As a kid, you weren't cool unless your soda drink of choice was a suicide. This of course meant that you mixed a bit of each of the available drinks. And apparently I was not the only one. Check it!
Perhaps reminiscent of those care-free years of my life, I was moved recently to pour all of the bits of remaining cereal into one container and shake it up creating cereal suicide. And it is delicious. A bit insensitively named, but as a throwback to my childhood days, I gotta go old school in the name.
So imagine my surprise when recently I saw the 'Say Something' episode of the Gilmore Girls and lo and behold--Rory Gilmore (and her friend Paris) are, when near the dorm cafeterias magical wall of all possible cereals, of mixing it up and getting a bit of several. Do you know they have whole restaurants devoted to cereal? In real life, not in Stars Hollow. Man, I wish I lived near one.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
"I like how your verbs that are things. I think I'm going to sandwich after I sofa here for a bit." Love it!
My Boys comes back in June. I am thrilled. Who did P.J. take on the trip? As you may recall--the possiblities were 1) The cute ex-cubbie, 2) Thoo-rn, the sing-songy named recently returned ex, 3) The adorable botanist. My vote: Bobby, the hookup turned friend, turned friend that she hooked up with--hes a peach.
On that note, recent article on msn: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=VerbsGoneWild>1=27004
Verbs Gone Wild Are we taking too many liberties with language?By Martha Brockenbrough
A while back, I wrote about the most annoying office jargon ever. And while that might have been a slight exaggeration, it is true that most people I surveyed despised the use of "dialogue" as a verb above all else -- including the vaguely dirty-sounding "low-hanging fruit."What's more, people chided me for failing to include "monetize," "productize," "incentivize" and other supremely grating words. And then I realized what these sucky little mosquitoes have in common.They're all verbs made from nouns. Or, as the experts say, they're "denominal" words.I have a least-favorite denominal word of my own: gifted. As in, "She gifted me with a designer knockoff handbag." I once even ranted about it to the Wall Street Journal on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. I called "gifting" all sorts of things that didn't get printed (and a few that did). After the fact, though, I turned to my dictionary, where I learned that my distaste was misplaced. Encarta links "gift" as a verb to the 13th century, where it comes from the Old Norse gipt. The Oxford English Dictionary, which traces usage in English, has found several appearances that date back to the 1600s. Something called "The Wife in Morel's Skin" says this: "The friendes that were together met He gyfted them richely with right good speede." I can't resist pointing out that the OED found a spelling error in this same dusty old sentence. "He gyfted them" was printed as "Be gyfted them." Oops! Careless scribes. It's tempting to say that sort of sloppiness goes hand in hand with the English abuse that is verbing.But I don't think I'd win that case. Shakespeare verbed -- with the word dialogue, no less. In Act II, scene ii of "Timon," he writes, "Dost Dialogue with thy shadow?" This is from 1607, just a year before "The Wife in Morel's Skin." If you're a writer looking to criticize language, you're not going to get very far by picking on Shakespeare -- unless your name is Stephen King, in which case you wouldn't bother anyway, because you're too busy building a fort out of money.This is too bad for my fellow gifting haters, and for fans of Calvin and Hobbes, who no doubt recall the classic "VERBING WEIRDS LANGUAGE" comic strip. Like it or not, we're living with a language that verbs words. What's that thing you use to get the dog hair out of the carpet? It's a vacuum, right? And when you're using it, you're ... vacuuming. Try to find a single word that means the same thing. Likewise, when you're putting butter on your bread, you're buttering it, no? Does anyone, besides a vegan or a dieter, have any objection to that? So the question isn't, "Is it OK to turn nouns into verbs?" We do this all the time. The question really is, "Why is it sometimes so irritating?" As far as I can tell, no one has conducted research into why certain words are annoying. That said, people have researched which nouns we tend to verb, and why. A 1998 paper written by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Michael H. Kelly argued there are two types of denominals -- ones that are rule-derived and relatively predictable, and ones that are idiosyncratically derived.For example, when we ride a bicycle, we say we are bicycling. When we ride in a boat, we are sailing or boating. There are exceptions, but you can see this is a pretty predictable -- and understandable -- way to extend our vocabulary. Other types of nouns aren't so easy. We know what it means to monkey around. But what does it mean to "iguana"? And why does "to fish" mean to catch a fish, but "to dog" means to chase tirelessly? That's what Kelly means by idiosyncratic derivation. You don't necessarily know the meaning of the noun once it's been verbed.And it's not just animals that are kooky. Foods can act that way, too. You can pepper someone with questions, for example. But what would it mean to oregano someone? Would that be a-salt? (Sorry for that. Sort of.)Kelly found that people are a bit more likely to verb a noun if it follows rules, possibly because it's easier for listeners to understand what we mean, and possibly because it's easier to invent them. And maybe, just maybe, that's the most important word of all here: inventing. English has more words than any other language. Who are language purists to block invention? What would we lose by ostriching? The next Shakespeare?That would be a pox upon us! Happy dialoguing.
