except not quite because i don't need YOUR permission to leave!
so it'll be more like A, as in A for ABSENT.
my extra long weekend starts tonight and i won't be back to business until tuesday! it's a week-long weekend, almost. couldn't we have that all the time? 4-day weekends, and 3-day work weeks? i would totally take one for the team and work like that.
anyway, i just wanted to make sure you didn't think i'd died at my computer.
peace out dudes & dudettes!
PS - remember that entries for the summer sensational mini scavenger hunt will be excepted until 11:59PM on friday august 31st, 2009.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
you're gonna love my nuts
for the original version of this infomercial, which might be equally as amusing, click here. martini bikini! and this whole production is just that much more delicious due to all the irony...
word of the day - jul 30 09
dulcet
adjective
1. pleasing to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
2. generally pleasing, soothing, or agreeable.
3. (archaic) sweet to the taste.
adjective
1. pleasing to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
2. generally pleasing, soothing, or agreeable.
3. (archaic) sweet to the taste.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
japanese people make me uncomfortable...
i consider myself a fairly open-minded person but i think this is pushing my limits just a wee tad too much. i read this story and it made ME feel awkward.
"Phenomenon - Love in 2-D"
Nisan didn’t mean to fall in love with Nemutan. [...] They went to a beach, not far from the home he shares with his parents in a suburb of Tokyo. [...] They took touristy pictures under cherry trees, frolicked like children on merry-go-rounds and slurped noodles on street corners. Now, after three years together, they are virtually inseparable. “I’ve experienced so many amazing things because of her,” Nisan told me, rubbing Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my life.”
Nemutan doesn’t really have a leg. She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a 2-D depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC video game called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric.
umm... oookay...
apparently a certain LARGE group of people of otaku culture (obsessiveness with anime, manga, & video games) are down with these real relationships with imaginary characters.
here might be a reason for that:
According to a government survey, more than a quarter of men and women between the ages of 30 and 34 are virgins; 50 percent of men and women in Japan do not have friends of the opposite sex. One of the biggest best sellers in the country last year was “Health and Physical Education for Over Thirty,” a six-chapter, manga-illustrated guidebook that holds the reader’s hand from the first meeting to sex to marriage.
here are a few more article snippets that make me a little less than comfortable:
"...believes that a lumpy pillow with a drawing of a prepubescent anime character on it is his girlfriend."
"As long as you train your imagination, a 2-D relationship is much more passionate than a 3-D one."
"...in search of new character girlfriends to add to their collections."
"...a catalog of more than a dozen prints of prepubescent anime characters with giant does eyes in erotic poses."
and that's a whole other thing altogether! why are all those 'erotic' manga cartoons always prepubescent girls??? isn't that skirting child pornography a little too closely for anyone else's comfort?
i've put up a lot of content from the article but it is rather lengthy. it's an... interesting read and if you have the time and a wide enough comfort zone, i highly suggest reading it.
"Phenomenon - Love in 2-D"
Nisan didn’t mean to fall in love with Nemutan. [...] They went to a beach, not far from the home he shares with his parents in a suburb of Tokyo. [...] They took touristy pictures under cherry trees, frolicked like children on merry-go-rounds and slurped noodles on street corners. Now, after three years together, they are virtually inseparable. “I’ve experienced so many amazing things because of her,” Nisan told me, rubbing Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my life.”
Nemutan doesn’t really have a leg. She’s a stuffed pillowcase — a 2-D depiction of a character, Nemu, from an X-rated version of a PC video game called Da Capo, printed on synthetic fabric.
umm... oookay...
apparently a certain LARGE group of people of otaku culture (obsessiveness with anime, manga, & video games) are down with these real relationships with imaginary characters.
here might be a reason for that:
According to a government survey, more than a quarter of men and women between the ages of 30 and 34 are virgins; 50 percent of men and women in Japan do not have friends of the opposite sex. One of the biggest best sellers in the country last year was “Health and Physical Education for Over Thirty,” a six-chapter, manga-illustrated guidebook that holds the reader’s hand from the first meeting to sex to marriage.
here are a few more article snippets that make me a little less than comfortable:
"...believes that a lumpy pillow with a drawing of a prepubescent anime character on it is his girlfriend."
