April 2009
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Invisibility... →
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“KUU-UURIJA
Henno Käo
On ju imelik pealkiri? Kas sa oskad seda sõna lugeda?...”
– KUUUURIJA
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Heed the Call of the Mild: Buy shit.
Low Self-Esteem & Materialism Goes Hand in Hand -A Galaxy Insight
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.”
~From the movie Fight Club, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Researchers have found that low self-esteem and materialism are not just a correlation, but also a causal relationship where low self esteem increases...
"stealth mode"
Lately I’ve been coming across companies (on craigslist job listings, on the web, etc) who, when providing an introductory blurb or status update about themselves, state that they are in “Stealth Mode”.
Stealth mode implies voluntarily laying low, feigning quietude to deter attention or attraction, … basically wrapping yourself in a blanket of background noise.
As big as...
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This made me emotional.
flashlight
Couples to test ‘intimacy’ device
The device allows users to draw in light on each other
Couples in long distance relationships are being sought to try out a prototype device designed to communicate intimacy from their bedrooms.
Moray-based technology laboratory, Distance Lab, hopes to find three couples willing to use Mutsugoto.
The device allows couples, who...
13 words not found in the English language.
13 words not found in the English language
1. Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods
2. Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time
3. Taarradhin (Arabic): a way of resolving a problem without anyone losing face (not the same as our concept of a compromise - everyone...
try writing about something you did today ...
Well, it would appear that “flyswatter” belongs to a girl named nicole who enjoys basketball and the film “Titanic”.
So close, yet so far …
It was fate, I guess. Our fly-killing dualism (you as the static and receptive paper, me as the aggressive and presumptious swatter) would simply be too good.
Let me ask you this: Can you imagine a world without flies?
What...