On that note, recent article on msn: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=VerbsGoneWild>1=27004
Verbs Gone Wild Are we taking too many liberties with language?By Martha Brockenbrough
A while back, I wrote about the most annoying office jargon ever. And while that might have been a slight exaggeration, it is true that most people I surveyed despised the use of "dialogue" as a verb above all else -- including the vaguely dirty-sounding "low-hanging fruit."What's more, people chided me for failing to include "monetize," "productize," "incentivize" and other supremely grating words. And then I realized what these sucky little mosquitoes have in common.They're all verbs made from nouns. Or, as the experts say, they're "denominal" words.I have a least-favorite denominal word of my own: gifted. As in, "She gifted me with a designer knockoff handbag." I once even ranted about it to the Wall Street Journal on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. I called "gifting" all sorts of things that didn't get printed (and a few that did). After the fact, though, I turned to my dictionary, where I learned that my distaste was misplaced. Encarta links "gift" as a verb to the 13th century, where it comes from the Old Norse gipt. The Oxford English Dictionary, which traces usage in English, has found several appearances that date back to the 1600s. Something called "The Wife in Morel's Skin" says this: "The friendes that were together met He gyfted them richely with right good speede." I can't resist pointing out that the OED found a spelling error in this same dusty old sentence. "He gyfted them" was printed as "Be gyfted them." Oops! Careless scribes. It's tempting to say that sort of sloppiness goes hand in hand with the English abuse that is verbing.But I don't think I'd win that case. Shakespeare verbed -- with the word dialogue, no less. In Act II, scene ii of "Timon," he writes, "Dost Dialogue with thy shadow?" This is from 1607, just a year before "The Wife in Morel's Skin." If you're a writer looking to criticize language, you're not going to get very far by picking on Shakespeare -- unless your name is Stephen King, in which case you wouldn't bother anyway, because you're too busy building a fort out of money.This is too bad for my fellow gifting haters, and for fans of Calvin and Hobbes, who no doubt recall the classic "VERBING WEIRDS LANGUAGE" comic strip. Like it or not, we're living with a language that verbs words. What's that thing you use to get the dog hair out of the carpet? It's a vacuum, right? And when you're using it, you're ... vacuuming. Try to find a single word that means the same thing. Likewise, when you're putting butter on your bread, you're buttering it, no? Does anyone, besides a vegan or a dieter, have any objection to that? So the question isn't, "Is it OK to turn nouns into verbs?" We do this all the time. The question really is, "Why is it sometimes so irritating?" As far as I can tell, no one has conducted research into why certain words are annoying. That said, people have researched which nouns we tend to verb, and why. A 1998 paper written by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Michael H. Kelly argued there are two types of denominals -- ones that are rule-derived and relatively predictable, and ones that are idiosyncratically derived.For example, when we ride a bicycle, we say we are bicycling. When we ride in a boat, we are sailing or boating. There are exceptions, but you can see this is a pretty predictable -- and understandable -- way to extend our vocabulary. Other types of nouns aren't so easy. We know what it means to monkey around. But what does it mean to "iguana"? And why does "to fish" mean to catch a fish, but "to dog" means to chase tirelessly? That's what Kelly means by idiosyncratic derivation. You don't necessarily know the meaning of the noun once it's been verbed.And it's not just animals that are kooky. Foods can act that way, too. You can pepper someone with questions, for example. But what would it mean to oregano someone? Would that be a-salt? (Sorry for that. Sort of.)Kelly found that people are a bit more likely to verb a noun if it follows rules, possibly because it's easier for listeners to understand what we mean, and possibly because it's easier to invent them. And maybe, just maybe, that's the most important word of all here: inventing. English has more words than any other language. Who are language purists to block invention? What would we lose by ostriching? The next Shakespeare?That would be a pox upon us! Happy dialoguing.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Is the side pony back?
