supernumerary
adjective
1. exceeding the stated, standard, or prescribed number.
2. exceeding what is necessary or desired; superfluous.
3. a supernumerary person or thing.
4. an actor with a speaking part, as a walk-on or an extra in a crowd scene.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
role models
by all rights, these boneheads should be flipping burgers at mcdonalds, not making millions of dollars a year and living care-free lives... the following is a list of only some of hollywood's famous high school dropouts:
john travolta, jim carrey, nicole kidman
aaron eckhart - dropped out but eventually earned his equivalency so yay!
avril lavigne - twat
leonardo dicaprio, bryan adams, michael j. fox, drew barrymore
hilary swank - maybe if she'd stayed in school, she'd have learned how to be less man-ish
beck, cher, celine dion
michael cane - but he dropped out to join the army... yay?
kurt cobain - just weeks before graduation! so close!
sean connery - joined the navy instead
whoopi goldberg - it was because she was addicted to heroin
elton john, jude law, marilyn monroe, daniel craig, al pacino, quentin tarantino, uma thurman, charlize theron, kate winslet, christina applegate
paris hilton - well, like, duh!
jessica simpson - the girl can't tell fish from chicken; high school was obviously WAY too hard for her...
britney spears - high school's for nerds, y'all!
as much as i enjoy some of the performances from the dumb-dumb club, it doesn't make it right. most of them dropped out of school to persue their careers and in these cases it just happened to work out but not featured here are the other hundreds or thousands of people who did the same thing and didn't make it. it's not a good message to be sending - that you can be successful without finishing school. have a back-up plan! geezes... it's even less fair that actual SMART people people work their assess off and manage to graduate university/college and still can't make ends meet or find a job, etc.
for contrast, here's a list of ivy league a-listers that might be better role models... although, i still don't approve of their salaries...
christopher reeve - cornell
maggie gyllenhaal - columbia (literature & eastern religions)
matthew fox - columbia (economics)
brooke shields - princeton (french literature)
julia stiles - columbia (english)
david duchovny - princeton (undergrad), yale (graduate in english)... let's just put that whole "addicted to sex" part out of our minds for the purpose of this exercise
ed norton - yale (history)
paul giamatti - yale (english, master of fine arts in drama)
jennifer connelly - yale/stanford (english literature)... unfortunately she never finished
claire danes - yale (psychology)... didn't finish either
sigourney weaver - went to yale school of drama and they told her she didn't have what it takes to make...
paul newman - kenyon college (undergrad), yale (acting)
sara gilbert - yale (art & photography with honours!)
jennifer beals - yale (american literature)... flimed 'Flashdance' during her freshamn year!
angela bassett - yale (african-american studies)
jodie foster - yale (literature, magna cum ladue)
natalie portman - harvard (psychology)... while filming star wars!
and now for some canucks!
nia vardalos - ryerson (acting)
scott speedman - york, toronto (acting)
donald sutherland - victoria college at UofT with a double major in engineering and drama! wow... talk about ambition!
martin short - mcmaster (social work)
sandra oh - national theatre school of canada (drama)... was offered a 4-year journalism scholarship from carleton
rachel mcadams - york (fine arts)
evangeline lilly - university of british columbia (international relations)
eugene levy - mcmaster
dan akroyd - carleton (criminology & sociology)... unfortunately he never finished
will arnett - concordia... never finished :(
william shatner - mcgill (management)
whew... that was a long one!
john travolta, jim carrey, nicole kidman
aaron eckhart - dropped out but eventually earned his equivalency so yay!
avril lavigne - twat
leonardo dicaprio, bryan adams, michael j. fox, drew barrymore
hilary swank - maybe if she'd stayed in school, she'd have learned how to be less man-ish
beck, cher, celine dion
michael cane - but he dropped out to join the army... yay?
kurt cobain - just weeks before graduation! so close!
sean connery - joined the navy instead
whoopi goldberg - it was because she was addicted to heroin
elton john, jude law, marilyn monroe, daniel craig, al pacino, quentin tarantino, uma thurman, charlize theron, kate winslet, christina applegate
paris hilton - well, like, duh!
jessica simpson - the girl can't tell fish from chicken; high school was obviously WAY too hard for her...
britney spears - high school's for nerds, y'all!
as much as i enjoy some of the performances from the dumb-dumb club, it doesn't make it right. most of them dropped out of school to persue their careers and in these cases it just happened to work out but not featured here are the other hundreds or thousands of people who did the same thing and didn't make it. it's not a good message to be sending - that you can be successful without finishing school. have a back-up plan! geezes... it's even less fair that actual SMART people people work their assess off and manage to graduate university/college and still can't make ends meet or find a job, etc.
for contrast, here's a list of ivy league a-listers that might be better role models... although, i still don't approve of their salaries...
christopher reeve - cornell
maggie gyllenhaal - columbia (literature & eastern religions)
matthew fox - columbia (economics)
brooke shields - princeton (french literature)
julia stiles - columbia (english)
david duchovny - princeton (undergrad), yale (graduate in english)... let's just put that whole "addicted to sex" part out of our minds for the purpose of this exercise
ed norton - yale (history)
paul giamatti - yale (english, master of fine arts in drama)
jennifer connelly - yale/stanford (english literature)... unfortunately she never finished
claire danes - yale (psychology)... didn't finish either
sigourney weaver - went to yale school of drama and they told her she didn't have what it takes to make...
paul newman - kenyon college (undergrad), yale (acting)
sara gilbert - yale (art & photography with honours!)
jennifer beals - yale (american literature)... flimed 'Flashdance' during her freshamn year!
angela bassett - yale (african-american studies)
jodie foster - yale (literature, magna cum ladue)
natalie portman - harvard (psychology)... while filming star wars!
and now for some canucks!
nia vardalos - ryerson (acting)
scott speedman - york, toronto (acting)
donald sutherland - victoria college at UofT with a double major in engineering and drama! wow... talk about ambition!
martin short - mcmaster (social work)
sandra oh - national theatre school of canada (drama)... was offered a 4-year journalism scholarship from carleton
rachel mcadams - york (fine arts)
evangeline lilly - university of british columbia (international relations)
eugene levy - mcmaster
dan akroyd - carleton (criminology & sociology)... unfortunately he never finished
will arnett - concordia... never finished :(
william shatner - mcgill (management)
whew... that was a long one!
Monday, September 29, 2008
sure, i'll proof read your thesis!
