Happy Geek Pride Day!

Basic rights and responsibilities of geeks

A manifesto was created to celebrate the first Geek Pride Day which included the following list of basic rights and responsibilities of geeks.

Rights:

1. The right to be even geekier.
2. The right to not leave your house.
3. The right to not like football or any other sport.
4. The right to associate with other nerds.
5. The right to have few friends (or none at all).
6. The right to have as many geeky friends as you want.
7. The right to be out of style.
8. The right to be overweight and near-sighted.
9. The right to show off your geekiness.
10. The right to make an attempt at being as geeky as Matt Young, and the right to fail. (Topher Stumph came quite close, but he too, failed).
11. The right to develop serious crushes on Randall Munroe, Shane Carruth & Bo Burnam, as opposed to say… James Franco. (See 10).
12. The right to carry a Thesaurus with you at all times, as opposed to an iPhone.
13. The right to execute shameless self advertisement via the Wikipedia Geek Pride Day page.
14. The right to falsely assume the surnames Finkleton, Waldman, Stratzer and Krukemeyer.
15. The right to quote Firefly, xkcd, or both, whenever at all possible.
16. The right to take over the world.

Responsibilities:

1. Be a geek, no matter what.
2. Try to be nerdier than anyone else.
3. If there is a discussion about something geeky, you must give your opinion.
4. To save and protect all geeky material.
5. Do everything you can to show off geeky stuff as a "museum of geekiness."
6. Don't be a generalized geek. You must specialize in something.
7. Attend every nerdy movie on opening night and buy every geeky book before anyone else.
8. Wait in line on every opening night. If you can go in costume or at least with a related T-shirt, all the better.
9. Don’t waste your time on anything not related to geekdom.
10. Befriend any person or persons bearing any physical similarities to comic book or sci-fi figures.
11. Try to take over the world!

Drinking Gives the same Benefits as Yoga

Research confirms that drinking gives you the same benefits yoga does !!!  Savasana  Position of total relaxation.   Balasana  Position that brings the sensation of peace and calm.   Setu Bandha Sarvangasana  This position calms the brain and heals tired legs.  Marjayasana  Position stimulates the midriff area and the spinal column.   Halasana  Excellent for back pain and insomnia.   Dolphin  Excellent for the shoulder area, thorax, legs, and arms. Salambhasana  Great exercise to stimulate the lumbar area, legs, and arms. Ananda Balasana  This position is great for massaging the hip area.   Malasana  This position, for ankles and back muscles.   So in the interest of healthy relaxation ...  let's start drinking !!

 

 

 

 

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Top 10 Clever Kitchen Repurposing Tricks [Lifehacker Top 10]

Top 10 Clever Kitchen Repurposing Tricks [Lifehacker Top 10]

http://lifehacker.com/5447528/top-10-clever-kitchen-repurposing-tricks

The Best Design Tools for Improving Your Home [Home Improvement]

The Best Design Tools for Improving Your Home [Home Improvement]

http://lifehacker.com/5510056/the-best-design-tools-for-improving-your-home

Learn to Grow Plants and Food With Beginner Garden Projects [Garden]

Learn to Grow Plants and Food With Beginner Garden Projects [Garden]

http://lifehacker.com/5513825/learn-to-grow-plants-and-food-with-beginner-garden-projects

Remains of the Day: Netflix Watch Instantly Comes to the iPad Edition [For What It's Worth]

Remains of the Day: Netflix Watch Instantly Comes to the iPad Edition
[For What It's Worth]

http://lifehacker.com/5507553/remains-of-the-day-netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-the-ipad-edition

Make a Biosphere for a Low Maintenance Cubicle Companion [Fun]

Make a Biosphere for a Low Maintenance Cubicle Companion [Fun]

http://lifehacker.com/5508166/make-a-biosphere-for-a-low-maintenance-cubicle-companion

Lever-Enabled Smart Faucet Prevents Excess Water Usage [Earth Day]

Lever-Enabled Smart Faucet Prevents Excess Water Usage [Earth Day]

http://lifehacker.com/5522233/lever+enabled-smart-faucet-prevents-excess-water-usage

Set up iTunes Smart Playlists to Give Every Song in Your Collection Its Due [Smart Playlists]

Set up iTunes Smart Playlists to Give Every Song in Your Collection
Its Due [Smart Playlists]

http://lifehacker.com/5522789/set-up-itunes-smart-playlists-to-give-every-song-in-your-collection-its-due

Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, and Fact [Drinking]

Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, and Fact [Drinking]

http://lifehacker.com/5521089/hangover-cures-myth-legend-and-fact

Convert Your Toilet to a Dual Flush with a Retrofit Kit [DIY]

Convert Your Toilet to a Dual Flush with a Retrofit Kit [DIY]

http://lifehacker.com/5523621/convert-your-toilet-to-a-dual-flush-with-a-retrofit-kit

Tony Robbins Talks on Clarity and Purpose

A few notes on Clarity and Purpose from Tony Robbins here:

http://lifeabundanceinfo.com/2009/11/05/trobbins/

The Donkey

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

Give more.
Expect less

NOW ............

Enough of that crap . . The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

Brokeback To The Future

The Standing Cat!

Standing Cat has become quite the internet phenomenon in recent days. French internet culture journalist Aude Baron has been digging into the story behind this little guy, and writes,

The cat's name is Rocky. He is 2 years old and his owners are French (Daisy and Yann). Rocky used to stand up because he couldn't see the birds through the windows, and wanted to, so he stood up. Why does he raise his leg in the middle of the video? Probably because there was a bird outside, according to Daisy, or maybe a dog wandering around. Rocky hates dogs.
He doesn't stand up too often any more because Daisy and Yann moved their stuff, so now Rocky can see everything without having to go bipedal.

He's also able to sit on his bottom like a human (this cat is crazy). Basically, that's it :-)

Pomplamoose covers Lady Gaga's Telephone

West side, yo!

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