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Home What are Buttcoins? Why should I invest in bitcoins? Contact History What is a Buttcoin?Buttcoin is a peer-to-peer butt. Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new butts or tracks butts. These tasks are managed collectively by the network. It’s like a bitcoin, but with butts instead. Why call it Buttcoin?Because butts are funny. And it kinda sounds like Bitcoin. (more…) http://buttcoin.org/

How could I have done without this invaluable concept all these years?! Also known apparently as the utility, hedonistic or hedonic calculus: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicific_calculus

I just signed up for his grocery delivery service; it's excellent. Has anyone else used it?

13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare Like Precalculus and Newton's laws, Shakespeare's plays are among the most groaned-about high school topics, begetting the complaint: "When will I ever need to know about this in real life?" Turns out, pretty often. Shakespeare can be credited for the invention of thousands of words that are now an everyday part of the English language (including, but not limited to, "eyeball," "fashionable," and "manager.") In addition to his being a particularly clever wordsmith, Shakespeare's word invention can be credited to the fact that the English language as a whole was in a major state of flux during the time t…

It is funny. IMHO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6XbWPEL8A

So now Google will know when we get hot flashes, or smoke weed in bed and set off the CO alarm. https://investor.google.com/releases/2014/0113.html https://nest.com/blog/2014/01/13/welcome-home/ Next up -- smart sex toys? There has to be a niche for reverse-feedback teledildonics somewhere in all this.

Astounding. Man Tries to Hug a Wild Lion, You Won’t Believe What Happens Next! earth porm When you hear of someone trying to hug a wild lion, you immediately think you know exactly what’s about to happen. But trust me when i say, you will not see this coming. Kevin Richardson is a South African Zoologist who over the years has conducted extensive research on the native animals of the African plains. If this was any one other than Kevin trying to hug a lion, we may have had an all too predictable story to tell. But with his decades of hands on study and research, Mr. Richardson has developed an awe-inspiring and heart-warming relationship with these ferocious felin…

Who knew? There is afoot a worldwide movement to get men to pee sitting down, according to this writer who will have no truck with the notion: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10555436/Im-taking-a-stand-against-peeing-sitting-down.html One is dying to know hito's position on this urgent issue.

The Best (and Worst) Airlines By Scott McCartney | The Wall Street Journal Travel is an ice-jammed nightmare now, but travelers have been getting used to more problems: Last year was one of the worst for airline reliability of the past five years. Delays went up and more flights were canceled in 2013 than 2012, even though airlines again reduced the number of flights crowding airports, according to FlightStats Inc., which tracked more than 8 million trips last year. About 78% of flights on U.S. airlines arrived on-time last year, down from 80% in 2012. The Middle Seat's annual scorecard of airline service is in. Razer launches a smartband aimed at the gaming set.…

Only disappointed that "American Hustle" won for Best comedy.

Visa run advice? Abstract: where in South-East Asia can I travel and stay cheaply, even during Chinese New Year, and get a triple entry tourist visa for Thailand? My work visa and work permit end on 31.01.2014. (1) I have to leave Thailand, but want to come back after a few days to spend some more months in Thailand. (2) It will be Chinese New Year, which will make travelling and finding accommodation difficult. In which countries in South-East Asia Chinese New Year is not celebrated to a large extent? I want to go for a visa in a country where I can enter preferably without needing a visa and without entrance fee of any kind (as a German). I would go …

During Xmas week when there wasn't much worth watching on TV, I started watching the first four seasons of White Collar on Netflix. I thought it was kind of weak in the plot lines, but Bomer is worth looking at and I started to get hooked. IMHO the first couple seasons are weak, but season four was good, and I really started lusting after Bomer(I am sure he's a bttm!) I had never read anything about him, when I looked it up, turns out Bomer's BF is one of the TOP Hollywood agents and the BF's brother is also gay and co agent and they said when he shows up at the big movie events like Cannes Film Festival, he has younger hot guys in tow.. Maybe we can ask him to post s…

Time hasn't been pleasant to former teen heart throb David Cassidy. David Cassidy was just arrested by Tom Jones ... for drunk driving. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Cassidy was in upstate New York early this AM -- outside Albany -- when he was pulled over by OFFICER Jones for driving with his high beams when he wasn't supposed to. We're told Jones smelled alcohol on Cassidy's breath and administered a field sobriety test, during which Cassidy performed poorly. The singer/actor blew a .1 and was cuffed and taken to jail. He now faces felony drunk driving because he had a prior DUI in Florida. Cassidy has been released on $2,500 bail. His stepmom, Shirley Jon…