"Bad 'grammer' left on schools' agenda"
Company puts error in heading of book students use to keep track of schoolwork
so i was staring at this story for a good 15 minutes thinking to myself, "yeah... and? where's the error?" before i actually typed 'grammer' into a spellchecker and then everything became clear!
but still... this is a BIG fuss for something that doesn't even matter that much. it's not like the heading for the page was "penis/punctuation" - now THAT would have been something to get excited about!
actually, my sister's high school agenda one year had a very phallic decoration on the cover... there were these flowy designs in white all over the black cover and BAM! right there on the front - a penis! you could find it without even looking for it! it was designed by one of the school's students too! i wonder how that slipped by???
Company puts error in heading of book students use to keep track of schoolwork
so i was staring at this story for a good 15 minutes thinking to myself, "yeah... and? where's the error?" before i actually typed 'grammer' into a spellchecker and then everything became clear!
but still... this is a BIG fuss for something that doesn't even matter that much. it's not like the heading for the page was "penis/punctuation" - now THAT would have been something to get excited about!
actually, my sister's high school agenda one year had a very phallic decoration on the cover... there were these flowy designs in white all over the black cover and BAM! right there on the front - a penis! you could find it without even looking for it! it was designed by one of the school's students too! i wonder how that slipped by???
road trip!
on the road again... straight to dinosaur, colorado!
well, not really but the town actually exists!
here are some other stange and wonderful towns to visit in your travels around the world:
no name, colorado
here are some other stange and wonderful towns to visit in your travels around the world:no name, colorado
mousehole, U.K.
great snoring, england - 2 miles from little snoring!
condom, france - visit the beautiful condom cathedral!
frisby on the wreake, U.K.
brown willy, U.K.
monkey's eyebrow, kentucky
turda, romania
dildo, newfoundland & labrador
christmas, florida
st. louis de ha ha, quebec
fucking, austria
intercourse, pennsylvania - close to the towns of blue ball and paradise!
two egg, florida
vulcan, alberta
word of the day - sep 29 08
verbiage
noun
1. an overabundance of words; wordiness.
2. manner or style of expression; diction.
you might read quite the volume of verbiage here but it is of no benefit to your intelligence.
noun
1. an overabundance of words; wordiness.
2. manner or style of expression; diction.
you might read quite the volume of verbiage here but it is of no benefit to your intelligence.
Friday, September 26, 2008
who knew...
turtles can be just as punk rock as people!
this turtle with 'tude was found wading around in the mary river near kenilworth, australia. and how did he get his rockin' do? algae growing on his head!
for more pictures, go here.
i think i might encourage hank to grow one of these!
PS - funny story... i was just in london to a work-type thingy and it was being held in kenilworth! these kenilworths are far, far away from each other but it IS an interesting coincidence. that also reminds me that i haven't actually written about that like i promised... i'm sure you didn't notice.
this turtle with 'tude was found wading around in the mary river near kenilworth, australia. and how did he get his rockin' do? algae growing on his head!for more pictures, go here.
i think i might encourage hank to grow one of these!
PS - funny story... i was just in london to a work-type thingy and it was being held in kenilworth! these kenilworths are far, far away from each other but it IS an interesting coincidence. that also reminds me that i haven't actually written about that like i promised... i'm sure you didn't notice.
word of the day - sep 26 08
rodomontade
noun
vain boasting; empty bluster; pretentious, bragging speech; rant.
noun
vain boasting; empty bluster; pretentious, bragging speech; rant.
picture of the week - sep 26 08
the throng of people attempting to make their way home after the subway decided to up and quit on thursday night right before evening rush hour...
the video they had on the news last night better captured the chaos but this is 'picture of the week' not 'video of the week'... that and my browser at works blocks pretty much any site with videos.
the video they had on the news last night better captured the chaos but this is 'picture of the week' not 'video of the week'... that and my browser at works blocks pretty much any site with videos.for more on the story, you can go here:
open mouth, inset foot
Perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government.
~ George W. Bush, London, June 16, 2008
hey you there, south of the border! why again did you elect this boob?
or perhaps a more poignant question: who's more the idiot? the ass-clown that's in power or the people that elected him to lead them?
~ George W. Bush, London, June 16, 2008
hey you there, south of the border! why again did you elect this boob?
or perhaps a more poignant question: who's more the idiot? the ass-clown that's in power or the people that elected him to lead them?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
employee satisfaction
Desk Rage
The peak of office employee stress levels which ultimately starts with the screaming of vulgar language within the workplace. It can often time leat to assulting fellow employees, abusing office equipment and/or stealing of company property, abusing sik days and ultimately poor production at work. A possible side effect is that the employee continues to take out his or her rage at their residence in the form of kicking small animals and drinking heavily.
Example: With my pending at work and the amount of people calling me each day I'm on the brink of desk rage and one day I'm going to break and take it out on that weird guy that sits next to me.
from urbandictionary.com
The peak of office employee stress levels which ultimately starts with the screaming of vulgar language within the workplace. It can often time leat to assulting fellow employees, abusing office equipment and/or stealing of company property, abusing sik days and ultimately poor production at work. A possible side effect is that the employee continues to take out his or her rage at their residence in the form of kicking small animals and drinking heavily.
Example: With my pending at work and the amount of people calling me each day I'm on the brink of desk rage and one day I'm going to break and take it out on that weird guy that sits next to me.
from urbandictionary.com
tasty!
can you imagine what this might smell like if you opened the bag?
whenever it comes time to clean out the fridge at my house, we can't just throw food out based on the fact that we can't even remember when we ate that... that... whatever that used to be. in order to be considered for the compost bin, the item must be smelt. it's one of my least favourite jobs ever. i'm always afraid whatever it is is going to reach up and get me! or that the smell particles will get lodged in my nose and i'd have to smell that smell forever! or if it's a really bad stink, you can sometimes taste it! i'm all grossed out just alking about it.
luckily, the above sandwich is merely a delicious wolf in moldy sheeps clothing!
some brilliant sonofabitch has come up with these handy anti-theft lunch baggies!
whenever it comes time to clean out the fridge at my house, we can't just throw food out based on the fact that we can't even remember when we ate that... that... whatever that used to be. in order to be considered for the compost bin, the item must be smelt. it's one of my least favourite jobs ever. i'm always afraid whatever it is is going to reach up and get me! or that the smell particles will get lodged in my nose and i'd have to smell that smell forever! or if it's a really bad stink, you can sometimes taste it! i'm all grossed out just alking about it.luckily, the above sandwich is merely a delicious wolf in moldy sheeps clothing!
