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It's the Weekly What? for Friday, October 19th
Is your costume ready?Just so you know, you're running out of time before Halloween hits and you realize that you've once again frittered your time away and have to fall back on wearing a ridiculous mullet wig and a golf shirt with its collar turned up and explaining to everyone that your "costume" marks you as being "from the '80's." (When it really just marks you as being a tremendous goof-off!) So we've got a few moderately creative costume ideas for you, candy fun, and something about sugar eyeballs. Oh, and some other boring stuff. Our usual smorg of literary dyspepsia. When you're done, you'll want to click over to our Facebook page and weigh in on this week's question: "A zombie and a vampire get into a fight. Who would win?" 
First, we have a WINNER to announce!We'd like to thank everyone who stopped by our table at the Nonprofit Network Conference to enter our drawing. It was great meeting you all and we hope you enjoy the Weekly What? newsletter! And now...the winner of the drawing for a Starbucks gift card is... Joyce L. Malin, President of Custom Writing Services, Inc. Come on down! You've got a $25 Starbucks gift card headed your way!You can never have too many eyeballs on hand...Wait, that didn't sound quite right. Anyway, we're sure you're familiar with this problem: You're making monster cookies and then realize that you're out of eyes for your creation. Oh no! You're going to be stuck with a batch of sightless monster cookies. Or maybe monster cookies that look like mutants with single huge eyes that are all blobby and misshapen. Here's a great recipe for creating your own stockpile of candy eyes for your monster cookies... or whatever. Remember: Googly eyes aren't edible so use CANDY eyes! >> MAKE IT: Candy corn on the cobNo, not simply a "corn-cob-like" thing made of candy, but actual Candy Corn on a cob of pure sugar. Really. It's even more awesome than you might think. Honestly, we just about fell out of our chairs when we first caught sight of this. So you MUST go see right now! >> Here's some "adult Halloween costumes" for you!Yeah, that one had you for a moment, right? Sorry, this is a round up of 10 "family-friendly" Halloween costumes for grown-ups. We use the phrase "grown-ups" because it seems that (as the article states) searching for anything "adult" results in finds that you wouldn't dare show your mother. If you know what we mean — Nudge-nudge-wink-wink. Say no more... >> How are we doing? Got a hot news tip? Something to share? Click here to drop us a line! Got an iPhone 4s or iPhone 5? (Or an iPad?)If you've upgraded to iOS 6 on your iPhone 4 or if you've *GASP* gotten your bad self a shiny new iPhone 5 then here's a selection of relatively useful tips and tricks for getting more out of your iPhone/iPad. Sorry, nothing super-crazy like unlocking Siri's mind-reading powers or super-easy ways to make fart noises with a $500 phone. Wake up with a song instead of an annoying chime! Awesome! >> The space shuttle Endeavour's final journeyThe Endeavour was flown in to LAX and then driven through LA to its final resting place as an exhibit in the California Science Center. This trip took two and a half days. Now before you start shaking your head at this apparent ineptitude you need to watch the video. Especially the bit where the shuttle is moved through a neighborhood. When we watched the shuttle's wing tips skim by houses, apparently just inches away from knocking down a wall we had to cover our eyes. Indeed, some of the Writing Room Monkeys had to leave the room! Watch "Mission 26" >> What's your definition of productivityDoing more work with the least amount of cash outlay, right? Or something similar, sure. All around smart guy Seth Godin has a really interesting new take on the notion of "productivity." Our current ideas of productivity are rooted in industrial-age thinking...and we're not in the Industrial Age anymore. Read the article and then let us know what you think. Is he on to something? Just say NO to feline Halloween costumesBecause the life you save might just be your own. Cat: "Laugh while you can, monkey-boys." >> Finally just a quick shout-out to Superfan Tracy P.: Don't tell, but we stashed away one of those triple-chocolate brownie-cupcake-things with coconut sprinkles for later. Actually, we thought we'd try to save it for later but we wound up eating it on the way home from the conference! The Weekly What? is more fun when you share! It's easy, just click the "Forward email" link below... keep going... a little farther down... there it is! Send this newsletter to a friend! Don't worry, we won't hit them up for money. |
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