Tuesday, December 04, 2007

free rice!

ever fancied an expropriation of sesquipedelian locution for the emancipation of the profligate penurious? (i.e. play vocab to feed the poor!)

it really sounds too good to be true... but some nouveau entrepreneur with a heart of gold, thought more for the "least of Christ's brothers" (Mt 25:40) and spawned this amazing little self-running donation.

still not a believer?

me too. and if there's anything on the net which i suspect to be a scam, i trust Snopes.com to talk about it. and they did! the article says it all. for the Wikipedia fans, yup, there's a little article there too. or perhaps you'd rather take a look at what GoogleNews can find.

still skeptical?

well, all it takes is a few clicks to test your own vocabulary (the site donates 20 grains of rice per correct answer) so why not just take a look? use a public computer to test it if you're fearful of hackers - nothing's gonna happen anyway.

http://freerice.com/

or start by checking out their FAQ.
geez, you could really do with less skepticism sometimes.

now go buff up your vocab!

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