January 20 Links
Saturday, 01.20.07 @ 12:01AM 
Check out this rebus! You can make your own at Party Printer. (via the Presurfer)
Peter of Holtie’s House played a game I thought would be quite fun for bloggers. Here’s how it goes. First, find a blog that you have never seen, preferably one in a different country, in a language you understand. He did this by going to a Blogger site and hitting the “next blog” button. He kept going til he found a non-spam blog in English with a blogroll. Then, you jump to another site on that blogroll and see how many connections it takes to get back to your own blog. He had to backtrack a few time to avoid blogs with no blogroll, but he eventually found his way home in ten steps. I figured it would probably take me more steps because this site is not on Blogger (I still have a couple of site there, but no one links them). When I find the time to actually do this, I'll let you know.
Would cockroaches survive nuclear war? What are billiard balls made of? How old is the AIDS virus? Whats the difference between four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive? Find the answers to these and other perplexing questions at I Did Not Know That Yesterday! This blog does the research so you don’t have to.
Makoto Nagano is a 33 year old commercial fisherman. He is a very strong, agile, attractive man. And he is a champion of the Japanese TV show Ninja Warrior. Just watch.
An Oklahoma TV station helicopter pilot rescued a deer who was stuck in ice-covered Lake Thunderbird. Local police asked CBS Channel 9 traffic reporter Mason Dunn if he could do anything to help the deer. Dunn pushed the deer to shore by blowing him across the ice with the helicopter rotors! Watch the video report here.
The funniest video I saw all week.
Who will the next James Bond be? Tom Hanks. It makes so much sense. He wouldn’t even have to show up for the trailer.
I'm sure it wasn't intentional, since the photo on the left is usually labeled "lucky kitten", but the resemblance to the Firefox logo is uncanny, don't you think?
INDUCTION
When his son refused to get a job, his father insisted he join the Army. At the induction physical, the Army doctor directed the reluctant recruit to read the eye chart across the room. "What chart?" the young man asked.
"The one on the wall! "The doctor said.
"What wall?"
Sensing he had a deadbeat on his hands, the doctor asked his beautiful nurse to walk in naked. "What do you see now?"
"Nothing."
"Well, you may not see anything," the doctor said," but your indicator is pointing toward Ft. Jackson! Welcome to the Army son."
Animals who use tools! (via Neatorama)
Jamie Dawn not only explains her proverbial dystopia, but also has a way for you to help US soldiers keep their moral up!
The Ten Best and Ten Worst Companies for Call Center Support. Check the ten best list to see who they are and make a mental note of it, but read the ten worst for the horror stories. Have you heard about the woman who complained about her billing and got mail addressed to “Bitch Dog”? or the guy who had to threaten murder to get his service disconnected? And 
which company asked for your social security numbmer before they will speak to you? Outsourcing and automation aren’t the problem, its the people who design and implement the systems. What companies have you had the best and worst luck getting call center service from?
The b3ta design challenge this week was for army recruiting ads. To the right is one of the more work-safe examples.
Eight-year-old Zach Bonner is the founder of the Little Red Wagon Foundation, a non-profit organization to help children in distressed situations. Zach began helping others as a response to Hurricane Charlie in 2004, when he was six years old! Since then, he has helped various charities raise funds to buy school supplies, backpacks, and Christmas gifts for needy, abused, and homeless children. His goal is to raise a million dollars for various children’s charities. (via Writing from the Inside Out)
As tornado-damaged St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Iowa City was demolished yesterday, the lone remaining resident, Ricky the Raccoon, refused to leave. This photo gallery tells the story. (via Metafilter)
The future of animation? The Morphable Face Model shows how movie stars can be appear in films they never worked on, or even star in new films after they die! One person quipped that they should have delayed the release of The Polar Express until this program became available. (via J-Walk Blog)
From the inexplicable dumbity department: Put your images back on your website so I can hotlink them, or else I may have to sue you. (via Exploding Aardvark)
Do you miss Fafblog? I certainly miss Fafblog! And so does I Miss Fafblog, Spot! (via Crooks and Liars)
In France, the movie March of the Penguins was titled March of the Emperors. You can see how this might cause some confusion. (via b3ta)
SHORTIES
(via Bits and Pieces)
Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too untrusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50."
The next day someone stole it.
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote! *
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One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted.... "Look at that dead bird!"
Someone looked up at the sky and said... "Where???"
*They Walk among us and they Vote!!*
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While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning.
She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!*
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I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?"
Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific" .
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!!*
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My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving".
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!!!*
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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk...
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!!!!*
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount on both....
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!!!!!*
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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands.
"Now," she asked me, "Has your plane arrived yet?"...
*They Walk Among Us and They Vote!!!!!!!!*
Thought for today: Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
Reader Comments (10)
Give it a try, it's fun.
I'm going to blogroll that "I did not know that" blog. I love that stuff.
That horse kicked the farmer's cock!
The 10 worst/best list didn't surprise me too much, especially with Comcast. I hate them with the fire of 1000 suns.
Thank you.
Thanks for your advice with the spam thing.
Have a wonderful day!
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the Cool Raggedy one
That's because their logo sends subliminal messages to male brains.
... and I thought only Microsoft and Google were evil.
Even got my home state on here..Norman is not that far from me. It is also home of our wonderful OU Sooners!!!
We are thawing here, hope you are safe and warm!!! Oklahoma has been horrid!