Seriously? In my class today (of 30 students, mind you), 2 ladies were rockin' the side pony hairstyle. I have noticed that one of these two habitually rocks the side pony. It is deliberate and consistent. The other is more of an occasional offender and often looks like the accidental side pony (more low slung, looser bound, closer to the mid line of head (as in the actual pony).
What am I supposed to do with that. I want to tell them they look ridiculous, like a 1980's slumber party gone bad, but then I wonder, maybe I am uncool and don't know its back. Is it back?
Update: Accckkk! A third side pony, a sneaky one that I didn't see earlier. That means that exactly 10% of my class rocked a side pony today. Where do I teach, 1988 College?
What am I supposed to do with that. I want to tell them they look ridiculous, like a 1980's slumber party gone bad, but then I wonder, maybe I am uncool and don't know its back. Is it back?
Update: Accckkk! A third side pony, a sneaky one that I didn't see earlier. That means that exactly 10% of my class rocked a side pony today. Where do I teach, 1988 College?
Monday, February 18, 2008
Monday, October 8, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I am in Cleveland
So, watching a stupid movie while I pack: View from the top
Donna: So, I've got one year in Cleveland and then I can reapply. Plus, I have already been here for like six weeks and it's not so bad, you know?
Ted: No, I mean that's like, well you are basically half-way there if you're just really, really, really bad at math.
Donna: So, why did you go back to law school?
Ted: Well, I had dinner with this incredible woman who charging after her dreams and not hiding out and I thought to myself, you know what, I could do that. So I am here now-for a year and it's flying by. Plus, I really miss my family which is really uncool so please don't tell anybody I told you.
Donna: Promise. Okay, here's how I look at it. Cleveland is like this really big waiting room so all we have to do is put in our year and someone is going to call our name.
Ted: Cleveland's like this great big dentist office and we are next on the list.
Donna: Exactly.
So I am in Cleveland. I need to be the woman charging after her dreams and some school will call my name. Also, dating Mark Ruffalo wouldn't be a bad way to kill a year.
Donna: So, I've got one year in Cleveland and then I can reapply. Plus, I have already been here for like six weeks and it's not so bad, you know?
Ted: No, I mean that's like, well you are basically half-way there if you're just really, really, really bad at math.
Donna: So, why did you go back to law school?
Ted: Well, I had dinner with this incredible woman who charging after her dreams and not hiding out and I thought to myself, you know what, I could do that. So I am here now-for a year and it's flying by. Plus, I really miss my family which is really uncool so please don't tell anybody I told you.
Donna: Promise. Okay, here's how I look at it. Cleveland is like this really big waiting room so all we have to do is put in our year and someone is going to call our name.
Ted: Cleveland's like this great big dentist office and we are next on the list.
Donna: Exactly.
So I am in Cleveland. I need to be the woman charging after her dreams and some school will call my name. Also, dating Mark Ruffalo wouldn't be a bad way to kill a year.
Want to laugh
Check out the following blog/cartoon/website: http://xkcd.com/
It is cracking me up and it is where I found the following:
Monday, September 24, 2007
People that make me feel good....
