The internet is full of wonderfully weird and truly bizarre pictures (and often I feature them on the Weekend Links!), so it was only a matter of time before someone created a site that not only features these pictures but asks you, the viewer, to explain them. At the very least it works as both a procrastination and brainstorming tool!
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Jazz up your cuppa joe with unique coffee art (there’s a how-to video at the site)
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Sesame Street is 40, and its impact on our culture has been immense. Like how so many celebrities seem to resemble the Muppets … hmmm ….
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In this market, if you want to sell your house, you’ve got to get creative. Like this guy.
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Were you embarrassed over Thanksgiving by your bad table manners? No worries – take a quick visual refresher course of how to eat and what to eat it with, with Dinning Etiquette 101.
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This Lemondrop list of wine pairings for Thanksgiving works just as well for your Thanksgiving leftovers.
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Chicago Now has a list of 18 Things We Learned About Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer (and a few others) from the Seinfeld reunion on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Spoiler Alert: everything on this list is a spoiler.
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Just in case our site ever gets stuck behind a pesky firewall, here’s a video guide to accessing blocked websites.
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Finally, amaze and mesmerize your friends with your extensive knowledge of palindrome words, phrases, and even poems (with help from this list).
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Short links this week because today is my birthday! And what do I want? More links! Submit your great finds in the comments this weekend, and remember that you can always send them to Flossylinks@gmail.com.
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Happy Birthday!
posted by Allison on 11-28-2009 at 10:15 am
happy birthday to you
posted by WhyIsMyNameRequired? on 11-28-2009 at 10:50 am
Happy Birthday indeed. Mine was yesterday.
-”BB”-
posted by Bicycle Bill on 11-28-2009 at 11:27 am
Happy birthday!
posted by Johnny Cat on 11-28-2009 at 12:58 pm
Happy birthday!! Thanks for using all my links over the months, hope you have a good weekend.
posted by Sarah in CA on 11-28-2009 at 2:03 pm
Dinning? how do you din?
:)
happy birthday!
posted by the creature on 11-28-2009 at 2:35 pm
Dinning is what you do when you’re an old person at a formal dinner who, like Cohen the Barbarian, must use din-chewers to your advantage.
(And of course, happy birthday.)
posted by CJ the Barbarian on 11-28-2009 at 6:44 pm
happy birthday!
posted by plousia on 11-28-2009 at 9:24 pm
Happy Birthday! Happy belated Birthday, Bicycle Bill!
posted by Sara in AL on 11-28-2009 at 10:22 pm
Happy Birthday, Allison!
posted by Miss Cellania on 11-29-2009 at 8:17 am
“Happpy Birthhday!”
posted by Tdave on 11-29-2009 at 10:50 am
Happy Birthday and thank you for the links…
Since I’m still celebrating my 51-and-how-the-hell-did-I-get-here birthday, allow me to send you a birthday gift: the link to a free cover-to-cover read of my book…no strings attached, really! (I know, hard to believe these days :-) Sign up here: no experts needed dot com
It’s simply my way of giving back…
take care,
Louise Lewis, author
No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You!
no experts needed dot com
posted by Louise Lewis, author on 11-29-2009 at 3:19 pm
Nice. Happy Birthday. Liked the links, and they’re spicing up my Monday morning so far.
posted by Levinson Axelrod on 11-30-2009 at 10:36 am
ironically, the one on how to access blocked websites is blocked…
posted by xardra on 11-30-2009 at 12:36 pm