C-, could do better, says friend.
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1147769191/Bad_Motorcycle_Crash__
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Tard Metal Hedz
"Airheads" meets "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" meets "I am Sam"
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1147804177/Party_Animals
I am going straight to hell.
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1147804177/Party_Animals
I am going straight to hell.
US releases 9/11 Pentagon video
The US justice department has released the first video of the plane crashing into the Pentagon on 11 September 2001.
American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the US military headquarters, killing 184 people, after it was hijacked as part of an al-Qaeda plot.
The release of the video, taken from a Pentagon security camera, comes after a Freedom of Information Act request by legal watchdog Judicial Watch.
The group said it hoped to dispel conspiracy theories about the crash.
"Finally, we hope that this video will put to rest the conspiracy theories involving American Airlines Flight 77," president Tom Fitton said.
Some theorists have suggested the aircraft was shot down in flight, and that the Pentagon was struck by a missile.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4987716.stm
>>Tommy Says: Still looks like a missile to me.
American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the US military headquarters, killing 184 people, after it was hijacked as part of an al-Qaeda plot.
The release of the video, taken from a Pentagon security camera, comes after a Freedom of Information Act request by legal watchdog Judicial Watch.
The group said it hoped to dispel conspiracy theories about the crash.
"Finally, we hope that this video will put to rest the conspiracy theories involving American Airlines Flight 77," president Tom Fitton said.
Some theorists have suggested the aircraft was shot down in flight, and that the Pentagon was struck by a missile.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4987716.stm
>>Tommy Says: Still looks like a missile to me.
NY releases 9/11 emergency phone calls
New York has released partial tapes of emergency calls from the World Trade Center on 9/11 for the first time.
Nearly nine hours of calls show the responses of emergency operators to callers amid the chaos of the attacks.
The words were released following a lawsuit filed by the New York Times and a group of victims' relatives.
In the video that accompanied this story on the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4866208.stm) we hear the voice of Christopher Handley who made an emergency call that morning, and said at the end of his conversation, "...alright, please hurry"
It seemed to give his father immense comfort to hear his son's last words, and even more apparent joy to hear that his son used the word "please". As his father says, "And it's nice that he said please"
I think that's a beautiful thing.
Nearly nine hours of calls show the responses of emergency operators to callers amid the chaos of the attacks.
The words were released following a lawsuit filed by the New York Times and a group of victims' relatives.
In the video that accompanied this story on the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4866208.stm) we hear the voice of Christopher Handley who made an emergency call that morning, and said at the end of his conversation, "...alright, please hurry"
It seemed to give his father immense comfort to hear his son's last words, and even more apparent joy to hear that his son used the word "please". As his father says, "And it's nice that he said please"
I think that's a beautiful thing.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Knock, knock, hello? ARE YOU THERE? ANSWER ME DAMMIT!
Most times I would write back, sometimes I do not if I have nothing to say or if I am in the middle of something. I don't think I am unusual in this, it seems to be how most people behave. Text messages and IM conversations are not synchronous communications. For example I would not simply ignore somebody if they were standing in front of me or talking to me on the phone. But that's the beauty of the asynchronous text and IM messages, it allows that.
Things to say when you're bored at work
1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of s .
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to
pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in
public.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my
way.
6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a damn word you're
saying.
10. Ahhh... I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again...
11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision; I just don't give a damn.
14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point
of view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
23. And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be...?
24. Do I look like a people person?
25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
26. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
31. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?
34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
35. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
36. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
38. I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a salary.
39. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?
40. Oh I get it... like humour... but different
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to
pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in
public.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my
way.
6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a damn word you're
saying.
10. Ahhh... I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again...
11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision; I just don't give a damn.
14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point
of view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
23. And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be...?
24. Do I look like a people person?
25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
26. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
31. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?
34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
35. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
36. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
38. I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a salary.
39. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?
40. Oh I get it... like humour... but different
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Word of the Day
turgid \TUR-jid\, adjective:
1. Swollen, bloated, puffed up; as, "a turgid limb."
2. Swelling in style or language; bombastic, pompous; as, "a turgid style of speaking."
The famous Faulkner style was more than many could put up with. Its marathon sentences, its peculiar words used peculiarly, its turgid incoherence and its thick viscosity repelled.
-- Orville Prescott, "A Literary Personality", New York Times, July 7, 1962
Brown's novels are filled with the rigged episodes of melodrama and the turgid prose that passed for elegance among the literary circles in America before Irving and Hawthorne arrived on the scene.
-- "The Battle of the Books", New York Times, July 10, 1988
Many young Libyans prefer to get their news from the Internet rather than the turgid evening news programs filled with slogans and cliches.
-- Amany Radwan, "The Weird, Wired World of Colonel Ghaddafi", Time, February 6, 2001
The arm being bound, and the veins made turgid, and the valves prominent, as before, apply the thumb or finger over a vein in the situation of one of the valves in such a way as to compress it, and prevent any blood from passing upwards from the hand.
-- William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Turgid derives from Latin turgidus, from turgere, to swell.
1. Swollen, bloated, puffed up; as, "a turgid limb."
2. Swelling in style or language; bombastic, pompous; as, "a turgid style of speaking."
The famous Faulkner style was more than many could put up with. Its marathon sentences, its peculiar words used peculiarly, its turgid incoherence and its thick viscosity repelled.
-- Orville Prescott, "A Literary Personality", New York Times, July 7, 1962
Brown's novels are filled with the rigged episodes of melodrama and the turgid prose that passed for elegance among the literary circles in America before Irving and Hawthorne arrived on the scene.
