It takes a second for you to see what you're supposed to see in this firey illusion.



Unrelated, but here is Canned Unicorn Meat.

Not a big fan of watermelon anyway.



Via The Daily What and Scott.

"When it goes from zero to even a very small charge, it can feel very bad," said Dan Ariely, an economics professor at Duke University. "It creates a very small financial burden but a very big emotional reaction."

That quote from an interesting article in The New Republic that talks about the success of the Washington, DC plastic bag tax. On 1/1, stores began charging shoppers a tax of a nickle per plastic bag and bag use has gone down 50%. The article then makes the connection to a carbon tax and how even a tiny fee is better than no fee because of reason Ariely states above.

The article also mentions a failed $0.20 bag tax in Seattle that potentially reached too high. Nickle bag tax for everyone!

Things we could all do without. The Sharky Tea Infuser, which is exactly what it sounds like. When I drink tea, I want to relax, not come face to face with my fears.

(Thanks, Natalie!)

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For some reason, when I think of 24, I think of the internment camp from 2 seasons ago... Not sure why. I hate this show. I hate it a lot.

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You know why Facebook doesn't care about your privacy? You know how if you're a credit card customer that pays off your bills every month the credit card company can't make any money off of you? If you lock up your activity on Facebook, you close your circle tight, and Facebook can't use your information to help them beat Google. Why should they care about your privacy?

Hahahaha. The motherfuckers at Facebook are doing it again. You maybe heard about their plan this week to Facebookify the web by making some social sites you're a part of more social. And just like last time, Facebook's default forces you to rely on yourself for your privacy. I don't think most people care. Hell, I don't even think I care. I DO have a pretty strong opinion of how you're supposed to do something on the web, though, and this isn't it.

Want to opt out of instant personalization? Make sure to block the applications:

How do I opt-out of instant personalization?
You can opt-out of instant personalization by disallowing it here. By clicking "No Thanks" on the Facebook notification on partner sites, partners will delete your data. To prevent your friends from sharing any of your information with an instant personalization partner, block the application: Microsoft Docs.com, Pandora, Yelp.

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I told you! I told you! Last week, when David Cross was quoted as saying the Arrested Development movie would never get made, I told you it would only be a matter of time before another cast member directly contradicted him. I said it would be 2 months or so, but it took only a week for Jason Bateman to offer, "David says that it's dead, but it's not dead at all." OK, then.

I don't think there used to be Great White sharks off of Cape Cod, but there have been the last couple years, and they're coming back this year.

What researchers don't know are how many great white sharks there are, both in local waters in the summer, and along the East Coast. That number could be important since great whites generally don't feed for a month after dining on a seal, Skomal said.

This is great news if you like sharks. It's bad news if you're part of the seal colony of Monomoy Island or, well, me.

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The crying of Jack Bauer. What will come from this? You know what will come of this? AN EMMY! Actually, here's a question. What was Jack Bauer doing in New York City? He's from LA.

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