Taken from Danese Cooper at

The backstory: So, I’ve been trying to get rid of a lot of stuff around the house, and since I’ve exhausted the eBay/Amazon approach for the moment, I turned to FreeCycle, where I can give away the stuff, and have it go to a wanted home, even if I don’t get any money from it. [...]

From Poppy:

Cheer BearYou’re the Care Bear cheerleader! Your spunky personality and optimisim lifts everyone’s spirit. Though you want everyone to be happy, you stand your ground on issues you feel strongly about and this can bring disunity among your friends. Despite this, you are a true believer in working together.

Take the Which Care Bear Are [...]

This story was found through Fark and just too good to pass up.
The short of it: Gillette spent $1 million on product placement to put razors in the “welcome bags” of the attendees. Good idea, except for one small thing – you can’t take the razors through security.

I just want to let everyone know what I plan to do next summer so that you can keep me accountable:

I will race in a Women’s Category 4 race in the summer of 2005 and “hold my own.” And by “holding my own”, I mean that I finish the race and not get dropped.

I [...]