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Book of Odds is an interesting new site that lets you search for odds on just about anything. For example, not that this is earth shattering but apparently golf is safer than mountain biking.
1 in 644
The odds a golfer will be injured while playing golf in a year are 1 in 644 (US, 2006).
1 in 838.7
The odds a mountain biker will be injured while mountain biking in a year are 1 in 838.7 (US, 2006).
But you should be much more worried when you golf than when you’re out in a thunderstorm:
1 in 1,230,000
The odds a person will be injured by lightning in a year are 1 in 1,230,000 (US, 2003).
Check out Book of Odds here.
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook saying it would “make my day”. It did in fact. Crossing my fingers that I somehow get caught in one of these sudden public dance routines.
More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.
Telegraph.co.uk has an interesting feature on odd festivals around the world. Some highlights (do not particularly condone the first one):
Baby Jumping Festival, Castrillo de Murcia, Spain
Wife Carrying World Championships, Sonkajärvi, Finland
Hadaki Matsuri (Naked Festival), Japan
Care of thingsyoushouldnottwitter.com: Twitter can be fun, help you keep in touch, discover new things. But airing grievances about your boss, or asking for advice on how to lie to your wife? Not the best idea.
More.
“There is a storm being caused by gay marriage and we are all in serious trouble.” Take that stupid hateful PSA’s.
A Gaythering Storm on FunnyorDie.com: courtesy of FOD Team, Jane Lynch, Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass, George Takei, Liz Feldman, Jason Lewis, Sarah Chalke, and Sophia Bush
more about “A Gaythering Storm (Video)“, posted with vodpod
Great spoken word.
when you step out of the phone booth and try to fly, and the very people you want to save are the ones standing on your cape
In an unanimous ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that marriage is no longer limited to one man and one woman. The decision makes Iowa the first Midwestern state, and the fourth nationwide, to allow same-sex marriages. Gay marriage is expected to be legal in IA in 3 weeks.
Amen! Enough said.
The 50 States Project brings together a photographer from each of the 50 States. Over the course of one year each photographer will represent the State where they live. Every two months the photographers are sent an assignment by e-mail, and they have two months to produce one image in response. The first assignment, (“People”), was sent in January 2009. The second, (“Habitat”), was sent in March. By the end of the project there will be 300 images from across the US.
Since I live in Chicago, here is the Ilinois photo for “People”:
"Home of Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich After Impeachment, January, 2009" © Brian Ulrich
Delaware:
"Untitled" © Chad States
Michigan:
"Joe Diesel, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 2009" © Peter Baker
New Jersey:
"Bride to Be in Limousine" © Juliana Beasley