So, I just got off the phone with two dear friends. Two men that I absolutely adore. The second is one of my favorite people in the world. I am so happy, I almost forget how little I laugh here. I am so sad, that I rarely laugh. It is nice to talk to a friend, a person who gets me and makes me laugh. We were supposed to be in the same city next weekend, but he can't make it. Which is probably a good idea because typically...us + booze = drunken making out.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Quotes I am loving right now
My boys:
Maybe they say 110% because life isn't about perfect math. The effort you put into different parts of your life doesn't actually add up to 100%. It fluctuates as you focus on different parts, as you strike a balance which is why I am know going to try and give 453%.
Before you make these big life decisions, consult your soul in a cool quiet hour.
How I met your mother (After Lily and Marshall gets married--she keeps her name):
Lily: Oh.. Does it make you kind of sad that we don't share the same last name?
Marshall: You know, in a totally evolved 21st century kind of way, a little.
Lily: Oh.. you know what we should do? We should come up with a whole new last name.
Marshall: Oh that's easy. Lily and Marshall Skywalker.
Lily: Lily and Marshall Hasselhoff.
Marshall: I got it! You ready? You ready?
Lily: Yeah?
Marshall: Lily and Marshall Awesome. Have you met the Awesomes? Marshall, Lily, their son Totally and their daughter Freakin?(Both giggle)
Lily: I love you Mr Awesome.
Marshall: I love you Mrs Awesome.
Maybe they say 110% because life isn't about perfect math. The effort you put into different parts of your life doesn't actually add up to 100%. It fluctuates as you focus on different parts, as you strike a balance which is why I am know going to try and give 453%.
Before you make these big life decisions, consult your soul in a cool quiet hour.
How I met your mother (After Lily and Marshall gets married--she keeps her name):
Lily: Oh.. Does it make you kind of sad that we don't share the same last name?
Marshall: You know, in a totally evolved 21st century kind of way, a little.
Lily: Oh.. you know what we should do? We should come up with a whole new last name.
Marshall: Oh that's easy. Lily and Marshall Skywalker.
Lily: Lily and Marshall Hasselhoff.
Marshall: I got it! You ready? You ready?
Lily: Yeah?
Marshall: Lily and Marshall Awesome. Have you met the Awesomes? Marshall, Lily, their son Totally and their daughter Freakin?(Both giggle)
Lily: I love you Mr Awesome.
Marshall: I love you Mrs Awesome.
Monday, September 3, 2007
The movie Joe Dirt is so funny to me.
Kicking Wing: They won't just hand the records over to us. We're just an Indian and some guy.
Joe Dirt: Nuh uh man. You can't have 'no' in your heart. No is not an option, brother. You're not just an Indian, you're 'Kickin' Wing', alright, and one day you are going to be 'Kickin' Wing, Animal Doctor.' Then you should change your name to 'Kickin' Ass.' I would.
I love this movie. I know its stupid. I just think in all its stupidity, it's mildly inspring.
No is not an option.
You can't have no in your heart.
Also, I am so tired that I think I have a fatigue disorder. I can barely accomplish my nighttime tasks (take out trash, dishes, etc.). Almost too tired to knit ( but i am trying).
Joe Dirt: Nuh uh man. You can't have 'no' in your heart. No is not an option, brother. You're not just an Indian, you're 'Kickin' Wing', alright, and one day you are going to be 'Kickin' Wing, Animal Doctor.' Then you should change your name to 'Kickin' Ass.' I would.
I love this movie. I know its stupid. I just think in all its stupidity, it's mildly inspring.
No is not an option.
You can't have no in your heart.
Also, I am so tired that I think I have a fatigue disorder. I can barely accomplish my nighttime tasks (take out trash, dishes, etc.). Almost too tired to knit ( but i am trying).
Qualifiers....
