To celebrate (?) the upcoming second anniversary of the TSA liquid ban, the Cranky Flier and BottleWise are holding a contest. All you have to do is sum up your feelings in six words (read this post for more details, and for why they’re limiting it to just six words) and post it as a comment. They are hilarious so far. My favorites:

Global War on Toiletries turns two
I’m 75% water. Am I next?
Ironically, wet blankets enforce liquids ban
Security has dry sense of humor

and, of course, “Zip-loc Accused Of Conspiring with TSA,” which is something I’ve been wondering about for a couple of years now…

In other TSA news: TSA to allow laptops in approved bags.

I read about a cute Internet meme running around where you Google your first name with the word “needs” behind it, and see what comes up. No one tagged me on this, but it sounded like fun so I did it anyway. It appears that I need:

“to understand that she needs to be building up her language production “muscles” by working out with them every day in school and at home.” (OK, I can do that.)

I like these:

“Sue needs you!” and “Sue needs to be rocked!” (don’t we all?) It appears that I also need “to be guided down the path that grabs all the sweet candy” and “to be heard and understood.” And along the way I found out that there’s a band named Sue that needs to go to Dallas or Fort Worth.

Though I have to say that this is my favorite: “Sue needs to back to school to learn the basics of What Not to Wear”–I hate to admit just how apropos that is!

Go on and waste a few minutes and find out what you need. It’s pretty entertaining.

I had thought that perhaps towel origami was losing its grip on cruise ships and hotels around the world, but it looks like it’s still going strong. Behold the latest concoctions (via BoingBoing):

Awww.

Just ran across this on Mental Floss and thought it was interesting: How old is your brain? The screen flashes some numbers, then blank circles in the same position the numbers were in, and you have to click on the circles that correlate to the numbers, from lowest to highest.

On my first shot, my brain registered as 28 years old. Not bad, since I’m five years older than that (oh okay, more than five, but who’s counting?).

This one is maddeningly addictive: When you open this web page, a ball will be dangling from your cursor. When you move the cursor, the ball moves too. Flip the ball around and try to click on it–if you get it, the ball will change color.

Happy Friday!

A bubble-wrap calendar! Hmm, I might need to get one of these, too.

Thanks to the always fascinating Guy Kawasaki for the pointer.

Speaking of Mr. Kawasaki, did I mention that he has started up something called Alltop, a site that “help[s] you explore your passions by collecting stories from ‘all the top’ sites on the web.”

And face2face is there with all the cool kids hanging out in the Event Planningsection. (Just keep scrolling down–we’re at the bottom of the page.) Lots of other good resources there, some of which are new to me. When I get some free time (ha!) I’m looking forward to doing some serious browsing…

and its repertoire is limited to just one kind of drink (a Falling Water) but this Rube Goldberg machine/drink dispenser sure is fun to watch!

So I could participate in this Inbox Victory site:

Have you ever been in the situation where you spend days trying answer all of your email only to accomplish your goal and have no one to share in your victory? All you want is a high five, a pat on the back, and a “job well done soldier!”, and yet most likely all you are left with is an empty room and a cold cup of coffee. Inbox Victory is an initiative that says, “you deserve that high five!” And here is how you get it.

This resonate particularly well with me today as I just cleared not one but TWO of my inboxes. (I don’t even bother trying with my gmail account, though.)

One other thing I just have to mention that I also saw on BoingBoing today:

The Octo-pied building!

Oh meeting planners, could you not think of ways to do something with this idea for a hotel show?

Ringo Starr says that all he wants for his birthday is more peace and love in the world. Toward that end, he’s asking for the world to say “peace and love” at noon on July 7 (today). It can’t hurt, right?

Thanks to Dan Parks at MeCo for the heads-up.

To my fellow Americans, have a great day today celebrating freedom! Just in case you can’t get to the fireworks, I’ll bring the fireworks to you.