Preparedness Includes Zombie Threat

by Carol on May 19, 2011

Preparedness 101:  Zombie Apocalypse

Did you see the latest CDC (yes, Center for Disease Control) post about being prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse?  Yes, it’s real.  And yes, it’s a stunt.  But it’s a good one.

The CDC feels that anyone who follows their preparedness plans for a zombie invasion will also be prepared for any other type of disaster.  See their recommendations at Preparedness 101:  Zombie Apocalypse.

And watch out for all types of disasters.  =)

Thanks to loyal reader Matt for this one!

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An MBA in the Harry Potter World

by Carol on April 18, 2011

If Harry Potter had an MBA, seen at BUzzFeedBuzzFeed’s Amy Sly has designed the covers of seven books to fill the Social Media and Marketing sections of the Daily Prophet’s bestseller lists.  After all, if you can’t put your wizarding experience to profitable use, how are you ever going to get booked on the lecture circuit?

A fun way to spend a few minutes, and I found this through HolyKaw! , ‘natch.

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Surreal Photo from Japan’s Tsunami

by Carol on April 11, 2011

Upended Car from Japan Tsunami 2011Take a moment to really look at this photo.  The caption reads, “Surreal scene:  A boy who survived the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami plays in a toy car in front of an upended real car in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on April 6.”

One month has passed and the recovery efforts continue.  Many of the problems are so big, so ecologically and economically challenging, that a stranded car like this one just doesn’t make the action item list.

In case the msnbc slideshow The Week in Pictures: March 31-April 7 opens up at slide #1, this particular image is slide #9.  Photo credit to Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP – Getty Images.

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The Chick-fil-A Cows

by Carol on April 8, 2011

Eat More ChikinI love Chick-fil-A, and I have for years. Not only is the food delicious, it’s not bad on the scale of fast food nutrition. Probably shouldn’t make a steady diet of it, but really it’s better than lots of other stuff out there.

And I love the Chick-fil-A cows. I have several small plush cows with signs that my family members have gotten over the years (probably in kids meals). But I guess I hadn’t realized that the cows have their own website and merchandise.

If you’re a fan, you have to go:

Cow Campaign History
Cow Merchandise
Cow’s Own Website

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you:

  • are not from/have never been to the south
  • only eat chicken from KFC
  • don’t know what you’re missing
  • all of the above

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4 Chords and Every Pop Hit

April 4, 2011

The Axis of Awesome, an Australian “Comedy Rock Band,” has put together a musical education for those of you that are aspiring music legends: all the greatest hits from the last 40 years can be played with the same 4 chords. To demonstrate, they play 38 songs in 5:31. Axis of Awesome – 4 Four Chord [...]

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Yes, I Really Do Use the Thesis Theme

April 1, 2011

Since I recently put up a link to the WordPress theme Thesis, I’ve been fielding questions about whether I really use it. Yes, I do. But I didn’t have in on this site until recently. Take a look at this gallery of sites running Thesis. I have used Thesis 1.8 on several projects, and now [...]

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This is Why I Love StupidVideos.com

March 30, 2011

And YouTube, too.

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Commas Rule

March 28, 2011

A good grammar fail … sort of like catnip for writers.

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