Monthly Archives: November 2006

ALAN Photos Wanted!

If you were one of the thousand-plus folks who attended the ALAN Breakfast/Workshop and took pho­tos, I want your pic­tures! For the ALAN web­site, ALAN Online, of course. (I didn’t take any pho­tos because, sadly, the advent of dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy doesn’t pre­clude me from snap­ping shots of my life-long favorite subject–my thumb). And if you’ve

Fun with Diet Coke

Santa, Hear My Plea

Dear Santa… Dear Santa, This year I’ve been busy! In Jan­u­ary I gave a life-saving blood trans­fu­sion (50 points). In Feb­ru­ary I farted in an ele­va­tor (-6 points). Last month I gave a Dutch Oven (-10 points). Last Thurs­day I didn’t put the seat down (-73 points). In Octo­ber I gave change to a home­less per­son

Now, that’s plain dumb

What Amer­i­can accent do you have? Your Result: The Mid­land “You have a Mid­land accent” is just another way of say­ing “you don’t have an accent.” You prob­a­bly are from the Mid­land (Penn­syl­va­nia, south­ern Ohio, south­ern Indi­ana, south­ern Illi­nois, and Mis­souri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or

Which One Did I Miss?

You paid atten­tion dur­ing 97% of high school! 85–100% You must be an auto­di­dact, because Amer­i­can high schools don’t get scores that high! Good show, old chap! Do you deserve your high school diploma?Cre­ate a Quiz Bet I missed that geomtery one. I never took geom­e­try, so I don’t know a right angle from a right turn.