some brilliant sonofabitch has come up with these handy anti-theft lunch baggies!now this is the official site but i'm sending you to the following like because it is much more entertaining to read.
mildly disappointed...
so i went to see broadway monty python in the form of Spamalot the other night... i think i would have been more satisfied if i'd just stayed home and watched the actual movie.it kind of makes me sad because i'd hyped it up in my mind so much and everyone who'd seen it said it was great and that i'd love it. i'm not even sure i'm in like with it. :(
i was more excited about the merchandise than anything... they had killer bunny slippers! sadly, they were 50 clams! i ended up settling for an overpriced stress vache - that's a cow for all you non-bilingual people. i'm currently entertaining suggestions for what to name it... so far, i've been told to call it simply 'vache' but i'm vetoing that.
anyway, back to the actual show. it was like watching a high school production of Spamalot. a very good high school production mind you but not exactly what i was looking forward too. all the jokes i loved from the movie sounded just so forced on stage. you know when you go to see amateur comedians and they think that the louder they are, the funnier they are? yeah, kind of like that... kind of like theater sports after all the good people left - if you missed this reference, don't worry about it, just keep reading. and talk about messing with the plot! i know it wouldn't be possible to cram in everything from the film but... but... but... no bridge keeper scene?!? and i know the production was written by eric idle and all but... but... but... no castle anthrax?!?
spoiler alter! all those who care about not spoiling the show for themselves if they're planning on seeing the show might want to skip this next paragraph. look away now!
lancelot is gay? so it made for some slight humour with all the dancing and spandex in neon colours... i suppose it helped that the performer playing lancelot was hot and when they ripped off his knight's 'armour' he was clad in red leggings, a leather vest, and a sparkly codpiece.
now... let's end with something nice... i liked camelot envisioned like las vegas! what happens in camelot, stays in camelot! oh and i did like the sing-a-long of 'bright side of life' at the very end.
well, at the very least we didn't have to endure big ol' gay clay aiken prancing about the stage. thank goodness for small miracles.
no, i'm not expecting
it's just because i think too much...
ok, so i don't think anyone ever in the history of the universe has accused me of thinking too much but i'm going to stick with this explanation from now on.
"Does Thinking Make Us Fatter?"
Mental Tasks Cause People to Eat More, Researchers Find
It turns out that performing mental tasks, like trying to solve problems while working at a computer, stimulates the appetite so much that people tend to eat significantly more calories than they burned while performing the "knowledge-based" tasks.
what an apt and stunning argument for the aforementioned 'walkstation'!
ok, so i don't think anyone ever in the history of the universe has accused me of thinking too much but i'm going to stick with this explanation from now on.
"Does Thinking Make Us Fatter?"
Mental Tasks Cause People to Eat More, Researchers Find
It turns out that performing mental tasks, like trying to solve problems while working at a computer, stimulates the appetite so much that people tend to eat significantly more calories than they burned while performing the "knowledge-based" tasks.
what an apt and stunning argument for the aforementioned 'walkstation'!
ridiculous or right idea?
people... the future of the traditional 'desk job' could be at risk here...
BEHOLD! the future:
my question is, well, one of my questions is: why is that guy still fat?
for more information, on the 'walkstation' go here.
i printed out the brochure for this thing and distributed it to a certain special circle of co-workers i thought would get a kick out of it. and they did. but now they're unsure if i'm joking or not...
BEHOLD! the future:
scary, no?
the new york times online recently published this story on 'work-walking' and boy-oh-boy do the people advocating this sound completely nuts! i'm not saying it's not a good idea but these people are just coming off sounding batshit insane.
my question is, well, one of my questions is: why is that guy still fat?for more information, on the 'walkstation' go here.
i printed out the brochure for this thing and distributed it to a certain special circle of co-workers i thought would get a kick out of it. and they did. but now they're unsure if i'm joking or not...
juvenile...
but entertaining! we need more news like this...
"Man charged with battery after passing gas"
after getting hauled down to the station for driving without headlights and suspicion of driving while impaired, this ass-clown (literally) is accused of letting rip a huge one and fanning it in the face of an officer!
his defence: "I couldn't hold it no more!"
"Man charged with battery after passing gas"
after getting hauled down to the station for driving without headlights and suspicion of driving while impaired, this ass-clown (literally) is accused of letting rip a huge one and fanning it in the face of an officer!
his defence: "I couldn't hold it no more!"
word of the day - sep 25 08
blackguard
noun
1. a rude or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel.
2. a person who uses foul or abusive language.
3. scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, "blackguard language."
4. to revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
bonus word of the day
scurrilous
adjective
1. grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.
noun
1. a rude or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel.
2. a person who uses foul or abusive language.
3. scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, "blackguard language."
4. to revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
bonus word of the day
scurrilous
adjective
1. grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
graduates of post-secondary education
peon 1: i suppose it's ok that you included [the others], however you do realize we can't talk about them now...
peon 2: we can just start another conversation loop outside this one...
peon 1: sidebar, lol. we haven't done one of those in a while.
peon 2: no, no, no... we can't sidebar and talk about them in THIS conversation... because they'll find out! we need to start a NEW one. geezes... i thought you of all people would have known that!
peon 1: i know! i'm saying our other conversation can be a separate one like a sidebar. get with the program!
peon 2: but THEY will see it!
peon 1: not if we stop cc'ing them!!! sigh - you did get your head checked right???
peon 2: but you keep cc'ing them WITH the sidebar!
peon 1: but this isn't a sidebar - well i guess it sort of is, it's sidebar about a sidebar, but not THE sidebar. the word has lost all meaning.
besides we're not actually talking about them, we're just talking about talking about them at some point when they won't be cc'ed. this should be interesting for them when they read this. wonder what their sidebar is going to say about us...
peon 2: we can just start another conversation loop outside this one...
peon 1: sidebar, lol. we haven't done one of those in a while.
peon 2: no, no, no... we can't sidebar and talk about them in THIS conversation... because they'll find out! we need to start a NEW one. geezes... i thought you of all people would have known that!
peon 1: i know! i'm saying our other conversation can be a separate one like a sidebar. get with the program!
peon 2: but THEY will see it!
peon 1: not if we stop cc'ing them!!! sigh - you did get your head checked right???
