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The Von Forte Acrobatic Circus
You never know what kind of a show it will be at Current HQ in SF!
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This one's up for grabs
a video of pursed lips with a kissing sound effect.
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It’s been a busy month, but I thought it would be nice to drop you guys a quick update. The team has cooked up something huge in the past few weeks. Although I can’t go into details just yet, I wanted to fill you in on one tiny piece of the puzzle.
Current.com really comes down to you guys – our community. Sure, we like to play too, by contributing items, commenting, and voting, but without you guys Current.com just wouldn’t be as cool as it is. It was this line of thinking that prompted our brand spanking new incentives program (coming really, really soon).
The gist is, this will be a way for us to thank you for all the hard work you do within our community, and it will give others a chance to see how much effort you put into the site on a daily basis. There will be levels, and there might even be some swagalicious treats and powers involved. My lips are sealed.
Most importantly, please know that something is on the horizon, and when it launches you should be getting some emails from us with all the relevant details. So keep an eye on your inbox, and check back here for updates.
More soon!
mario It’s been a busy month, but I thought it would be nice to drop you guys a quick update. The team has cooked up something huge in the p... more -
Hangovers from life in the 1500s
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small Animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "dirt poor."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer." The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how t... more -
Holiday webcam lovefest
Here at the Current TV offices, the holidays mean yet another chance to goof off in front of our webcams.
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:30 webcam for conversion test
ok - I was simply leaving a test video so we could play with FLV conversion. Um... yea...
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