Today’s designated time-killers
“It’s a stupid name!” “So’s your face!”
The UN free-rice vocab game, guaranteed time-suck for word-nerd know-it-alls like me (thanks to reader Smash for the tip).
The new TWoP blogs, with daily picks and random bitching (today’s topics: Hasselbeck’s doofy baby-naming skills, Jenna Fischer on the strike, and why the latest ep of Cold Case bugged me). I would link you to my latest Beeyotchelor weecap, but it’s as boring as the ep was, which is to say zzzz.
And last but certainly not least: goddamn you, containerstore.com. Goddamn you to hell. Because I want those DVD storage boxes, but not in those colors, and I can’t seem to find the right thing anywhere else. I’ve looked at CB2, West Elm, Ikea.com, Pottery Barn, Bed Bath & Beyond — no love. Even more mad-making: I was just in a Target the other day, and not the shitsack Tarzh Of The Damned in Atlantic Center, either. A real one. A good one. Where I bought an awesome watch for nineteen dollars (ya burnt, Fossil — “Mossimo” and “awesome” share many key letters). And I could have bought them there, but I didn’t, because I forgot to look. And Tarzh.com only has them in black and wicker. Meh.
If y’all don’t have much to do, and wouldn’t mind pointing me to some DVD storage boxes that aren’t black, super-expensive, or made of hay, that would rock. Don’t forget, TinyURL is your friend.
Tags: curmudgeoning home 'n' garden retail sites TV
Oh, I’m so ashamed! I thought I was a real word person, but I never made it past 46 on my first go-round. (And I wasn’t exactly on that level long.) One day, freerice.com. One day.
Sorry, Kate H, for endangering your head! (I can’t get past 50 either!)
50?! Shoot, I hit 42 one time and I thought I was AWESOME.
All of you need to read less and go play outside more. Then I can win.
:)
Over 5,000 grains of rice & I can’t break 50 – from thier FAQ: “There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.”
So we’re damned good at this, folks.
apparently there’s a super-secret 51 – but you have to hover at 50 for 100 turns to reach it. i have not yet begun to fight!
50! 50! 50!
Noooo, not competitive, really. Just want to encourage other readers and cause the donation of rice.
I hit 50 a few times, but only momentarily. Mostly I hover around 47-48.
I had my middle school class doing it today. Working in pairs, they were managing level 27 or so and loving every minute of it!
(If it can entertain 12 year olds…)
Hey, played it for a bit, and really enjoyed it. However, I needed to do my “real job.”
then, today. I found this:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp
How cool it is, that Free Rice isn’t one more of those online things. It’s real!
That makes me feel good.
Finally had time to try out freerice.com. OMG, what a fabulous timewaster – reminds me of why I loved taking standardized tests as a teenager. So you CAN get above 48? I got to 48, and then the site crashed with “Sorry, we are unable to continue right now. Please try back again a little later.” I did miss the word “recrudesce” a few rounds before the site quit on me. Hee. No idea that word even existed. What I love about it is that you get to use your knowledge of linguistic roots and try to remember dimly contexts in which the word might have appeared, as you eliminate the incorrect choices.