Find the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born

Enter your birthdate (or any date) and find the #1 song for that date here!

The results will include a link to the #1 song nine months earlier, if you know what I mean ;-) or care to know.

Buy Properties, Build Houses and Hotels, Collect Rent, Repeat As Necessary Until Everyone Else Is Bankrupt

"Monopoly is America’s defining board game. . .

Where else will grandma grind down the grandkids until they make the land she wants? Or a spouse read deep into the rules to ensure the tax treatment of mortgaged property? It is raw capitalism, in boardgame form.

So maybe there’s something to learn about the evolution of economy in the decision to cast out the iron from the collection of official game tokens and add a kitty cat."

Read the Washington Post, What that new Monopoly piece tells us about the economy. 

Now Why Didn't We Think of This: Urine-Controlled Video Games

"Going to the loo has never been more fun, after the world's first urine-controlled video game is installed in a London bar:"

It Didn't Take Long

UPDATE II: You too can try your hand at killing/capturing OBL. "A game developer has created a replica of Osama bin Laden's compound for a new level of the first-person shooter video game Counter-Strike." Read The New York Times, Video Game Level Replicates Bin Laden Compound.


UPDATE: More dead OBL humor, here is a picture of his headstone:

Mission Impossible, Squirrel Edition

Your mission, Mr. Squirrel, get the nuts:


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BTW, this appears to be a ripoff of Squirrel on an Impossible Reggae Mission.

Escapa

The object of the game is to move the red block around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls. Click and hold the red square. Now, move it so that you neither touch the walls nor get hit by any of the blue blocks.

If you make it to 18 seconds, you are doing brilliantly!

Give it a try but be careful...it is addictive

Cat Bowling

Squash as many cats as possible. Use your SPACEBAR to bowl, and the moving ghostly arrow to aim your shot. But beware! The arrow's speed changes with each throw.

Now get back to work!

Tiger Mistress Golf

UPDATE V: Read the Washington Post, His life fell apart, and now so has his game.


UPDATE IV: The family guy wins. Read The New York Times, Family Values Become a Focus at Augusta.

A fitting outcome I think.


UPDATE III: Speaking from the grave, Nike has unveiled a new commercial featuring Tiger and the voice of his deceased father asking whether he (Tiger) learned anything:



This ad would not have been done without his approval. I think it is a remarkably humble act of self shaming.

Will it be recognized as a brilliant bit of PR, setting the new standard? Read the Washington Post, Tiger Woods Nike ad: Penance as commodity.

What do you think?


UPDATE II: He's back. Read The New York Times, Why Tiger Matters?

It is a sad commentary on society, but no one will care about his behavior if, and when, he wins again.

But why does The Cheetah's personal behavior matter? Because "[i]f we're not careful, celebrities' infidelities can weaken the institution of monogamous marriage. "

Enough serious, enjoy the game.


UPDATE: The Cheetah won't have these problems if he had only used TigerText. Read CNN, TigerText: An iPhone App for Cheating Spouses?

The mistresses are coming out of the woodwork, and the Cheetah (formerly know as Tiger) has got to get the situation under control. And you know that when his back is against the wall, he is at his best. In this game, help Tiger make sure no more mistresses talk to the media!

(Hint: Place your cursor near the mistress, calculate the appropriate lead or lag, and drive away.)

The guy who emailed me the link got "2 Ho's in one, one birdie, three pars, two 8's, and one 9." What was your score?

P.S. Watch out, it's addictive!

More Changey Stuff

To allow, or not to allow, proper nouns? Read the Washington Post, U.S. players react to news that new Scrabble version will allow proper nouns.

Get over it people, it's just a game.

Boys Will Be Boys

Since the dawn of time, man has battled the forces of gravity, gliders, wings and contraptions of all sorts. In the end, all it took was a simple giant water slide down the side of a mountain:

Truthfully, the video looks fake, but it is so hard to tell anymore. What do you think?

Try the Newest Shoe-ter Game

I'm told that the game, G. W. Bush Ego Shoe-Ter, is all the rage.

What was your score?

And don't forget to vote in the poll.

How Old is Your Brain?

The test program is written in Japanese so review these instruction first:

1. Touch 'start'
2. Wait for 3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the number's position on the screen, and then click the circle from the smallest number to the biggest number.
4. At the end of the game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

Good luck! Take the test.

Tell us, how old is your brain?

Mine was 33. I'm not sure if that is good or bad since I am not 33 years old.

Tell your friends to take the test.

Turket Shoot

The holiday season is here, so have a little fun shooting turkeys.

What was your score?