-- "The Battle of the Books", New York Times, July 10, 1988
Many young Libyans prefer to get their news from the Internet rather than the turgid evening news programs filled with slogans and cliches.
-- Amany Radwan, "The Weird, Wired World of Colonel Ghaddafi", Time, February 6, 2001
The arm being bound, and the veins made turgid, and the valves prominent, as before, apply the thumb or finger over a vein in the situation of one of the valves in such a way as to compress it, and prevent any blood from passing upwards from the hand.
-- William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Turgid derives from Latin turgidus, from turgere, to swell.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Word of the Day
otiose \OH-shee-ohs; OH-tee-\, adjective:
1. Ineffective; futile.
2. Being at leisure; lazy; indolent; idle.
3. Of no use.
Mr. Federspiel's surreal flourishes and commentaries straddle the line between interesting and otiose. Most of the surrealism is pretty but pointless.
-- D. F. Wallace, "The Million-Dollar Tattoo", New York Times, May 5, 1991
Although the wild outer movements and the angular Minuet can take such clockwork precision, the Andante, with its obsessive, claustrophobic dialogues between strings and bassoons, seemed sluggish and otiose.
-- Tim Ashley, "VPO/Maazel", The Guardian, April 16, 2002
The umlaut he affected, which made no difference to the pronunciation of his name, was as otiose as a pair of strategically positioned beauty spots.
-- Peter Conrad, "Hidden shallows", New Statesman, October 14, 2002
One hazard for religions in which all professional intermediaries are dispensed with, and in which the individual is enjoined to 'work out your own salvation' and is regarded as fully capable of doing so, is that belief and practice become independent of formal organized structures which may in such a context come to be perceived as otiose.
-- Lorne L. Dawson, "The Cultural Significance of New Religious Movements: The Case of Soka Gakkai", Sociology of Religion, Fall 2001
Otiose is from Latin otiosus, "idle, at leisure," from otium, "leisure."
1. Ineffective; futile.
2. Being at leisure; lazy; indolent; idle.
3. Of no use.
Mr. Federspiel's surreal flourishes and commentaries straddle the line between interesting and otiose. Most of the surrealism is pretty but pointless.
-- D. F. Wallace, "The Million-Dollar Tattoo", New York Times, May 5, 1991
Although the wild outer movements and the angular Minuet can take such clockwork precision, the Andante, with its obsessive, claustrophobic dialogues between strings and bassoons, seemed sluggish and otiose.
-- Tim Ashley, "VPO/Maazel", The Guardian, April 16, 2002
The umlaut he affected, which made no difference to the pronunciation of his name, was as otiose as a pair of strategically positioned beauty spots.
-- Peter Conrad, "Hidden shallows", New Statesman, October 14, 2002
One hazard for religions in which all professional intermediaries are dispensed with, and in which the individual is enjoined to 'work out your own salvation' and is regarded as fully capable of doing so, is that belief and practice become independent of formal organized structures which may in such a context come to be perceived as otiose.
-- Lorne L. Dawson, "The Cultural Significance of New Religious Movements: The Case of Soka Gakkai", Sociology of Religion, Fall 2001
Otiose is from Latin otiosus, "idle, at leisure," from otium, "leisure."
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Word Of The Day
harridan \HAIR-uh-din\, noun:
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
With the insight of hindsight, I'd have liked to have been able to protect my mother from the domineering old harridan, with her rough tongue and primitive sense of justice, but I did not see it like that, then.
-- Angela Carter, Shaking a Leg
Whatever compassion we may feel towards Seraphie, charged with managing the Beyle household and provided with little in the way of emotional or material recompense, evidence scarcely softens Stendhal's portrait of an ignorant, vindictive, mean-spirited harridan.
-- Jonathan Keates, Stendhal
Even before that, for the first year and a half, as reports and rumors seeped out that she was a harridan, yelling and throwing things at subordinates as well as at her husband and his aides, she would often think to herself, "What's going on here? Why are some of these people slandering me or my husband on a daily basis? Why is all this stuff happening?"
-- David Maraniss, "First Lady of Paradox", Washington Post, January 15, 1995
As the vulgar, scornful, desperate Martha, Miss Hagen makes a tormented harridan horrifyingly believable.
-- Howard Taubman, "The Theater: Albee's 'Who's Afraid'", New York Times, October 15, 1962
Harridan probably comes from French haridelle, "a worn-out horse, a gaunt woman."
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
With the insight of hindsight, I'd have liked to have been able to protect my mother from the domineering old harridan, with her rough tongue and primitive sense of justice, but I did not see it like that, then.
-- Angela Carter, Shaking a Leg
Whatever compassion we may feel towards Seraphie, charged with managing the Beyle household and provided with little in the way of emotional or material recompense, evidence scarcely softens Stendhal's portrait of an ignorant, vindictive, mean-spirited harridan.
-- Jonathan Keates, Stendhal
Even before that, for the first year and a half, as reports and rumors seeped out that she was a harridan, yelling and throwing things at subordinates as well as at her husband and his aides, she would often think to herself, "What's going on here? Why are some of these people slandering me or my husband on a daily basis? Why is all this stuff happening?"
-- David Maraniss, "First Lady of Paradox", Washington Post, January 15, 1995
As the vulgar, scornful, desperate Martha, Miss Hagen makes a tormented harridan horrifyingly believable.
-- Howard Taubman, "The Theater: Albee's 'Who's Afraid'", New York Times, October 15, 1962
Harridan probably comes from French haridelle, "a worn-out horse, a gaunt woman."
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
New words for today
Gynast
Like a cosmonaut but an explorer of the vagina.
Emerican
An electronic representation of a resident of north america, complete with opinions, loud noises and a propensity for invading your country.
