Mr. Popper's Penguins Teaser Trailer Released

I grew up loving Mr. Popper's Penguins and was super-excited to hear that they're making a film. After watching the trailer with Jim Carrey, I'm not really sure what I'll think about the movie. This trailer doesn't have the same "feel" the book did for me, but it does have a lot of cute penguins! I'll probably still try and catch it when it comes out this summer.

Update: the trailer was auto-playing, and that always annoys me! I've taken it off this post, but you can still see it here.

Are you a Comic Sans Criminal? (humor)

Are you or is someone you know addicted to Comic Sans? This site can help:

http://comicsanscriminal.com/

Daily Cute - The Angriest Hummingbird!

The Tortoise is Messier than I Am

If I were a tortoise...

This Galápagos tortoise had me laughing yesterday. It started with whole carrots and only succeeded in actually taking a bite one out of every four or so tries, sometimes missing by several inches. Its friend was much more deliberate and had a much higher success rate. I think ithe tortoise amused me in part because I identified with it - I don't have "normal" depth perception, so there have been plenty of times when I've reached for something and ended up way off the mark. I can occasionally be a little messy when I eat, too, so the bit of carrot that stayed stuck to its face the entire time only added to the effect.

Have you ever seen an animal that reminded you of somebody?

Benefit Stay Put Set (eye makeup trio) Review & Giveaway

I recently purchased the Stay Put Set from Benefit. This eye makeup trio has three different products in slightly smaller packaging so you can try them all out. It includes:

- 0.11 oz Erase Paste in Medium (regular is .15 oz and $26)
- 0.11 oz Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in R.S.V.P. (regular is .16 oz and $19)
- 0.09 oz Stay Don't Stray (regular is .33 oz and $24)

My favorite item has to be the R.S.V.P. Eyeshadow. I've never really used cream shadows a lot, but this one has me hooked. As I've said before, I love natural makeup shades. R.S.V.P. is a pretty champagne color with just a little bit of shimmer. It's subtle but gives some really nice light shading. Like other cream shadows, it can be worn sheer or bold depending on how/how much you apply.




Cream Eyeshadow in R.S.V.P.



Stay Don't Stray worked well for me. I tried it with some more vibrantly-colored eyeshadow and everything stayed put for the day. I've also tried it as an under-eye concealer after reading some reviews about it and found it works fairly well for that too.

The Erase Paste brightener/concealer works well for me on other parts of my face, but I'm not 100% thrilled with it underneath my eyes. It might be that I need a lighter shade there. A tiny bit definitely goes a long way with this stuff!



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All tweets ever tweeted can be backed up on 20 terabytes

On March 21st, 2011, Twitter turned 5. Did you know that all tweets, from the very first ("inviting coworkers") until today, can fit in 20 terabytes of data? To put that in perspective, I currently have roughly 3 terabytes of storage within arm's reach. To also put that in perspective, however, some say the estimated storage size of the Library of Congress's print collection (converted into words/characters) is only about half that of the tweets. Have we actually tweeted twice the amount contained in our national research library?

Another Flogging Molly song for you

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World's Most Expensive Dog - $1.5 million dollar pup

11-month old Hong Dong, a Red Tibetan Mastiff, recently sold for a record $1,500,000.00. The name means "Big Splash", and this 180lb puppy has certainly made one. These dogs have become one of the latest "it" items in China, and the rich and fabulous have gone crazy for these furry status symbols.

Besides their unique appearance (red is considered a lucky color in China) and their intelligence, Red Tibetan Mastiffs are also prized for their history. They are viewed as one of the world's oldest purebreds and have been used as watchdogs in Asia for thousands of years.

No More Hyphen: "e-mail" will now officially be "email"

“Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.”

~ June Kronholz






The AP Stylebook has announced that they are officially changing "e-mail" to "email". Since they generally set the style and usage standards for news and other media, this omission of the hyphen will probably become the universally "correct" way.