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Various quotations

Amazing high quality artworks in various categories from great designers all over the globe. Personality gets the heart – Submitted by Vik West. Draw a Stickman. 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Drinking. The first thing to go during detoxification is the mind.

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Drinking

It starts to wander. Short-term memory misfires. The simplest tasks will require as much focus as defusing a time bomb. Shit, where do you put the mustard? There was a day in the first week of my own detoxification when I walked into the living room four times in a row to get my phone, but each time I forgot to pick it up. Part of this lack of focus is because you're constantly tired from the insomnia/nightmare combination, part of it is the nervous system not having the security blanket of booze it's used to.

The smallest things would irritate me into a full-blown rage. If each of those guns held a billion bullets, it wouldn't be enough. Some people in that situation may have a few people close to them who sympathize with what they're going through (assuming they connect the bad mood with the alcohol at all, and they may not if they've never tried to quit). Quitting Smoking: 6 Things You Notice About the Stupid World. Video Game Sports CPU Opponents are Cheating Assholes I have to keep myself distracted.

Quitting Smoking: 6 Things You Notice About the Stupid World

When it comes to killing time during withdrawal, active is better than passive. I need something to keep the brain and hands occupied. Time to turn off the TV. Besides, all of television is a secret plot by Big Tobacco to irritate ex-smokers into smoking again. Avoid 'Friends' marathons during recovery Hey. I'm not a huge fan of hockey, but the game NHL 2011 for the Xbox 360 is one of the best sports titles I've played in years. My entire roster looks exactly like this. But even with all of these modifications, the computer scored a goal in the final 18 seconds of the game (I had pulled my own goalie so I'd have six skaters) making it 121 to one.

5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday. The Regression Fallacy You'll Hear it As: "If this cock ring isn't lucky, then how come I got that new job when I was wearing it?

5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday

" How It Screws Us: Human beings are hardwired to see patterns. Seeing links and connections between various stimuli is a big part of how people navigate complex environments. But misfires in pattern recognition create all sorts of weirdness, particularly in the form of superstition. Planting A Pineapple. Did y’all know that you can take this and turn it into… This?

Planting A Pineapple

And that this will eventually produce… This? Yes, I’m talking about turning your average, ordinary grocery store pineapple into a tropical showpiece within your home. The 32 Wittiest Comebacks Of All Time. 21 Scathingly Witty Insults By Famous People. The 10 Lamest Michael Jackson Tributes. All the chinese kids are wearing one. Oh, that is helpful.

all the chinese kids are wearing one

The BBC's website with educational resources features a helpful section to teach kids Primary Languages, including French, Spanish and Mandarin. I point your attention to caricatures they have representing the three languages. While they're all donning stereotypical cultural headwear, the Chinese kid is wearing a bowl of rice.

On his head. Seriously, a freaking bowl of rice? UPDATE: It appears that someone at BBC got wise and removed the rice bowl from that poor Chinese kid's head. 15 Unintentionally Perverted Toys for Children. Wolverine Squeaky Hammer Yep, that's Wolverine menacingly glaring at your kid with his cock out.

15 Unintentionally Perverted Toys for Children

Let's just put that on the table right away. We realize a whole bunch of you have already seen the above image, stripped of all context (we bet at least one of you has it as your avatar on a message board somewhere). 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us. Being a human is a pretty sweet gig, all things considered.

6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us

We've got opposable thumbs so dexterous they could start their own Cirque du Soleil troupe and brains so ripped our skulls can barely contain them. But before you grab your dog and give him a triumphant "IN YOUR (FAITHFUL, ADORABLE) FACE! " you should know that some of the traits and behaviors that make us human are also demonstrated by other animals. Animals that apparently think they're people. #6. What to name a baby is one of the first things that expecting parents obsess about. GettyAll babies look alike, even Theobold Pimpmeister here. And more than that, individual names also make humans special. "Never mind, Christine. Except the talking animals depicted in Disney movies aren't so far off the mark, at least when it comes to a few select species.