Science

This is too damn funny.

You cannot teach people anything. You can only help them to discover it within themselves.

- Galileo

Apparently, casual sex can only take you so far in life.

ARLINGTON, VA—An alarming new study published in the International Journal of Sexual Health reveals that casual sex, the practice of engaging in frequent, spontaneous sexual encounters with new and exciting partners, may only provide unimaginable pleasure and heart-pounding exhilaration for, at most, 25 to 30 years.

Researchers found that those who regularly achieved mind-blowing orgasms without the expectation of commitment often experienced mild feelings of loneliness and a passing regret after as little as three decades of pure physical bliss free of emotional complication.

Read the sour grapes here.

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So I was reading Boing, Boing, as I do sometimes, and came across their post about guys on bicycles that sharpen knives. Now, that’s cool enough in itself, but somebody named Richard wrote in with this little bit:

Now that is cool, because probably ten years ago I bought one of Chuck’s mirrors, based only on an internet description. You clip it to your glasses with a spoke that has been twisted around.

And what’s even better, I found it in less than a minute.

If I knew how to comment to Boing, Boing, I’d have sent them the picture, but oh well.