Like a cosmonaut but an explorer of the vagina.
Emerican
An electronic representation of a resident of north america, complete with opinions, loud noises and a propensity for invading your country.
Big Titters
I am working from home today and just saw and advert for a UK TV Gold weekend of carry on movies with the tag line "A Weekend of Big Titters".
Heh
Heh
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Pouring Ketchup - The full technical explanation
Are you one of those people who taps at the bottom of an inverted ketchup bottle, waiting in frustration for the sauce to pour? I am speaking of traditional ketchup bottles, not squeeze tubes, wide-mouth jars, or bottles designed to stand on their heads. Have you ever wondered if there is a right way to do it – a way that works, and makes scientific sense?
Yes, folks, there is a right way to do it, and it does make sense. Here is how, and why:
First, let's look at the most common wrong way to do it. Remember the old "anticipation" commercials from the 1970s? The bottle is held upside down, then the hungry diner waits... and waits. Most people I know attempt to improve on this by tapping the bottom (that is, the upper end when the bottle is upside-down). That may help, but not necessarily for the reasons you imagine.
Ketchup can be regarded as a highly viscous liquid, or a thixotropic (flows under pressure) solid. Neither term is exactly correct, but the problem is not what to call it. The problem is how to get the ketchup out of the bottle, in measured quantities, without making a mess.
In order for the ketchup to emerge, air must enter the bottle. With an ordinary liquid such as water, a very narrow (dropper) neck would prevent the displacement of water by, air, but even a ketchup bottle has a neck that is much to thick to prevent water escaping, and air rising in, when the bottle is inverted. In the case of ketchup, however, the sauce is thick enough that the gravitational pull on the ketchup does not suffice.
Ketchup will certainly fall, of its own accord. In the case of a partly empty bottle, tapping the base can expel some ketchup without the need for air to enter. This is because the air that is already inside the bottle can slightly de-pressurize. Tapping the inverted base may slightly liquify the ketchup, enough for some to drop out even though no air is taken in. But in a full bottle, the ketchup must move to the side so that the air can rise through the neck at the same time that the ketchup escapes. The weight of ketchup is not great enough for this to happen in most circumstances.
So, in the case of the full ketchup bottle, the problem can be divided into two issues: (1) How can I get the ketchup to move aside, so that air can enter on the opposite side? (2) How can I give the ketchup "extra weight," so that it will be pulled out of the bottle faster?
The first issue is solved by holding the bottle sideways, with a slight downward tilt, rather than upside-down. In this position, the ketchup naturally is pulled to the lower side of the neck, and the air naturally will channel along the higher side of the neck. Anyone who pours an ordinary liquid from a bottle knows this. Yet it is amazing how the experience is forgotten when it comes to ketchup.
Merely holding the bottle in the correct position is not very effective. It is necessary to "increase the weight" of the ketchup by applying some G-force. This can be done by making a fist, and tapping the bottle downwards against the fist, to bring the bottle to an abrupt halt. Don't hurt yourself! If your hands are delicate, you may try some other method of applying an abrupt stop to the bottle, provided that the stop is not rigid or fragile, and that you mind where the ketchup is going to emerge. Striking the bottle at the upper side of the neck is much less effective, since it applies the G-force in the wrong direction.
Tapping the inverted bottom of a full bottle – the customary way – is counterproductive. If you do that, most of the G-force will tend to keep the ketchup in the bottle. But now you know the right way, thanks to the amazing power of the Internet to unleash this kind of information. Of course, it would be possible to print instructions on the side of the ketchup bottle, but you wouldn't read them if they were there, now would you?
Yes, folks, there is a right way to do it, and it does make sense. Here is how, and why:
First, let's look at the most common wrong way to do it. Remember the old "anticipation" commercials from the 1970s? The bottle is held upside down, then the hungry diner waits... and waits. Most people I know attempt to improve on this by tapping the bottom (that is, the upper end when the bottle is upside-down). That may help, but not necessarily for the reasons you imagine.
Ketchup can be regarded as a highly viscous liquid, or a thixotropic (flows under pressure) solid. Neither term is exactly correct, but the problem is not what to call it. The problem is how to get the ketchup out of the bottle, in measured quantities, without making a mess.
In order for the ketchup to emerge, air must enter the bottle. With an ordinary liquid such as water, a very narrow (dropper) neck would prevent the displacement of water by, air, but even a ketchup bottle has a neck that is much to thick to prevent water escaping, and air rising in, when the bottle is inverted. In the case of ketchup, however, the sauce is thick enough that the gravitational pull on the ketchup does not suffice.
Ketchup will certainly fall, of its own accord. In the case of a partly empty bottle, tapping the base can expel some ketchup without the need for air to enter. This is because the air that is already inside the bottle can slightly de-pressurize. Tapping the inverted base may slightly liquify the ketchup, enough for some to drop out even though no air is taken in. But in a full bottle, the ketchup must move to the side so that the air can rise through the neck at the same time that the ketchup escapes. The weight of ketchup is not great enough for this to happen in most circumstances.
So, in the case of the full ketchup bottle, the problem can be divided into two issues: (1) How can I get the ketchup to move aside, so that air can enter on the opposite side? (2) How can I give the ketchup "extra weight," so that it will be pulled out of the bottle faster?
The first issue is solved by holding the bottle sideways, with a slight downward tilt, rather than upside-down. In this position, the ketchup naturally is pulled to the lower side of the neck, and the air naturally will channel along the higher side of the neck. Anyone who pours an ordinary liquid from a bottle knows this. Yet it is amazing how the experience is forgotten when it comes to ketchup.
