Appreciation
Sun Nov 22, 2009 13:09 (UTC -5)All is quiet on the World of Stuff front. Okay, I guess you guys don’t think polished writing about potentially lethal fast-food menu items is very much worth commenting on. Noted. I never know which posts are going to be snoozers and which aren’t.
This past week at work, there was a sort of appreciation week going on. People were getting appreciated left and right. Even we, the humble IT workers way back in the corner of the building got some love. On Thursday, I got a half-dozen homemade blueberry muffins from a student group whose web site I run. And on Friday, we had a Thanksgiving feast for lunch. During the meal, we were asked to select a needy child to buy Christmas gifts for, and my IT co-workers and I decided to provide for a two-year-old boy who wanted some toy trucks.
Yes, ’tis the season to ask your professors if they’re holding class the day before Thanksgiving (and of course, they all are). The student body voted last year to make the day before Thanksgiving a university holiday, but it won’t go into effect for a few years because they draw up each year’s calendar far in advance.
How Races and Religions Match in Online Dating. (Via waxy.org)
A Google employee realized that many people don’t know what a browser is even though they spend a lot of time using one. To that end, he created a short video with an explanation. (Via Lifehacker)
