Not what she was hoping to eat
When Allison went to open the microwave to retrieve her warm food, she ended up with something different than she expected: the microwave handle.
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Random abstract
Allison and a colleague were surprised to find out that their research article was published online with the abstract to a different article. Hopefully there’s still time to fix it in the physical journal.
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Keynote under the stars
Last night I woke up at midnight to do a virtual keynote on growth mindset for senior leaders in Europe and Asia, but the power in our house and neighborhood was out, so I had neither internet nor lighting. Nothing is Santa Fe is open 24 hours, so I resorted …
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New type of hair brush
This is not the instrument I used this morning to brush my teeth. It is the instrument I used this morning to brush my hair, after my comb was nowhere to be found. I had to use a toothbrush (from the travel bag they gave me in the airplane) to …
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Christmas lottoparty!
A programming error in a South Carolina’s Christmas Day lottery game generated an overabundance of winning tickets. $19.6 million worth. A store manager described a frenzy of people rushed in to purchase winning tickets. Photo: Bartosz Senderek
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Faulty Christmas lights
Pennsylvania woman receives $284 billion electric bill “We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong.” Horomanski said the $284 billion bill caused her to ask her son for a different Christmas present this year. “I told him I want a heart monitor.” …
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Natural tools
This morning I woke up and went to eat my staple breakfast when I’m traveling (a Chipotle burrito bowl) and I realized I hadn’t brought to my room a napkin or a fork, so I had to eat it with the tools nature gave me. Two silver linings: (i) I …
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Are those your socks?
“Are those your socks on the street?”, asked my wife, as we approached our car after attending the San Jose Earthquakes soccer game. Yep.
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One unfolding surprise after the next
“Be whisked away by one unfolding surprise after the next“, read the brochure for the hotel where my hosts lodged me. And indeed, I was surprised rather frequently during my stay, mostly by the beautiful artwork all over the place, like this wall one saw upon exiting the elevator on …
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Lawyer Lawyer, Pants on Fire
On the funny (and effective and well-timed) side… Lawyer’s Pants Catch Fire During Florida Arson Trial
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