1.In the Modern issue ofmental_flossmagazine , we ’ve featured a few proofreader - submittedphotos with famous person . For the next issue , we ’d sleep together to show off some of your nerdiest childhood photos " “ and we ’ll stake a bunch of them here on the blog , too , like we didlast year(above : Chris Higgins with his science fair look on ) . So go searching through your parent ' photo albums , find a scanner , andemail your near picture to flossypics@gmail.com .
( We also owe you a gallery of proofreader tattoo pics . InternAndrà © a is working on that right now , and it ’ll go up next hebdomad , too . )
2.Speaking of InternAndrà © a , she ’s in New York today , up from school in Philadelphia . At first , I thought it would be an exciting day trip for her . But when the idiom " transfer in Trenton " came up while discussing her 3 + hour go , I realized this was n’t exactly a business trip to save dwelling about . What ’s your proficient or worst experience with business travel ?
3.During the Yankees - Rays plot on Wednesday , A.J. Burnett had a no - hitter through six innings . I weighed in , viaTwitter :
Of course , the very next batter broke up the no - striker , due in big part to my big whammy . ( Sorry , A.J. ) Now , I do n’t really conceive my Twitter activity had an impact on a baseball game plot in Tampa . But I seem to glamour material all the time ( Two late examples : " The site has n’t crashed all day ! " and " At least the painters did n’t receive any ceiling damage . “)What events have you jinxed , whether you believe in that kind of thing or not ?
4.On the way to the bus this good morning , my 2003 Toyota Camry cruise over the 110,000 mile mark . What ’s the most miles you ’ve put on a gondola ? ( And is it still on the route ? )
