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This is an amazing correspondence by a young Wendy from March, 1964. Seems she was a huge fan of Woody Woodpecker but gots his creator mixed up. She thought Walt was behind the mischevious bird when it is in fact Walter Lantz. Lucky for Wendy, Disney knows people in high places and was able to forward the message along.

It’s awesome to see that her letter got to that right person and that he was able to respond.

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Letter One

March 7, 1964

Dear Walt Disney,

I watch Woodywood Pecker every week and see you on it. I like it very much and so do my younger sisters. Would you please send me a picture of you and some of the characters. Thank-you very much. Well, I guess I’ll go and watch Bugs Bunny.

From one of your true fans,

Wendy

Letter Two

WALT DISNEY

April 6, 1964

Dear Wendy –

Even though Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Ludwig Von Drake and the rest of our characters aren’t related to Woody Woodpecker, I’m glad to know you like him because he belongs to my good friend Walter Lantz. And I know Mr. Lantz will appreciate knowing you are a fan of Woody Woodpecker.

I am enclosing the autographed picture of me and a couple of my friends which you asked for….and I’m sending your note on to Woody Woodpecker. Perhaps you will get a picture from him, too.

Many thanks for your letter…and all best wishes.

Sincerely,

(Signed, ‘Walt’)

Letter Three

WALT DISNEY

April 6, 1964

Dear Walter –

As you can see by the enclosed….I get blamed for everything that happens in Hollywood!

However, this time it’s obvious this little girl has her Walters crossed — although I don’t know how the hell Bugs Bunny got in the act.

All best –

(Signed, ‘Walt’)

Mr. Walter Lantz

Walter Lantz Productions Inc

861 Seward

Hollywood, California

Letter Four

Walter Lantz

PRODUCTIONS INC

8 April 1964

DEAR WENDY:

WALT DISNEY, A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE, SENT ME YOUR LETTER REQUESTING A PHOTO OF OF WOODY.

IT’S NICE TO KNOW THAT YOU LIKE WOODY WOODPECKER AND YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR TELEVISION SHOW.

SINCERELY,

Walter Lantz

Bonus: Yesterday I was feeling lonely

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Written by funnyordie

1. Booze

This one’s a no-brainer.  The go-to, the classic breakup default; everyone does some serious whistle-wetting for at least six months after a real heart scrambling.  But hey, there’s a reason the cliche is as alive as it’s ever been.  Though you may be doing no good for yourself whatsoever, you’re about to write (what your soupy brain thinks is) the best screenplay/song that’s ever been written.

2. Word With Friends

The iPhone app that took online Scrabble to a whole new level.  Simultaneous, limitless games that have revolutionized the waiting room/car ride/morning dump experience.  And there’s a chat feature–who needs a significant other when you can play all the mobile Scrabble you’ve ever dreamed of, and be able to smack talk your opponents?  “Triple word score, suck it.”

3.  Hot Pockets Side Shots

You’re sick of spending the dough for organics. You’re sick of that expensive restaurant with “locally grown” ingredients.  You’re fucking hungry and you want some food.  Fast.  Hot Pockets Side Shots; a microwavable, meal-filled bun that Dave Thomas probably thought of on ecstasy while banging his wife.

4.  The Other Half of Your Bed

You’ve been wondering what it’d be like to wake up, you know, comfortably.  There’s another world on the other side of that mattress, and now it’s yours to take over and start your day without feeling like you just slept in a pack of Parliament Lights.

5.  Netflix Watch Instantly

Unlimited hours of TV and movies.  For only eight dollars a month.  And you can watch whatever the hell you want.  No more trying to explain the magic of a great film because your date is too busy texting, no more arm falling asleep while you finish off the burnt popcorn, and no more fights halfway through the movie because of titties.

6.  Porn

Yup.

Bonus: How to Get Your Neighbor’s Dog to Shut Up

Collected by William Melton

Search Engine Land

In honor of yesterday’s epic “Dead Girl” Google Street Bomb, as reported by Gawker, we’ve put together a list of the top ten Google Street View Photobombs.

10. Horse Boy

A masked man from Scotland decided it was time to creep out the nation.

CNET

9. Seagull Bomb

No, it’s not a scene from a Hitchcock remake. It’s just a bird that really likes the camera.

The Huffington Post

8. Drunk Dude

This lad from Northern Australia decided to take a little nap on his lawn after a night of drinking.

BuzzFeed

7. Where’s Waldo

Waldo is no match for global satellite technology. I’m still waiting for Carmen Sandiego to pop up.

The Brooklyn Nomad

6. Inflatable Date

We applaud this man for his absolute shamelessness.

Pop Goes the Week
5. Two Guys Peeing

Hey, when it’s time to go, it’s time to go!

Geekologie

4. One Girl Peeing (At least, we hope she’s peeing)

Not to be outdone by the boys, this girl really goes for it and pops a squat right behind her car. Well, assuming it is her car, but you never know with people like this.

Pop Goes the Week

3. Gun-Toting Badass

Hopefully, this guy doesn’t work at a Post Office.

Pop Goes the Week

2. LARP

Our favorite role-playing photobombers barely missed the top honors.

Take Me To Your Leader

1. Mermen Battle It Out

They win for the four prong spear head, because that’s almost a trident and tridents are awesome.

