Procrastinate on This! Your Brain on Fiction
It makes me sad to think of you toiling away on a Friday afternoon, so I think you should do this instead:
1. Apparently the cost of printing the New York Times is twice as much as sending every subscriber a free Kindle. Raise your hand if you’d rather have the Kindle. Me! Me! [Alley Insider]
2. Speaking of Kindle, think about this the next time you read a book. [boingboing]
3. Apparently having children is really, really hard on a marriage. Friendly reminder to continue supporting and appreciating and setting aside alone time with your spouse even after the kid is born. [New York Times]
4. Normally, I’m all like just say no to suicide, but if I was any of the pets featured on the insanely scrollable site “Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves,” I’d probably slit my wrists and encourage my compatriots to do the same — especially if I were the dog that got groomed to look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. [PetsWhoWantToKillThemselves]
5. As for this parody of the New York Times’ Weekender commercials — it’s funny, b/c it’s oh so brilliantly true [Gawker]:
I Love the pets who want to kill themselves. It's just wrong
I Love the pets who want to kill themselves. It's just wrong
thank you for my new favorite site since Cake Wrecks.
thank you for my new favorite site since Cake Wrecks.
First of all, I couldn't figure out what the heck she was holding. Then, I got that it was a dog, but I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to be. Then, I finally got that, and now I want to kill myself on behalf of the dog.
I couldn't figure it out either! I thought it was some kind of stuffed animal. Then I realized… oh, the horror.
First of all, I couldn't figure out what the heck she was holding. Then, I got that it was a dog, but I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to be. Then, I finally got that, and now I want to kill myself on behalf of the dog.
I couldn't figure it out either! I thought it was some kind of stuffed animal. Then I realized… oh, the horror.