Beyond Absurd - by M P

Mad Praise for a Mad Product
by
Maria Popova *
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[Some consumers joyfully] reap the irresistible low-hanging fruit of an especially questionable product, such as the AutoExec Wheelmate Steering Wheel Attachable Work Surface Tray. Just when you might think this is intended as a gag gift for that common-sense-defiant teenage driver, you realize this is a serious “ergonomic work surface” “designed to be used in a vehicle’s steering wheel” and “developed for the mobile worker on the road needing support for their tablet or a great place to write” … in an age when it’s both idiotic and illegal to text-and-drive, let alone type-and-drive.

Some reviewers go for the meta ...

eg. Michael McCollough: "You wouldn't believe how much more interesting my commute is now that I have something to do other than just stare out the  window! I'm using it right now to post this review ...."

Others take it a satirical step further: "I just picked uuyp my laptop hoder from the post offfice and I’m ddriving home now. It’s OK Iguess, but the bumpy road majkes it hard to type. And theree’s a lot of pedeestrians and traffi c that keep distracti9ng me fromm my computer. It’s prolly OK ffor web browsing or email, but I don’gt think it will be so useful for mmore complex tasks. Oh, and yyou can’t make any sharrp turns. So when you turn right, somnetimess you have to use the oppsing lane of traffic ...."

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*Source : http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/29/funniest-amazon-reviews-2/
 

December Awareness - by The Stillwater Scouter

December Awareness*

by
The Stillwater Scouter
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December is Universal Human Rights Month and Awareness Month of Awareness Months Month.

Weekly observances in December involve Cookie Cutters, Hand Washing Awareness, Halcyon Days, and Bird Counts.

- December 1 is Day With(out) Art Day.

- December 2 is Mutt Day.

- December 3 is Persons With Disabilities Day.

- December 4 is Wildlife Conservation Day.

- December 5 is Ninja Day and Bathtub Party Day.

- December 6 is Miners' Day.

- December 7 is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

- December 8 is Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (The Scouter's best to BB's own Peachy ... and The Compassionate Friends).

- December 9 is Anti-corruption Day. [TPO says, "Good Luck with that!"]
 
- December 10 is Nobel Prize Day.

- December 11 is Mountain Day.

- December 12 is Poinsettia Day.

- December 13 starts the Leonid meteor shower.

- December 14 is Monkey Day.

- December 15 is Bill of Rights Day.

- December 16 is Chocolate-covered Anything Day.

- December 17 is Wright Brothers Day. The full moon is called 'Cold Moon' by Native Americans of the Great Lakes, as long nights/short days mean cold weather.

- December 18 is Migrants Day.

- December 19 is the first anniversary of Park Geun-hye being elected the first woman President of South Korea.

- December 20 is Underdog Day.

- December 21 is Yule, Winter Solstice, International Dalek Remembrance Day, and Humbug Day.

- December 22 is Haiku Poetry Day.

- December 23 is the date that 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo were released after 11 months.

- Christmas Eve and day are December 24 and 25.

- December 26 is Whiner's Day and Thank-you Note Day.

- December 27 is somebody's birthday.

- December 28 is Pledge of Allegiance Day.

- December 29 is Tick Tock Day.

- December 30 is Falling Needles Family Fest Day.

- December 31 is New Year's Eve.
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*Source: The Bulletin Board, Pioneer Press (11/30/2013)