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If you participate in this thread/experiment, you are agreeing to be my test subject. This is a no spam thread. I am only going to give you the subject of the experiment, Phobos. What happens next, will be your own research and knowledge. I am not going to lead you in any way, other than the subject. The more people who put an hour or so into this, the better. I'd like to see what a collection of people can come up with. This is not for any class or government study. Just something I wanted to try. Once it concludes, I'll explain why I wanted it done this way. Until this experiment concludes, I will not be posting again in this thread.

Hello everyone, check out this excellent translation! This means that write in multiple languages and delays, perhaps Engrish. It is a good thing! http://funnytranslat...om/translation/

Have you ever felt like you are not accomplishing anything? Well.. I fell that way.

"The Corpse Flower gets its name from the pungent stench it emits in bloom - this, combined with the flower's huge size and deep purple color, convinced the first explorers who encountered it in Sumatra to believe it was a man-eating plant! Since then, this extremely rare plant has gained celebrity status by having one of the largest, rarest, and smelliest flowers in the world. These flowers can reach heights of 7-10 ft and a diameter of 5-6 ft. For the next week or so, you can see this incredibly rare and odorous flower for yourself in the Cockrell Butterfly Center! We anticipate that the flower will be in full bloom over the weekend of July 9 - 11. In the meantime, you…

So, for a while I haven't been on here and I miss all you guys. I'll start with that. Anyway, despite being swamped with work, college starting soon, all my friends leaving me, and whatnot, we decided to have some fun. I went skydiving roughly 9 hours ago. Here are some pictures and the quick sample video. I'll have the full one soon when it comes in the mail! And the link to the video is right here unless I can embed it. http://www.funskydiv...eo=NITE0312.swf

Hey all Here are the latest pics of Logan who is 2 months.

I went to friendlys tonight and looked at the menu and stared at it for a good minute in disgust. The meal that stood out to me was referred to as "The Ultimate". The mere description of this burger gave me a heart attack, "A Big Beef burger between two hot grilled cheese sandwiches, with lettuce, tomato and mayo. Tasting is believing." The first thing that came to my mind was KFC's double down. The difference between these two meals is that the double down only has about 500 calories while the ultimate has 1,160... My friend ordered it, I told him not to. He said it couldn't be that unhealthy then I showed him this article when i got home: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/…

"In honor of Billy Mays, we should all take the time to memorialize his death, and to remember him. We should all take the anniversary of his birth and take on his task of communicating, or "projecting" in the manner that he did. So, in honor of Billy Mays, please remember to communicate in all caps on every July 20th from now on." http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1276128124#!/event.php?eid=100566352073 BILLY MAYS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1958

My buddy hit me up tonight, been waiting for a month now lol. Sorry about the glare in the pic but it's less than 1hr old at this point. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I just submitted my last paper ever for my undergraduate college career. I turned in my last lab report I'll ever write for UNC again at noon. I have one more final and then I'm done with UNC and probably college for forever. I don't know what to do with myself right now.

Does anything good ever usually come out of this? I don't really follow it but will there be any game announcements or anything? Only real thing I'm looking forward to from it is the SGU 2nd Season Trailer

It seems the Empire has fallen on hard times. Presumably to get finishing funds for his latest Death Star, Darth Vader—or a man pretending to be Darth Vader?—was reduced to robbing a bank on Long Island this morning. Impotent Rebel Alliance security forces tell Newsday (paywall) that Vader marched into a Chase bank in Setauket around 11:30 a.m. today. Brandishing a completely unnecessary handgun—as he had the power to choke the oxygen out every teller's throat—the fallen Jedi demanded cash. It's unclear whether he also found their lack of faith disturbing, but one Rebel policeman says, "The teller complied with the robber's demands and gave him money from the drawer. Be…

well hello! I have made it back again! I just finished up my cross country move that kept me from the internet for about two months and I just wanted to check in and say hello. <3

Well I'm leaving to the airport right now for CA. I'm going to a leadership conference thingymajigger out there, yay 6 hour flight by myself! Then once I get back, I'm going to a Tom Petty concert in Philly. So I'll see y'all probably in over a week! Peace, jb

I'm sure at the beach your friends can tell what you've been doing all summer long....

Fox News - "A 110 proof beer, the world’s strongest, was launched Thursday by a British firm selling the tipple for $762 a bottle. The blond Belgian ale, named The End of History, is an astonishing 55 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) and is presented in a case made from stuffed animals, including stoats and squirrels. Made by BrewDog, based in Scotland, the beer is infused with fresh juniper berries and nettles from the Scottish Highlands and was developed using an extreme freezing technique. Hundreds of pints of beer were used during the process, which was repeated dozens of times to produce just enough for a 330 milliliter bottle -- hence the record breaking cost. Ja…

THIS. IS. BRILLLIIIIAAANNTT!!!!! http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/ There are a ton of pictures at this link, but I couldn't help but laugh when I saw someone dressed up as a Spy from Team Fortress 2, holding a sign that says "GOD HATES SENTRIES". LoL

So far we have 3 people signed up for this years Fantasy Football Competition. Myself and Mr. and Mrs. TC ...... they're pretty good but the thing about FF is you don't need to be an expert to have fun, or even win..... First we need to fill in five more seats, then if there's more we can accomodate. After that we can set the draft date.

Apple wanted to remind you. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/26/iphone-4/

Saturday I started feeling crummy, but I went golfing anyways with my parents. Came home and fell asleep immediately and slept for 13 hours. On Sunday when I woke up I felt like I couldn't even swallow or breathe right. It's not necessarily my throat that hurts (doesn't really hurt in my throat to swallow), but my right gland in my neck is so swollen that it hurts to turn my head or swallow or anything. It's like the size of a baby's fist and you can see on the side of my neck how it pops out cause it's so swollen. So Monday I called in to work and stayed home and slept all day. I woke up a little later and tried to play some Xbox and some PS2, but I was just havin…

I grew up in Pa, and have seen Praying Mantises, but never a white one, let alone in the desert. This critter was crawling up my screen door today.

I'm on a picture taking spree tonight. These are my puppies...er, Devil Dogs!

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Got this from Elizabeth Banks' Twitter feed. Quite funny: http://elizabethbanksblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/funniest-thing-ive-read-in-eternity.html

Pretty fun it tracks your mouse movements and paints a picture with em Bloop