Life’s Weirder Than Fiction

Valentine’s Day Trivia

* 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women. * 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion next to Christmas. * About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets. * There are ...

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How much humiliation are you prepared to take?

I’m not a fan of TV in general. These last ten years we didn’t have cable, nor did we have an antenna, so the only use of the TV we had was to watch movies. When we switched telephone provider, however, they were offering a package that included cable so we decided to give it ...

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Root canal and music

About ten years ago, every time I’d go to the dentist, I’d end up fainting or close to it. The fear and stress built over the years and it came to a point where I just couldn’t stand it: even the thought of going made me break into sweat. The problem was, I needed a ...

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Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

While surfing for something completely unrelated to this post, I found this nifty webzine (it probably exists also on paper):Popgadget. The zine, which is more blog-like than zine-like, touts itself as a technology magazine for women: Technology magazines ignore women and women’s magazines ignore technology. Popgadget is a lifestyle magazine that embraces technology as a regular ...

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Find out what you’ll be in your next life!

This is just for fun, as a way to say that I’m back on track. The resource usage has been solved (I’m pretty sure, anyway) and I’m jumping back on the blog wagon. I missed this blog. It’s a place where I can share with you the weird things out there that I’d never be ...

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