Social networking is totally in now, right? But why you ask? Well this dude has written a little piece on the psychology of it, it is about Facebook in particular but most of them are pretty generic social networking ideas. I mean he got me, collecting, low self esteem and nosiness are all why I do anything (in life). But this article from the wsj that talks about what happens when your boss or colleague wants to friend you? Pretty awesome. Here’s the quote:

“Nothing changes when a stranger invites you to be a friend,” says Nina Singh, a market-research consultant. But when one of her clients “friended” her, she saw a semierotic photo of him topless, posed and softly lit. “When you see your client’s pubic bone, something has changed.”

Everything changes with the pubic bone.

Now this next one is stunning for several reasons. It’s about how a guy attached 105 helium balloons to his lawn chair and travelled 193 miles from Oregon to Idaho. He had a parachute, but didn’t need it (although he did the first time!). First of all, isn’t this the kind of story that always ends with a nomination into the Darwin awards? Second of all the guys name is really Kent Couch?? Well it didn’t it and it is. So there you go. Fly 193 miles with some helium balloon. Who knew?

Ok, I can’t sum it any better than a quote from the article:

A Chewbacca impersonator is accused of sexually assaulting a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood in June. The wookie then reportedly evaded arrest, police said.

What I love about this is that the wookie evaded arrest. Obviously! He’s got the millenium falcon! It made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs! How can cops catch that?? Please.

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Jul 11th, 2007 · Comments RSS · · · · · Tags: breakfast links