Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Fark.com RSS » Navy goat gets Navy's goat [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "They crow when a car goes by, or when the wind blows," she said. "They crow because they see you, or because they don't see you. In suburban and urban settings, it's difficult to get roosters to work [as pets]" [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Windows 10
Is there anyone else here on WU doing the Windows 10 beta testing ? Whether or not post your comments about it.
Windows 8 and 8.1 (thinking of you Expat) are gonna be like ME or Vista. Today they released build 10074.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/micros~
The link above includes a download URL for anyone who wants the ISO to try it out. … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 10AM Sales Meeting
Sales #1: That customer just called to thank me for doing my job. That’s better than a kick in the nuts.
Sales #2: Just so you know, that offer is still on the table. 9772 Princeton Glendale Road
Cincinnati, Ohio [Link]
Overheard In The Office » The Technology's Not Quite There Yet, Bob
Coworker #1: About that e-mail you sent… Do you want me to copy the file onto a disc and mail it or do you want me to send the file as an e-mail attachment?Coworker #2: So you can't just copy the file to a disc and e-mail the disc?Brentwood, Tennessee [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man owes New Hampshire $9,000 rescue costs because he wasn't in good enough condition to hike the White Mountains [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The prize for this essay contest isn't baaaad [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » I'm just sick, really says FML
Today, I felt sick to my stomach, so I told my mother I didn't want to eat dinner. She started accusing me of being anorexic, so I ate a little bit anyway to make her stop. I then threw up, only for her to take it as confirmation that I have an eating disorder. FML [Link]
FMyLife » blemarooney says FML
Today, I failed a major exam. It wasn't because I didn't prepare for it, though. I failed because somebody sneezed during it and I said "bless you." Apparently, that's classed as cheating. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Unpopular superpowers [Photoshop]
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Overheard In The Office » Once, Believing It to Be My Phone, I Answered It
Coworker, waving around a Stanley knife: I keep picking this up thinking it's a banana.Sydney
Australia [Link]
Mental Floss » Good News, Gamers: Tetris May Be Making You Smarter
Playing Tetris does more than just put us in the mood to organize and stack colored boxes. New research shows that the popular game can make us more efficient thinkers and even reduce episodes of PTSD. The latest installment of the PBS video series “BrainCraft” presents evidence that people who played Tetris for an hour and a half a week … [Link]
The Onion » Article: Pinwheeling, Out-Of-Control Horse Crashes Into Kentucky Derby Stands
LOUISVILLE, KY—In one of the biggest tragedies to ever befall the 141-year-old event, more than a dozen spectators were reportedly injured and the Kentucky Derby was temporarily delayed Saturday after a pinwheeling, out-of-control horse crashed into the stands. 
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Fark.com RSS » What's the greatest human achievement of the last 100 years? A) the polio vaccine B) the moon landings C) this coffee table [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Meet the Real Rosie the Riveter
It took Geraldine Hoff Doyle four decades to realize she was the inspiration for the iconic poster. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 4.0 earthquake hits southwest Michigan, epicenter 8 miles south of Kalamazoo area. Californians smile, nod condescendingly at freaked-out Midwesterners [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Cop issues driver three citations for reckless driving, failure to exercise due care and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Fark: Driver was fire chief responding to a "high magnitude" call (with video) [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Hartford police paid for 485,000 rounds of ammunition per year, fired 180,000, and have no idea what happened to the rest or if it ever existed at all [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 20 Wacky Ads from 'Boys' Life' Magazine, May 1915
'Boys' Life' has always had fishy ads in the back—even 100 years ago. Earn money growing mushrooms and pigeons; win a free pony; get an unsinkable canoe… It's all here! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pill jockeys refuse to fill legitimate prescriptions, then blame DEA for their incompetence [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Nigeria's wealthiest individuals must reveal the source of their wealth, which is likely to include funds that Americans failed to claim from their dead, rich relatives in a timely fashion [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 5/2 Free Comic Book Day previews, featuring the first appearance of Bridget's Cat [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man sues hospital after his leg was amputated and thrown in the garbage with his name tag still on it. Attorney for the hospital claims it won't stand up in court [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 24 Important Scientific Discoveries That Happened by Accident
