Farmville Destroyed My Marriage

One in five doomed married couples cite Facebook by name in their divorce proceedings, according to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

A staggering 80 per cent of divorce lawyers have also reported a spike in the number of cases that use social media for evidence of cheating.

Facebook was by far the biggest offender, with 66 per cent of lawyers citing it as the primary source of evidence in a divorce case. 

 [Daily Mail]

JFK's Harvard Application Essay

"The reasons that I have for wanting to go to Harvard are several. I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer. Then to[?], I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a 'Harvard man' is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain."

Not exactly "Ask not what your country can do for you..."

[Huffington Post]

I Might Throw Up

Just looking at these...

[I Believe in Advertising]

Things That Exist

The Kinsey Scale

Forbes Fictional 15

Here's the annual listing of fiction's wealthiest, and looks who's at the top with a net worth of $34.1bn! (Source: compound interest, no kidding.)

Rounding out the rest of the list:

2. Scrooge McDuck: $33.5bn
3. Richie Rich: $11.5bn
4. Tony Stark: (only?) $8.8bn
5. Jed Clampett: $7.2bn
6. Adrian Veidt: $7.0bn
7. Bruce Wayne: $6.5bn
8. The Tooth Fairy: $3.9bn (source: inheritance)
9. Thurston Howell III: $2.1bn
10. Sir Tophan Hatt: $2.0bn

[Forbes]

Email Disclaimers: Officially Useless

These days, even the most innocuous messages—”Sure, squash at 6 sounds great”—sent from corporate email accounts are larded with dense legalese that is as universally unread as the health advisories on beer bottles. But the ominous warnings that you must obliterate, incinerate, and forget any email not intended for you don’t actually mean anything, according to legal experts.

[Wired]

What Debt, Honey?

A post about love, lies, and being really, really proactive.

In one of the most extreme deceptions … a 20-something woman fabricated her entire financial history. The original lie happened on the first date. Because he was very well-educated, successful and high-earning, she didn’t think he’d like her when she told him she didn’t have a degree or a job. She lied, saying she had her masters and a salaried position.

The woman continued the fib while they dated and into their eventual marriage. When he left home for work, she left too. When he returned home in the evening, so did she. Because he was so successful, he paid for everything and never noticed that she didn’t have an income. Eventually he did discover the truth and promptly filed for divorce.

[Forbes]

Rubik's Cube Art

Fascinating works of art by Cube Works Studio. The Hand of God, below, is made of 12,090 Rubik's cubes and measures 14'7" H x 28'10" W.

Many more on [Cube Works]

Saudis Take No Risks

Vulture tagged by Israeli scientists flies into Saudi Arabia ... and is arrested for being a spy.

[Daily Mail]

Fox News Hosts Thinking Hard

Full slideshow at [The Atlantic Wire]

Why Not to Cheat on Your Spouse

It's (hopefully) not relevant, but it's worth a read if for nothing but the quality of the writing.

[NYT]

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[Lee Byron]

Women Laughing Alone with Salad

The comments are not as entertaining as they could be, presumably due to an audience highly concentrated with women who laugh with their salad. But highlights include:
I've never been that happy about ANYTHING.
This gets really intense towards the end.
I want Women Laughing Alone Over The Grave of Stieg Larsson.
"Hahahahha I love brushing my teeth! Ha ha ha!" – Everyone

[the hairpin] via a friend

Henry David Thoreau

He was born David Henry Thoreau and never made a legal name change.

His brother John cut himself shaving and got lockjaw, dying a few days later in Henry Davis's arms.

He was mentored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who inspired him to keep a journal, encouraged him to begin publishing essays and poems, and suggested a personal respite near a pond called Walden. Emerson also hosted the Thoreau family at his house for a while and wrote Thoreau's eulogy.

He looked like Abe Lincoln, especially due to a neckbeard that would, according to Louisa May Alcott, "most assuredly deflect amorous advances."

His last sentence on his deathbed was, "Now comes good sailing."

He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA.

2010 in Dumb Pictures

Another year of headshakes and facepalms; highlights include:

[Wonkette]