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Probably the best commercial I’ve seen all year.

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My alma mater made the cut. If you’re going to a state school, it might as well be the hottest state school….

Hottest Big State School
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.

Growing up in Wisconsin, Laura Sullivan was raised on Badger mania. But she was initially afraid that she would get lost in Madison amid 41,000 students, 140 undergraduate majors and nearly 700 student organizations. So when her high-school German class visited, Sullivan says she was shocked to find that she immediately felt at home. The tree-filled campus of nearly 1,000 acres looked to her exactly like a college should. It occurred to her that its enormity actually meant “endless opportunities,” she says. It is the old traditions graduates remember most, including Picnic Point, declared by one newspaper to be “the kissing-est spot in North America.”

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Might work in a few American cities, will definitely work anywhere around the Netherlands.

Springtime’s Bike Dispenser allows you to rent a RFID-equipped bike from one vending machine, ride it to your destination, drop it off at another vending machine.

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Unfortunately only available in 6 teams right now. A bit steep at $22.98 per chair.

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Get a real live human on customer service lines. I used it today with T-Mobile and I had a representative in seconds.

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Martha was a vegetarian in her teens, and even wore a “Meat Is Murder” T-shirt. But by her 30s, she had started eating cow. By the time she placed the personal ad, she had come to realize that ordering steak on a first date had the potential to sate appetites not only of the stomach but of the heart.

Red meat sent a message that she was “unpretentious and down-to-earth and unneurotic,” she said. “That I’m not obsessed with my weight even though I’m thin, and I don’t have any food issues.” She added, “In terms of the burgers, it said I’m a cheap date, low maintenance.”

So what does it mean if she orders the sausage appetizer? Martha needs to realize guys are primarily concerned with her liking one particular form of meat…

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They are all pretty obvious, but it pays (literally) to remember them if you like to speed.

1. Drive within 5-10 mph of surrounding traffic
2. Try to stay in the middle of the pack
3. Find a “rabbit”
4. Do not change lanes frequently, tailgate or otherwise drive aggressively
5. Avoid the fast lane
6. Watch for cutouts and modulate your speed accordingly
7. Don’t speed when you are the only car on the road
8. If it’s OK legally, get a radar detector
9. If possible, drive a nondescript vehicle
10. Be aware that appearances count

Re: #8, I remember hearing that red cars get the highest percentage of tickets. Snopes claims this is false, but their only proof is a study of merely 924 tickets in 2 counties in Florida in 1990 conducted by a newspaper reporter and it a 14% higher ticket rate for red cars. Conclusion: I now have less faith in Snopes.

Full text here.

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A table-in-a-bag worthy of having a decent bottle of wine sit atop it.

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A few weeks back while in New Orleans I squeezed in a last minute visit to the World War II Museum (originally the D-Day Museum). Why is the museum in New Orleans? Because of these boats, which evolved from a boat Andrew Higgins created for trappers and oil companies to use in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana.

I believe this represented the number of soldiers (dead?) from each country.

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There’s a reason this gum hasn’t been created until now, it’s a disgusting concept. May it die soon, before a Reese’s spoof commercial.

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The bloomframe allows for conversion from a window to a balcony and back to a window. I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want a permanent balcony, but I’m always for more options. I imagine they’ll make it with higher railings (the woman’s center of gravity in the concept picture is above the rail).

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A set of these pics came in an email forward today, a quick googling revealed it’s a sex themed park called “Love Land” located in southern Korea.

Check out some more pics here. Warning, it’s an adult site.

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To think, this beach used to be one half of the Daytona Speedway (the other side was A1A).

6:45am this morning, 6th Floor of the Hilton, Daytona Beach, FL

On par with those drawings of jesus helping the trucker, plumber, etc. I am racking my brain trying to remember the name of those…

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