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Sun Dec 23 10:46:43 EST 2012
The US could end homelessness with the money we spend on Christmas decorations.
I wonder what we could do with the money we you spend at Starbucks?
9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier
#8. Turn off "background" TV. Many households leave their TVs on as "background noise" while they're doing other things. The entire point of broadcast TV is to make you dissatisfied with your life so that you'll buy more stuff. Why subliminally program yourself to be a mindless consumer?
(Let's hear it for my commercial-skipping DVR!)
Frick-en Awesome
Frick, 23, of Alto, Mich., had planned to "dance or do something silly on the stage" as she received her diploma.... As she waited in line among the 1,000 or so graduates to go up on stage, however, she realized her dancing dreams would be dashed because the names were being read so quickly. The quick-thinking Frick, an English major, instead pulled out a pencil and added a quick "en" and then "awesome" to the end of her fortuitous last name on the name card each graduate handed the announcer to read. As Frick walked across the stage, the announcer loudly stated her name, "Kelsie Elise Frick-en-awesome," just as she had written it.
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The US could end homelessness with the money we spend on Christmas decorations.
I wonder what we could do with the money we you spend at Starbucks?
9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier
#8. Turn off "background" TV. Many households leave their TVs on as "background noise" while they're doing other things. The entire point of broadcast TV is to make you dissatisfied with your life so that you'll buy more stuff. Why subliminally program yourself to be a mindless consumer?
(Let's hear it for my commercial-skipping DVR!)
Frick-en Awesome
Frick, 23, of Alto, Mich., had planned to "dance or do something silly on the stage" as she received her diploma.... As she waited in line among the 1,000 or so graduates to go up on stage, however, she realized her dancing dreams would be dashed because the names were being read so quickly. The quick-thinking Frick, an English major, instead pulled out a pencil and added a quick "en" and then "awesome" to the end of her fortuitous last name on the name card each graduate handed the announcer to read. As Frick walked across the stage, the announcer loudly stated her name, "Kelsie Elise Frick-en-awesome," just as she had written it.
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/574294.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]