For Your Amusement

Just to show you that the merriment and laughs never end here at NOW YOU KNOW, I've scoured the blogs to rip-off (um, I mean borrow and give a hat tip to the bloggers of) the following pastimes for your benefit:

Virtual bubble wrap for you to pop. (h/t Ace of Spades HQ)

Holiday hijinks with the Burger King version of The Carol of the Bells. (h/t Beck from the blog Incite. Ok, yeah, I stole it, er, ahem, I mean, in the spirit of Christmas sharing I appropriated it from a comments thread at Protein Wisdom.)

History and art combine, hilarity ensues with this Do-It-Yourself Bayeux Tapestry. (h/t The Commissar from The Politburo Diktat.)

Make War, Not Love! Toy around with this virtual Trebuchet [i.e. a medieval war engine for hurling large stones.] (h/t Robert of The Llama Butchers.)

Teach your children the valuable lesson of democracy in action with this educational demonstration on the electoral process. Warning: May contain graphic sex and violence. Parental supervision required.

As for me, I have more cerebral pastimes, like surfing over to Protein Wisdom and hitting the refresh button over and over again until my quote comes up in Jeff's rotating testimonials in the upper left hand corner of his blog. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop? Evidently far fewer than the number of times I've had to hit refresh for this game. Try it, you'll like it.

You've been told and NOW YOU KNOW.