Things you shouldn't have to be told:
Today's examples:
a) You can now buy crisco in sticks for convenient measuring while baking. Each foil stick carries the inscription, "Not intended for use as a spread." Just ewww.
b) Amelia was on the phone with her mother, who was trying to find some towns in Maine. Her mother couldn't find them. Amelia asks if she had tried google maps. Her mother said, yes, she had printed out their map of maine, but the towns must be very small b/c they weren't there. pause. Amelia, "You know, you can just type in the name of the town and google will point to it for you." Mother, "Oh, I didn't try that..."
Also, I'm working on my fulbright applications (Indonesia!) which means that I spend a lot of time on google. The latest treasures:
I find this hypnotic. I think it should be the basis of a screensaver, kind of a 21st century version of the Mac aquarium one.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2063667852598904740&q=indian+traffic&hl=en
And, some crazy kid doing martial arts stunts in southern california. The best part is that about 40 seconds in, his set changes, and he's doing crazy flips in a mall.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2868459000230563575&q=ninja&hl=en
I'm sure that his mother picked him up in a minivan after he was done.
a) You can now buy crisco in sticks for convenient measuring while baking. Each foil stick carries the inscription, "Not intended for use as a spread." Just ewww.
b) Amelia was on the phone with her mother, who was trying to find some towns in Maine. Her mother couldn't find them. Amelia asks if she had tried google maps. Her mother said, yes, she had printed out their map of maine, but the towns must be very small b/c they weren't there. pause. Amelia, "You know, you can just type in the name of the town and google will point to it for you." Mother, "Oh, I didn't try that..."
Also, I'm working on my fulbright applications (Indonesia!) which means that I spend a lot of time on google. The latest treasures:
I find this hypnotic. I think it should be the basis of a screensaver, kind of a 21st century version of the Mac aquarium one.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2063667852598904740&q=indian+traffic&hl=en
And, some crazy kid doing martial arts stunts in southern california. The best part is that about 40 seconds in, his set changes, and he's doing crazy flips in a mall.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2868459000230563575&q=ninja&hl=en
I'm sure that his mother picked him up in a minivan after he was done.