IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA: Use Google's immense search-term-spitting brain to help mere mortals complete their thoughts. The flip side of that convenience, though, is an eerie look into what normal-seeming guys and gals search for in the privacy of their own cyberspace.
See just how wacky humanity is at Autocompleteme.com.
THIS VIDEO and its accompanying tale of crazy give new meaning to the phrase "go where the wind takes you."
Dearest France,
We see your funky bleu cheese, and we raise you one funk-tastic 15-year-old durian fruit.
Sincerely,
Malaysia
Two more reasons to love Skype interviews:
1. No handshake! I have a non-scientific theory that H1N1 originated in HR departments.
2. It always feels good to match the "interview shirt" with your favorite old raggedy jeans (standing up prior to signing off highly discouraged).
IS PULLING ONE'S OWN mic off a form of self-censorship?
IF TWEETED SNARLS from Aerosmith's Joe Perry prove to be true, it sounds like singer Steven Tyler has fallen off the stage again — this time in a more figurative sense.
Says Perry:
Aerosmith is definetly NOT breaking up. One of the members is doing his own thing and said so in the press. That's all I know. ... Inthe meantime aerosmith is positivly looking for a new singer to work with. You just can't take 40 years of expiriance and throwitinthebin!
So who should that singer be? Here are a few quickie auditions, courtesy of YouTube:
SHAKIRA
Pluses: Established act; powerful voice; considerably hotter than Steven Tyler
Minuses: Considerably hotter an act than Aerosmith
KELLY SWEET
Pluses: Precise pipes; again with the attractiveness
Minuses: Aerosmith fans aren't really the contemplative-walk-on-the-beach types
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YET ANOTHER REASON why geeks are ultimately very, very cool.
SING IT WITH ME: If you want to destroooooooy my Snuuuuuugggggiiiiieeeee ...
GENE WEINGARTEN has a lithe, lively take on the fisticuffs that erupted Friday in the Washington Post newsroom.
For the record, I'm glad that I'm sitting in a part of the building where the biggest threat to my health is a colleague's yummy pumpkin cookies.
MOONWALKING IS apparently a sign that an Ewok is feeling, um, amorous.
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