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Them, But Not Me?

Vatican site up for Webby Award. Now the question is, will the Pope be the next Wil Wheaton?

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Get Out!

Dude, check it out! Al’s Journal – Al Roker has a blog! I loved the pictures in his photo section too. I’ve checked out his cartoons in the past. But I’m thrilled that he has a blog! [via Bona Fide Cynic]

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What Was That?

*cough* Fourth Annual Masturbate-A-Thon *cough* Hey Robyn! I wonder if we know *cough* anyone *cough* who would be a good contestant for this? I wonder if he could bring the secret files full of porn that I doubt his wife knows about? *wink* I just couldn’t let this one pass me by…

(And no, the guy isn’t Todd, in case you wondered.)

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Ants, Ants, Ants…

Tess ranted one day about ants. I posted in her comments a question – had she seen the article where Researchers find 3,600-mile ant supercolony. In case she hasn’t, there it is. [via Amit]

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It Got Lost in the Translation…

Thought I would test out Lost in Translation to see what happened.

Original English Text:
To make a short story long…

Translated to French:
Pour rendre une histoire courte longue…

Translated back to English:
To make a history short long…

Translated to German:
Einen Geschichte Kurzschluß lang bilden…

Translated back to English:
History a short-circuit long form…

Translated to Italian:
Storia un questionario lungo di cortocircuito…

Translated back to English:
History a long questionnaire of short circuit…

Translated to Portuguese:
History um questionário longo do circuito curto…

Translated back to English:
History a long questionnaire of the short circuit…

Translated to Spanish:
Historia un cuestionario largo del circuito corto…

Translated back to English:
History a long questionnaire of the short circuit…

Maybe I messed it up by not using a complete sentence – but that is worse then the results of the telephone game you played as a kid! [via Pamela]