Derek Muller of Veritasium discusses some happy accidents that changed the way we live. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Former Navy SEAL who became a woman has not talked with her kids about the change yet, hopes they don't watch the news, or read her book, or go on the internets [Interesting]
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FMyLife » wtf says FML
Today, my husband wants me to apologize for getting angry when his father told me I'm getting so fat that I look like a whale. I'm not fat, I'm just 8 months pregnant. FML [Link]
FMyLife » RavingLunatic says FML
Today, I desperately needed to let off some steam at work, so I went outside and screamed obscenities at the top of my lungs, before heading back inside. The police then showed up to investigate complaints of a "raving lunatic" in the area. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » A Pill That Makes Your Farts Smell Like Chocolate
Finally! [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Fabulously Festive Kentucky Derby Hats
The Kentucky Derby is as much of a headwear fashion show as it is a sporting event. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Even in the Black Hills You See White People
Aussie: Is Motown a black state?American: Uh, actually Motown is a nickname for Detroit, and a record label.Aussie: Is Detroit a black state?American: No, it’s a city.Aussie: Is Tennessee a black state?American: Whaaa… there’s no such thing as a black state.Aussie: There isn’t?Reservoir Street
Sydney, AustraliaOverheard by: Yank Down Under [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 9AM Monday, Monday
Receptionist: Yeah, but if you say that then you’re being illogical–
Exec: Ah, that’s your problem, you’ve brought logic into the argument.
Receptionist: Um… 271 Rathdowne Street
Carlton, Victoria
Australia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » She’s Gonna Earn Her Salary Today
Office worker on speakerphone: Hello.Creepy customer: I was just sitting here eating some creamed corn and thinking about you so I thought that I would give you a call.Office worker: Please hold and I will transfer you to my supervisor.1st Avenue
Birmingham, Alabama [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "The pilot was so scared He was stuttering and couldn't really talk straight. He was trying to sound calm and told us 'I'm going to get you guys back on the ground,' but he kept stuttering. He did a great job though. He got us bac
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Fark.com RSS » Man cuts through storage unit roof, steals dozens of guitars. Owner now frets over having 35 less Paul Gibsons [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Is cannibalism illegal?
Turns out there are no laws in the U.S. specifically outlawing cannibalism, except in Idaho, which has this statute on the books:
TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 50
MAYHEM
18-5003. CANNIBALISM DEFINED — PUNISHMENT. (1) Any person who wilfully ingests the flesh or blood of a human being is guilty of cannibalism.
(2) It shall be an affirmative defense … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "You can't have a one night stand without a booty call" [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » Another Good Job Lost to Illegal Aliens
Customer, softly: Uh, someone pooped on the floor in the ladies’ room.Hostess: Ewww!Manager: I’ll get a Mexican.Restaurant, Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, IndianaOverheard by: Shatmandu [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this flower girl [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The 10 Swingingest 'Austin Powers' Slang Terms
Oh behave! Austin Powers is finally legal. Eighteen years ago today, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was released. In the movie, that cunning linguist Mike Myers does more than send up James Bond—he sends up British and ‘60s slang, real and otherwise. Here are 10 of the swingingest. 1. SHAGADELIC The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines shagadelic as sexy … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's okay to put your gotdam kale in my gotdam salads and your gotdam kale in my gotdam shakes. But if you know what's best you'll keep your gotdam kale out of my gotdam cocktails [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » The biggest little speed trap in Colorado [PSA]
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Mental Floss » 7 Things You Should Know About the Kentucky Derby
