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Be lucky

I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs, whereas the lucky people took just seconds. Why? Because the second page of the newspaper contained the message: “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper.” This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than 2in high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.

Be lucky — it’s an easy skill to learn

timsez: I’m a big believer than there are a lot of learnable skills out there, and most people just assume that “oh, you’re either born that way or you’re not” (link via the most excellent Rahmin)

Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit

I found videos of Universal’s new coaster. Looks like I’m gonna be headed there this winter when the lines are empty.

The ride up is awesome looking.

Check it out at night.

The Universal-supplied animation (probably from the company that built the thing) shows off the big swooping turns. It fills in what you can’t see from the other videos, especially the first loop. The ride is supposed to last a minute and 39 seconds, which is pretty good for a fast coaster (65 MPH). There’s also a new restraint system that doesn’t go over your shoulders. I can’t wait to not be flung out of it.

Wikipedia knows all about it.

Amazing Core Workout (or “Do you hate your body? Then do this!”)

Here’s a solid core workout that will get your core…solid. It includes such classics as:

  • Standard crunches
  • Knee-up crunches
  • Hip lifts
  • Oblique crunches
  • Side plank dips
  • Oblique leg extensions
  • Supermans
  • Bridged leg lifts
  • Pushups
  • Heel touches
  • Bicycle crunches
  • Half-up twists (I’ve heard these called “Irish boxer crunches”, they’re amazing)

As an added bonus, you get jittery pictures like

Seriously. Do this and you’ll never slouch again.

(Thanks to Kitzzy for the link)

Event Planning – DailyCity panel series

Friday evening, I went to an event on event planning (circular thought, yes?). It was organized by Mark Baratelli of The Daily City. There was lots of great information, and I tried to write down as much as possible. I got nearly all of the discussion, in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. There were representatives from BarCampOrlando, Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, Orlando Fringe Festival, Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival, Florida Film Festival, Nerdapalooza, and the Orlando Puppet Festival. Enjoy the link below, and reach out to me with feedback tim [@] timrosenblatt.com

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddxb99pp_92cbw8pbd2

White Power? White Flour!

Fighting fire with…clowns?

http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/179794296/pukomuko-mikehudack-onemonthhere-noneck

Tennessee clowns kicked kkk asses.

In Knoxville, Tennessee, a white supremacist group, VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK, attempted to hold a hate rally. Then the clowns showed up….

“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.

“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.

“White Power!” the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!” the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!” and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan’s directions.

At this point several of the Nazi’s and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed “White Power!”

The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”