A series of posters and broasdsides collectively titled Avoid Eye Contact, most of which lean in a darkly humorous dystopian direction. They are artifacts from the Brave New Homeland. “You may be at risk for extermination, redemption, extinction, or salvation. Do not leave your body unattended at any time.”
I know I shouldn’t laugh but, when you are playing this close to each other, what did they think was going to happen?
A contestant wanted to show the crowd her flexibility, but she ended up showing them a bit more
Don’t look at me, I’m not the one that said it, this guy did. Funny how the Kinect could have been owned by Apple though.
Yet the initial meetings hadn’t gone so well. Obsessed with secrecy, Apple had already asked Beracha to sign a stack of crippling legal agreements and NDAs. He shook his head. Why didn’t he want to do a deal with Apple? No need. The technology was hot. He could sell it to anyone. “Apple is a pain in the ass,” he said, smiling.
A Canadian couple who won $11.2million on the lottery have given it all away to friends, charities and hospitals. Allen and Violet Large, both in their 70s, said their good fortune earlier this year had been a ‘big headache’ and they had decided against going on a spending spree. ‘What you’ve never had, you never miss,’ Violet, 78, told the Toronto Star. She and Allen, 75, eventually decided it was better to give than receive and were totally at ease with handing over the money.
