ggwhiz Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 A tweet reprinted in my paper today. 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please lord, don't let anything happen to Kevin Bacon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 In the late 80's/early 90's I worked for a startup computer company that required a degree for receptionists and administrative assistants (aka secretaries). However, they viewed these jobs as entry-level -- it was normal for them to get promoted to more senior or technical roles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 A tweet reprinted in my paper today. 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please lord, don't let anything happen to Kevin Bacon. All we need is Courtney Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 All we need is Courtney LoveBut not (Australian cricket legend) Steve Waugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 In good health? Thank your 100 trillion bacteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/06/29/science/29tomato1/29tomato1-articleLarge.jpg Why do most tomatoes suck? A gene mutation that makes a tomato uniformly red also stifles genes that contribute to its taste, researchers say 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law commonly known as Obamacare, on Thursday, but on Capitol Hill, Republicans are vowing to press on with plans to fully repeal the law. In related news, the GOP has also vowed to repeal the move of the Dodgers to LA, outlaw the 3-point line in basketball, restore the NFL to its original 6 teams, and elect Herbert Hoover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/06/29/science/29tomato1/29tomato1-articleLarge.jpg Why do most tomatoes suck? A gene mutation that makes a tomato uniformly red also stifles genes that contribute to its taste, researchers say Finnish ice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 The Higgs boson walks into the church. The priest says: We don't allow Higgs bosons in here.The Higgs boson says: But without me how can you have mass? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 A similar teaser, with no fouls and with you only making one break, what's the smallest break you can make to leave your opponent needing snookers ?Just saw this and since noone answered it.... If x is the number of reds in our break then we need 3x > 147 - 11x => x > 147/11 => x = 14. After potting 13 reds and yellows we have a break of 39 with 43 on the table. The 14th red gives us 40 with 35 on so this is the answer. I was rather hoping the answer would be 42... which rather brings us back to gwnn's post. Apparently we did not need a huge computer to calculate the meaning of life, the universe and everything after all - a big concrete doughnut is sufficient! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cursor_disco.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I <3 Agnieszka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 yes :( but I'm kind of also happy for Serena for showing everyone again that if she wants to win, she wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 3cents about sports. Now we know, the FIFA is more corrupt than IOC after all. Tour de France is definitively dead, the only question it remains, is how many raids of police will took place and who will be arrested this year. And Olympic Spirit? Nowhere. The anty-aircraft missiles on the London roofs seems to be the main story this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Oil painting is therapeutic, and I miss Bob Ross on PBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 The Uncollege Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley investor, believes more young people should be chasing breakthrough technologies instead of wasting their time and money in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/07/12/opinion/saloon/saloon-blog480.jpg From Mark Bittman: An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an Indian, several Americans (including an Hawaiian and an Alaskan), an Argentinean, a Dane, an Australian, a Slovak, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Moroccan, a Frenchman, a New Zealander, a Spaniard, a Russian, a Guatemalan, a Colombian, a Pakistani, a Malaysian, a Croatian, a Uzbek, a Cypriot, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Chinese, a Tibetan, a Sri Lankan, a Lebanese, a Cayman Islander, a Ugandan, a Vietnamese, a Korean, a Kenyan, a Uruguayan, a Czech, an Icelander, a Mexican, a Finn, a Honduran, a Panamanian, an Andorran, a Moroccan, an Israeli, a Palestinian, a Venezuelan, an Iranian, a Fijian, a Peruvian, an Estonian, a Syrian, a Brazilian, a Portuguese, a Liechtensteiner, a Mongolian, a Hungarian, a Canadian, a Moldovan, a Haitian, a Norfolk Islander, a Macedonian, a Bolivian, a Cook Islander, a Tajikistani, a Samoan, an Armenian, an Aruban, an Albanian, a Greenlander, a Micronesian, a Virgin Islander, a Georgian, a Bahamian, a Belarusian, a Cuban, a Tongan, a Cambodian, a Manxman, a Qatari, an Azerbaijani, a Romanian, a Chilean, a Jamaican, a Filipino, a Ukrainian, a Dutchman, an Ecuadorian, a Costa Rican, a Swede, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, a Belgian, a Singaporean, an Italian and a Norwegian all walk into a very fine restaurant. “I’m sorry,” says the maître d’, after scrutinizing the group. “You can’t come in here without a Thai.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://adultedmatters.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/s_light-bulb.jpgHow many foreigners does it take to change an English lightbulp? I think three since my SO and I could have used a nurse also to take care of our damaged hands. First Gosha unscrewed it, breaking one of her finger nails in the process, then I put in the new one, after which I suddenly realized I was bleeding from three fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 How many New York cabbies does it take to change a light bulb? None of your *****in' business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Newest "Curiosity" Status Report >>>> Any signs of bridge playing on Mars have been found until now. Searching will be continued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I see litigious stupidity is still in fashion http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000051321/article/jerry-jones-sued-by-woman-who-burnt-her-buttocks?module=HP11_headline_stack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I see litigious stupidity is still in fashion http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000051321/article/jerry-jones-sued-by-woman-who-burnt-her-buttocks?module=HP11_headline_stack Ooh, that smellCan't you smell that smell?Ooh, that smellThe smell of death surrounds you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Doping is everywhere, even scrabble! http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/16/teen-kicked-out-of-scrabble-tournament-for-hiding-blank-tiles/?iref=allsearch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Doping is everywhere, even scrabble! http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/16/teen-kicked-out-of-scrabble-tournament-for-hiding-blank-tiles/?iref=allsearchThis one has a side point. It probably doesn't matter much in a tournament that long, but the phrase that piqued my interest was the one to the effect that his previous opps were given forfeit wins. There needs to be a better procedure for this. I had this happen to me in a chess tournament in the 80s where I finished second in a 5 or 6 round tournament only dropping half a point without playing the guy who got full marks. The reason was that his first round opponent in an "under whatever grade" section was a very strong foreign player who shouldn't have been in the event, but only got recognised and thrown out during the last round. The winner's first round loss was changed to a win, and he beat easier opps for the rest of the afternoon to get the full score. Not as much of a problem in bridge as how big a win is important so awarding 12-8, 13-7 or just factoring your score up is not too bad, it's not just win/lose/draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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