Fun Stuff

School’s Back!

School’s Back!

Remember having to write those pithy reports on the first day back to school?
Here’s mine.

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“Soda” -or- “Pop”?

We care deeply about words; how to pronounce them, trends in expressions, and allowable variations.
Now, there’s a study — even a map!

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GobbledyGook

We toss ’em out there like we expect everyone to know what they mean. Or at the very least, they’re supposed to make you look important. Here are some suggestions for post-nominal designations.

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Wonderfully F̶̛̛̞̟́̈́̌̀͊̂̽̃̎̐̊͐͛͒͐͂͐̏̋̏̈́̏͆̈́̌́̇̃́̒̿͊͐̏̂̔͛͝͝͠R̷̢̛̩̰̲̥̩͖̙̖͇͓̲̘̰̞̰̱̹̦̙̬̻̠̥͕͍͔̣̱̟̖̈́͒̉̄͂̐͗̓̅̇̈́͑̏͋͛͗̈́̍̏̅͊̅͘͜͜͠I̴̧̨̧̲̪̮̩͕̙̰͓͉͇͕̗̠̲̯̱̠͚̰̪̦̭̗̦̗̪͈͛̎͋ͅͅV̸̡̡̢̧͇̲̣̤͎͙̞̬̟̹̖͈͙͎͈̭͉̦̱̩̞͖̠̰̰̐̂͌̄̉̇̃͒̈̅̆͒̈́͐̅̊͒̅̀͌́͑͗̿O̷̧̨͇̰̺̦̤̳̘̩̰̮̺̺͚͖̪̠̥͍̙̬̦̱̓̂̒͒̉̔̕L̸̨͖̠͚̪̥̰̺̭̹̯̝͈̣̰̹̩̞̤̦̣͍̤͈̫̘̗̮̯̮̰͓̺͚̘̥̐̈̊͝Ṑ̷̡̧̼̹͖͔̪̙̟̘̲̱̯̤̮̞̠̖̠̝̭͍̣̩͉͖̣̖̠̔͛̔͌̅̋̊̀̀̔̅͌̈́̋̇̈́̎̎̏̐͛̔̈́̕̕͘͘͝͠͝͝͝Ų̷̡͓̜͔̗̞̠̤̱̜̭̭̪̃̂̈̈́̿͌̒́͒̏̑̋͊̂̈̄̈̓͗͑̚̚͜͝Ṡ̴̙̦͎̯͇̅̒́̾̑̈́̍͑ Font Hack

No, that’s not your video card or your computer screen acting up. Here’s how to put this eye-catching effect anywhere.

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My Most Surprising Excellent Start to the New Year

Sunday I was down.  I dislike January, and the start to any new year.  As I've explained before, that "fresh slate" doesn't motivate me, it only reminds me of all that remained undone from the year before, and that ALSO does not motivate me.  Goal-setting has proven not to be a valuable concept in...

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