Put on a hat, grab a mint julep, and become the best-informed person at your Derby party. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Grieving mama cat who lost all three babies matched with three abandoned kittens just in time for Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Anarchists in Seattle don't want some guy with a rifle marching with them in their demonstration. Apparently it breaks some anarchist rule [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » This year you can sit on your fat ass and watch re-runs of House without having to worry about that pesky MDA Labor Day telethon getting in the way of your normally scheduled programming [Sad]
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Weird Universe » Schizophrenic Model Psychosis Induced By LSD 25
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Overheard In The Office » Just Before the Office Exploded
IT guy #1: Is that you beeping?IT guy #2: No, I thought it was you.IT guy #3: Fucking things, stop beeping!Palmerston North
New Zealand [Link]
GraphJam » You Look So Handsome and Cunning With That 'Stache
See the original at mosmakeadifference Graph by: Jandosk8 Tagged: Memes , moustaches , mustaches , sir , win Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Born in Minnesota, 50% Resistance to frost
Graph by: Leonidas8879 Tagged: best of week , elder scrolls , map , Maps , morrowind , Skyrim , united states Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Fixed
Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: exercise , fixed , flow chart , lazy , workout Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
Graph by: TBTabby Tagged: christmas , holidays , november , Pie Chart , pilgrims , presents , shopping , thanksgiving Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Average day of a PETA person
Graph by: usctrojanfan77 Tagged: animals , fur , help , peta , photoshop , protesting , shouting , yelling Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Yo Momma Puts Planets to Shame
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: fat joke , owned , planet , size , your mom Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Mom Always Wants to Know When You're Getting Married
Graph by: oreoz314 Tagged: dating , Line Graph , meh , sweet , time Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » You Mean Those Lines Are There For a Reason?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , driving , jackass , parking Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How polite people are
Graph by: hakkujin Tagged: Bar Graph , comments , commute , computer , facebook , friends , internet , motorist , people , polite , social networking , youtube Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Trash Graphed
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: garbage , time , trash , waste Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Way It Should Be
Graph by: liz520 Tagged: cat videos , covers , Music , Pie Chart , youtube Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Venn Diagrams? You Can't Explain That
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bill-oreilly , god , the moon , universe , venn diagram , you-cant-explain-that Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Followed By a Critical Against You
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: critical hit , gym leaders , Pie Chart , Pokémon Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: joseph smith , mormonism , Pie Chart , religion , southpark Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Is That Cause Your Using Blood Flavored Floss?
Graph by: Coaster105 Tagged: best of week , Blood , dentist , flossing , mint , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
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GraphJam » They Don't Cover the Names of Pokemon Until the Second Year Classes
Graph by: NightGlider Tagged: japanese , learning a new language , Pie Chart , Pokémon Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
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GraphJam » People who use Nunchucks
Graph by: Nuclear_Chauffeur Tagged: camera , caught , crotch , face , hit , master , nunchucks , people , skillful Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » What Women Hear and How Often They Believe It
Graph by: Sosij Tagged: beautiful , believe , fat , hear , sexy , smart , women Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Did I Write These in Hieroglyphics?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , best of week , college , hieroglyphics , notes , truancy story Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Augh, It Burns!
Graph by: mikkins Tagged: Bar Graph , bathing , pain , shampoo , shower Share on Facebook
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Overheard In The Office » When You Get Your MBA from Rip Taylor University
Female coworker to male coworker: I need some edible glitter!Dallas, Texas [Link]
Overheard In The Office » We're Kind Of Over It.