Merely holding the bottle in the correct position is not very effective. It is necessary to "increase the weight" of the ketchup by applying some G-force. This can be done by making a fist, and tapping the bottle downwards against the fist, to bring the bottle to an abrupt halt. Don't hurt yourself! If your hands are delicate, you may try some other method of applying an abrupt stop to the bottle, provided that the stop is not rigid or fragile, and that you mind where the ketchup is going to emerge. Striking the bottle at the upper side of the neck is much less effective, since it applies the G-force in the wrong direction.
Tapping the inverted bottom of a full bottle – the customary way – is counterproductive. If you do that, most of the G-force will tend to keep the ketchup in the bottle. But now you know the right way, thanks to the amazing power of the Internet to unleash this kind of information. Of course, it would be possible to print instructions on the side of the ketchup bottle, but you wouldn't read them if they were there, now would you?
Thursday, March 23, 2006
My Word of the Day
pretentious /pre·ten·tious/
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.
Cardio
Why do people say that they went to the gym and did 30 minutes cardio instead of saying they ran, or cycled for 30 minutes. Do they think it makes them sound cool? Maybe they think people won't understand the word cardio and have to ask, making them look stupid, but the joke is one the cardio person because when we do find out we'll just say, "Oh, so you ran for 30 minutes?"
Or maybe it's needed as the justification for paying for a gym membership. I mean who wants to pay £50 per month to go and run. You can run anywhere, right?
So 30 minutes cardio is well worth £50 per month, but 30 minutes running is not, apparently.
Or maybe it's needed as the justification for paying for a gym membership. I mean who wants to pay £50 per month to go and run. You can run anywhere, right?
So 30 minutes cardio is well worth £50 per month, but 30 minutes running is not, apparently.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Cheese Related Idiocy
A woman who apparently thought a block of white cheese was cocaine has pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill four men.
Jessica Sandy Booth, 18, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Authorities said Booth hatched the plot after visiting the intended victims' home and mistaking fresco -- a white, crumbly cheese common in Mexican cuisine -- for cocaine. That inspired the idea to hire someone to break into the home, take the drugs and kill the men.
The hit man she hired turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Jessica Sandy Booth, 18, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Authorities said Booth hatched the plot after visiting the intended victims' home and mistaking fresco -- a white, crumbly cheese common in Mexican cuisine -- for cocaine. That inspired the idea to hire someone to break into the home, take the drugs and kill the men.
The hit man she hired turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Support Department
Please, phone this number - 0800 097 4828. It's the number for the support department for a company called http://www.webhosting.uk.com - pretend your a thinking about buying hosting from them then ask a few choice questions:
What time is it?
Are jelly moulds compatible with a Windows server?
Can I connect to my database using a dvla dongle-sprocket?
How many roads must a man walk down?
Would you like a fish in your shoe?
Can I fist my database?
Can I pay in hedgehogs?
I would like to know why I am having problems with your skillet? I have gotten all the way to the clock out window and I have put in all my elephant details and it eggs. Why is the sky green?
Any others you can think of, please let me know how you get on.
Mike just phoned again:
"I just phoned him again, and told him I was James Brown, calling from British Telecom. I said we'd been getting complaints about his phone line, so could he tell me which Marmite switch his phone was on. He didn't know"
What time is it?
Are jelly moulds compatible with a Windows server?
Can I connect to my database using a dvla dongle-sprocket?
How many roads must a man walk down?
Would you like a fish in your shoe?
Can I fist my database?
Can I pay in hedgehogs?
I would like to know why I am having problems with your skillet? I have gotten all the way to the clock out window and I have put in all my elephant details and it eggs. Why is the sky green?
Any others you can think of, please let me know how you get on.
Mike just phoned again:
"I just phoned him again, and told him I was James Brown, calling from British Telecom. I said we'd been getting complaints about his phone line, so could he tell me which Marmite switch his phone was on. He didn't know"
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Alberto Gonzales - Twunt
Future American lawyers to be proud of.
... and Alberto Gonzales.
Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.
To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a sheet.
Fortunately for him, it was a brief speech... followed by a panel discussion that basically ripped his argument a new asshole.
And, as one of the people on the panel said,
"When you're a law student, they tell you if say that if you can't argue the law, argue the facts. They also tell you if you can't argue the facts, argue the law. If you can't argue either, apparently, the solution is to go on a public relations offensive and make it a political issue... to say over and over again "it's lawful", and to think that the American people will somehow come to believe this if we say it often enough.
In light of this, I'm proud of the very civil civil disobedience that was shown here today."
- David Cole, Georgetown University Law Professor
http://explore.georgetown.edu/blogs/?id=11971
It was a good day for dissent.
... and Alberto Gonzales.
Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.
To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a sheet.
Fortunately for him, it was a brief speech... followed by a panel discussion that basically ripped his argument a new asshole.
And, as one of the people on the panel said,
"When you're a law student, they tell you if say that if you can't argue the law, argue the facts. They also tell you if you can't argue the facts, argue the law. If you can't argue either, apparently, the solution is to go on a public relations offensive and make it a political issue... to say over and over again "it's lawful", and to think that the American people will somehow come to believe this if we say it often enough.
In light of this, I'm proud of the very civil civil disobedience that was shown here today."
- David Cole, Georgetown University Law Professor
http://explore.georgetown.edu/blogs/?id=11971
It was a good day for dissent.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Animated GIFs
Click on the picture to see it in all it's glory
Animated gifs are bad. Bad, bad, bad! This animated gif is so bad, I don’t have the words to describe just how mind-numbingly, jaw-droppingly bad it is.
If it has one useful purpose it is to serve as a cautionary sign to all those contemplating using an animated gif on their website. A kind of a modern-day "Abandon all hope ye who enter this place" – accompanied by a partially decayed, shrunken head on a spike.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Word Of The Day
sesquipedalian \ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\, adjective:
1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
noun:
A long word.