Your Gmail Is About To Get Even Less Private The Huffington Post | By Alexis Kleinman If you're a Gmail user, you probably also have a Google+ account. Until now, that likely meant nothing to you. However, with a new Gmail update, random people on Google+ will be able to send emails to your Gmail account without you ever having given them your email address, according to a new post on the Official Gmail Blog. These messages from strangers will arrive in your Gmail inbox just like emails, but the stranger won't know your email address unless you respond. "Your email address isn't visible to a Google+ connection unless you send that person an email, and…

This seems like good news. We'll see how long the troglodyte Congress takes to catch up with popular sentiment. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/06/cnn-poll-support-for-legal-marijuana-soaring/

2014's Most Affordable Cities For Living On A Budget, According To Apartment Guide For many Americans, a new year means a new budget -- especially if a move is in your future. And if you're thinking of heading to a big city in 2014 while keeping your resolution of saving some serious cash, cities like New York (where an apartment can cost you more than a castle) just won't make the cut. Lucky for us, Apartment Guide took a second to look at their internal listing data and the Cost of Living Index by The Council for Community and Economic Research to determine the metros with the lowest rent AND lowest cost of living. Sounds like a win-win in our book. See orig…

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/01/06/how-to-ruin-your-gay-kids-life-inside-linda-harveys-book-maybe-hes-not-gay/ Linda Harvey says she recently removed her book, Maybe He’s Not Gay from Amazon because activists were giving it bad reviews without reading it? Well, Friendly Atheist has read the book, and it’s worse than you can imagine. An example: Next up, Harvey claims that accepting homosexuality will “shake the foundations of human culture.” And that it’s already happening! (The horror!) She offers a long list of the horrible, horrible consequences of greater acceptance of LGBT folks. While the list is too long to post in its entirety, here are som…

7 Worst Places To Retire In America | By Ashley Neglia SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com Based on high crime, poor air quality, natural disasters, and more, we rated places you might want to rethink spending your golden years. St. Louis, MO Getty The Gateway to the West and home of Anheuser-Busch is a beautiful all-American city, but if you're retiring, there are a few things to keep in mind. With high violent and property crime rates (it ranks as the second-most dangerous city in the U.S.), poor air quality, and nearly a 20 percent vacancy rate for homes and apartments (the national average is 11.38 percent), St. Louis might need to be crossed off your retirem…

Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role BRUCE DERN / Woody Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures) CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) TOM HANKS / Capt. Richard Phillips – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures) MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features) FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role CATE BLANCHETT / Jasmine – “BLUE JASMINE” (Sony Pictures Classics) SANDRA BULLOCK / Ryan Stone – “GRAVITY” (Warner Bros. Pictures) JUDI DENCH / Philome…

Not quite, but pretty close. Fascinating if you find atomic weapon history & technology interesting... http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq0.html

I don't know if OZ put some secret code in the log in space but I can't sign out or off from here! :-) First time that's ever happened, but in case someone is wondering what I am doing here 24/7...that's why!

A rather insightful (and, perhaps, brave) article about the current poltical happenings as written by Thomas Fuller, the NY Times correspondent based in Bangkok. I'm a bit surprised he hasn't received a bit of heat over some of his comments: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/world/asia/in-thailand-rallying-cry-is-against-too-much-democracy.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ref=thomasfuller

It looks like a great book but a interesting look at one of the most fascinating burglary's of all time. http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002635482/stealing-j-edgar-hoovers-secrets.html

Who do you think is the worst living Actor and Actress?

Breaking Bad isn't the only thing going on down in New Mexico. On New Year's Day, a mixed martial artist with a poor record in the ring (1-5) got a call that some men he had been feuding with were on their way over, despite that his family and child were there. Joseph Torrez took it seriously- the need to defend his home and loved ones from these four thugs. By the time it was over, he had killed one, seriously injured another, and sent two scurrying away in fear. Joseph Torrez, 27 Learn all of the details right here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mma-fighter-fends-attackers-killing-police-article-1.1567059 You might even like the extra pic they use of To…