Are you a comic strip junky? If you are, you will enjoy today's website! To me, the site seems to base its comic strips on geeky topics. Stuff like math, technology, and science are always being referenced. The title of the site also mentions Romance, Sarcasm, and Language as being other topics for the comic strips.

The site updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The strips are really great to read, so check them out!

Today's website: XKCD.com

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I decided to do a post themed around the holiday. When most people think about tomorrow, the first thing they start imagining is the dinner table and all of the food they are about to eat. They see the turkey, the other meets, the potatoes, the corn, the yams, the deserts, and so much more. It is a feast they look forward to every year! Last year when we were sitting down at the table to eat, a conversation sparked up about a Turkey that some people eat on Thanksgiving called a Turducken. If the name does not give it away, it is a chicken stuffed inside a duck that is stuffed inside a turkey. About half of the table did not believe there was a such a thing, so I got out my computer and showed Turducken to everyone! We are fussy eaters, so this is not something we would eat...but it might be something you would enjoy!

Another big thing about this holiday is the day after. Black Friday is an insane shopping day, and many people start their holiday shopping on this day because of the great deals. Unless something really catches my eye, I usually try to stay at home and away from all the "crazy-ness". If would like to get a sneak peak at what is going to be offered at the local stores, check out the Slick Deals forum!

Have a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family, enjoy your shopping, and make sure to stop by next week for more posts! Oh, if you buy anything on Black Friday or you end up having Turducken for Thanksgiving, please leave a comment telling how it all went!

Today's website: Wikipedia - Turducken
Today's other website: Slick Deals Forum - Black Friday

By now, most people have heard about the $100 laptop initiative, also known as "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC). The goal of this project is to create a laptop cheap enough that through donations, laptops can be given to child all around the world. After multiple prototypes were built, a model has been selected and started production. Where they able to get the model to only cost $100? No. They have settled on a $200 price tag, and it looks like what is offered in the laptops are worth the extra cost.

Until November 26, you can buy a laptop for yourself or someone else you know. The cost for you to purchase one is $400. It will get you one laptop, and will pay for another laptop that will be given to a child in a developing nation. They call this the "Give One. Get one" plan, and I hope it is a huge success for them!

Today's website: One Laptop Per Child

One week ago today, my family went to the SPCA to get 2 new kittens for our home. Earlier in the week our 17 year old cat passed away, and the house just was not the same without multiple cats running all over the place. The 2 new guys that we got are totally crazy, making them a riot to sit and watch. They are 10 week old brothers. Their names -- Brewster and Bailey.

Our local SPCA was flooded with animals to be adopted, so I decided to push the SPCA's website to help other people adopt pets in their area. Not only is the SPCA website helpful for people interested in getting a pet, but it is great for people already with pets. They have sections on the site to discuss pet care, wellness, and stories from around the world of people and there pets. If you are a pet lover, the site has a ton of great articles to read.

Today's website: SPCA.com

I was sent a link to today's website by Eric Willis and at first had no clue what was going on. Once I figured it out, I fell in love with the idea. By getting the correct word association on the page, 10 grains of rice is donated to an international aid agency for hungry people! The site not only is helping to feed people around the world, but they are also helping improve your vocabulary.

So, how can this website afford this? At the bottom of each page, paid advertising is shown. With the money they make off of the advertising, they are able to pay for the rice.

I played until I got to 200 grains of rice, and plan on playing every morning to help out with this great cause....are you going to play?

Today's website: Free Rice