As a sesquipedalian stylist, he can throw a word like 'eponymous" into a sentence without missing a beat.
--Campbell, Patty, "The sand in the oyster," The Horn Book Magazine, May 15, 1996
Plus he has a weakness for what we can mischievously call sesquipedalian excess: Look out for such terms as "epiphenomenal," "diegetic" and "proprioceptive."
--Jabari Asim, "Reel Pioneer," Washington Post, November
19, 2000
They walk and speak with disdain for common folk, and never miss a chance to belittle the crowd in sesquipedalian put-downs or to declare that their raucous and uncouth behavior calls for nothing less than a letter to the Times, to inform proper Englishmen of the deplorable state of manners in the Colonies.
--William C. Martin, "Friday Night in the Coliseum," The Atlantic, March 1972
... her eccentric family's addiction to sesquipedalians (that big word for "big words"), and her furtive passion for flossy mail-order-catalog prose.
--David Browne, "Books/The Week," Entertainment Weekly, October 23, 1998
Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, "a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long," from sesqui, "one half more, half as much again" + pes, ped-, "a foot."
1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
noun:
A long word.
As a sesquipedalian stylist, he can throw a word like 'eponymous" into a sentence without missing a beat.
--Campbell, Patty, "The sand in the oyster," The Horn Book Magazine, May 15, 1996
Plus he has a weakness for what we can mischievously call sesquipedalian excess: Look out for such terms as "epiphenomenal," "diegetic" and "proprioceptive."
--Jabari Asim, "Reel Pioneer," Washington Post, November
19, 2000
They walk and speak with disdain for common folk, and never miss a chance to belittle the crowd in sesquipedalian put-downs or to declare that their raucous and uncouth behavior calls for nothing less than a letter to the Times, to inform proper Englishmen of the deplorable state of manners in the Colonies.
--William C. Martin, "Friday Night in the Coliseum," The Atlantic, March 1972
... her eccentric family's addiction to sesquipedalians (that big word for "big words"), and her furtive passion for flossy mail-order-catalog prose.
--David Browne, "Books/The Week," Entertainment Weekly, October 23, 1998
Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, "a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long," from sesqui, "one half more, half as much again" + pes, ped-, "a foot."
I've been tagged
The rules (apparently): reveal five weird habits about yourself, and then 'tag' five other bloggers. Here goes:
1. I pick my nose so much it bleeds sometimes.
2. When walking down a road or pavement with a line of bollards on it I have to smack the tops of the bollards. If I need to change direction before reaching the end of the bollards it makes me very anxious. Sometimes I carry on even though I have to go back to go the way I need.
3. I crack my knuckles, my wrists, my ankles, my chest and my neck.
4. I don't tidy up generally, merely arrange things into neat piles for later tidying.
5. Every so often I trawl through the mountain of paperwork in order to sort it and make important documents easier to find. This doesn't actually produce any good results and more often than not I have spent four hours to throw away a half dozen sheets of paper, but it makes me feel good.
Right then, time to tag five other bloggers. I don't know many bloggers, but the one I'll tag is Attu
1. I pick my nose so much it bleeds sometimes.
2. When walking down a road or pavement with a line of bollards on it I have to smack the tops of the bollards. If I need to change direction before reaching the end of the bollards it makes me very anxious. Sometimes I carry on even though I have to go back to go the way I need.
3. I crack my knuckles, my wrists, my ankles, my chest and my neck.
4. I don't tidy up generally, merely arrange things into neat piles for later tidying.
5. Every so often I trawl through the mountain of paperwork in order to sort it and make important documents easier to find. This doesn't actually produce any good results and more often than not I have spent four hours to throw away a half dozen sheets of paper, but it makes me feel good.
Right then, time to tag five other bloggers. I don't know many bloggers, but the one I'll tag is Attu
Monday, January 09, 2006
you've been tagged
I was tagged, and now you have been too. As a result, you have to tag some people - that's the law.
So there.
So there.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Simpsons creator praises Gervais
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said Ricky Gervais did such a good job writing an episode of the hit US comedy show that he wants him to do more.
The Office star wrote and appears in the episode, which is due to be screened in the US in the spring.
Groening said Gervais was good enough to be a regular character, according to reports in the UK press.
"He caught our tone exactly, and then added his own Ricky Gervais/David Brent patheticness," Groening said.
"Everything you could ever possibly want from Ricky Gervais you get.
"It's possible we'll collaborate again... he should be a regular character. In fact, he should have his own cartoon series."
Gervais' character in The Simpsons is based on David Brent from The Office sitcom.
He moves into The Simpson household with Marge as the family take part in an episode of Wife Swap, while Homer moves in with his wife.
Gervais was invited to pen the episode by Groening, who is a fan of The Office.
He described writing the episode as a "dream come true".
The Office star wrote and appears in the episode, which is due to be screened in the US in the spring.
Groening said Gervais was good enough to be a regular character, according to reports in the UK press.
"He caught our tone exactly, and then added his own Ricky Gervais/David Brent patheticness," Groening said.
"Everything you could ever possibly want from Ricky Gervais you get.
"It's possible we'll collaborate again... he should be a regular character. In fact, he should have his own cartoon series."
Gervais' character in The Simpsons is based on David Brent from The Office sitcom.
He moves into The Simpson household with Marge as the family take part in an episode of Wife Swap, while Homer moves in with his wife.
Gervais was invited to pen the episode by Groening, who is a fan of The Office.
He described writing the episode as a "dream come true".
