Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Shorts

Six month exposure from Mental Floss:



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Dirty Secrets of College Admissions:

"One night, I got food poisoning at a restaurant in Buffalo. The next day, I rejected all the Buffalo applications."


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Boing Boing Word Counts:

John Hodgman is the only contributer to use the word 'froud,' but has never once used the word 'us.'

Susie Bright is the only contributer to use the word 'newsstands,' but has never once used the word 'boing.'


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I'm going to apply for this job, as soon as the website recovers from being inundated with hits.

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In 1789, the governor of Australia granted land and some animals to James Ruse in an experiment to see how long it would take him to support himself. Within 15 months he had become self sufficient. The area is still known as Experiment Farm. This is my Experiment Farm to see how long it will take me to support myself by writing.