{"id":206,"date":"2009-01-10T22:47:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T22:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2009\/01\/10\/fun-stuff-and-oddities-january-10-2008\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:48:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:48:08","slug":"fun-stuff-and-oddities-january-10-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2009\/01\/10\/fun-stuff-and-oddities-january-10-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Stuff and Oddities &#8211; January 10, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we here in Ottawa have all survived another week of work, <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawa.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20090109\/OTT_transit_vote_090109\/20090109?hub=Ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">no buses<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/health\/story\/2009\/01\/08\/ot-090108-snow-shovel.html2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">winter&#8217;s wrath<\/a>. I think you deserve some light reading. I give you this week&#8217;s FS&amp;amp;O.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lssu.edu\/banished\/current.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Lake Superior State University 2009 List of Banished Words<\/a><br \/>\nThese are the words that are overused in the English language.  Stop using them now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1104071\/The-new-4-7m-school-wont-school--negative-connotations.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">The new \u00a34.7m school that won&#8217;t call itself a &#8216;school&#8217;&#8230; because it has &#8216;negative connotations&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t get me started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.aol.com\/video-detail\/world-juniors-big-flag\/3890243719\/?icid=VIDLRVHOV01\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">World Juniors &#8211; Big Flag<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s really too bad this is so short cause it was a cool phenomenon that happened at the World Juniors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todaysbigthing.com\/2008\/10\/09\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">What Cats Do While You Sleep<\/a><br \/>\nA revealing video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i445.photobucket.com\/albums\/qq172\/joecooool418\/P1012141.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">American Freedom<\/a><br \/>\nIronic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boredstop.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=141&amp;amp;Itemid=32\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">When Traffic Signs Tell a Story<\/a><br \/>\nFunny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/03\/health\/research\/03smoke.html?_r=1&amp;amp;em\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">A New Cigarette Hazard: \u2018Third-Hand Smoke\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nInteresting reading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/scienceandtechnology\/science\/sciencenews\/4108137\/Organisation-is-the-secret-to-a-long-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Organisation is the secret to a long life<\/a><br \/>\nNo one point fingers at me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap070508.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Dark Sky Over Death Valley<\/a><br \/>\nBeautiful!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkroastedblend.com\/2006\/11\/lenticular-clouds-gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Cool Cloud Pictures<\/a><br \/>\nMore beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/badgods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Bad Gods<\/a><br \/>\nLore Sj\u00f6berg is a very funny man. These are a mix of animations and cartoons on a fantasy\/sci-fi theme. Some are NSFW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heystudents.com\/top-10-lies-told-graduate-students-funny\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">10 Lies Told By Graduate Students<\/a><br \/>\nFunny cause I was a graduate student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we here in Ottawa have all survived another week of work, no buses and winter&#8217;s wrath. I think you deserve some light reading. I give you this week&#8217;s FS&amp;amp;O. 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