Remember my love of two-dollar words?

I generally avoid computer games, mainly because I waste enough time reading blogs as it is. FreeRice.com is a really neat idea, however. It's a vocab game that progressively gets harder as you play. There are tons of those out there though. The unique feature of this site is that every word you get right equals a grain of rice donated to impoverished nations. The site has a FAQ that explains how exactly that works. (Believe me, I definitely didn't trust this one at first look. It seems to be legit though.) This is a really easy way of expanding your vocab and feeling good about yourself in the process. Plus your ego gets a boost when you get the obscure words. Win win!

I could handle the ghetto car, but 12 kids???

Anybody remember MASH? No, not the one with Hawkeye (though how awesome is Alan Alda? Very awesome.) I'm talking about the game you play with the little paper foldy thing. You give five names of guys you know (or girls' names depending on your gender/preference), five colors, five car types, five different numbers, five locations, and five jobs. Then you do the foldy thing and you suddenly know your future. Or something like that. I mean I'm not planning on living in Peoria while driving a green Dodge Dart married to the guy in my third grade class who picked his nose, but it was still always a good time and an excellent way to figure out who was crushing on who. I've long since forgotten how to make the paper thing, but now you can play online. Eric Bana's wife will be very unhappy when she hears he's moving to the Italian Riviera with me. Maybe the nose picker is still available?

Did you hear Miss Cleo's in jail?

I will be the first one to tell you that horoscopes are a load of hogwash. If they had any truth to them whatsoever, I would have found true love years ago and would have been promoted 14 times in a career I do not have. And yet every time I get one of my beloved magazines, I scan the zodiac for Taurus and read about things that won't happen. Or might. They're usually just vague enough that you can't tell. Well, if you're tired of reading the trite "you will have a good month if you love yourself, blah blah blah," check out biorhythms (needs Java). It's a whole new way to not predict anything whatsoever. Supposedly I'm having an unhealthy day tomorrow. Hmmm...maybe it does know something about my new dark kitkat obsession?