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10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong. We tend to worry about the wrong things, but it just means we’re human.
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A Violent History of Time. Astronomers are detecting gamma-ray bursts from millions of years ago, as long as they don’t blink their eyes.
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16 Post-It Note art projects. It’s amazing what you can do with too much free time and a closet of office supplies.
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Top 30 Tips for Staying Productive and Sane While Working From Home. Too late for me, I’ve already gone insane.
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How to be Happy, According to Confucius. Boiled down to seven steps, it all makes perfect sense.
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Oscarology: a system of astrology based on what movie won the Best Picture Oscar for the year you were born. I’m not about to tell with mine is, but it seems pretty accurate.
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Dog breaks his own record by popping 100 balloons in 77 seconds. Simon is serious about this, but it’s pure entertainment for you.
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The Neanderthal Apocalypse. Global cooling can be as deadly as global warming.
I’m a big fan of Post-It art in the office, though mine pale in comparison! For Christmas, I drew a string of Post-It Christmas lights for my friend’s cubicle. So now he’s kind of like that embarrassing neighbor, because he hasn’t taken them down yet…but I just take it as a compliment.
posted by Lauren on 1-28-2008 at 8:51 am
Post It art is SOOOOOO cool!
As for Oscarology, I’d say they were spot on with my husband being a Sound of Music…as for me…I’m not too sure.
posted by beth on 1-28-2008 at 11:02 am