Friday’s Popular Conversation Topics
Ganna A by Met-Art
Yes, I watch the stock market and at this time of the year there is often a few weird selling patterns that appear consisting of the everyday man-woman-investor cashing in to pay the anticipated bills of the season.
I’m not talking just cash for gift buying. Business people need cash (liquidity) for the new calendar year, parents need to pay the bills for the upcoming school semester. Hell, maybe a guy plans for a very special Valentine’s Day to be pre-paid after the big marriage proposal surprise on Christmas Eve (I did that one).
Sadly, the world markets are out of control, real investor values are all over the board and that doesn’t include the run on the stock market still to come, knocking of hundreds from the stock market indexes in what are normally slow, almost no ripple trading sessions until after the new year.
And all of this leads up to the stories you need to know about so you have some awesome current events to share at the dreaded office party or that lonely corner bar stool tonight. Read and enjoy, here we go!
- Too sexy for that veggie. An Islamic cleric living in Europe reportedly has warned Muslim women not to get too close to bananas, cucumbers or other produce — to avoid having “sexual thoughts.” Hahahahaha ho. Gotta wonder which “western video” sent this cleric holy man onto this particular line of thought. I know it’s not the same guy that said women shouldn’t drive because it may affect their virginity.
- “I never intended to break the rules.” For a final payout of $12.1 million dollars I wouldn’t know too much about my bankrupt company either. Just saying….
- This is the guy in the running for Last Place Criminal Dufus of the yYear. There’s a video, below, too. But essentially dude snoops on his girlfriend’s teen daughter’s phone, found a nude pick of her and sexted the picture to almost 40 of her contacts to “teach her a lesson”. I can only guess that a couple of the kids might say the photo is old news but this guy has a fun time in store for the holidays and I hope he remembers his “soap on a rope”.
- Where would we be without a heart-fely gift shopping story? Right here is the answer. Dude with a .322 blood alcohol level is arrested for trying to steal 2 big screen TVs from Wal-Mart while he’s wearing the same coat he stole two days earlier from said store. They never said if it was the booze or the greed that gave him away. Too bad, one of those TVs was supposed to be my holiday gift!
- This will not be abused because it’s lobbyists and politicians making gift giving rules for lobbyists and politicians to receive gifts from one and another in time to give and receive this holiday season. Albeit belatedly because the new rules start January 1, 2012. State lawmakers and city council members can accept expensive gifts from lobbyists without disclosure if they are dating, and can receive meals and lodging in lobbyists’ homes without telling the public, under rules approved Thursday by the state ethics agency.
I told you it was a special time of year.
Note: Photo of Ganna A. by Antonio Clemens at Met-Art.
Friday’s Best “Pick-up” Conversation Topics
It’s been a wild ride of a week. On a personal note I had a very big health scare with being diagnosed with a suspected liver cancer. Fortunately the results of an MRI scan came back and showed no cancer there. I have been living on cloud nine since then and really want this feeling to continue. Let’s let the good news continue! Read on.
- So there’s this lab in Japan that invents a kissing machine that allows two people to simulate kissing each other over the internet. I’m not really surprised by this, not really, because I remember a news story from years ago how the porn industry was reported to have created a usb vagina, and I’ll leave it’s use to your imagination.
- If you’re still not completely out of your winter den then you’ve likely change channels to check out “The Voice” which is quite lame, I think, and Randy Jackson agrees with me. And could there have been a bigger disappointment in the season finale of “Fringe”. Seriously, what is going on with this show? Have they given up on a storyline and just decided to give the writers tons of beers to come up with lines for the actors to say?
- Sony and the PlayStation Network totally screwed more that the 77 million people that have used the system and we’re still waiting for all the details to come out. Despite the hack attack what exactly is being done now to protect users? I know that I’m trembling every time I check my credit card balances online and because of the network outage I’ve had kids suffering video game withdrawal that no amount of money can possibly repay me for.
- Some day’s it’s gratifying to see people in worse situations that yourself, so here’s a bunch of losers you can laugh at, 15 booking photos courtesy of The Smoking Gun.
- We all know that some teens are incredibly stupid, but having sex at a party in front of 15 other teens and having the act video recorded and shared among other students at a high school? The charges haven’t been announced yet but I’m sure they will do more that going to bed without dessert.
Favorites: Dating Profile Headline of the Day
My favorite kind of cookie
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorites. Not too many people actually care about this fact of mine, but when you have an awkward conversational pause you should have a backup factoid to talk about.