I belong to one of those online thingy (e.g., facebook, bebo, friendster, myspace...). I found this little gem there. Here it is for those who want to know more about me:
Either/or:
1. Lose a lover, or love a loser? love a loser...I have certainly liked a whole bunch, if not loved, a loser and it way beats losing a lover. At least if you are loving a loser you are out there loving.
2. Smoke pot, or drink beer? drink bee--and after the day I had, I intend to.
3. Run two miles straight, or walk eight miles? I'm in bad enough running-shape that I don't think I could run two miles straight. I could swim two miles without stopping (been beefing up my swimming lately), but I couldn't run two miles. So I pick walk eight. But kudos to me, I am heading to the gym after I decompress from lecture. Also, running is bad for your joints....
4. Go to the beach, or have a milkshake? This is too ridiculous. Depends on the beach and the milkshake, I guess.
5. Laugh when nobody else is, or not laugh when everyone else is? Not laugh when everyone else is. I can cover that with some fake laughter, no way out of laughing when everyone is quiet.
6. Drink ten cans of soda at once, or never drink soda again? Drinking 10 sodas at once might make me vomit, but I cannot give up my caffeine fix. That having been said, maybe that's the way to break my caffeine habit....drink until vomit.
7. Have your pants ripped, or get thrown in a trash can? Ripped I guess.
8. Kiss someone you don’t like or, kiss someone who doesn’t like you? Do I know that they don't like me? If so, kiss someone who doesn't like me. If I think they do like me and they don't, then kiss someone I don't like instead.
9. Not take a bath for a week or, take a bath in a lake? bathe in a lake, river, stream, who cares...
10. Be an only child, or have five brothers? have 5 brothers. All I have is kid sister (KS). Always wanted a brother or five.
11. Cry in front of 5,000 strangers, or cry in front of your whole school? cry in front of strangers
12. Be able to rewind time or, see the future? If I go back in time, can I change things or do I have to live them all over. Memory is really how we 'rewind time in a way to not get to do things over again. So if I rewind and make no changes, it is like having a really detailed memory. I would prefer that over seeing the future, but I would prefer even more to go back in time and do some things differently.
14. Die the day after the best day of your life, or live to be ninety? Depends on how old I will be when I have the best day of my life. I don't think I have had it yet (I hope not anyway). So what if the best day (My 6 grandchild is born; I learn the world is free of AIDS, Cancer, violence, etc.; I win the Nobel peace prize; my friends and family all experience wonderful things, etc.) happens when I am 80. That makes for a much different answer than if my best day is tomorrow. If you have ready any past posts, you instantly realize that it would be impossible for my best day to be tomorrow. Also, depends on the quality of life I would have in those 90 years.
15. Go skydiving or, go scuba diving? Haven't done either. Want to do both. Probably want to scuba more. I love the water.
16. Be loved by one person, or have ten people who like you? Always loved. Love by one person is worth far more to me than general acceptance or liking by 10 others.
17. Be fat and pretty or skinny and ugly? I feel now that although I am not fat, I am a bit heavier than I can be to call myself skinny. Also if I am being honest. I am pretty (or at least not ugly). I have great skin, nice teeth, pretty and striking eyes, and no weird facial oddities. If it took getting an 'uglified' face to lose weight, I wouldn't. Lucky me, it just takes watching what I eat and getting my butt to the gym.
So that is me in 17 random either/ors. I am not so good with the either/ors I tend to have lots of qualifiers. I guess that also tells you something about me.
Either/or:
1. Lose a lover, or love a loser? love a loser...I have certainly liked a whole bunch, if not loved, a loser and it way beats losing a lover. At least if you are loving a loser you are out there loving.
2. Smoke pot, or drink beer? drink bee--and after the day I had, I intend to.
3. Run two miles straight, or walk eight miles? I'm in bad enough running-shape that I don't think I could run two miles straight. I could swim two miles without stopping (been beefing up my swimming lately), but I couldn't run two miles. So I pick walk eight. But kudos to me, I am heading to the gym after I decompress from lecture. Also, running is bad for your joints....