peon 2: but you keep cc'ing them WITH the sidebar!
peon 1: but this isn't a sidebar - well i guess it sort of is, it's sidebar about a sidebar, but not THE sidebar. the word has lost all meaning.
besides we're not actually talking about them, we're just talking about talking about them at some point when they won't be cc'ed. this should be interesting for them when they read this. wonder what their sidebar is going to say about us...
can i just stop you there...
oh i don't have anything to say... i just wanted to stop you there.
in a rather extreme, but not unprecedented, spat of being unproductive, i just finished watching the movie Run Fatboy Run and i have to tell you that it was SO good. i might even watch it again this afternoon!
in a rather extreme, but not unprecedented, spat of being unproductive, i just finished watching the movie Run Fatboy Run and i have to tell you that it was SO good. i might even watch it again this afternoon!
i'm usually not one for rom-coms but this one is different... (also, i think i might have some sort of mental problem because the other day i watched What Happens in Vegas and not only was i actually entertained, by cameron diaz no less, but i seriously, honest-to-buddha, almost cried! i don't know what's wrong with me... i might be turning into an emotional marshmallow. or maybe it's because right before that i weepy-eyed my way through the Sex and the City movie. something MUST be wrong with me...)
much like the time i decided to watch Hot Fuzz during a procrastination celebration, i had to find a way to muffle my 'LOL's lest people wonder why i think autocad is so funny. i adore Simon Pegg and everything i've seen him in has been just wonderfully funny. i just hope he hasn't gone and shot himself in the foot by playing scotty in the upcoming Star Trek movie...
also, i think i've fallen head-over-heels in love with Dylan Moran... well, at least dylan moran in run fatboy run. dylan moran in the role of gordon, simon pegg's character's best mate. in real life he's a irish comedian and now, not to sound to stalker-y or anything, i am compelled to go find out everything about him!
anyway, moral of the story: go watch the movie!
word of the day - sep 23 08
puerile
adjective
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile; childish.
and? your point is?
adjective
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile; childish.
and? your point is?
Monday, September 22, 2008
word of the day - sep 22 08
undulate
intransitive
to move in, or have, waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
intransitive
to move in, or have, waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
not to sound ungrateful...
i'm considering holding a lunchless 'lunch and learn' for my whole office on my condition...
that would save me having to say i'm feeling much better and describing what's wrong with me (not the WHOLE story on what's wrong with me mind you... that would take FORever!) like 20 times over... yes, i appreciate your concern but do you think you could all get together and come ask me once? the more i say it, the stupider it sounds!
that would save me having to say i'm feeling much better and describing what's wrong with me (not the WHOLE story on what's wrong with me mind you... that would take FORever!) like 20 times over... yes, i appreciate your concern but do you think you could all get together and come ask me once? the more i say it, the stupider it sounds!
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
that's BPPV for short...
or it can just be BPV too...
apparently i have it. and i've been told that me having it is just a really fancy way of the doctors saying they don't actually know what's wrong with me. brilliant, no?
i had a little drama on friday where i had to sit on the floor in an unsuccessful attempt to make the world stop spinning... it was like i was just sitting there at my computer and all of the sudden out of nowhere, the world just tilted off and everything but me was falling off! not pleasant. it made me VERY dizzy and all the dizzy made me VERY nauseous. so dizzy and nauseous in fact that i was actually, physically weeping. so i got the honour of making a soggy, puddle of myself in front of all my very concerned co-workers. for future reference, i recommend NOT wearing a skirt to work when you're going to have to curl up in a ball on the office floor.
anyway... my mom dropped what she was doing at her job and rushed to collect me - isn't she a sweetheart? we went to the hospital for 6 HOURS and all they got done in that time was an IV and a cat scan... i think the IV might have been the worst part of my whole day - even worse than the dizzy-nauseous-weepy part!
well so much for TGIF, right?
i spent the weekend recovering and i feel much better today, although not quite 100% yet.
BPV is problem to do with the inner ear and you can read all about it here!
or it can just be BPV too...
apparently i have it. and i've been told that me having it is just a really fancy way of the doctors saying they don't actually know what's wrong with me. brilliant, no?
i had a little drama on friday where i had to sit on the floor in an unsuccessful attempt to make the world stop spinning... it was like i was just sitting there at my computer and all of the sudden out of nowhere, the world just tilted off and everything but me was falling off! not pleasant. it made me VERY dizzy and all the dizzy made me VERY nauseous. so dizzy and nauseous in fact that i was actually, physically weeping. so i got the honour of making a soggy, puddle of myself in front of all my very concerned co-workers. for future reference, i recommend NOT wearing a skirt to work when you're going to have to curl up in a ball on the office floor.
anyway... my mom dropped what she was doing at her job and rushed to collect me - isn't she a sweetheart? we went to the hospital for 6 HOURS and all they got done in that time was an IV and a cat scan... i think the IV might have been the worst part of my whole day - even worse than the dizzy-nauseous-weepy part!
well so much for TGIF, right?
i spent the weekend recovering and i feel much better today, although not quite 100% yet.
BPV is problem to do with the inner ear and you can read all about it here!
if i were a soap star...
my name would be: Jennifer Barclay - Jackson - Patrick.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
NOT my fault!
so i didn't write on friday but i have a totally legit excuse...
i was at the hospital for most of the day.
i'm ok now... thanks for your concern.
i'll talk to you about it on monday maybe. but you see how good i am about promising to wrote about stuff - it's a week later and i'm still promising to write about london! but i WILL get around to it! eventually...
i was at the hospital for most of the day.
i'm ok now... thanks for your concern.
i'll talk to you about it on monday maybe. but you see how good i am about promising to wrote about stuff - it's a week later and i'm still promising to write about london! but i WILL get around to it! eventually...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
word of the day - sep 18 08
tintinnabulation
noun
a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells
wow... talk about excessive use of vocabular force!
noun
a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells
wow... talk about excessive use of vocabular force!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
err...
looks like i got sidetracked yet again today...
and what's more, it was with actual work!
geezes... i've been lazy!
surely i'll have someting good to report tomorrow...
and what's more, it was with actual work!
geezes... i've been lazy!
surely i'll have someting good to report tomorrow...
word of the day - sep 17 08
vociferous
adjective
making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy.
if you looked this word up in a dictionary, you might very well find a picture of yours truly accompanying this definition... then again, you might also find a picture of yourself next to the definition for the word gullible.
