I love comic strips. “That shirt’s got more holes than a Goth chick’s nose.” I might actually use that line someday.
Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley, August 26, 2012 Via @GoComics
Asides
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This is kinda cool. So there are twenty moments in a minute?
Do we experience life in 3 second chunks? — Barking up the wrong tree
Ever wondered how long a hug lasts? The quick answer is about 3 seconds, according to a new study of the post-competition embraces of Olympic athletes. But the long answer is more profound. A hug last…
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I would say that with the exception of rule #4, this 100% applies to church sound guys. But most of them are single and are fans of rule #4 as well. 
Sound booth guest rules. — Imgur
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If You Forget You Are Sad, Are You?
The bit about amnesia made me laugh out loud. Wow.
Do sleeping pills like Ambien work because of the placebo effect? — Barking up the wrong tree
Join 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: Sleeping pills on average only make people fall asleep 12 minutes faster and sleep 11 minutes longer during the night. The placebo effect m…
Marriage Matters
Yet another reason to view divorce (and the societal systems that make it easy) negatively. Marriage matters.
What’s the single strongest predictor you will die an early death? — Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…
Depressing
Wow.
Freakonomics » Speaking Ill of the Dead Apparently Okay if the Dead Worked for Chick-fil‑A
Sysco is the latest food giant—it’s the largest food distributor in the country—to come out against gestation crate confinement of pigs. The National Pork Producers Council’s communications director w…
Regaining Childhood
Interesting way to think about it.
Does new information slow down your life?
From William Reville, here is a speculation: Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. “Time” …
Lolo!
Lolo wound up placing 4th. I wish she had won a medal.
Lolo Jones can’t be sexy, Christian and a hurdler » GetReligion
Some readers sent in a recent piece from Salon, which (for those who stopped reading it back in the 1990s) bills itself as “the leading progressive news site, combining award-winning commentary and re…
A Bear In The China Shop
It is difficult to overstate my pessimism about the trajectory of China’s economy.… I hope I am wrong but I deeply fear another big blow to the global financial system. Google for “Chinese Ghost Cities” to have your socks scared off.
To the point (Austro-Chinese business cycle theory)
“There is persuasive evidence to conclude that the Chinese economy is actually growing at just 4 or 5 per cent right now based on a composite of other indicators,” says Patrick Chovanec, a business pr…
Conspiracies
This is one of the best rebuttals to a conspiracy theory that I’ve ever seen.
Three days ago in the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. Of course, it makes perfect sense that the whol…