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Free Rice

freerice.JPGWorking in a corporate office is a near constant struggle to look busy and remain entertained for 8 hours (give or take depending on your level of punctuality). A lot of people, myself included, view this as wasted time burned in an effigy of productivity. Fortunately, now time spent deluding your corporate overlords into thinking you're actually accomplishing something worth being paid for needn't be a complete waste of time.

Sister to Poverty.com, FreeRice is a word game that donates 10 grains of rice for every correct answer. I've been playing it on and off for about 2 hours now and "donated" 3000 grains. Now rather than justify my laziness with a bad attitude and sarcasm I can claim altruism and a burning desire to expand my argot.

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