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Ben — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:43:52 +0000

This is too damn funny.

a way out quote

Ben — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:24:18 +0000

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

- Galileo

Casual sex - not so free

Ben — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:15:35 +0000

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.

“God, what if I wasted my life having guilt-free, uninhibited, sensually explosive sex with anyone I wanted?”

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.

Can she still do it?

Ben — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:05:06 +0000

Cherry stem

Multimedia message

Originally uploaded by silly old bear.

Spokes, man!

Ben — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:17:23 +0000

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:

There’s a fellow named Chuck that lives at the end of Zion Road in Gambier, OH. He’s crazy about bikes… loves building recumbent chop-jobs, including a tandem recumbent for him and his wife. Anyway, I went over to his place one day to see about getting a spoke replaced, and I saw this most peculiar contraption… the bike powered belt sander… a stationary recumbent bike with that powers a sander at arms-reach. He uses the sander to take broken pieces of mirror and fashion them into rear-view mirrors to clip on bike helmets, among other things. A lot of people around here say that he invented the clip-on mirror. I choose to take that statement at face value.

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.

we interrupt this blog to bring you something kinda neat

Ben — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:12:15 +0000

Clock it to me

Ben — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:11:52 +0000

Okay, y’all - your friendly internet reminder service, again - set your clocks ahead on Sunday morning at 2:00 AM. Hell, do it now, for all I care.

But riddle me this, internets: this whole time change (and doing it two or three weeks early especially) is supposed to save energy?

How does that work?

I mean, I’m not trying to be difficult, but nobody has ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. From what I can tell:

motor vehicles, surely one of the biggest (if not the biggest) users of energy in America, they use the same amount whether the sun is up or down, right?

If I’m at work, the lights are on and so is the computer / copier / coffeepot / climate control. Doesn’t matter if it’s day or night. In fact, a lot of that crap is on all the time, because people are at work around the clock.

Streetlights work on a sensor and come on at night (or if they are on a timer, certainly that can be adjusted if they need to save electricity)

Now, we live in ranch country, with some farms tossed in, and if we’re changing our clocks to help them save energy, I think it’s a mistake. If they need daylight to work, they will do it, regardless of what time it says on the clock.

What am I missing? Really, I’m curious. I’d like to know, and I probably won’t be able to sleep until I understand it.

Something to think about

Ben — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:12:40 +0000

It should be a busy day, so here’s a little something to tide you over until I can think of anything better to write:

Eight Women Who Look Better Bald Than Britney

By now, Iâ€™m sure weâ€™ve all seen the photos of Britney Spears with her newly shaven head. Amidst all the speculation about whether Britney is in the middle of a full-scale mental breakdown and if her career can recover from this latest tabloid bonanza, one thing is certain: Britney just doesnâ€™t look that good bald. Her head isnâ€™t all that pleasingly shaped, and her facial features lack the definition necessary to make the bald look really work for her. At best, Britney is a 2 out of 10 on the female Bald-o-meter.

Follow this link for the full article.

Map porn

Ben — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:42:10 +0000

I couldn’t help but think of Zoot when I saw this (first at Boing Boing)

From Chris Yates comes this fantastic, simplified, map of the interstate system.

7 Deadly Sins - what if they get together?

Ben — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:58:27 +0000

In a wonderful blog post called “We’re All Going to Hell,” Jessica has put together what happens if you combine the [tag]seven deadly sins[/tag] into second tier sins. I found this at Boing, Boing, too.

For example, Greed + Wrath = Muggings; and Lust + Gluttony = Edible Undies.

Just in case the picture isn’t available anymore, here’s a copy.