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VPILF

The URL says it all:  www.vpilf.com

Bent Seven Around the World

The card game known as "Bent Seven" in the United States has derivatives around the world. Some of the changes in rules and names are pretty interesting. I've highlighted a few below. (Names are translated.) Maybe we should try them sometime:

Canada (Bent Seven): Game played from right to left.

France (Penguin): No socials under any circumstances.

Italy (Sunrise in the East): Play of third ace re-sets contracts at option of player holding final ace, but he is docked 45 points at the last spread if he neglects to play the ace before the run ends.

Spain (The Debutante): Dealer deals clockwise; can elect to re-deal after the second flip, but has to deal contraclockwise in such cases.

Russia (Running Bear Toss): Game played with two decks, both split into red and black and then combined for single-color decks used in alternating games.

South Africa (Teeth of the Jaguar): Opening deal always down-down-up-down, with exceptions.

UK (Captain's Chair): No bidding until third pass.

More at this web site.

If Only...

McConaughey Beef

I am gone eatin' to the land of lean and get a steak.  Can it get better than McConaughey doing these radio ads?

Any song...for free?

Started playing around with this site--appears you can look up just about any piece of music and listen to it for free online.  There's supposedly even the ability to download any song if you sign up and install an app, but haven't tried that, at least not yet.

listen.grooveshark.com

The Great Office War

The Great Office War

The perfect amount of spam...

Miami Vice - In the air tonight

If you've seen this video, check out this:

Fun with Physics

Potentially addictive online physics game.  The goal is to design a contraption out of a few basic types of pieces to move an object to a goal:  Fantastic Contraption.

You can even save your designs and share it with others.  For instance, here's one that's a bit over the top.

Three Days and Counting