In honor of Labor Day weekend let’s salute our labor force with some classic oldies. I’ll get us started.
Games
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There are puppies.
They are in a Death Factory full of lasers and acid pits and weird creatures.
How can you NOT want to rescue the puppies from the Death Factory? Continue reading
Alright guys and gals, you know the drill. Guesses go in the comment section. Remember: no cheating and if you know who it is because you’ve seen the image before please allow others to play the game! Continue reading
Now a tropical storm, Irene’s serene. Yet you’re still stuck at home, so why not play a round of Inky Pinky? Don’t say it’s the same lame game! Have fun; pun! Dark snark and fantastic sarcastic word pairs are fair!
So, since a whole host of you are about to become weekend shut-ins, the editor team thought maybe ginning up a little game to play might be entertaining. So, we’re pulling out an old favorite. Continue reading
Merriam-Webster has a brief, ten question vocabulary test.
Crasstalkers are a pretty bright bunch when we aren’t slinging feces at one another for our opinions about wine, cheerleading, gentrification, parenting, placentas and now, breastfeeding. I’d like to see how we stack up to the national average score of 2480. I scored 3820, which proves that not all Republicans are stupid.
One thing to note: speed counts and gives you bonus points. You have a full ten seconds to provide the definition, but move faster and you will earn more points.
Ready? Go!
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Here is a second installment to the snack guessing game that posted awhile back. A few of you had said that you would like to see others here’s another one coming atcha. This time we are guessing alcohol, which is perfect for a Saturday, don’t you think? This crowd definitely knows its libations so I’m sure you all will be fabulous. I’ll post the answers in a bit.
GO!!! Continue reading
Well we’ve all been there. Nothing stings worse than rejection by the objects of our desire. Fortunately, one of the things that pop music is good at is soothing a wounded soul.
Today’s Flash Back Friday is all about the broken heart. Give us your best break up songs. Feel free to add what a jerk/bitch/douche the person who dumped you was. Tell us something embarrassing about them if you wish. Don’t worry honey, in time it will be better. Here, take a Kleenex and tell us all about it. Continue reading
As in, stuff you’ve asked people to send you via emails automatically every day or week.
Word-a-Day aka Wordsmith, been getting this one for years, since before the interwebs were invented, no, really. Definitions, etymology, examples of usage that are often quite snotty/amusing. Its founder, Anu Garg, is the pleasant gentleman pictured to the left.
A booksellers’ listserv. Several rare-books catalogues. A couple of auction houses that do book-auctions. Weekly book reviews from the New York Times. Publishers Weekly news, a daily service. News-alerts from the Economist. I got the Guardian’s fashion articles for a while, but then decided I didn’t like people telling me what to wear. Continue reading