I’ve been trying to get everyone I know to get on Twitter. Most of the time I’m met with “I don’t wanna know what someone is doing every single second“. Then I have to explain to them that that’s not what Twitter is about, that it’s like a blog that you can post to quickly from your phone. By that point they have already zoned out and started thinking about what witty things they should put on their AIM or Facebook away messages, neglecting the fact that Twitter is all those things, but better. But don’t just take it from me, here’s what Dooce has to say about Twitter.

The whole point of working out with a friend is so that you can use each other as an obligation to go work out. And it works. I think at one point I actually went to the gym 5 times a week, which is an impressive accomplishment for me. But sometime it’s pretty easy to get out of it since Dennis and I are both lazy bastards. This is how a conversation with Dennis usually goes:

“Work out at 6?”
“Sure, and then rock some RockBand?”
“Sweet. Wanna grab some food after that?”
“I’m kinda hungry, I’d rather eat before that.”
“Hmmmm… Wanna just skip working out and go get food?”
“Sounds good to me.”
“I’ll be there in 30 minutes.”

Notice that Honda and Toyota are the only big stand-alone Japanese automakers. While Toyota branches out to other subsidiary brands, Honda pretty much stays to itself. Mitsubishi, Mazda and Nissan all have large portions of their shares owned by another entity.

According to George R. R. Martin, a good source considering he is the author, has said he expects to be be finished with his latest entry in the Song of Ice and Fire series by June meaning a Fall release. Suffice it to say I am overcome with excitement. The book will be titled A Dance with Dragons. And they have cover pages!!

I started watching CBS’s How I Met Your Mother back in September of last year, at the beginning of its third season. Last night’s episode was by far the best I’ve ever seen. It also had the show’s highest ratings ever. Granted that was probably because it had Britney Spears as a guest star, and I have to say she wasn’t all that bad. As an added bonus, Sarah Chalke was also in the episode as a doctor, how appropriate. What a perfect episode to have Spears draw in the audience, I bet they’ll pick up a ton of regular viewers from this.

The show is presented by the voice of Bob Saget from the future. He is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother and the whole story arch is about who she will be. The lead character (Ted) goes through different relationships which never seems to works out, while a woman with a yellow umbrella, whose face is never revealed, makes cameo appearances. This yellow umbrella girl is alluded to as being “the one”, but he always ends up not meeting her. In last week’s St. Patrick’s day episode (also a good one) she was at the same bar that Ted was at. Now you’re all set up to watch last night’s episode, although I strongly suggest you watch the St. Patrick’s day episode first.

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Ms. Bikini Universe 2007 Marzia Prince.
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I highly recommend Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor’s talk about her experience of having a brain hemorrhage and what it taught her. It is, by general consensus, “one of the most memorable TED talks of all time“.

Also check out Craig Venter’s talk about just how close he came to creating synthetic life.