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Being Honest about America, Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That, Autumn Road Photo, and Poetry Exercises

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The Most Honest 3 1/2 Minutes of Television
This striking video describes how America’s complacency has led us to our current troubled status. NSFW language, but points out the fact that what makes a great country isn’t its policy or politics, but its people.

Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That (Original News Report and AutoTune Remix)
Finally, see the infamous news report that generated the infectious song–and then enjoy the song as well! (BONUS: Chart for Chart Week below!)
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Graph made with the help of GraphJam Builder.

Autumn Sunset Road Desktop Wallpaper
Beautiful and tranquil.

Creative Writing Exercises: Poetry
Great creative writing exercises for us poets!

Clever Science Ads, 5-Minute Management Course, Cave Diving Photo, and Secret Ring Tool

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Clever Science-Based Ad Billboards
These are awesome! (I LOLed at the hair billboard, and the gold billboard is just wow!)

5-Minute Management Course
Hilarious and yet profound in ways…but mostly funny. xD (Some NSFW language)

Cave Diving Photo
What beautiful water, and what amazing natural sculptures!

This Titanium Ring Conceals a Saw and Handcuff Opener
A ring worthy of Bond…James Bond.

How Not to Be Offended, 30 Dumbest Student Sentences, Color Matching Game, and Geeky Wallpapers

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How Not to Be Offended
I need this article so much. Once we realize that many times what people say to us is not really ABOUT us at all, it’s easier not to react and make things worse.

30 Dumbest Sentences from High School Student Essays
As a former English teacher, I read a few sentences like these…LOL

Color Matching Game
See how closely you can match the shade and tone of the displayed color–more challenging than it looks! (Webdesigners and graphic artists, rejoice–it’s a game MADE for us!)

40 Super Awesome Wallpapers for Nerds
I’d say these are more geeky than nerdy–but you decide!

Mind-Blowing Theories, Polite Cat, Sheep LED Art, and Japanese IQ Test

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10 Mind-Blowing Theories that will Change Your Perception of the World
Multiverses. Fictional realities. The idea that the only thing you can prove exists is your own consciousness. The question of what happens to things when we are not aware of them. This mind-twisting article presents all these concepts and more…

Polite Cat wants to be left alone (video)
LOL! I love that the kitty even reaches to cover the camera lens at one point, like a celebrity fending off paparazzi!

Extreme Sheep LED Art (video)
…These sheep farmers were BORED, is all I can say. Watch to see how they make art with a herd of living sheep, a couple of sheepdogs, and a BUNCH Of LED lights. (And I mean a BUNCH. WOW.)

Japanese IQ Test (Flash game)
This test is supposedly given to Japanese job applicants before hiring. Man, I’d be permanently unemployed over there… :/

Myers-Briggs Test Analysis, Baker Cat, MMO Asteroid Game, and Public Speaking Tips

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Socionics.com: Myers-Briggs Personality Test Types
More about the Myers-Briggs personality tests, and what it REALLY means to be Extrovert, Introvert, Sensing, Intuitive, etc.

Baker Cat! (GIF)
Oddly soothing… 🙂

“MMO” Asteroids
Use the cursor keys to move around (up and down go forward and backward, left and right arrow keys turn your ship; space bar fires pellets at other ships). See how long you can survive this crazy game! (Fun fact: this game was created as an April Fools’ joke for would-be MMO players, but has stuck around as a neat little timewaster!)

7 Speaking Tips that Beat “Pretend Your Audience is Naked”
Want to really make a great speech? Be passionate about your subject, tell your audience a story, repeat your most important points…and try the rest of these seven tips!

The Fish and the Tree, Countdown Timer Comic, Alienocalypse, and Time Capsule

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The Fish and the Tree (Quote by Albert Einstein)
Great quote about different intellectual abilities by Einstein. (in my case, I was the fish and math was the ability to climb a tree.)

Countdown (XKCD comic)
What a difference a picture’s placement can make… XD

Alienocalypse
Play an alien invasion from the invaders’ point of view!

Time Capsule
Leave your future self a note using this cool online tool.

Change Blindness, 14 People Who Win at Life, Cyber Pattern Player, and Bento Boxes for Kids

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Change Blindness
This psychological video shows how we actually don’t recognize changes in our environment as much as we think we do! Great little experiment!

14 People Who Are Winning the Game of Life (GIFs)
Hilarious and amazing list! (I can’t believe the little kid who dodged the dodgeball like he was in The Matrix!)

Cyberchase Games: Cyber Pattern Player
Make your own rhythms and music with this cool little game!

How to Make a Kid’s Bento Box Lunch
Make your kids’ lunch a yummy work of art with some cookie cutters and artful arranging!