Found this in cat_macros. Just what the doctor ordered for stress.


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Today is March 14.

3.14

This is the most-used approximation for the ratio of a circle's circumference and diameter, the number Pi (π).

Hence, today is Pi Day, one of the geekier holidays out there.

I think I'll make myself a pizza for dinner. :)

Today is also Albert Einstein's birthday.

Found a funny site with random, computer-generated Kung-fu moves

It keeps generating new bits of weirdness like "Super Accupuncture Spear!" and "Fire of the Cricket Somersault". 

The Ultimate Disclaimer

Circuit City had their grand opening not long ago, and I took a look around. I was interested in the camcorders, but noticed every single one was designed exclusively for use in the right hand, and I'm a lefty. I asked if they had a left-handed camcorder. Two of the employees checked on things, and found nothing of the sort in their store, but a ( Read more... )

My caravan was attacked by a chimera.  Big, ugly, belligerent thing.  Between a couple of druids with immense wolves, a half-silver-dragoness, an Atlantean sorceress and a catboy ranger, we made short work of it, the gnomish bard singing inspiringly from the safe confines of the caravan ( Read more... )

On the Effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Helmets: An Empirical StudyI found this so funny, the completely serious way they examined a fundamentally insane phenomenon ( Read more... )

Feeling silly at AWA, I thought of the Good Idea/Bad Idea segment from Animaniacs, and decided to come up with a few for an anime convention. Aoi House did a little of this months ago, but it's still fun.

Finding your way around:
Good Idea: Asking a cosplayer for directions.
Bad Idea: Asking a Ryoga cosplayer for directions.

Costumes:
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It's common for the best man, as a prank, to trash the groom's car. But have you ever wondered where this started?

The first recorded instance of such a prank involved the wedding of Sir Richard Head in 16th century England. His friends got too heavily into the mead at the bachelor party, and concocted a plan that involved shaving the groom's ( Read more... )

Even the fringe parties are getting into the act