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31
Dec
15 reasons why math homework is useless. The 25 worst lines in the president’s speech. 5 things you never want to hear in a restaurant. Yes, January is numbers month, and we’re listing our way through the month! Why? TNF is going theme! We’ve decided that to start off the new year, we’re going to [...]
Tags: , , , 10 reasons, categories, everyone loves lists, Lists, numbers, theme, thenearbyfuture, TNF
28
Dec
You know to question the motives of a pro-high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) campaign when it’s run by the HFCS companies themselves! http://www.sweetsurprise.com is a website centered around the health benefits of what is probably the worst sweetener out there. From the cute little videos about people who are conveniently unaware of the health problems [...]
Tags: , companies, Crystalline Fructose, health drinks, health problems, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, ketchup, rika, sodas, sports drinks, sweet surprise, website
24
Dec
This year The Nearby Future staff has written a collective 48,747 words! Here are your favorite articles from staff members with the most page views (not counting Jala, because she writes pages, not posts). Rika’s best articles: “Corn“, “Stress: Side Effects Include…”, and “The World is Not Coming to an End“ Calister F. Well’s best [...]
Tags: , 2008, articles, best, Calister, clocky, corn, future, hope, HPV, hummers, Izze, new year, of, PLOTG, rika, Side Effects, stress, Think Like the Greeks
15
Dec
But experts say there is no reason for cell phone users to worry. “There’s no adverse health effect,” said John Walls of the Cell Phone Industry Trade Group. The American Cancer Society agrees, but adds a cautionary note. “All the evidence we have so far is that they are safe,” said Dr. Michael Thun of [...]
Tags: , abc news, cell phones, children and cell phones, food for thought, Health, health risk, radiation
13
Dec
For the record, I only got a LiveJournal because I thought the layout looked awesome. http://writeonrika.livejournal.com/ Basically, it’s just a pointless, mundane, and slightly eloquent journal about everthing from de-motivational posters to lazy people and cats. Long story. Example: See? You don’t get why I put that poster there. Inside joke, actually. That’s what [...]
Tags: , ij, inside joke, journal, live, livejournal, LJ, pretty, rika, victory
13
Dec
Don Blakenship of Massey Energy is pushing for coal. (Because he manufactures it) When trying to convince us that people who say coal is not the way to go, he calls all of the non-coal believers out there communists, atheists, and enemies. Oh, here’s the quote! “Turn down your thermostats? Buy a smaller car? Conserve? [...]
Tags: coal, communist, rika, treehugger, treehugger.com
11
Dec
Don’t lie to yourself- you were one of those people silently chuckling at the Hummer owners at the gas station when gas prices were up. You were one of those people who knew that eventually SUV and Hummer owners would have to own up for the price for their ridiculously tank-like cars. Not today, my [...]
Tags: , article, bad news, bad news gas prices are down, gas prices, good news, hummer, picture, TNF
11
Dec
Hey guys! I’m a new member to The Nearby Future! Call me Cal Ok so Christmas is coming up and I want to know what your doing. Any random thing. Special traditions? Going anywhere? *my first post* Picture props
Tags: , Cal, Christmas, first post, kitten, sleeping, the nearby future
5
Dec
Vampires have not only been invading the box office, but they’re also in our homes. And no, I’m not talking about the sparkling kind. I’m talking about vampire power. The cell phone chargers and other electronics plugged into the wall- even if they’re not being used- waste energy. To enable devices to start immediately they [...]
Tags: , box office, electronics, energy, power strip, rika, sparkling kind, treehugger.com, twilight, vampire, vampire power
1
Dec
So, it’s Bloggers Unite for World Aids Day, and guess who didn’t have an article prepared! Alright, alright, it’s nothing new but this is such an important day that I though I’d do some work and copy and paste some stuff about said day. This is directly from the Bloggers Unite website: HIV/AIDS has been [...]
Tags: , 2008, AIDS/HIV, bloggers unite, bloggers unite for world aids day 2008, rika, world aids day