8.27.09

• You don't have to boil water first to make noodles. They'll cook just fine if you put them in at the same time as the water.

• Meijer sells Muffin Tops cereal. (Oh, college ...)

• Chevy Chase turned down the role of Forrest Gump.

• It's interesting to see what kinds of common interests and/or experiences bring people together. It's also interesting to see how the level of actual interest varies. People are less genuine about topics or experiences they don't choose for themselves.

• CNN.com recently published a story about the 12 most annoying types of Facebookers. Here's my contribution to that list: people who whine incessantly. (I guess it's a subcategory of The Sympathy-Baiter, if you want to get technical.) I understand that some days, it just seems like the world is out to get you. Everything that can go wrong does, and even some of the things that you think can't go wrong do, too. The world seems like it's crumbling around you. Even the cat is angry with you. You just want to curl up in a ball and wish it all away. I get it. It happens to us all. And I understand needing support during a genuine tragedy. But no one needs or cares to read about your woe-is-me, everything-is-awful, my-life-is-so-bad ramblings – especially when it's all you ever have to talk about. Are you still living? Are you well enough to be wasting time whining on a social networking site? Are you doing "all right" enough to afford to pay for or have public access to the computer or smart phone you're using to communicate said whining? Can you think of at least 15 ways you could be worse off? Then stop complaining.