NextRound

Finally, to honor these spear-wielding, crazy scuba guys, we’re including the greatest trident moment in cinematic history.

Written by Jesus Diaz

His name: Christian Owens. His age: 16. He made his first million dollars in two years, “inspired by Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs”. This is how he did it.

The British teen—who lives in Corby, Northamptonshire—got his first computer age seven. Three years later he got a Mac and taught himself web design. Four years later—at age 14, in 2008—he started his first company. It was a simple site that some of you may know: Mac Bundle Box. The site was pretty, rooted into Apple’s own design guidelines and style.

The page sold a package of very neat Mac OS X applications for a discounted price and for a limited time. He would negotiate with the developers to get a discount deal on their apps. The resulting bundle had a combined retail value of around $400, but he would sell it for a tenth of that price.

Not only that: If enough people bought the package, a new application would get unlocked for all buyers, which guaranteed very good word-of-mouth promotion. And to top it all, Owens dedicated a percentage of all sales to charity.

The idea did well. Very well, in fact: In its first two years, Mac Bundle Box made $1,000,000 (700,000 British Pounds).

Not happy with that success, Owens jumped into a new venture called Branchr, a pay-per-click advertising company that distributes 300 million ads per month on over 17,500 websites, iPhone, and Android applications. The company, which claims to deliver “contextual, behavioral, publisher-defined, and geographically” targeted ads in those platforms, has already made $800,000 in its first year and employs eight adults including his 43-year-old mother, Alison.

He doesn’t know where he would be in 10 years, but the next thing he wants to do is to make one hundred million British pounds with Branchr. He seems to be on his way to success. He claims his business is growing strong—Branchr has already bought another company—and he reinvests all the money back into the company.

His secret to success? There’s no secret, he says:

There is no magical formula to business, it takes hard work, determination and the drive to do something great.

In an age of idiotized kids who can’t focus on anything, we salute you, Christian. [SWNS]
Bonus:Samurai Jack & Powerpuff Girls: Are they the same universe?

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Written by Laura Strachan

Applying for a job can be a stressful pursuit as an applicant prepares answers to those predictable questions, and hopes that his research will help him stand out amongst the sea of eager applicants. Whether fresh out of college, or re-entering the workforce after a long hiatus from the nine to five grind, one way to prepare yourself for an interview is to know which questions you don’t have to answer.

Drum roll please …. below are 10 Things You Can’t Be Asked at a Job Interview:

1. You have a unique look, what race are you? Although there is a fine line between an appropriate and inappropriate interview question, most employers are aware that making race a factor in the decision process is illegal. An employer can, however, inquire as to whether an international applicant is legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
2. So tell me, boyfriend or girlfriend … or both? Simply put, the sexual preference of an applicant should have no bearing on whether he or she can perform the job.
3. Do you have a bun in the oven, or planning on babies anytime soon? Women are often the target of illegal hiring questions. Questions pertaining to pregnancy, future childbearing plans, unwed motherhood, or child care are all illegal.
4. Ever been to rehab? Questions relating to drugs or alcohol, although there are often company policies prohibiting these pastimes on the job, are not appropriate for interview questions. An employer can inquire into whether an applicant uses illegal drugs.
5. Been to the hospital lately? Along the same thread as disability questions, there are privacy implications at play when questions concern medical history.
6. We all get a little crazy sometimes, do you have any sort of mental illness you should warn me about? Aside from questions relating to mental disabilities being a privacy issue, this line of questioning is inappropriate for employers to ask.
7. Not too interested in hiring someone with a disability, got any? Disability questions are off-limits, and a conversation concerning disabilities is illegal, unless prompted by the applicant.
8. What are your thoughts on God? Questions concerning religion are best left at the pulpit, and an applicant is under no obligation to give a response.
9. We’re trying to keep costs down, have you ever filed a workers’ compensation claim? Employees have the right to file for workers’ compensation for job-related injuries, and this cannot serve to later limit an individual’s ability to seek employment elsewhere.
10. How old are you? Unless the employer is trying to discern whether you are legally an adult, questions relating to age place the employer in the realm of age discrimination.

Sadly, asking an applicant their greatest weakness is fair game, as are any other clever way to discover if an applicant has the skills and personality to fit with a company’s culture. But, any question aimed at an individual’s personal attributes, orientation, or personal background is not only off-limits, but illegal. As a job-seeker, confronting an illegal interview question can be uncomfortable, if not downright awkward to address; but the bottom line is that you do not have to answer them, and can tell the employer that their line of questioning is illegal or report the company to a local Equal Employment Opportunity office.

Related Resources:

• Avoid Disability Discrimination When Hiring New Employees (FindLaw)
• Woman Shoplifts Wardrobe, Wears to Interview at Store (FindLaw’s Legally Weird)
• Law and the Workplace (FindLaw)
• When Pigs Fly: Accommodating Service and (provided by Nelson Law Group)
• NASCAR Behind the Scenes: Still Just for the “Good Old Boys”? (provided by McCarthy Weisberg Cummings, P.C.)

Written by thechive

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We received the following photos last night from a person who works with this girl. Her name is Jenny (not confirmed) – we’re working our contact for Jenny’s last name. Yesterday morning, Jenny quit her job with a (flash)bang by emailing these photos to the entire office, about 20 employees we’re told. Awesome doesn’t begin to describe this office heroine. Check back as we will be updating if we get more details.

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