adjective
making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy.
if you looked this word up in a dictionary, you might very well find a picture of yours truly accompanying this definition... then again, you might also find a picture of yourself next to the definition for the word gullible.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
ET phone home...
i could probably be away from work more often... because it seems that they didn't miss me too much while i was away. no work piled up, no pressing matters that urgently need my attention were waiting for me... i had a bunch of e-mails but nothing overwhelming. an proof that NO ONE wants to talk to you in person anymore when they can get you electronically - i had only 1 voicemail, from someone who tried thrice-ly to reach me by e-mail before having to resign himself to the lowly, caveman era technology of the telephone.anyhoodle... i'll talk more about my trip tomorrow i think. today, i was busy-looking all day but i really didn't DO anything. sorta feels a little wasteful. i mean, even if i'm not doing work, i should be doing something, right?
word of the day - sep 16 08
cosmopolite
noun
1. one who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
2. (ecology) an organism found in most parts of the world.
not me exactly but i'd like to think i'm a little closer after my big trip!
noun
1. one who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
2. (ecology) an organism found in most parts of the world.
not me exactly but i'd like to think i'm a little closer after my big trip!
Monday, September 15, 2008
home for a rest
whew...
after a whirlwind UK trip, i'm taking a 'personal day' which means i'm hanging out in my pjs and being a lump... which feels, like, the most fantastic thing ever. after like 5 days of being the opposite of a lump, yeah... it feels great.
i have to get the most out of it while i can bacause i'll be back at it tomorrow!
after a whirlwind UK trip, i'm taking a 'personal day' which means i'm hanging out in my pjs and being a lump... which feels, like, the most fantastic thing ever. after like 5 days of being the opposite of a lump, yeah... it feels great.
i have to get the most out of it while i can bacause i'll be back at it tomorrow!
Friday, September 12, 2008
graduate weekend update
i'm so f'ing wasted...
there are activities at 9:00 AM tomorrow...
any bets on what percentage of people will show up?
i'm guessing like 12%?
cheers...
see you next week!
there are activities at 9:00 AM tomorrow...
any bets on what percentage of people will show up?
i'm guessing like 12%?
cheers...
see you next week!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
london calling...
alrighty peeps...don't miss me too much! i'm off to the UK tomorrow and i probably won't be posting anything until tuesday. hopefully i gave you enough in the last 2 days that you won't resent me too much for going bye-bye.
cheerio!
thoughts...
WHERE do they get the music they play while you're on hold???
are no-name musicians out there quietly making a living recording 'hold music'? or was all that music recorded as 'easy listening' back in the 70s and they just use it over and over and over... and sell it to everyone who needs it? like a 'hold music' union - uniform across the board.
so mellow... is it because they want you to feel at ease?
also, why is the quality of the music so crappy? it's like they recorded off the radio using a hand-held tape recorder!
and then you don't even get to really listen to the mellow, static-y music because they interrupt it every 10 seconds to tell you how important your call is and that a representative will be with you shortly...
are no-name musicians out there quietly making a living recording 'hold music'? or was all that music recorded as 'easy listening' back in the 70s and they just use it over and over and over... and sell it to everyone who needs it? like a 'hold music' union - uniform across the board.
so mellow... is it because they want you to feel at ease?
also, why is the quality of the music so crappy? it's like they recorded off the radio using a hand-held tape recorder!
and then you don't even get to really listen to the mellow, static-y music because they interrupt it every 10 seconds to tell you how important your call is and that a representative will be with you shortly...
road warriors - the bad kind
"Suspensions fail to stop lethal driver"
[Gloria O'Neill] has been involved in at least 15 collisions, often in rented or borrowed cars. Her licence was suspended as far back as 1978, at age 21. In 1984, it was suspended again. Still forbidden to drive, she got a new licence under a different name. When that was suspended, she got another one.
Five years ago, after she dragged a pedestrian to his death in a crosswalk, a court banned her from driving for 10 years.
AND SHE'S STILL DRIVING TODAY!
lah-dee-dah-dah... driving around most likely uninsured and either without a licence or with a new one under a different name.
i was reading this story and it just kept getting more and more ridiculous! this woman has no respect for the road, for motor vehicles, for other motorists, for traffic laws, for the licencing system (but i guess most people don't have this one...), for the police, for pedestrians... the list goes on. and certainly she has no sense of remorse.
i mean it's just like... GAH! i'm beyond speechless... she's a menace and they keep letting her back out on the streets!
that pedestrian incident? i can't even believe it...
According to court documents, Gloria O'Neill [...] was driving [...] toward traffic stopped at a red light. She had borrowed the car from her landlord, telling him she needed to visit her daughter.
Witnesses were shocked when she pulled into the left-turn lane, drove through the red and down a hill.
Any reasonable motorist would have ample time to see [the victim] in the crosswalk, experts in collision reconstruction testified.
He was dragged under her car for 26 metres.
As bystanders rushed to help, she sped off at up to 100 km/h, nearly hitting another motorist head-on.
geezes! you should really go a read the rest of the story... then we can all muddle in outrage together.
seriously, how do these people get licences?? why did it feel so hard for me to get a valid one when people like this have multiple suspended ones? f*ck!
[Gloria O'Neill] has been involved in at least 15 collisions, often in rented or borrowed cars. Her licence was suspended as far back as 1978, at age 21. In 1984, it was suspended again. Still forbidden to drive, she got a new licence under a different name. When that was suspended, she got another one.
Five years ago, after she dragged a pedestrian to his death in a crosswalk, a court banned her from driving for 10 years.
AND SHE'S STILL DRIVING TODAY!
lah-dee-dah-dah... driving around most likely uninsured and either without a licence or with a new one under a different name.
i was reading this story and it just kept getting more and more ridiculous! this woman has no respect for the road, for motor vehicles, for other motorists, for traffic laws, for the licencing system (but i guess most people don't have this one...), for the police, for pedestrians... the list goes on. and certainly she has no sense of remorse.
i mean it's just like... GAH! i'm beyond speechless... she's a menace and they keep letting her back out on the streets!
that pedestrian incident? i can't even believe it...
According to court documents, Gloria O'Neill [...] was driving [...] toward traffic stopped at a red light. She had borrowed the car from her landlord, telling him she needed to visit her daughter.
Witnesses were shocked when she pulled into the left-turn lane, drove through the red and down a hill.
Any reasonable motorist would have ample time to see [the victim] in the crosswalk, experts in collision reconstruction testified.
