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Aug 11, 2012 9:00 AM   The hardest part of reading (besides the big, scary words) is finding a remotely comfortable way to sit, or lie, while doing it. These crazy prism glasses will add "lying on your back" to the list of options, but you'll look stupid. It's a simple concept. The prism glasses redirect your line of sight nintey degrees downward, parallel to your supine form. That way you can, in theory, prop your book or magazine on your chest or stomach, and still read it without doing crunches to tilt your head. Seems equally useful and disorienting. Probably not the best setup for reading Pynchon or something. If you want to try this elegant yet weird solution a try, you can pick up a pair of these guys for about $25. Or you can, you know, sit in a chair like a normal person and just deal with it. Your call really. [bookofjoe] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear whe...

Aug 10, 2012 12:40 PM   Passing out in weird places is part of any good drunk's job, but a Norwegian tourist has taken the artform to a whole new level by falling asleep on an airport baggage belt, and taking a trip back to the scanners. The unnamed 36-year-old tourist was about to check in for a flight, but found no attendant at the desk. His elegant solution to the problem was, of course, to hop behind the desk, and pass out on the baggage belt. Fifteen minutes later, the tourist was traveling deep into the bowels of the "secure" baggage area, where his huddled, drunken form was spotted on one of the X-Ray baggage scanners. Airport security's reaction? "There's usually an episode like this once a year and we are alert," an official told the Telegraph. "In this case we were notified we sounded the alarm immediately and we took action." If this isn't the first instance of this, you'd think might have developed a more proactive soluti...