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You never know when life will throw you a curve ball, but when it does at least try to throw one back.

The same holds true for this game.  If you hit the ball with the very middle of the paddle you some kind of a bounus, but I'm still not sure what to do to get a better curve.  Sure, it's no pac man, space invaders or x-box, but like a lot of fun things, it's fun for a while.

Apparently, before the cookie monster was the cookie monster he was the computer monster.  Here's an enjoyable bit of vintage film that was used in an IBM training film called "Coffee Break" (Thanks for the info Rocketboom).

I don't speak French very well, but my guess is these people are excited about how fast this train is going.  It goes to prove that language is no barrier for railfans, speed aficionados, or people who just like to watch world records being broken.

The TGV - train à grande vitesse - is France's solution to cutting down the time it takes to travel by rail and the time it takes to care for survivors of train wrecks.  Travelling at 574.8 KMH drastically shortens both.

I consider myself to be a fairly creative person.  My problem is that I often feel frustrated trying to express my creativity.  Sure, I'm very comfortable with humor and comedy, but when it comes to other art forms like painting, for instance, I'm stuck. 

Some might suggest that I get painting lessons and see what happens once I try to put oil to canvas or mix water colors on a pallet, but I'm just not interested in spending time on things that end up so different from what I am trying to do. "Why Tim, look at the beautiful dog you painted!"  "Um, it's a wave crashing on a rock."  "Oh never mind, you are still a beautiful person on the inside."

I think if I did try to paint, my mom would still be kind and pretend to like it.  Though to pretty much everyone else my art wouldn't be worth spit.  Unlike the guy in this video who's work is worth spit.