He was dragged under her car for 26 metres.
As bystanders rushed to help, she sped off at up to 100 km/h, nearly hitting another motorist head-on.
geezes! you should really go a read the rest of the story... then we can all muddle in outrage together.
seriously, how do these people get licences?? why did it feel so hard for me to get a valid one when people like this have multiple suspended ones? f*ck!
word of the day - sep 9 08
regale
transitive verb
1. to entertain with something that delights.
2. to entertain sumptuously with fine food and drink.
3. to feast.
4. a sumptuous feast.
5. a choice food; a delicacy.
6. refreshment.
transitive verb
1. to entertain with something that delights.
2. to entertain sumptuously with fine food and drink.
3. to feast.
4. a sumptuous feast.
5. a choice food; a delicacy.
6. refreshment.
(what's the story) morning glory?
let's take a minute and dissect that picture of the oasis drama at virgin fest... mostly because i'm bored and i can't get over the fact that the guy's from p-ville!
toronto virgin festival - day 2
what: 2008 virgin music festival
when: sunday september 7
where: toronto island
why: because music is awesome... and apparently british
canadians spiral beach play a soggy set and attempt, rather successfully, to get the crowd fired up and forgetting about the miserable weather.
dancing bushes! these guys were especially disconcerting at night when they would crouch amougst the real shrubbery and scuttle out at you when you passed by... those idea people at virgin are quite the kooky bunch.
danko jones rocks as the rain lets up and the sun comes out.
light on chatter, heavy on music... "this is a song about curling..." the weakerthans are awesome, awesome, awesome and more awesome! and the sunshine keeps on coming!
let the british invasion begin! stereophonics kick things off brit-style! umm... i never knew they were good looking... fact. look it up.
forget paul "who's that?" weller... i saved all my battery power for oasis! too bad my camera was all like, "f*ck you!" and didn't produce many good pictures. i ended up with pictures that may or may not be confused with picture of an alien invasion. but this one's pretty good, right?
and the oasis drama? getting attacked on stage? by a guy who snuck past security and hid under the stage? possible broken ribs for noel? at 47-year-old... from pickering! woohoo! if that doesn't put our town on the map, what will?? it's not my picture, but here's what is looked like as shit went down... ("Oasis takes Toronto knock")
anyhoo... all in all, a good time to be had. if you weren't there you should probably cry yourself to sleep until the tickets go on sale for the 2009 show.
when: sunday september 7
where: toronto island
why: because music is awesome... and apparently british
canadians spiral beach play a soggy set and attempt, rather successfully, to get the crowd fired up and forgetting about the miserable weather.
dancing bushes! these guys were especially disconcerting at night when they would crouch amougst the real shrubbery and scuttle out at you when you passed by... those idea people at virgin are quite the kooky bunch.
danko jones rocks as the rain lets up and the sun comes out.
light on chatter, heavy on music... "this is a song about curling..." the weakerthans are awesome, awesome, awesome and more awesome! and the sunshine keeps on coming!
let the british invasion begin! stereophonics kick things off brit-style! umm... i never knew they were good looking... fact. look it up.
forget paul "who's that?" weller... i saved all my battery power for oasis! too bad my camera was all like, "f*ck you!" and didn't produce many good pictures. i ended up with pictures that may or may not be confused with picture of an alien invasion. but this one's pretty good, right?anyhoo... all in all, a good time to be had. if you weren't there you should probably cry yourself to sleep until the tickets go on sale for the 2009 show.
toronto virgin festival - day 1
what: 2008 virgin music festival
when: saturday september 6
where: toronto island
why: because music is awesome...
behold! the line for the line for the ferry... the actual line for the ferry was also long. but bonus, they didn't search any bags so that saved time! and also allowed us to bring our umbrellas, leafy green vegetables and unauthorized copies of richard branson's autobiography to the island with us!
woot! it's against me! playing a killer set... unfortunately, we didn't get to see the whole thing because we stayed too long watching the limp set the fratellis played at one of the other stages. also, we, being completely giddy with excitement and hence not thinking clearly, could not navigate to the main stage in a timely fashion.
the bloc party - such aggressive drumming for some mellow-ish music. if i were in charge, i would have set it up with the bloc party before against me! still, BP still played a good set and that's something coming from me who is skeptical of music i don't know.
FOO FIGHTERS!!! consummate showmen... also so charismatic. they did not disappoint... we heard the last song in their set on the way to the ferry. they totally disregarded the island curfew of 11. i love dave grohl... if he were god, i would totally be religious.
during the performances on the main stage, motorola (one of the sponsors... they were giving away free bags!) had this thing going where you could send text messages to them and they'd scroll along the bottom of the giant screens showing the action. i managed to this picture that i think is very apt. very apt indeed.
it's a good thing we didn't stay until the very end of the foo fighters' set... look at the line for the ferry! again! music festival with thousands of attendees being held on an island with VERY limited access? yeah, not the best idea in the world.
when: saturday september 6
where: toronto island
why: because music is awesome...
behold! the line for the line for the ferry... the actual line for the ferry was also long. but bonus, they didn't search any bags so that saved time! and also allowed us to bring our umbrellas, leafy green vegetables and unauthorized copies of richard branson's autobiography to the island with us!
woot! it's against me! playing a killer set... unfortunately, we didn't get to see the whole thing because we stayed too long watching the limp set the fratellis played at one of the other stages. also, we, being completely giddy with excitement and hence not thinking clearly, could not navigate to the main stage in a timely fashion.
the bloc party - such aggressive drumming for some mellow-ish music. if i were in charge, i would have set it up with the bloc party before against me! still, BP still played a good set and that's something coming from me who is skeptical of music i don't know.
FOO FIGHTERS!!! consummate showmen... also so charismatic. they did not disappoint... we heard the last song in their set on the way to the ferry. they totally disregarded the island curfew of 11. i love dave grohl... if he were god, i would totally be religious.during the performances on the main stage, motorola (one of the sponsors... they were giving away free bags!) had this thing going where you could send text messages to them and they'd scroll along the bottom of the giant screens showing the action. i managed to this picture that i think is very apt. very apt indeed.
it's a good thing we didn't stay until the very end of the foo fighters' set... look at the line for the ferry! again! music festival with thousands of attendees being held on an island with VERY limited access? yeah, not the best idea in the world.