Cookies are relatively safe, everyone has a favorite, they don’t cross into the taboo areas of religion and politics so you can talk about cookies until someone comes along to save the conversation by changing the topic as soon as possible.
My point here is to have a backup conversation topic ready and practiced that everyone can relate too and everyone (if they’re still standing nearby) can offer some input. It’s not easy. Avoiding topics in politics and religion (and maybe your boring work search) that as long as your prepared you’ll do jut fine.
But without preparation I can almost guarantee that it’s my cookies you’ll be talking about sooner or later.
But I digress, it’s a dating profile headline your here to get and I have it for you here:
“The best people eat chocolate chips cookies.”
Have a great day!
Friday’s Conversation Topics
Another week, another few days of wackiness and newsworthy stories. It’s all about what I have and what you want this week. You’re going to want to talk about these news stories. Really! Read on.
- “I know the law”… and now this Spanish lady owns the sun. It’s amazing what the power of a notary public is and I have to wonder what Angeles Duran is going to charge us for using the sun. This is a great entrepreneurial job, don’t you think? Hmmm…
- It’s a good probability that your computer is already fingerprinted (that is, cataloged by each device’s unique combination of hardware, software and installed fonts) and you’re being tracked more intricately that ever before. David Norris’s company BlueCava has already fingerprinted 200 million internet devices and expects to have more than 1 billion devices fingerprinted and trackable for online advertisers by the end of 2011. It’s going to be very hard to use any internet-enabled device and not be followed online soon, if not already.
- Yes, I said he has a camera in the back of his head. Hey, everyone wants to be known as “the first” and academia being what it is these days, if you can’t impress one way, go farther than anyone else and make your mark with a camera in the back of your head. yes, this article includes a video to sate your curiosity and give you even more to talk about. “The thumb-sized camera is mounted on a titanium plate inserted inside the back of his head” Professor Wafaa Bilal said. Once the camera is broadcasting via a computer Professor Bilal carries with him you’ll be able to view the pictures at www.3rdi.me.
- In these hard times there’s always a story of a guy, somewhere, augmenting his income in a less-than-lawful way. Mr. Gumbs, while working at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, managed to order a few extra toner cartidges and (possibly but this has yet to be proven in court) sold them on some ink-black-market. Well, maybe a little more than a few, maybe more like $3.4 million dollars of excess (and still missing) toner purchased since 2004 that never made it into the hospital’s supply system. Of course, a lot of the ink didn’t even fit any of the printers that are in use at Sloan-Kettering. I guess this was a “great job” for a while…
Have a great week!
Friday’s Conversation Topics
This past week has given us al lot to talk about. The news never stops, does it?
So, as you’re out and about this weekend, or simply exchanging emails during your free communication weekend at Chemistry.com, these stories will prepare you with something interesting to say.
- The Chilean miners that survived 69 days trapped undergound, and captured the attention of hundereds of millions of people, landed in America and started with a tour of Hollywood yesterday. These men truly are real heroes and I wish them the best in their celebrity. (Article includes vieo of their arrival and parts of their first day’s visit.)
- Burger King fires employees after figuring out how to reset the printed text on receipts and insert “Fuck You” onto the copies given to customers (with news video). Hahaha, I’d rethink their firing and offer them a promotion to the marketing division.
- Man arrested after starting fire in house while burning photos of ex-girlfriend to appease current girlfriend. I have to wonder what the phots were of, possibly nude pictures? And how did the current girlfriend find them to start the arguement that lead to the burning of the photos? So many unanswered questions. The moral of the story? Get a safety deposit box for all your photographic keepsakes to avoid burning dowen your house. LOL.
- The new never-ending war against the TSA and security pat-downs and x-ray machines reaches a new low with breast cancer survivor forced to reveal her prosthetic breast during security check. Honestly, is there not a better way to safegurd us agianst terror attacks while preserving our personal privacy and our humanity on the whole? (“Don’t touch my junk” vidoe here or watch it below.) News article includes a wealth of information and more stories about the intrusiveness of the TSA security scans and pat-downs.
