Thursday’s Links
March 22, 2007 | 6:08 am
I’m on the road today. These will have to tide you over until tonight or tomorrow.
Tra La La: Married? Twenty Reasons to Have Sex When You Don’t Feel Like It
“It’s funny how sex factors into the way people describe the state of their relationships. Studies show that, when things are going well, sex contributes only 15 percent to the overall satisfaction of a relationship. But if things aren’t going well, it contributes 85 percent to the overall dissatisfaction.”
Boing Boing: Heavens Gate, 10 years later
“Next week is the tenth anniversary of the Heaven’s Gate suicide near San Diego, where 39 people in the UFO cult killed themselves. They were hoping to hitch a ride on an alien spacecraft that leaders Marshall Applewhite (”Bo” aka “Do”) and Bonnie Nettles (”Peep” aka “Ti”) told them was stealthily flying behind Comet Hale-Bopp. In the San Diego Union-Tribune, the authorities who first responded to a 911 call and walked in on a nightmare.”
Spiegel: McDonald’s Targets the English McLanguage
“The word has only been in the English language for two decades, but the hamburger chain McDonald’s would like to see the word ‘McJob’ McEliminated from the dictionary — the fast food firm is not lovin’ the OED’s definition.”
Valleywag: Fomenting
“Jim Cramer, the loud-mouthed TV investor, explains how to make money out of tech stocks: find a ‘bozo’ reporter, and trash the company you’re down on, say Blackberry’s maker, Research in Motion. How? Oh, make something up. It’s called fomenting. The clip, below.”
Kineda: Little Known Ways to Stand Out at a Party
“Heading out solo to another party? If you want to be noticed, you’ll need to learn how to work the room.”
Lifehacker: Create A Living Will Online
“Legaldocs.com offers web-based living wills for all 50 states. Just fill in your name and a few other particulars, and the site generates the document for you to print and sign.”
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