SETI and Intelligent Design
If you’re an inveterate tube-o-phile, you may remember the episode of "Cheers" in which Cliff, the postman who’s stayed by neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night from his appointed rounds of beer, exclaims to Norm that he’s found a potato that looks like Richard Nixon’s head.
This could be an astonishing attempt by taters to express their political views, but Norm is unimpressed. Finding evidence of complexity (the Nixon physiognomy) in a natural setting (the spud), and inferring some deliberate, magical mechanism behind it all, would be a leap from the doubtful to the divine, and in this case, Norm feels, unwarranted.
Cliff, however, would have some sympathizers among the proponents of Intelligent Design (ID), whose efforts to influence school science curricula continue to swill large quantities of newspaper ink. As just about everyone is aware, these folks use similar logic to infer a "designer" behind such biological constructions as DNA or the human eye. The apparent complexity of the product is offered as proof of deliberate blueprinting by an unknown creator—conscious action, presumably from outside the universe itself.
What many readers will not know is that SETI research has been offered up in support of Intelligent Design.
The way this happens is as follows. When ID advocates posit that DNA—which is a complicated, molecular blueprint—is solid evidence for a designer, most scientists are unconvinced. They counter that the structure of this biological building block is the result of self-organization via evolution, and not a proof of deliberate engineering. DNA, the researchers will protest, is no more a consciously constructed system than Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Organized complexity, in other words, is not enough to infer design.
But the adherents of Intelligent Design protest the protest. They point to SETI and say, "upon receiving a complex radio signal from space, SETI researchers will claim it as proof that intelligent life resides in the neighborhood of a distant star. Thus, isn’t their search completely analogous to our own line of reasoning—a clear case of complexity implying intelligence and deliberate design?" And SETI, they would note, enjoys widespread scientific acceptance.
If we as SETI researchers admit this is so, it sounds as if we’re guilty of promoting a logical double standard. If the ID folks aren’t allowed to claim intelligent design when pointing to DNA, how can we hope to claim intelligent design on the basis of a complex radio signal? It’s true that SETI is well regarded by the scientific community, but is that simply because we don’t suggest that the voice behind the microphone could be God?
Extract from http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_intelligentdesign_051201.html
This could be an astonishing attempt by taters to express their political views, but Norm is unimpressed. Finding evidence of complexity (the Nixon physiognomy) in a natural setting (the spud), and inferring some deliberate, magical mechanism behind it all, would be a leap from the doubtful to the divine, and in this case, Norm feels, unwarranted.
Cliff, however, would have some sympathizers among the proponents of Intelligent Design (ID), whose efforts to influence school science curricula continue to swill large quantities of newspaper ink. As just about everyone is aware, these folks use similar logic to infer a "designer" behind such biological constructions as DNA or the human eye. The apparent complexity of the product is offered as proof of deliberate blueprinting by an unknown creator—conscious action, presumably from outside the universe itself.
What many readers will not know is that SETI research has been offered up in support of Intelligent Design.
The way this happens is as follows. When ID advocates posit that DNA—which is a complicated, molecular blueprint—is solid evidence for a designer, most scientists are unconvinced. They counter that the structure of this biological building block is the result of self-organization via evolution, and not a proof of deliberate engineering. DNA, the researchers will protest, is no more a consciously constructed system than Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Organized complexity, in other words, is not enough to infer design.
But the adherents of Intelligent Design protest the protest. They point to SETI and say, "upon receiving a complex radio signal from space, SETI researchers will claim it as proof that intelligent life resides in the neighborhood of a distant star. Thus, isn’t their search completely analogous to our own line of reasoning—a clear case of complexity implying intelligence and deliberate design?" And SETI, they would note, enjoys widespread scientific acceptance.
If we as SETI researchers admit this is so, it sounds as if we’re guilty of promoting a logical double standard. If the ID folks aren’t allowed to claim intelligent design when pointing to DNA, how can we hope to claim intelligent design on the basis of a complex radio signal? It’s true that SETI is well regarded by the scientific community, but is that simply because we don’t suggest that the voice behind the microphone could be God?
Extract from http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_intelligentdesign_051201.html
Don't KNow What I'd Do
Last thought
in my head
Last phrase
'fore I go to bed
I send out to you
What else is new?
Cliche notwithstanding
Say 'bout love
You can expect to fall
In your case, baby
in spite of all
's always
a three point landing
Don't know what I'd do
I don't know what I'd do
without you
A wise old poet
he once said
'less you love somebody
nothing makes sense
Hard to admit
when you need someone
who knows you
Don't know what I'd do
I don't know what I'd do
without you
- Shelley Winters Project
in my head
Last phrase
'fore I go to bed
I send out to you
What else is new?
Cliche notwithstanding
Say 'bout love
You can expect to fall
In your case, baby
in spite of all
's always
a three point landing
Don't know what I'd do
I don't know what I'd do
without you
A wise old poet
he once said
'less you love somebody
nothing makes sense
Hard to admit
when you need someone
who knows you
Don't know what I'd do
I don't know what I'd do
without you
- Shelley Winters Project
Sexy Women with Machine Guns
Well all agree they are sexy, ok, but instead of sexy women what about OAPs in wheelchairs?
What the fuck is a toodle?
http://www.break.com/index/grannymachinegun.html
What the fuck is a toodle?
http://www.break.com/index/grannymachinegun.html
Eyw
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=lmLymLS-k0k
There are some things the world is better off without seeing. This is one of them.
There are some things the world is better off without seeing. This is one of them.
201 Ways To Say You're Pissed
Beer, wine, and spirits come in all flavours – why shouldn’t our descriptions of their pleasant effects do the same? The National Pist proudly presents as many ways to say you’re drunk as we could think of while sitting around getting good and Guinness-headed. If there are any notable omissions, by all means rescue us from our ignorance and let us know!