Monday, September 8, 2008
just an FYI
i think i just caught someone doing the self-inflicted no-no in the bathroom… it was either that or they were very vigorously scrubbing out a piece of clothing... locked in the very last stall... all alone... whatever they were doing, they didn’t stop just because another person (ME!) happened to walk into the bathroom!
word of the day - sep 8 08
penultimate
adjective
1. next to the last: penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
i may or may not have used this word erroneously in my last post...
adjective
1. next to the last: penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
i may or may not have used this word erroneously in my last post...
who is paul weller???
forgive me because i may just be completely uneducated in the matter but...
who the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is Paul Weller? and why does he get megastar second billing at the toronto virgin festival?
i attended the EVENT this past weekend and i must say it was a good time. a good time indeed. for all of you who weren't there - you SO should have. i will have pictures and more junk tomorrow when i'm not losing my mind and i remember to bring my camera in.
back to paul weller - did you know he's often referred to as the modfather? nope, neither did i! but apparently he's more popular than i give him credit for... people were losing their shit for this guy! old(er) people mind you... but still! you'd think if he was popular enough to lose one's shit over, most people would have heard of him. i've never even heard of his pre solo career bands - The Jam and The Style Council.
so he's a english singer/songwriter who is a principal figure of the 1970s mod revival... doesn't mean much to me but hey, i might just be too young for any of this. but here's the important part of why i might not know who he is: "He has remained essentially a national rather than an international star, possibly because much of his songwriting is rooted in British culture."
and why does he get to play back-to-back with oasis? maybe because he was a guest guitarist and did backing vocals on oasis' 'champagne supernova' and he even suggested one of oasis' longtime drummers alan white to noel! we'll call it the oasis connection.
so now we know who paul weller is... that still doesn't mean i didn't have a little nap while he was performing...
but speaking of anonymity...
Danko Jones made a funny like joke along the lines of: "my name is danko, and collectively we are known as danko jones. but according to some virgin festival posters we're known as '+ others' and '... and more'"
who the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is Paul Weller? and why does he get megastar second billing at the toronto virgin festival?
i attended the EVENT this past weekend and i must say it was a good time. a good time indeed. for all of you who weren't there - you SO should have. i will have pictures and more junk tomorrow when i'm not losing my mind and i remember to bring my camera in.
back to paul weller - did you know he's often referred to as the modfather? nope, neither did i! but apparently he's more popular than i give him credit for... people were losing their shit for this guy! old(er) people mind you... but still! you'd think if he was popular enough to lose one's shit over, most people would have heard of him. i've never even heard of his pre solo career bands - The Jam and The Style Council.
so he's a english singer/songwriter who is a principal figure of the 1970s mod revival... doesn't mean much to me but hey, i might just be too young for any of this. but here's the important part of why i might not know who he is: "He has remained essentially a national rather than an international star, possibly because much of his songwriting is rooted in British culture."
and why does he get to play back-to-back with oasis? maybe because he was a guest guitarist and did backing vocals on oasis' 'champagne supernova' and he even suggested one of oasis' longtime drummers alan white to noel! we'll call it the oasis connection.
so now we know who paul weller is... that still doesn't mean i didn't have a little nap while he was performing...
but speaking of anonymity...
Danko Jones made a funny like joke along the lines of: "my name is danko, and collectively we are known as danko jones. but according to some virgin festival posters we're known as '+ others' and '... and more'"
survey says...
farewell dots!
the old dots scheme is out and the new, sleek black one is in.
according to my little poll, a whopping 86% liked the new look of the blog! there was only 1 dissenter in the ranks... who was it? fess up! did you just vote that way to be contrary or do you genuinely dislike the new look?
othe news to report - this poll had the biggest response ever! woohoo - 8! e-i-g-h-t eight people! i'm being sarcastic but aren't i entitled to do that on my own blog? i'm going to go ahead and admit that 3 of those people were me but i don't care. 5-1 is still a victory for the new blog look!
the old dots scheme is out and the new, sleek black one is in.
according to my little poll, a whopping 86% liked the new look of the blog! there was only 1 dissenter in the ranks... who was it? fess up! did you just vote that way to be contrary or do you genuinely dislike the new look?
othe news to report - this poll had the biggest response ever! woohoo - 8! e-i-g-h-t eight people! i'm being sarcastic but aren't i entitled to do that on my own blog? i'm going to go ahead and admit that 3 of those people were me but i don't care. 5-1 is still a victory for the new blog look!
degrees of separation
this building was partially designed by an affiliate of my company!
it's the sage gateshead - a centre for musical education in gateshead, england.
check out more strange modern architecture here.
it's the sage gateshead - a centre for musical education in gateshead, england.check out more strange modern architecture here.
Friday, September 5, 2008
still hot
paul gross turns 50 next year and what do you know, he's still attractive. i mean, not so naively cute benton fraser but still easy on the eyes if you know what i'm saying...
here he is at the premiere of his WWI drama Passchendaele at the toronto international film festival yesterday night.
here he is at the premiere of his WWI drama Passchendaele at the toronto international film festival yesterday night.
word of the day - sep 5 08
dapple
noun
1. a small contrasting spot or blotch
2. a mottled appearance, especially of the coat of an animal (as a horse).
3. to mark with patches of a colour or shade; to spot.
4. to become dappled.
5. marked with contrasting patches or spots; dappled.
noun
1. a small contrasting spot or blotch
2. a mottled appearance, especially of the coat of an animal (as a horse).
3. to mark with patches of a colour or shade; to spot.
4. to become dappled.
5. marked with contrasting patches or spots; dappled.
future heartbreaker
is this not one of the most adorable kids you have ever seen?? i wonder if he and his famous daddy have the same stylist... nah, the kid is way more dapper.
and who's the daddy?
russell crowe! and his cute-as-a-button son charlie.
via INO
and who's the daddy?russell crowe! and his cute-as-a-button son charlie.
via INO
barf!
"Our county is so tough on drugs that even the wildlife are getting in on the action."
~ Garfield County (Utah) Sheriff Danny Perkins on pot farm bust by a local black bear
who writes for this guy? lifetime? gross.
~ Garfield County (Utah) Sheriff Danny Perkins on pot farm bust by a local black bear
who writes for this guy? lifetime? gross.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
they tried to make me go to rehab...
but i said 'no, no, no'
the elephant, however, had no problem with rehab.
"Elephant cured of heroin addiction"
Four-year-old Asian elephant treated with massive methadone doses
there's hope for ms. winehouse yet...?
the elephant, however, had no problem with rehab.
