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  • Putting the Pro in Procrastination

    I found this fun article about recent research on procrastination. I think a good suggestion there is that you should do whatever you’re supposed to do for 10 minutes, even if you really don’t wanna do it. By the time you’ve been doing it for a while, it will be much easier to keep going…

  • Fishy

    I saw The Da Vinci Code the other night. Here is my movie ticket. In case you can’t read it, says “The Da Vinci Cod”. It’d probably have been better for them to leave out the “The” to save space, but it’s much funnier this way. I think The Da Vinci Cod would actually be…

  • Octopusology

    Did you know that the plural form of octopus is octopuses? ‘Tis true. The word comes from the Greeks. The tendency to say “octopi” is a mistaken application of the Latin rules for plurals. Speaking of which, I had a dream last night where I was at a giant Wal Mart type place. More of…