4. Go to the beach, or have a milkshake? This is too ridiculous. Depends on the beach and the milkshake, I guess.
5. Laugh when nobody else is, or not laugh when everyone else is? Not laugh when everyone else is. I can cover that with some fake laughter, no way out of laughing when everyone is quiet.
6. Drink ten cans of soda at once, or never drink soda again? Drinking 10 sodas at once might make me vomit, but I cannot give up my caffeine fix. That having been said, maybe that's the way to break my caffeine habit....drink until vomit.
7. Have your pants ripped, or get thrown in a trash can? Ripped I guess.
8. Kiss someone you don’t like or, kiss someone who doesn’t like you? Do I know that they don't like me? If so, kiss someone who doesn't like me. If I think they do like me and they don't, then kiss someone I don't like instead.
9. Not take a bath for a week or, take a bath in a lake? bathe in a lake, river, stream, who cares...
10. Be an only child, or have five brothers? have 5 brothers. All I have is kid sister (KS). Always wanted a brother or five.
11. Cry in front of 5,000 strangers, or cry in front of your whole school? cry in front of strangers
12. Be able to rewind time or, see the future? If I go back in time, can I change things or do I have to live them all over. Memory is really how we 'rewind time in a way to not get to do things over again. So if I rewind and make no changes, it is like having a really detailed memory. I would prefer that over seeing the future, but I would prefer even more to go back in time and do some things differently.
14. Die the day after the best day of your life, or live to be ninety? Depends on how old I will be when I have the best day of my life. I don't think I have had it yet (I hope not anyway). So what if the best day (My 6 grandchild is born; I learn the world is free of AIDS, Cancer, violence, etc.; I win the Nobel peace prize; my friends and family all experience wonderful things, etc.) happens when I am 80. That makes for a much different answer than if my best day is tomorrow. If you have ready any past posts, you instantly realize that it would be impossible for my best day to be tomorrow. Also, depends on the quality of life I would have in those 90 years.
15. Go skydiving or, go scuba diving? Haven't done either. Want to do both. Probably want to scuba more. I love the water.
16. Be loved by one person, or have ten people who like you? Always loved. Love by one person is worth far more to me than general acceptance or liking by 10 others.
17. Be fat and pretty or skinny and ugly? I feel now that although I am not fat, I am a bit heavier than I can be to call myself skinny. Also if I am being honest. I am pretty (or at least not ugly). I have great skin, nice teeth, pretty and striking eyes, and no weird facial oddities. If it took getting an 'uglified' face to lose weight, I wouldn't. Lucky me, it just takes watching what I eat and getting my butt to the gym.
So that is me in 17 random either/ors. I am not so good with the either/ors I tend to have lots of qualifiers. I guess that also tells you something about me.
Honesty and Mocking
Part of me feels bad for Miss South Carolina. She was nervous and caught off guard and flubbed something she had been working hard to get. I was lucky, the messups, mistakes, and flubs of my youth weren't subject to the constant youtube-focused scrutiny that things are today. Young people have it hard. There is no room for error when everything can be instantly posted for the world to see. That having been said, check out the hysterical parody below. That combines a new favorite song of mine, Hey There Delilah with Miss South Carolina's verbal disaster.
Enjoy your Monday morning:
Enjoy your Monday morning:
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Random Nighttime Thoughts
- I have got to get to bed soon. My first class begins early in the AM.
- Monday's are always a full day--lots of teaching, lots of meetings.
- Watched True Hollywood Story about teachers who sleep with students. Weird, at the end, they were discussing what society needed to do to reduce this problem. One guy was saying colleges and universities need to do more to train education majors about what is or is not appropriate. Really? Are you freakn kidding me? Teachers don't sleep with their 13 or 14 year old students becuase it never occured to them that this was inapporpriate. What a moron. That comment was followed by a much more reasonable suggestion to train teachers on how to recognize the signs of abuse in students and fellow teachers behavior. But, yikes, the world is a weird place.
- Feeling a bit stressed about having to see everyone again after the drama.
- I have got to have a productive week--need to get on top of some research stuffs.