"Elephant cured of heroin addiction"
Four-year-old Asian elephant treated with massive methadone doses
there's hope for ms. winehouse yet...?
burn notice
geezes! i heard the reports and everything but still, seeing it for the first time was still a shock...
this is where that truck slammed through a guardrail and turned into a fireball at the 401/404 interchange early this morning...
this is where that truck slammed through a guardrail and turned into a fireball at the 401/404 interchange early this morning...
word of the day - sep 4 08
listeriosis
noun
a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of human, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
noun
a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of human, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
can we eat yet?
first it was meat, then mushrooms, and NOW cheese!
"Ontario cheese added to Listeria recall list"
The list of foods feared to be tainted with the Listeria bacterium has grown to include cheese produced at Ontario's Ivanhoe Cheese Inc.
this is like that mad cow thing all over again where no one would eat canadian beef... but this time it's like ALL canadian food. didn't we just get over that e.coli thing with the spinach?
all these recalls are putting a serious crimp in my meat, mushrooms, chocolate, and cheese party i was planning... so help me if they add chocolate to that list!
"Ontario cheese added to Listeria recall list"
The list of foods feared to be tainted with the Listeria bacterium has grown to include cheese produced at Ontario's Ivanhoe Cheese Inc.
this is like that mad cow thing all over again where no one would eat canadian beef... but this time it's like ALL canadian food. didn't we just get over that e.coli thing with the spinach?
all these recalls are putting a serious crimp in my meat, mushrooms, chocolate, and cheese party i was planning... so help me if they add chocolate to that list!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
a touching story...
a touching story with big, bad bikers!
"Heaven's Angels"
They meant no harm. Clad in leather, inked to the hilt in skulls and dragons, with images of bloodied barbed wire looped about their necks, they shared something else -- a peculiar tenderness for animals, and the intensity needed to act on the animals' behalf when people abuse them.
"Heaven's Angels"
They meant no harm. Clad in leather, inked to the hilt in skulls and dragons, with images of bloodied barbed wire looped about their necks, they shared something else -- a peculiar tenderness for animals, and the intensity needed to act on the animals' behalf when people abuse them.
(the itsy bitsy spider...
i'm not posting the picture because i can't look at it again with out shuddering all my hair right off my body but if you're feeling the need to have the sensation of a million and one spiders crawling all over your body... feel free to follow this LINK.
word of the day - sep 3 08
sesquipedalian
adjective
1. given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. long and ponderous; having many syllables.
3. a long word.
this is like of opposite of the word phonetically not being spelt phonetically.
adjective
1. given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. long and ponderous; having many syllables.
3. a long word.
this is like of opposite of the word phonetically not being spelt phonetically.
seperated at birth
can anyone say 'long lost brothers'?
it's official, instead of coming back to the leafs this season, mats sundin is taking over the role of lord voldemort in the harry potter films.
it's official, instead of coming back to the leafs this season, mats sundin is taking over the role of lord voldemort in the harry potter films.
atomic veterans
like retired captain america?
sadly, it's not that exciting.
"Nuke-test veterans to get $24,000"
Ottawa offers payments to soldiers involved in Cold War arms trials and atomic accidents
at first i thought they were offering to pay a measly $25K to soldiers who had nuclear stuff tested on them... but it turns out they were just helping and cleaning up.
"We're finalizing the terms of a program to recognize the atomic veterans through a payment of $24,000 for exceptional service for each and every one of them."
sadly, it's not that exciting.
"Nuke-test veterans to get $24,000"
Ottawa offers payments to soldiers involved in Cold War arms trials and atomic accidents
at first i thought they were offering to pay a measly $25K to soldiers who had nuclear stuff tested on them... but it turns out they were just helping and cleaning up.
"We're finalizing the terms of a program to recognize the atomic veterans through a payment of $24,000 for exceptional service for each and every one of them."
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
thoughts...
for my sanity, the sooner i get the end of LOST season 3 and the entirety of season 4 into my grubby little hands, the better.
trial run...
last friday, my mom got so excited at the prospect of cupcake pops that she made a cake right there and then! it was SO urgent that we make these tiny confections that i was instructed to pick up additional supplies on the way home.
aside from some minor logistics problems, they turned out pretty good for a test run. there will definitely have to be some 'tweaking' when (that's 'when' not 'if') we make them again.
aside from some minor logistics problems, they turned out pretty good for a test run. there will definitely have to be some 'tweaking' when (that's 'when' not 'if') we make them again.
PS - they are delicious and maddeningly addictive.
word of the day - sep 2 08
comestible
adjective
1. suitable to be eaten; edible.
2. something suitable to be eaten; food.
what was wrong with edible? consumable?
confound you english language! why must you be so difficult and... full of words!
i am glad that i learned english as a first language and did not have to try and sort it out after knowing another, much more structured language. i mean and ESL-er could use this word in perfect context and (before today) i'd be standing there with my mouth agape in a stupor of not understanding like they'd just said "blah, blah, dee blah blah blah..." perfectly comestible you say? so i should spread it on my feet then?
adjective
1. suitable to be eaten; edible.
2. something suitable to be eaten; food.
what was wrong with edible? consumable?
confound you english language! why must you be so difficult and... full of words!
i am glad that i learned english as a first language and did not have to try and sort it out after knowing another, much more structured language. i mean and ESL-er could use this word in perfect context and (before today) i'd be standing there with my mouth agape in a stupor of not understanding like they'd just said "blah, blah, dee blah blah blah..." perfectly comestible you say? so i should spread it on my feet then?
celebrity babies
forget brangelina's brood, below is the true overlord of the celebrity baby kingdom. all hail the queen!
nahla ariela was spotted out and about for the first time with her mama at the zoo on friday afternoon! isn't she adorable? (INO)
nahla ariela was spotted out and about for the first time with her mama at the zoo on friday afternoon! isn't she adorable? (INO)in other baby news, christina "i'm dirty" aguilera's baby is not so adorable. more like soul-crushingly un-adoreable. (INO)
question: was christina always so unattractive or is this a recent development? i swear people thought she was hot at some point...
question: was christina always so unattractive or is this a recent development? i swear people thought she was hot at some point...twat
ok, we're so over your faux-lesbianism... we get it - you kissed a girl, you liked it. now please, go away. stop showing up in public looking as though you dressed hurriedly in the aisles of party packagers.
via INO
via INO
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