can do a search for your name (last name) and see what the frequency per million inhabitants is throughout the world.Here's the link.I did a search for my last name and found that there are more people per million with my last name in Australia than anywhere else. That surprised me, definitely. More so than Scotland, which is where

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Quoted: After being on vacation all last week, and then coming home to a very full work week (the one that ended on Friday), WhatsHerName and I really needed a vacation-like fun-time event. Last night fit the bill. We had a couple of couples over, with their kids, and sat on the back deck and barbecued chicken and drank some beers. Oh, the kids didn't drink

Quoted: Here's a link to a BBC article. I remember reading the "Gulag Archipelago" in 8th grade, what for me seems like a 100 years ago, but is really only 33. That book had a ridiculously powerful effect on me. It made me aware of the rights that we have in America that nobody had in the Soviet Union, the rights that keep us in control of our government

Quoted: When your translation software fails, and you speak Chinese, this is what gets printed on the english version of your sign.Priceless.

Quoted: Came across this on Boing Boing. Bleep Labs is an outfit that makes the Thingamagoop and ThingamaKIT, which are essentially light controlled synthesizers. $100 and $65 respectively.These things are very cool. I want -- no I NEED -- one of these things around the house, just to drive everyone crazy. Worth a look.

Quoted: Found, or rather birthed, in China.