- Really hope I have the motivation to hit the gym after my full day.
- I am behind on my knitting. I scheduled myself to work on a project a bit everyday --or it wont be completed in time to give it its intended recipient and I bet I havent worked on it in 3 weeks.
- Tomrorrow some of my favorite shows are on--which is exciting (If you dont have a social life, favorite tv shows become exciting).
Friday, August 31, 2007
Really?
Today at the caf a student in line ahead of me actually consulted with the person he was talking to on his cellphone about what he should put on his sandwich? Mayo or mustard? Lettuce?
Really?
Really?
Monday, August 27, 2007
I had a dream
In this dream I was in a public bathroom. The stall was square shaped and had two entry doors. While I was sitting on the toilet, a small child came in through the other door. I covered myself up and was trying to convince the child to leave, but the child wouldn't. I didn't want to scream at the little kid, so I ended up trying to argue logically about why they needed to leave. It was weird. I have the following interpretations:
School starts soon--my students approach me at inappropriate times and rarely pick up on cues I am throwing out.
the funniest thing is that when the kid finally left, I remember thinking--"I will write about this in my blog"--which suggests to me I am taking too much time reading blogs and not enough working.
That said, I have classes to prepare.....
School starts soon--my students approach me at inappropriate times and rarely pick up on cues I am throwing out.
the funniest thing is that when the kid finally left, I remember thinking--"I will write about this in my blog"--which suggests to me I am taking too much time reading blogs and not enough working.
That said, I have classes to prepare.....
Monday, August 13, 2007
The vending machine in my building is smarter than me
So, in the ol days when the vending machine took your money you had to gamble that your tasty new snack would not get stuck in the machinery. This, of course, led to people shaking the machines inorder to get the candy to 'fall'. Those people often died because the machine toppled over on them.
The machine in my building is smarter than me for two reasons:
1. There is some laser-eye on the bottom of the machine such that if the first turn of the coils doesnt produce a drop of candy goodness, the coils will continue to rotate until something falls. Brilliant! (and should cause many less deaths)
2. Becuase of the laser, if you enter a snack number that is empty (on accident you hit b11 instead of b12), the machine will recognize that no snack fell (nifty laser) and after a few attemps at turning the coils, it will ask you to enter a new candy choice--Amazing.
So, heres my quote of the day:
“I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.”
-Mitch Hedberg
The machine in my building is smarter than me for two reasons:
1. There is some laser-eye on the bottom of the machine such that if the first turn of the coils doesnt produce a drop of candy goodness, the coils will continue to rotate until something falls. Brilliant! (and should cause many less deaths)
2. Becuase of the laser, if you enter a snack number that is empty (on accident you hit b11 instead of b12), the machine will recognize that no snack fell (nifty laser) and after a few attemps at turning the coils, it will ask you to enter a new candy choice--Amazing.
So, heres my quote of the day:
“I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.”
-Mitch Hedberg
Saturday, August 11, 2007
The song I can't stop singing
'I do' by JUDE
I got a letter today
An invitation
And the writing looked like you
Hello how are you and by the way
Please RSVP I do
I thought of writing sad words of how it used to be
But I didn't want to bring you down,
noI guess the bells will ring pretty well there without me
Don't worry 'bout me baby
I'll wear the thorny crown
I will play the clown
If you think that I don't love you, you're just wrong
And that don't matter now anyway
I couldn't bear to see you up there with a white dress on
Here's my vow to you
I'll stay away
I remember when in a lover's whisper you said
No other man would ever share your bed
Well we both know that's not been so
And I wish I'd never let you go now
You found a better man instead
I wish you health and wealth and a white house on a hill and
I hope you raise a family
Little boy and a little girl, a little more joy in this little old world
Well, that'd be enough for me
Time rolls on
And dreams they die
And I've thrown out the pictures I had of you and I
And if you're ever wondering if love can be true
Well, think of me and remember darling like I, like I do
Old friendships fade away, love falls apart
And you've not spent a single day outside my heart
But, there's just one more dream that I have left for you
I hope you're smiling when he turns around and says I do. . .I doI doI doI do
Like Jude wrote the song for me, it says all the things I want to say....
