Mary's Ramble

Pearls Before Swine

Photo by Gage Skidmore A little weekend guilty pleasure: Studs of the '80s: Still Hot Today? - Photo Gallery - LIFE A nice then-a...

Don't Believe The "Lots Myth" : "You see, money doesn’t make us smarter; it just amplifies what we already are. If you’re...

via xkcd

Neil Gaiman has an interesting perspective on piracy: YouTube - Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web via Travelin' Librarian

From my evening's reading last night (boldface is mine): Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers: More than One Draft : "Do you un...

Police: Burglar Caught With Beef, Sausage In Pocket I'll let you add your own dirty jokes.

via Reality Check

Great story! 80 years of marriage : "'They all said it wouldn't last.' But Elza and Vivian Moses surprised them all. He i...

via The Oatmeal We don't do Valentine's Day very big in our house. It kind of gets a polite nod more than anything. I'm impre...

My Blackberry Is Not Working! (Just in case you didn't get the Orange reference, it's a mobile carrier in the UK)

In honor of Thomas Edison 's 164th birthday: via  Google

I did, too. Thankfully, /Film is looking out for us. Watch This: All 61 Ads from Super Bowl XLV (2011) in 2 Minutes | /Film : "Some ...

Design by  LittleGretchen My friend Ann Stephens has an inpsiring post on her blog today: Esther Howland spotted a market, got to work, a...

Hubby has been watching Pawn Stars on Netflix lately and I find the show incredibly interesting and aggravating at the same time - I love ...

Recently, Igor was planning to write "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Minus Zombies" until he discovered someone had already writ...

40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

I set up this post a long time ago, but never hit publish for some reason. I still like these, though, so here ya go: see more Hacked IRL...