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Saw this on Fully Devoted

If you rearrange the following words, some interesting products arise….
DORMITORY- dirty room
PRESBYTERIAN- best in prayer
ASTRONOMER- moon starer
DESPERATION- a rope ends it
THE EYES- they see
GEORGE BUSH- he bugs gore
THE MORSE CODE- here come dots
SLOT MACHINES- cash lost in me
ANIMOSITY- is no amity
MOTHER IN LAW- woman hitler
SNOOZE ALARM- alas! no more z’s
A DECIMAL [...]

What Kind of Coffee Are You?
I am Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern
At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent
You drink coffee when: you’re craving something sweet
Your caffeine addiction level: low
Via Glenn’s Blog

Boy, gas prices are sky high and don’t look like they’ll fall all that far anytime soon. I cringe when I fill up, realizing how much more of my so-called disposable income is now going into the gas budget. I have a farther drive to work now than I did this time last [...]

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Carrie S
Happy Birthday to you

My alma mater has announced it’s new logo.

Here’s the old one:

Much better if you ask me! The only issues I have are that they messed with the school colors of black and gold, and they should have kept a shield in the logo, but I think the end result works.

Yes, it can be true! Bid your name into a Grisham novel!
A group of American authors has decided to auction names of characters in their forthcoming novels, in a bid to raise funds for the First Amendment Project.
Using eBay, the authors will auction the character names using the auction portal’s charity listings, Giving Works. [...]

From CNN.com: Worm strikes down Windows 2000 systems
A computer worm shut down computer systems running the Windows 2000 operating system across the United States on Tuesday, hitting computers at CNN, ABC and The New York Times.
Around 5 p.m. computers began crashing at CNN facilities in New York and Atlanta. ABC said its problems began [...]

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Aunt Karen
Happy Birthday to you

Real Tech News takes a look back at major milestones of the last 10 Years on the Web.
Good trip down memory lane, including the browser wars (remember when Netscape had 87% of the market, with IE only at 4%?), the rise of Yahoo, Google, eBay and Napster, introduction of ICQ and instant messaging, the dot.com [...]

Our favorite green frog is turning 50 years old next month.
Beloved Kermit the Frog Approaching 50
“Well, you know, it’s interesting being 50,” Kermit said in a recent interview with AP Television News. “You start to reflect on your life. And you look back over the years at everything you’ve ever done. And, with age, middle [...]