I got a letter today
An invitation
And the writing looked like you
Hello how are you and by the way
Please RSVP I do
I thought of writing sad words of how it used to be
But I didn't want to bring you down,
noI guess the bells will ring pretty well there without me
Don't worry 'bout me baby
I'll wear the thorny crown
I will play the clown
If you think that I don't love you, you're just wrong
And that don't matter now anyway
I couldn't bear to see you up there with a white dress on
Here's my vow to you
I'll stay away
I remember when in a lover's whisper you said
No other man would ever share your bed
Well we both know that's not been so
And I wish I'd never let you go now
You found a better man instead
I wish you health and wealth and a white house on a hill and
I hope you raise a family
Little boy and a little girl, a little more joy in this little old world
Well, that'd be enough for me
Time rolls on
And dreams they die
And I've thrown out the pictures I had of you and I
And if you're ever wondering if love can be true
Well, think of me and remember darling like I, like I do
Old friendships fade away, love falls apart
And you've not spent a single day outside my heart
But, there's just one more dream that I have left for you
I hope you're smiling when he turns around and says I do. . .I doI doI doI do
Like Jude wrote the song for me, it says all the things I want to say....
So you know a little bit more about me...
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Well, I was not named after anyone. My blog was named after a episode of one of my favorite tv shows.
2. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No, and the more time I spend at a computer, the less I like my handwriting. I almost never write things down, damn computer age.
3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? nope
4. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Most of the time.
5. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I hope to, someday.
6. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? To be perfectly honest, Count Chocula. I dont even think they sell it anymore. Shame.
7. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? nope
8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? I would like to say their character, how they treat those around them, but thats ridiculous. The first thing I notice...eyes, smile, and I like hands.
7. RED OR PINK? Never pink
8. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Ooooh, that's an interesting question and one that deserves more thought, not a quick answer.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A Lot? A friend of mine answered this with "sometimes with students." I do, all the time.
10. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? a shade of blue. The exact shade would depend on my mood. Right now, a deep 'cornflower' blue (thats an old crayola reference).
That's all for now.
Now, I return to what I should be doing....organizing my office and getting ready for the fall semester to start.
Well, I was not named after anyone. My blog was named after a episode of one of my favorite tv shows.
2. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No, and the more time I spend at a computer, the less I like my handwriting. I almost never write things down, damn computer age.
3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? nope
4. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Most of the time.
5. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I hope to, someday.
6. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? To be perfectly honest, Count Chocula. I dont even think they sell it anymore. Shame.
7. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? nope
8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? I would like to say their character, how they treat those around them, but thats ridiculous. The first thing I notice...eyes, smile, and I like hands.
7. RED OR PINK? Never pink
8. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Ooooh, that's an interesting question and one that deserves more thought, not a quick answer.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A Lot? A friend of mine answered this with "sometimes with students." I do, all the time.
10. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? a shade of blue. The exact shade would depend on my mood. Right now, a deep 'cornflower' blue (thats an old crayola reference).
That's all for now.
Now, I return to what I should be doing....organizing my office and getting ready for the fall semester to start.
Is this weird?
I got some mail today. The only thing in my mailbox was a solication from my neighbor across the street to donate to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Now, I like donating to charity and I think that this charity is a particluarly good place to donate money. My sister, from here on out, Kid Sister (KS), had run a marathon to raise money for this charity. The weird part is to get the solicitation from my neighbor across the street. See, I have never spoken to this neighbor. We have (in the year that I have lived here) have only exchanged the occasional wave when we were both in our driveways at the same time. So my neighbor, who I have never spoken to, who I have never told my last or even first name, mailed me a request to donate to this charity (mailed, not even walked over to my door). Just feels pretty weird. Also, I have seen him walking his cat on a leash in the front yard of his house. Weird.
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