Word: boredomization
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James A. McFadden '10, one of the creators of the "Free Adam Wheeler" T-shirt enterprise, said the idea came to him and his blockmates out of boredom while sitting in the Greenhouse Café and watching news interviews about the Wheeler scandal. McFadden said the inspiration to make T-shirts was partly this "extremely ridiculous" media coverage...
Friedman, who passed away in October 2008 after battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer, used his $3,000 from Make-A-Wish to buy electronics and games to help other kids deal with the boredom and loneliness of hospital stays. After realizing the success of his charity, the then-16 year old created the Mikey’s Way Foundation, a non-profit that organizes a similar initiative for hospitals in New York, Connecticut, and Boston...
...Leonard decided from the get-go that they would do their dollar-a-day diet for just a month, and even that limited period wound up being a major challenge both mentally and physically. They were so hungry, they experienced dizziness at work, crabbiness at home and extreme boredom of the tongue after too many bland meals of oatmeal or beans. A nightly dollop of peanut butter was the only indulgence that fit the budget. (See more ways to save on Brad Tuttle's blog "It's Your Money...
...less severe punishment would have worked. Betts hijacked a stranger's car at gunpoint, which is a dangerous and depraved thing to do. But he also showed signs of promise, having earned his high school diploma a year ahead of schedule. Betts gradually learned to navigate the violence and boredom of prison and emerged in 2006 ready to launch a respectable life, enrolling in college, getting married and writing a book called A Question of Freedom. He looks on those prison years as a costly void, "a waste of society's time and money in the sense that I didn...
...Whether it's voyeurism, curiosity, collective boredom or a little bit of each, there's something strangely addictive about ChatRoulette. Launched in November, the site usually has more than 10,000 people logged on at any given time. You can spend hours on the site passing through an endless stream of faces and never encounter the same person twice. Using the site gets you into a rhythm, clicking and instantly passing judgment on a blur of people while they do the same to you. (See the top 10 iPhone apps...