"As long as you train your imagination, a 2-D relationship is much more passionate than a 3-D one."
"...in search of new character girlfriends to add to their collections."
"...a catalog of more than a dozen prints of prepubescent anime characters with giant does eyes in erotic poses."
and that's a whole other thing altogether! why are all those 'erotic' manga cartoons always prepubescent girls??? isn't that skirting child pornography a little too closely for anyone else's comfort?
i've put up a lot of content from the article but it is rather lengthy. it's an... interesting read and if you have the time and a wide enough comfort zone, i highly suggest reading it.
go find it now!
i've got news!
and it's exciting!
to me at least...
well just zip it because you're going to hear about whether you want to or not. so there. i mean, you're the one reading my website... you'll read what i tell you to read!
anyway... on to my exciting-to-me news!
as soon as the super awesome summer sensational scavenger hunt finishes up here at the place with the stuff, i'm launching a dedicated scavenger hunt blog! all scavenger hunts all the time!
so, are you excited? or are you one of those baby-eating anarchists who hate scavenger hunts??? that's what i thought. baby-eating anarchist! but even if you hate scavenger hunts, you should still be happy that i'm happy. you're helping me help me. and that can't be bad, can it?
ch-ch-check it out:
Scavenger Hunt Central - do you have what it takes?
and it's exciting!
to me at least...
well just zip it because you're going to hear about whether you want to or not. so there. i mean, you're the one reading my website... you'll read what i tell you to read!
anyway... on to my exciting-to-me news!
as soon as the super awesome summer sensational scavenger hunt finishes up here at the place with the stuff, i'm launching a dedicated scavenger hunt blog! all scavenger hunts all the time!
so, are you excited? or are you one of those baby-eating anarchists who hate scavenger hunts??? that's what i thought. baby-eating anarchist! but even if you hate scavenger hunts, you should still be happy that i'm happy. you're helping me help me. and that can't be bad, can it?
ch-ch-check it out:
Scavenger Hunt Central - do you have what it takes?
word of the day - jul 29 09
ineluctable
adjective
impossible to avoid or evade; inevitable.
what was wrong with 'inevitable'???
adjective
impossible to avoid or evade; inevitable.
what was wrong with 'inevitable'???
warning: plane crossing
did you know...?
gibraltar airport, near spain, is the only airport where the runway actually intersects a major highway! traffic is shut down whenever a plane has to take off or land.
gibraltar airport, near spain, is the only airport where the runway actually intersects a major highway! traffic is shut down whenever a plane has to take off or land.
key to success
by telling them that if they don't past their next test, they're going to have to go to *gasp!* walden university!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
word of the day - jul 28 09
adumbrate
transitive verb
1. to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
2. to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
3. to suggest, indicate, or disclose partially.
4. the cast a shadow over; to shade; to obscure.
transitive verb
1. to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
2. to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
3. to suggest, indicate, or disclose partially.
4. the cast a shadow over; to shade; to obscure.
ugh... why?
"Bud Light Lime demand outpacing supply"
Fan says finding the beer is like a rare superhero sighting
eww...
so here's an imagined conversation that must have gone down at THAT brainstorming meeting:
executive 1: what's a beer that no one is overly fond of?
executive 2: well that's easy - bud light!
E1: great, now how can we make that awful beer more broadly appealing?
E2: umm, well, lots of people, girl people, like those citrus-y cocktail drinks... maybe we could cash in on that?
E1: yeah, good idea... but which citrus should we use?
E2: well, if we add lemon it'll just taste like lemonade you left out in the sun in a plastic drum for a month or tow so we really shouldn't do that. how about lime?
E1: lime you say? bud light... lime... bud light lime... yeah, i like how that rolls off your tongue.
E2: bud light lime... BLL! kind of like BFF! BLL, your summer BFF! how's that for a marketing campaign?
E1: hmm... maybe that's taking it a little too far.
