There’s some terminology in the phone call I’ve never heard before and my spidey sense tells me: probably California.   You decide…..

(BBC NEWS) Mr. Ryan Block simply wanted to cancel his Comcast internet service.  Instead of a short phone call with the company, however, his experience turned into a 20-minute ordeal, as Block and his wife were berated by a Comcast “retention specialist” who doggedly refused to accept the request.

“Help me understand why you don’t want faster internet?” he repeatedly asked. “I’m trying to help you. You’re not letting me help you.”
Mr Block, a technology journalist who works for AOL, recorded the final eight minutes of the call and shared the audio with his 82,000 Twitter followers. The speed at which the clip went viral – the Soundcloud audio file had almost 4 million plays within two days – reflects that Mr Block is not alone in his frustration with major telecommunications providers.

Listen To The Audio HERE

I saw this on Facebook today, and thought it would make a fun game today.  What song title do YOU think describes Obama?

….when you realize that your badass jihadi boss owns a “Hello Kitty” notebook for his military battle plans:

Via Peoples Cube

I had never seen this before….   😀  it should come with a disclaimer to put down your drink when watching.   The exchange around 1:40 presents a painful risk to blowing any liquid out your nostril:

It’s the Giant Tree Weta, and it’s endemic to New Zealand.  Watch the little fella slavishly gnaw away at the researcher’s hand.  “You can see….he’s a bit of a goer.”  Yeah…he’s the Luis Suarez of the insect world.

Just because you have the right to remain silent, does not necessarily mean you have the ability.

We had a suspicion the White House was monitoring our site content. After we spent a few days making fun of the never moving, and never eaten, bowl of apples – they removed it.
Here is a picture from 6/13/14:

Here’s a pic from yesterday:

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Now that we have spent a couple of months years analyzing Middle East and North Africa events, here is the geography quiz again. Let’s see if we remember what we have previously learned.

Here is a little fun site lesson in pertinent geography that I think you will enjoy. Either that or it’ll frustrate the dickens out of you. But don’t be embarrassed or shy. Give it a try and see how much you have captured from following news events. 🙂

Click Here to start.

Then share how you did. There are no scores or grades just the sheer fun of knowledge. Everyone is an honor student here.

( ps.  ZurichMike usually gets all the high scores – Him haz large brain noodles )

Here’s another quiz you might enjoy (this other site has multiple tests of this type):

http://www.lizardpoint.com/geography/mideast-quiz.php