Guilt-free time-waster

So, I’m on a conference call trying desperately to find something worthwhile to do as my colleagues go about planning a terribly boring seminar and I happen upon a website that fits my needs perfectly.  It’s called Free Rice, and it is a vocabulary test where for every correct answer, an advertiser donates 20 grains of rice to the UN.  Yes, you’re right, 20 grains of rice really isn’t all that much, but think about how much rice that is if it’s aggregated.  It’s a lot.  Within my 15 minute call, I had accumulated 2000 grains, which I thought was cool.  Take a look if you like.  http://www.freerice.com/index.php. I made it to level 50, but quickly regressed to level 48.  Now, back to work.

December 5, 2007 - Posted by Oscar and Etta's mom | free rice