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Old Jews Telling Jokes(link goes to iTunes store) – This is the only podcast I’ve ever subscribed to that I actually keep up on.

Unhappy Meals was pointed out recently on a twitter diet thread I follow, and I think it’s the most intelligent thing about dieting and nutrition that I’ve read in years.

It also dovetails nicely with this – Living to 100: The 9 Wise Habits:

I want to live to be 126, so I’m going to try to combine them.

Cred vs. Influence (or Killing our Soul) applies to more than just game design, and is the first time I’ve heard folks talk about Steinbeck in a while.

In other news, this is a smart doohicky:

Boost your productivity with Hemingway’s Hack.

I think Chance would do this if he could figure out how.

Puppy Hates Snow – Watch more Funny Videos

OK, that’s enough blogging for today.

I don’t remember where I got the link to Passive-Aggressive Notes Dot Com (I think it was a tweet by @bbraithwaite) but OMG, these are going into my daily trawl.

The following ones made me laugh so hard I was crying. Click images if not large enough to read, safety for work not guaranteed:

• Some suggestions for elevator small talk
• The Pepsi Challenge (the last note especially)
• Looks like someone owes some rent
• Rocket Pubes – spittake warning!
• And while we’re at it, here are some passive-aggressive cakes, a passive-aggressive design pledge, and some design enforcement stickers, which I’m hoping the folks at work won’t find or they’re likely to use against me.

In other news, my back’s feeling a lot better when I’m not using it for things like exercise… frustrated, because I’d like to get back to Tang Soo Do, but thinking I won’t rush it.

Here’s a cardboard treat machine for your dogs but mine don’t eat kibble so I’m not sure how it’d work for us. And here’s some caffeinated jerky in case you’re having problems falling asleep while eating regular jerky, I guess. And here are some disturbing Japanese ads with talking foods that spout random trivia in case you’re still falling asleep and want to have some seriously f’d up dreams.

Speaking of which, I need to get the snoring terriers to bed.

Here’s another roundup of weird shit brought to you by the Internet.

• Stilettos for babies
• Wanna get the terrors some deer antlers but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
• A wedding poem by Neil Gaiman
• A nifty wool wedding gown
• Strongbad’s take on designing webpages
• And while you’re at it, The Onion’s take on opting out of Google.
• The Mythbusters panels at ComicCon
• iPhone soap
• Really sad chart that depresses the hell out of me

Dave Letterman’s best top 10 list:

• Time waster of the week: emails from crazy people
• Van Halen’s “No Brown M&M’s” contract rider requirement explained.
• If websites were people

Oh, and finally, this keeps cracking me up on TV:

I think Twitter’s just randomly redisplaying my favorites now, so that ought to hold you for a while.