Male worker #1, holding letter: Where should I put this?Male worker #2: Let's just stick it in Phyllis's box.Male worker #2: I like the sound of that!Northampton, MassachusettsOverheard by: She's elderly! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Son, you've got a gift bag on your head [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The Duchess of Cambridge is finally doing her job. Royal baby No. 2 is on the way [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who started one of the largest wildfires in California history that burned 400 square miles and 11 homes has federal charges dismissed because two key witnesses died before trial [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Brit tourists: "Youuuuu lousssssy Yankeeeeeee cowboys, you don't know how to walk away from a party on a flight from Houston to London" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Brits debate whether to allow Googling during exams. For real [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Protip: after shooting a dude and abandoning your getaway car, don't go back to retrieve it from the police impound lot while wearing the same outfit as in the surveillance video [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Three of a Kind
This trick seems to have been invented independently by Martin Gardner and Karl Fulves. A blindfolded magician asks a spectator to lay three pennies on a table, in any arrangement of heads and tails. The magician’s goal is to put all three coins into the same state, all heads or all tails. If the three coins already match, then the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Most unpleasant survey ever conceived reveals that one third of London men are too fat to see their own genitals [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Son, trying to cut a firehose while firefighters are inside a burning building doesn't make you a brave protestor of civil injustice. It just makes you an asshole [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh, Canada [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Two Arctic ice researchers presumed drowned after the climate change they were studying finally caught up to them [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » So the officers being charged in the death of Freddie Gray had a fundraiser up on GoFundMe. Had [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Thief who stole a gold necklace and swallowed it is force-fed 60 bananas by police [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Patient in N. Texas being monitored for Ebola after recent trip to Liberia. This is not a repeat from October [PSA]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, in the middle of the supermarket, my 7 year old son asked me what a cocksucker is and why his mum always calls me that. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, a drunk man started yelling at the lamppost outside my house, demanding to be let inside, all while my neighbors watched. That man is my dad. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » This Millennium Falcon Bed Is Way Better Than Your Old Race Car Bed
Putting in his bid for father of the year, Pete McGowan of PlainJoe Studio built a replica of the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit for his son—to sleep in! [Link]
Mental Floss » 17 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Bookstores
While we all love wandering the aisles, few of us know what goes on behind the scenes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you saw one police car chasing another for 45 miles along I-80 in Nebraska, blame meth. Or thank meth for giving you the most exciting thing to ever happen in Nebraska [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, after a 2 month relationship, I realized two things: A) Dating a known psycho because "crazy chicks are great in bed" is a dumb idea, and B) What crazy chicks are actually great at is beating the crap out of you and driving you to alcoholism. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Model Cassandra Bankson has only one kidney, but boy does she overcompensate for it [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 10 Things We Learned From Carlton Cuse’s AMA
The quadruple showrunner—and ‘Lost’ alum—talks about life behind the camera. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The global footprint that the humans have left on the Earth shown from a satellite timelapse [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Another Touching Office Tale.
Scatter-brained boss: Oh! Can I touch it?Subordinate: Um.Scatter-brained boss: Would you like to touch mine?Fairfax, Virginia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » All Over the Office
Out-of-touch boss: I bust my nuts everyday trying to help you guys.Knoxvegas, Tennessee [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 3PM Smoke Break
Ad Design #1: I’m having trouble of sleeping and was thinking of getting Ambien.
Ad Design #2: You’re too young to take sleeping pills. Have you tried crack? 151 West 34th Street
New York, NY Overheard by: Sarah [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Harp Is All You’ll Hear in Hell
Coworker #1: When I was at the hospital, they had this harp player that went around the hospital and played.Coworker #2: Uh, are you sure they had a harp player? You may have just been on the brink of death, you know.Dacula, Georgia [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You'll never guess what happened to the girl who texted her boyfriend "Driving drunk woo." No peeking at the tag [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Just in case you want to buy his Greek frozen yogurt, here's the guy who repeatedly yelled "White Lives Matter" and "I hope you get raped" at protesters during Wednesday's Freddie Gray solidarity march in NYC [Followup]
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Mental Floss » A (Not Free) Guide For Celebrating Free Comic Book Day
Every year, independent retailers around the world open their doors and encourage both comic book junkies and the uninitiated to explore the wide world of comics. While there are plenty of great free comics to sample, the rest of the shop can be daunting to navigate. Don’t let that stop you, because it’s an amazing time in the world of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What happened to all the people who thought law school was a great investment and then couldn't find jobs when the bubble burst? [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this fanaticism [Photoshop]
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