From Yediot Achronot:
Israeli porn websites report up to 10 percent of their clicks are from Muslim countries.
Perhaps a medium has been found to bridge the gap between some parties in the two spheres?
Well…..stranger things have happened
(h/t: Fark)
A bit of a twist on the old “Topless car-wash” fund raiser idea. The old idea being that you advertise a “topless” care wash, and you do just that–wash everything but the top of the car.
The Shirley, NY fire department took a different twist on the idea, to the disappointment of some customers.
All that really matters is that it was in good faith and the money went to charity.
Here’s a very interesting idea presented in USA today:, the development of special courts for malpractice claims: Health Courts
Seeming that in the present system, the weight (and truth) of the scientific/medical evidence as much as the ability to influence a (non-medically versed) jury.
Quite a novel idea–however, where will these judges be found? And how much of the ruling is going to be bsaed on (Legislative) Law versus scientific fact?
It would be an improvement on the current state of affair.
Seeming that the other day ESPN was broadcasting “School Scrabble”, it’s not inconceivable that they may begin broadcasting the latest Silicon Valley fad: Four Square
Back in Elementary school, we used to play four square, when we could get a ball at recess time. We had a a court painted (by kids) which was hardly perfect, but that’ws what we had. And we played and played and played. Quite competitive too. Then there were the “specials” that were called: “popcorn”, “tea party”, “around the world”, “slams”….oh those were the days.
(h/t; Steve Silver)
Count me among those who enjoy a long walk every now and then (a jog is even better) and the NY Times has an article on walking in the city
Not to be outdone, Gothamist also had a post about a man walking the island of Manhattan
Count me among those who enjoy a long walk every now and then (a jog is even better) and the NY Times has an article on walking in the city
Not to be outdone, Gothamist also had a post about a man walking the island of Manhattan
It was as good, no make that better, than all the critics made it out to be.
While some of them do make sense, some just sound silly
silly and others are exactly that.
25 International strange laws
Even sillier would be to see any of these prosecutred.
(via Fark)
The British tabloid The Telegraph created a top ten list of most disappointing tourist attractions.
Two NYC attractions make the list.
Times Square and The Statue of Liberty.
Times Square’s place on the list is rather obvious–ti’s a tourist trap these days.
Though the Statue of Liberty, really shouldn’t be on the list. Perhaps the significance of the statue and its history is lost on the British tourists.
What additions/replacements would you make to this list?
The saying “ignorance is bliss” comes to mind. Rather than giving them any attention, just ignore them.
The Edwards-Coulter spat comes to mind
Same idea holds for just about anything from Michael Savage.
Kandel and Watson sharing the same stage
–wow, just wow!
/Science celebreties
This would be too priceless to post at The Work, as some of my co-workers are smokers
Smokers Drag down a workplace, study says
Yet the grief that would ensue….
In the course of one block on 2nd ave:
Presenting the Kosher hot-food vending machine
Smart ideam and surely there’s a market for it.
The taste and quality of the food however, have yet to be determined.
A list of “America’s top seven most hated substances”
Trans-fats are a surprising omission from the list
It may seem like nothing to others, but I just walked a dog solo for the first time (in NYC no less).
[The roomate and I are dog-sitting for a friend]
*applause*
It may seem like nothing to others, but I just walked a dog solo for the first time (in NYC no less).
[The roomate and I are dog-sitting for a friend]
*applause*
Why is it that the crazy things happen at work right at or about 5pm (~4:50-forward)?
This evening it was not the pile of work that appeared on my desk (that’s a given). Rather a few minutes before 5 our electronic door-card lock system decided to go on the fritz.
And as luck would have it, the facilities manager and IT people had just left a few minutes before it happened. This isn’t a knock against them–rather that’s just the way things to happen–go figure)
So our hero, is left, trying to call the system vendor, after 5 mind you, and figure out what to do. Meanwhile, our hero goes about doing his normal work, and then the phone rings:
It’s a service guy from the system vendor. He starts asking me questions about the system itself–but these are things that are “beyond my pay grade” so to speak.
Then the guy asks if I have access to the system itself, to which all I can say is that well, I don’t have that level of permission based on my user-settings. *Sigh*.
He says he’ll call back. Fortunately, in that window, between calls, I’m able to speak to the higher-ups. They’ll say they’ll try to work with the vendor remotely.
The service guy calls back and says that he won’t be back in the city for another hour or so (By know it’s 6:30ish), . Fortunately, I was able to find someone who was going to be at the office then, and relayed the information to them. Hopefully, tomorrow morning all will work anew.
Just another fun day after 5pm at the office.
/This wasn’t criticism of Work, not at all, just rather a sharing one of those amusing anecdotes. How would we survive without laughter?
Sorry, but having grown up playing on grass (of varying qualities), playing on turf just isn’t the same–even the sports turf.
Alas, in NYC, grass playing fields are an endangered species.
The games just seem different on turf. The worst being the “traditional” astroturf, ugh.
More information is emerging about last weeks MTA nightmare/screw up when the weather got bad.
Empty buses passed by masses of passengers because they were running express.
To think the MTA still wants more money from commuters
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