Refracted Neurons

Since social games are getting so popular these days, I figured it was probably time to dust off ye olde Anti-Social Bingo and yet again release it into the world.  I think I first crafted this around 15 years ago, so it may be a little . . . . . . I have no idea what to say. It was based on an activity we actually used as a group, and having been really obsessed with xerox machines at the time, I made some cut-and-paste-and-copy modifications to the original.  I think my changes were transformative, but I suppose that's up to debate.  Anyhow, I remade it in Excel and made it so it's actually playable with a standard Bingo set.  It mostly conforms to the standard rules.  You can play two ways, either 1. The player must complete the action before marking the square or 2. The player must complete each action upon Bingo. Let chaos reign. There is a downloadable set of five on  my Google Docs .  Next time you're invited to a board game party, ...

As you may have guessed from the title, I'm about to arts-and-crafts at you.  So get out your glue gun and buckle up, things are about to get messy. Five Minute Dust Sprites Yes, Dust Sprites, in the style of Hayao Miyazaki!  So, let's get started.  Here's what you need: Black pom-poms  Googly eyes Star-shaped cake sprinkles Hot glue gun Sticky Label Pen Optional: Toothpicks Black permanent marker 1. Uh, well, glue the googly eyes to the pom-poms.  If you're me, this involves a lot of screaming as I accidentally glue googly eyes to my fingers. 2. Draw or print the label for the sprinkles. 3. Awwwwwwww! 4. If you want to give them arms and legs, color two toothpicks with permanent marker.  5. Snap that sucker in half. 6. More gluing.  More screaming.  Suffer for your art(s and crafts). 7.  Ta-da! For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm tal...

Here it is, the day before the day before Christmas.  The snow is actually falling for once, all our shopping is done, all gifts wrapped, and Santa Claus is terrifying a new generation.  One of our friends asked my 3-year-old if Santa was coming to our house.  Without missing a beat, he responded, "No, he's too scary."  I mean, forget presents.  Santa is a creepy stalker and little P knows it. On a much lighter note, did you know that you can curl wrapping paper like you curl ribbon?  I had this giant present and no giant bow.  So I cut some wrapping paper into strips and ran a scissor blade across it and voila! Dollar Tree wrapping paper curls just like ribbon! With Christmas being the commercialized time of year it is, I started thinking about abandoned or nearly abandoned malls.  I already fessed to my love of evil robots, now I'm coming clean about my love of old places.  Be it a grand Victorian or a humble tenement house, I'm...