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Mondays Aren’t So Bad, But Weekends Are Better

The BBC reports –

We may say we hate Mondays, but research suggests Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are equally loathed. US investigators who looked at a poll of 340,000 people found moods were no worse on Mondays than other working days, bar Friday. People were happier as they approached the weekend, lending support for the concept of “that Friday feeling”. The report authors told the Journal of Positive Psychology that the concept of miserable Mondays should be ditched.

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A Great Site For The GOP Convention

Yiddish Curses For Republican Jews can provide much entertainment for Republicans, those attending the GOP convention in Tampa or perhaps for those with Republican friends. Click the ‘Show Me Another Curse’ button and enjoy!

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31,000 Year Old Seeds Blossom In Russia

According to Discover Magazine –

After more than 30,000 years, and some care from Russian scientists, some ancient fruits have produced this delicate white flower. These regenerated plants, rising like wintry Phoenixes from the Russian ice, are still viable. They produce their own seeds and, after a 30,000-year hiatus, can continue their family line. The plant owes its miraculous resurrection to a team of scientists led by David Gilichinsky, and an enterprising ground squirrel. Back in the Upper Pleistocene, the squirrel buried the plant’s fruit in the banks of the Kolyma River. They froze. Over millennia, the squirrel’s burrow fossilised and was buried under increasing layers of ice. The plants within were kept at a nippy -7 degrees Celsius, surrounded by permanently frozen soil and the petrifying bones of mammoths and woolly rhinos. They never thawed. They weren’t disturbed. By the time they were found and defrosted by scientists, they had been buried to a depth of 38 metres, and frozen for around 31,800 years.

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Seems Punny To Me [pic]

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Neil Armstrong – A Short 1970 Interview on BBC [video]

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died today.

Free Ad-supported Underwear – Japan Innovates Again

Gizmodo reported –

Free underwear! Free underwear! Get your free, ad-supported underwear right here! Just head on over to the free pants site, fill out a quick questionnaire and be prepared to be served ads on your drawers. Yes, ads on your drawers. Just sell a little real estate on your soul and you get seven free pairs of skivvies every month. This offer is only good in Japan. And just like Japan, it’s delightfully odd. But it’s hard to argue with free. Would you do it?

 

 

Finally! An Honest Error Message [pic]

I’ve used Eraser for years and it is usually rock-solid, but recently it ran into a problem and returned the following error message – “Failed to erase file names from drive O:\,don’t know why exactly.” That bit of honesty made my day.

Photos of New Orleans’ Abandoned Amusement Park

In 2005, New Orleans’ Six Flags amusement park closed for Hurricane Katrina and has never re-opened.

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What Are The Odds? Kid Attends 2 Perfect Games

MLB.com reports that Paul Dockal has taken his one-year-old son, Bode, to two baseball games this season at Seattle’s Safeco Field and both of those games were perfect games. In April, the White Sox’s, Philip Humber was perfect and in August, Seattle’s, Felix Hernandez threw another perfect game. Most fans never see a no-hitter; so, imagine this kid’s luck.

There have been only 23 perfect games thrown in nearly a century and a half of Major League history. Two of them were the first two games Bode Dockal ever attended in person. Paul said that, in a way, he wishes his son would never attend another game – nothing could top what he’s already seen. But he knows Bode will have to relive the magic of Humber and Felix through photos and stories rather than actual recollections. Plus, someday decades from now, Bode might walk through the gates of a stadium with a son of his own.

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Should You Forward That Email? – NO! [pic]

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Someday You May Dine On Meat From A 3D Printer

According to Geekosystem –

Modern Meadow, a biotech startup, is working on 3D-printing meat for the masses, and with a big grant incoming, they seem to be well on their way. But will people want this? Our science fiction-conditioned brains are okay with synthetic meat, and our digestive systems can probably handle artificial substances, so nothing’s stopping this, right? All that’s left is the actual research and then ????, followed by profit. The grant comes from from Thiel Foundation’s Breakout Labs, who will be giving $250,000 to $350,000 to Modern Meadow to develop an “edible cultured meat prototype that can provide a humane and sustainable source of animal protein.

Read more HERE or HERE (Wired.com)