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You know the scene--it’s a Friday night, and your date just canceled. You’re bummed, maybe a little hurt.

Tired of leaving endless, unanswered voicemail and email messages for prospects?

Not long ago I signed up for an improvisational theater class. I thought I might gain stage presence and confidence; little did I know I would encounter a genuine cognitive challenge

I moved my eyes, and I realized that I was asleep in bed. When I saw the beautiful landscape start to blur, I thought to myself, “This is my dream; I want it to stay!” And the scene reappeared. Then I thought to myself how nice it would be to gallop through this landscape

For the last of our IgNobel coverage, we turn (heh, turn, you’ll see) to the IgNobel prize in Physics, which examined the dizziness is discus throwing, as compared to hammer throwing.

He is the founder of Kiip.me, a rewards network and the youngest person to receive funding by a venture capital firm. Advertisement: Helping the first responders respond 25% faster in the City of Madrid.

David and Erik are the founders of Hush Studios, who specialize in design and animations for digital, broadcast, mobile and physical installations. Advertisement: Helping the first responders respond 25% faster in the City of Madrid. Helping the first responders respond 25% faster in the City of Madrid

Barry Hartzberg, COO and co-founder of Satory Global, describes how he's created comfortable and strong work environment. Advertisement: Helping the first responders respond 25% faster in the City of Madrid

Ben Curtis hopes that returning to the scene of his most famous win will give his struggling game a spark.

Annika Sorenstam's return to the scene of her first win in a major hasn't sparked any thoughts of a comeback.

The local bar scene has always been a mystery. Step into a pub on any given night and you might get a bro-filled fratfest dominated by Polo-clad Murray Hillers. Another evening could attract a smaller, older crowd, shouting out answers at trivia night.

By Kevin Krolicki and Chisa Fujioka FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was the scene of an earlier safety crisis. [More]

The startup's capital comes from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, and its tech team includes a co-founder of Silicon Graphics and the man who was the chief architect for Palm's revolutionary webOS software.

Webcomic XKCD has timed today's piece nicely, given how much the (i)cloud will be in the news this week... 1. Sony, for once, isn't in the hacking news this morning: Instead game making rival Nintendo is now reporting a serious attack on its servers.

Apple's due to reveal all in its second-quarter call tonight at 5 p.m. EDT. The statistics will be telling, since they encompass the Verizon iPhone and the iPad 2's early sales