Moose from Utah transported to Colorado – Yahoo! News “I’ve never mugged a moose, but I guess they’re pretty wimpy once they’re on the ground,” Dolling said.
Woman fakes kidnapping to avoid work – Yahoo! News: A 21-year-old German woman who did not feel like going to work at a fast food restaurant sent her parents a text message saying she had been kidnapped. Police in the Bavarian town of Straubing said Wednesday they had launched a massive search throughout the region…
What is the cheesiest gift someone could possibly give you this year for Christmas? I’ve been reading quite a bit about what people want for Christmas. I’m curious about those gifts you would hate to get but others would think you would like. Guess I’ll start. People surely know I shop on ThinkGeek. They might…
What is your favorite board game? Submitted by I’m Unique. A strong temptation is to put Dungeons and Dragons which is not really a board game so much as a role-playing game (hint it has dice but no board and tons of paper). So I’ll put Greyhawk Wars, a board game related to the D&D…
Have you gotten your Wii Elbow yet? How about the Wii Knot? I got to play normanee‘s this weekend. Must… get… Wii….
Yes!! Videogames in the Classroom? – Newsweek Education – MSNBC.com: Where parents see hours wasted in front of a screen, these scientists see potential. An FAS study released this week, titled “Harnessing the power of video games for learning,†reports that best-selling games are built in surprisingly pedagogical ways. Players improve at their own pace.…
Ernest Cline‘s We’re all just monkeys Dance monkey! Dance! At his site he has some great audio on various topics that I’ve listened to over and over. I guess this is the latest?
International Talk Like A Pirate Day: International Talk Like a Pirate Day isn’t one o’ those governmentally sanctioned holidays that shifts around to create a convenient three-day weekend. No, the date is ALWAYS Sept. 19 (Cap’n Slappy’s ex-wife’s birthday.)