Wasting Time Archive

The Oatmeal: How to Suck at Facebok


To all my Facebook friends out there, here’s a humorous rant about the typical Facebook types.  If you’re easily offended, you may not want to read this.  It’s a little bit o’ smartass, but I like it.
I’ve started following TheOatmeal’s posts since reading “How to use an Apostrophe“.  I think his illustrations are fun and [...]

A Future Message from the ADHD Council


io9 has shared 3 hilarious future public service announcements:
from io9:
Don’t Talk To Robots, Use Caution With Hyper Speed and Look Out For Time Machines. The more you know, right? Check out these super-informative commercials from the future, and heed their message to you.

Current Mood: Amused

Barbie Swimming Champion


Barbie Swimming Champion, originally uploaded by oerendhard1.
Ok, not much to say here. Just thought this pic was a hoot.
Nothing better than a giant swimming Barbie for an after-holiday pseudo-Monday.
Happy Tuesday!
Current Mood: Energetic

If You Haven’t Seen Star Wars…


Here’s a summary of the original 3 movies.  From someone who hasn’t seen it (with visuals added for entertainment). Thanks, io9

Current Mood: Hyper

Haunting Castles


Dark Roasted Blend has posted a series of beautiful and haunting castles, just in time for Halloween.  I’ve been following Dark Roasted Blend for awhile, and while the posts are photo-intensive, they have some really great and often funny posts.
Current Mood: Okay

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!


I loved the Muppets when I was a kid, so how better to say Happy St. Patrick’s Day…
 

Thanks, Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing
Current Mood: Energetic

Frozen in Grand Central


I want to be a part of something like this. I’ve followed their exploits after I first heard about them on “This American Life”. Ira Glass interviewed the organizer of a “stunt” where they picked a guy out at random at a bar and threw him a birthday party . They brought [...]

Thinking of Switching (again)


In my office I have a PC & a Mac G5. Even though I do most of my work on the Mac, I just can’t give up my PC for gaming and Quicken. But with the new Intel-based Macs, and Parallels , I can run Windows XP as a 2nd OS on the [...]

Simpson, Michael Simpson


What better for a Friday afternoon than to imagine myself a Simpson? (Not of the OJ flavor, of course).
You, too, can re-imagine yourself at Simpsonizeme.com

You Won’t See This in the US


This would most likely start a boycott of Guinness in the US.
So of course, I love it!