Enjoy!
A. Addled, Ale’d, Alight, A few shades to the wind.
B. Bagged, Badgered, Ban jaxed, Bashed, Battered, Been drinking, Bent, Bladdered, Blind, Blasted, Blathered, Blitzed, Blotto, Boiled, Bombed, Brahms & Liszt, Buckled, Buzzed.
C. Cabbaged, Campaigning, Canned, Chevy Chased, Clobbered, Creamed over, Crocked.
D. Dead drunk, Dean Martinized, Decimated, Discombobulated, Dipsomaniatic, Dizzy, Drowned, Drunk, Drunk as a Lord, Drunk as a skunk, Drunken.
E. Etched, Ethanol engorged , Ethanolized, Etherized, Euthanized.
F. Fecked, Feeling it, Finished, Flushed, Flying, Frothy, Fruit looped, F*cked, F*cked up.
G. Gassed, Galvanized, Gin rummied, Glazed, Goosed, Green, Groged, Groggy, Guinness headed.
H. Had a few, Haggard, Hammered, Hanging, High, Hosed, Howling drunk.
I. In with Bacchus, Inebriated, In orbit, Intoxicated, Irish eyed.
J. Jagged, Jaxied, Jiggy, Jolly, Jugged, Juiced.
K. Killed, Kinked.
L. Laced, Lamped, Lashed, Leathered, Legless, lispy, Lit, Lit up, Liquored up, Loaded, Loo la, Looped, Loopy, Loose, Lubricated, Lush.
M. Mad, Mangled, Mashed, Melted, Merl Haggard, Merry, Minced, Monkey-full, Mottled, Muttled.
N. Newcastled, Nippy, Nailed.
O. Off me pickle, Off me trolley, Off my rocker, Oiled, On a campaign, On assignment for The Pist, On a piss-up, On the bottle, Out of it.
P. Painted, Paralytic, Past .08, Pickled, Pickwicked, Pie-eyed, Pished, Pissed, Pist, Plastered, Ploughed, Potted, Pole axed, Polluted, Puking.
Q.Quitted, Quintessential.
R. Ratted, Ravaged, Razzled, Reading The Pist, Rosy glowing, Rubbered, Rubber legged, Ruined, Rummed, Rummy.
S. Screwed, Scuttered, Sh*t faced, Shot, Silly, Slaughtered, Slammed, Slewed, Sloppy, Sloshed, Smashed, Snatered , Soaked, Sotted, Sous, Soused, Sozzled, Spangled, Spannered, Squiffy, Steaming, Stewed, Stitched up, Stiff, Stinking, Stink-o, Stone drunk.
T. Tanked, Tight, Tipsy, Toasted, Totalled, Trashed,Twisted.
U. Ugly, Under, Under the influence, Unsafe to drive, Unsober.
V. Vinic, Visiting the vicar.
W. Warped, Washed out, Wasted, Wellied, Wet, White washed, Wined, Wiped, Wired, Wrecked.
X. X’ed out.
Y. Yodeling out of tune.
Z. Zombied, Zonked.
Enjoy!
A. Addled, Ale’d, Alight, A few shades to the wind.
B. Bagged, Badgered, Ban jaxed, Bashed, Battered, Been drinking, Bent, Bladdered, Blind, Blasted, Blathered, Blitzed, Blotto, Boiled, Bombed, Brahms & Liszt, Buckled, Buzzed.
C. Cabbaged, Campaigning, Canned, Chevy Chased, Clobbered, Creamed over, Crocked.
D. Dead drunk, Dean Martinized, Decimated, Discombobulated, Dipsomaniatic, Dizzy, Drowned, Drunk, Drunk as a Lord, Drunk as a skunk, Drunken.
E. Etched, Ethanol engorged , Ethanolized, Etherized, Euthanized.
F. Fecked, Feeling it, Finished, Flushed, Flying, Frothy, Fruit looped, F*cked, F*cked up.
G. Gassed, Galvanized, Gin rummied, Glazed, Goosed, Green, Groged, Groggy, Guinness headed.
H. Had a few, Haggard, Hammered, Hanging, High, Hosed, Howling drunk.
I. In with Bacchus, Inebriated, In orbit, Intoxicated, Irish eyed.
J. Jagged, Jaxied, Jiggy, Jolly, Jugged, Juiced.
K. Killed, Kinked.
L. Laced, Lamped, Lashed, Leathered, Legless, lispy, Lit, Lit up, Liquored up, Loaded, Loo la, Looped, Loopy, Loose, Lubricated, Lush.
M. Mad, Mangled, Mashed, Melted, Merl Haggard, Merry, Minced, Monkey-full, Mottled, Muttled.
N. Newcastled, Nippy, Nailed.
O. Off me pickle, Off me trolley, Off my rocker, Oiled, On a campaign, On assignment for The Pist, On a piss-up, On the bottle, Out of it.
P. Painted, Paralytic, Past .08, Pickled, Pickwicked, Pie-eyed, Pished, Pissed, Pist, Plastered, Ploughed, Potted, Pole axed, Polluted, Puking.
Q.Quitted, Quintessential.
R. Ratted, Ravaged, Razzled, Reading The Pist, Rosy glowing, Rubbered, Rubber legged, Ruined, Rummed, Rummy.
S. Screwed, Scuttered, Sh*t faced, Shot, Silly, Slaughtered, Slammed, Slewed, Sloppy, Sloshed, Smashed, Snatered , Soaked, Sotted, Sous, Soused, Sozzled, Spangled, Spannered, Squiffy, Steaming, Stewed, Stitched up, Stiff, Stinking, Stink-o, Stone drunk.
