Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that you can play proper nouns now in scrabble.
You're joking...right?
I remember seeing something in the news about it, early last year, I think. Usual business, people freaked the fuck out, then forgot about it. I might be getting the details wrong, I didn't pay that much attention, and the rare occasion I do play scrabble, it rarely comes up, and nobody ever puts down proper nouns. Seems a little too easy, really.
EDIT - Oh yeah, here is is. Don't know how true it is, considering it was over a year ago and I didn't keep up with it, let alone that I'm not the type to freak out about the rules of scrabble - because it's just fucking scrabble, for fuck's sake.
Guys, it's a magic trick. Or if it isn't the same illusion I've seen others perform, he's going about it the hard way.
This guy is actually famous for being able to do this for real. He can flex his esophageal sphincter and regurgitate the water at will. He can also hold 4 times the water of most people in his stomach.
Oh mans, I miss being constantly surrounded by smart people. I'm visiting friends in Rochester, and we've already dissected all currently-possible spaceflight technologies, had an intense discussion of linguistical phonemes in artificially structured languages (in relation to our plan to create a procedural, version-controlled language for law), and speculated on how to apply Burning Wheel-like game mechanics to an MMO. We talked about the psychological and sociological problems of a permanent Mars base, and debated the ethics of causing a sharp economic decline (as a catalyst for economic and political change) in this country. I don't get to have high-level discussions like this back home.
tl;dr I miss incredibly well-read and intelligent friends I don't live near.
Guys, it's a magic trick. Or if it isn't the same illusion I've seen others perform, he's going about it the hard way.
This guy is actually famous for being able to do this for real. He can flex his esophageal sphincter and regurgitate the water at will. He can also hold 4 times the water of most people in his stomach.
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EDIT - Oh yeah, here is is. Don't know how true it is, considering it was over a year ago and I didn't keep up with it, let alone that I'm not the type to freak out about the rules of scrabble - because it's just fucking scrabble, for fuck's sake.
Music: FUCK YEAH!
I'm a nerd, so I find this quite interesting.
Star Wars.
He's re-writing the entire story of Star Wars as a Viking saga, in the original language.
Here, you can read it yourself.
tl;dr I miss incredibly well-read and intelligent friends I don't live near.
the world's cutest octopus.
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