In "Sock-sorting"

This is fake. Socks in the real world never match up like that. Where are the stray ones whose better halves left them for lintier pastures? Also: Cheat: Just nudge each sock around in the big pile on his crotch.

In "Canadian Coffee Quaffin' Monkeys Unite!"

I had 124 cafes, and 32 starbuxes within 3 km of me, so I tried me a little tweak to see what was within 1 km. Load the site, then paste the following in your address bar and hit enter... that should give you a "1 km" option to choose. javascript:var e=document.getElementById('ray');e.innerHTML=''+e.innerHTML;void(0); That narrowed it down to 20 cafes and 2 starbuxes. There's actually a third starbucks that opened in the last couple months that they don't know about yet.

In "MoFi meetup weekend party"

Thanks for hosting the meetup, Melinika -- It was fun! And it was great meeting all the other monkeys, from near and far. On the topic of games, we mustn't forget the exciting rounds of mechanical Babble. [ you know you're an addict when... ] As for cereal, I found that the trick to keeping your it safe from little kids' hands is to ensure that it looks (and tastes!) like dog food. yUm!

I'm in! Gonna saddle me up a greyhound and head on down to the lanes. { Yee haw. }

In "Curious George: In what order should I read the _Chronicles of Narnia_?"

I opted to read them in the order published, but later came across the following: http://members.lycos.co.uk/Jonathan_Gregory76/faq.htm?#Read Lewis' writing is good enough that I can forgive the forced Christianity. For me, it felt like reading '50s sci-fi where you can laugh at the mispredicted futurism, while still greatly enjoying the story.

In "Babble"

The game sneaks up behind you and pounces on every last drop of free time you can spare. You'll find that you frantically type letter combinations five minutes before each day's puzzle ends in hopes of stumbling on those last few words you need. During the day, each sign you see or book you read will fade away, leaving only its letters behind. Those your brain will chew on till you shout out (to no one in particular), "Yes! an S7/36!!" Heed the warning well! (( oh, and someone rescue me! ))

In "Canadian feds investigating links between Viagara and blindness."

Capt.: Nope, I'm not a Falls monkey (I'm living in Tronnow) but have had the opportunity to drive around the area. I had no idea you were local :) I guess the misspelling just brought "Niagara" to the top of my mind, since my instinct is to spell it that way too.

There was a highway sign on the way to Niagara Falls that had the first vertical bar of the "N" rubbed off. This made the sign read: "\|iagara Falls". Could be why you spelled it that way. (Mental image: a great viagra-powered gush flying through the air... millions of gallons...) [Or it could be that all the blood left your brain on its way to more southern locales.]

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