Misadventures in Bicycling...

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It's time for... Misadventures in Bicycling!!


In D.C. this month rich hippies are just pissing themselves with anticipation. Their wildest dreams are coming true; Washington D.C. is preparing to get a little more European. Next month they're looking to start SmartBike D.C.; essentially a bike rental service complete with enviropower and, more importantly, a hint of good ol' European sass. You can redeem environmentalist guilt for a bicycle at SmartBike and drop it off anytime within the next three hours at your choice of their 10 convenient locations.

Though this could fail horribly for many reasons, if it survives the initial bout of theft it could be moderately sweet. I have to say I'm pretty excited. If anyone else actually even remotely cares, please feel free to discuss it with me immediately... immediately... I heart bicycles!

P.S. If everyone would go out and buy their ridiculous, brightly colored, skintight biking outfit now it'd probably save us all from a long line later.

Spot The Fake Smile...

While I was running through Cognitive Daily's recent rss posts I found out they're running a pretty sweet little test called Spot The Fake Smile at BBC.co.uk.

On the first run I got 19 out of 20 correct, but that's because I knew the trick going in. The secret is to look for a little extra scrunching around the eyes, that usually means you're getting a real smile. Once you take the test they go over all the tells in detail, but as long as you pay attention to the eyes you should get at least 15/20.

I challenge you to match my superior skyllz!