- Here’s one for creativity: Man pretends to be a plastic surgeon and offers women his skills as a “boob enhance doctor) and feels women up during “breast exams” in bars. Yes, he gets arrested. But you have to wonder how truthful his spiel was that he’d get women to allow him to touch their breasts in the bar for an “exam”. And how much alcohol did these women drink to allow themselves to get felt up. It’s a weird world out there, isn’t it? My favorite part of this article: “The Idaho Statesman website reported that Ross has a previous criminal record as a man but identifies herself as a woman and was booked into Ada County Jail as a female.”)
Have a great weekend!
Today’s Conversation Topics
A breath of fresh air
you might need to start a conversation.
Now, for a lot of people this isn’t a problem but if you’re like me having something to talk about takes work and effort. You need to be reading and paying attention to a lot of details. Or you need to know a lot about just a few things to be considered “knowledgeable” without being conceited or condescending towards others.
This post will give you a heads-up on a couple of current news stories that provide fodder for interesting conversations so you have something to say when the time comes for you to say something. So continue reading and feel free to use my comments about the stories as you see fit.
- Man stabbed when he doesn’t let his friends suck his blood. Well, really, he did let them suck his blood once so what’s his problem now? It is hard to find dependable friends these days isn’t it?
- Robot cars are among us. Google, the “Do no evil” mega-internet giant has been field testing robot cars for “unknown purposes” for a while now, on US streets. My fear is what happens if the robot cars decide to take over? Will Google’s unofficial motto be changed to “Yes we can”?
- Streaker arrested. Not just any nude runner, but the guy that tried to show off his gonads to President Obama for a cool $1 million dollars in prize money. Had I only known, either I’d have had my camera ready or tried to win the money myself…
Have a great day!
Friday’s Conversation Topic
This has been a hectic week for a lot of people in the news, from Kim Kardashian’s nude photos to Pastor Terry Jones wanting to burn Islam’s most holy book. If you’re usually at a loss in a conversation,where to start, when to jump in with an opinion, help is here.
Start reading and have a topic ready to converse about. You are welcome (in advance).
- Science offers the keys to sexy dancing. It was only a matter of time, really, before scientists told us what makes you attractive when you dance. Using motion technology the sexy dance is now laid bare for everyone to learn. All of the “two-left-footed” people are still excused.
- Sex toy study creates buzz. I know what you’re thinking and yes, this is about sex, even safer sex, not threesomes or anything like that. It’s surprising that they know so much about sex at the university level and how much they want to learn about women and their sex toy usage.
- Accounting rules gives GM $30 billion from nothing. If you’re planning on buying stock when the IPO happens, or if your broker suggests this, you’d better read this article and it’s quick lesson about fancy accounting rules and GM’s valuable “goodwill”.
- Court rules petty theft not a reason to be fired from job. Man wins back job after being sacked for charging his segway at work at a cost of 1.8 euro cents (2 pennies). Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… at least he wasn’t handing out porn pens to 6 year-olds.
- Google introduces search computer chip that can be implanted in brain. Your kid not smart enough? If he can figure out how to ask the question he’ll instantly have the answer with this latest Google product. “Do no evil” (Google’s unofficial motto), yeah, right.
Have a great weekend.
Friday’s Conversation Topics
This is the place to read the most conversational news stories of the past week. After reading this post you’ll be prepared to converse with anyone, in any place.
Let’s get to it:
- Fried Beer. Beer-filled pretzel pocket is deep-fried to a golden brown. One bite and the escaping beer serves as a dipping sauce. Yes, the Texas State Fair offers their ten top treats of 2010 and yes, it includes a beer-filled pretzel that is deep fried. Go ahead, read about the other nine finalists.
- Dead phone leading to oversleeping could cost golfer big. Jim Furyk, number 6 ranked golfer is kicked out of the FedEx Cup because he’s late to tee time. He could lose as many as 16 places to be ranked 19th after missing the FedEx tournament. The model of phone was not disclosed….
- Woman happily recovering from “Blackberry Thumb” surgery. Doctors recommend that if you start to feel pain in your hands/fingers/thumbs while texting, take a break!
- Wearing low-riders in court? Prepare to be jailed. Yes, a New Orleans state judge gave a woman 10 days in jail for contempt of court by wearing jeans so low her panties and buttocks showed. Yup, finally a step towards decent dress or at least a reason to not have your belt confiscated… or some such thing… it’s all so confusing…
- Donald Bren, ranked 16th in Forbe’s list of billionaires, wins case to stop paying child support, and paying back child support, to his adult kids. I agree, there has to be a line drawn somewhere, right?
- Assorted tips – porn names and pickup lines.
Have a great weekend!