Fan says finding the beer is like a rare superhero sighting
eww...
so here's an imagined conversation that must have gone down at THAT brainstorming meeting:
executive 1: what's a beer that no one is overly fond of?
executive 2: well that's easy - bud light!
E1: great, now how can we make that awful beer more broadly appealing?
E2: umm, well, lots of people, girl people, like those citrus-y cocktail drinks... maybe we could cash in on that?
E1: yeah, good idea... but which citrus should we use?
E2: well, if we add lemon it'll just taste like lemonade you left out in the sun in a plastic drum for a month or tow so we really shouldn't do that. how about lime?
E1: lime you say? bud light... lime... bud light lime... yeah, i like how that rolls off your tongue.
E2: bud light lime... BLL! kind of like BFF! BLL, your summer BFF! how's that for a marketing campaign?
E1: hmm... maybe that's taking it a little too far.
special
i have two mugs on my desk.
one has water in it, the other has cereal...
guess which one i keep sticking my hand into?
one has water in it, the other has cereal...
guess which one i keep sticking my hand into?
Monday, July 27, 2009
building blocks of knowledge
all right all you hotshot smarty pants, i have the answers for last week's little trivia session... are you ready?
what do you mean 'no'?
you don't want the answers?
if you don't already know you never want to?
well that's not a very good attitude...
everyone should aspire to self-improvement.
well that's too bad. i'm posting the answers anyway. so there!
1. name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score until the contest ends.
--> boxing
2. what famous north american landmark is constantly moving backward?
--> niagara falls - the rim is worn back about 2.5 feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water rushing over it every minute.
3. of all vegetables, only 2 can last multiple growing seasons; all others must be replanted every year. what are the only 2 perennial vegetables?
--> asparagus and rhubarb
4. in many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy with a real, whole, and ripe pear inside the bottle. the bottle hasn't been cut in any way. how did the pear get inside the bottle?
--> it grew inside the bottle! the bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. the bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. when the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.
5. what fruit has its seeds on the outside?
--> strawberry
6. only 3 words in standard english begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. name 2 of them.
--> dwarf, dwell, and dwindle
7. there are 14 punctuation marks in english grammer. name at least half of them.
--> period, comma, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. name the only vegetable that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
--> lettuce
9. name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 's'.
--> shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts... etc.
congratulations to john and the mysterious anonymous for combining to post most of the right answers... gold star!!!
congrats!
how about now you try out the scavenger hunt???
what do you mean 'no'?
you don't want the answers?
if you don't already know you never want to?
well that's not a very good attitude...
everyone should aspire to self-improvement.
well that's too bad. i'm posting the answers anyway. so there!
1. name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score until the contest ends.
--> boxing
2. what famous north american landmark is constantly moving backward?
--> niagara falls - the rim is worn back about 2.5 feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water rushing over it every minute.
3. of all vegetables, only 2 can last multiple growing seasons; all others must be replanted every year. what are the only 2 perennial vegetables?
--> asparagus and rhubarb
4. in many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy with a real, whole, and ripe pear inside the bottle. the bottle hasn't been cut in any way. how did the pear get inside the bottle?
--> it grew inside the bottle! the bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. the bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. when the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.
5. what fruit has its seeds on the outside?
--> strawberry
6. only 3 words in standard english begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. name 2 of them.
--> dwarf, dwell, and dwindle
7. there are 14 punctuation marks in english grammer. name at least half of them.
--> period, comma, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. name the only vegetable that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
--> lettuce
9. name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 's'.
--> shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts... etc.
congratulations to john and the mysterious anonymous for combining to post most of the right answers... gold star!!!congrats!
how about now you try out the scavenger hunt???
the best and the brightest
so yeah, in lieu of doing any actual writing, i'm just going to keep bombarding you with pictures now that i can. why waste a good thing, right? i mean, this ability could leave again without any warning. i'm picturing it up for the good of the entire internet!
word of the day - jul 27 09
protean
adjective
1. displaying considerable variety or diversity.
2. readily assuming different shapes or forms.
adjective
1. displaying considerable variety or diversity.
2. readily assuming different shapes or forms.
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