T. Tanked, Tight, Tipsy, Toasted, Totalled, Trashed,Twisted.
U. Ugly, Under, Under the influence, Unsafe to drive, Unsober.
V. Vinic, Visiting the vicar.
W. Warped, Washed out, Wasted, Wellied, Wet, White washed, Wined, Wiped, Wired, Wrecked.
X. X’ed out.
Y. Yodeling out of tune.
Z. Zombied, Zonked.
Word Of The Day
sine qua non \sin-ih-kwah-NON; -NOHN; sy-nih-kway-\, noun:
An essential condition or element; an indispensable thing
Women's enfranchisement was crucial to them -- indeed, a sine qua non, since all other progress for which they worked, such as higher education and entrance into the professions, would be meaningless if women continued to be second-class citizens.
--Lillian Faderman, To Believe in Women
"Of the various attributes we fiction-writers require," he said, "one of the most important is detachment. Of course tenacity of purpose is the sine qua non, otherwise we'd never keep on with it for the year or two years or longer that it takes to finish the work."
--Barry Unsworth, Sugar and Rum
However we choose to define a classic, a sine qua non is that the material lend itself to reinterpretation in the light of changing circumstances.
--Matthew Gurewitsch, "A Country of Lesser Giants," New York Times, April 4, 1999
Sine qua non is from the Late Latin, literally "without which not."
An essential condition or element; an indispensable thing
Women's enfranchisement was crucial to them -- indeed, a sine qua non, since all other progress for which they worked, such as higher education and entrance into the professions, would be meaningless if women continued to be second-class citizens.
--Lillian Faderman, To Believe in Women
"Of the various attributes we fiction-writers require," he said, "one of the most important is detachment. Of course tenacity of purpose is the sine qua non, otherwise we'd never keep on with it for the year or two years or longer that it takes to finish the work."
--Barry Unsworth, Sugar and Rum
However we choose to define a classic, a sine qua non is that the material lend itself to reinterpretation in the light of changing circumstances.
--Matthew Gurewitsch, "A Country of Lesser Giants," New York Times, April 4, 1999
Sine qua non is from the Late Latin, literally "without which not."
Random Blog Site
So I was looking at my blog after posting and the next random blog was this
http://sellitaire.blogspot.com/
Which talks about the Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR).
It's a sign.
http://sellitaire.blogspot.com/
Which talks about the Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR).
It's a sign.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
I've checked my email account about 30 times today.
Empty.
What the hell else did I expect? Dickhead!
:(
Empty.
What the hell else did I expect? Dickhead!
:(
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
My Journey
Today I begin a new phase of a potentially arduous and frightening journey. I am, all at the same time, excited, scared, and very unhappy. I am excited by what I may achieve, scared by what I will have to encounter, and unhappy about what I have to leave behind, even if only for a short while.
What I have to achieve is a greater sense of self and an improved level of happiness. An understanding of what I require in order to be happy. An ability to make my own decisions - decisions that will be well-informed, true to myself, and that feel right, at least right for me.
To achieve this I know I will have to encounter many things that I have not had to face before. One of these things is a new level of honesty with myself. I now have to be brutal in acknowledging what I do well and what I do badly, and not to dwell on the things I do badly, but to improve on them. And not just to understand what I do well, but to go and find new things that I can do too. Not just things that I can do well, but things that I can't - things that I can fail at doing, things that scare me, but that I will do anyway.
Ultimately I need to change. I think I have known this for a while, because I have known that I am not happy. And I think I am not happy because I am not happy with myself.
I feel cut-off and insular, and right now I don't understand why because I think I have alot to give. And I certainly want alot more than I have. Not in a materialistic way, but in a "spiritual" way. I have been guilty of laziness and apathy with my own life.
I have already made the decision that something needs to change, now I need to search both within myself and out in the big, wide world to understand what and why.
Wish me luck, I think I am going to need it.
What I have to achieve is a greater sense of self and an improved level of happiness. An understanding of what I require in order to be happy. An ability to make my own decisions - decisions that will be well-informed, true to myself, and that feel right, at least right for me.
To achieve this I know I will have to encounter many things that I have not had to face before. One of these things is a new level of honesty with myself. I now have to be brutal in acknowledging what I do well and what I do badly, and not to dwell on the things I do badly, but to improve on them. And not just to understand what I do well, but to go and find new things that I can do too. Not just things that I can do well, but things that I can't - things that I can fail at doing, things that scare me, but that I will do anyway.
Ultimately I need to change. I think I have known this for a while, because I have known that I am not happy. And I think I am not happy because I am not happy with myself.
I feel cut-off and insular, and right now I don't understand why because I think I have alot to give. And I certainly want alot more than I have. Not in a materialistic way, but in a "spiritual" way. I have been guilty of laziness and apathy with my own life.
I have already made the decision that something needs to change, now I need to search both within myself and out in the big, wide world to understand what and why.
Wish me luck, I think I am going to need it.
Friday, December 30, 2005
Making the Donuts No Longer
Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83.
Ironically, he died from complications of Diabetes, arch nemisis of the donut.
Ironically, he died from complications of Diabetes, arch nemisis of the donut.
Word Of The Day
perquisite \PUR-kwuh-zit\, noun:
1. A profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages.
2. Broadly: The benefits of a position or office.
3. A gratuity or tip for services performed.
4. Anything to which someone has or claims the sole right.
In a tight market for skilled labor... corporations are increasingly buying homes for hot new hires -- a perquisite once reserved for top executives.
--Jennie James, "For Many Europeans, There's No Place Like Home," Time, May 8, 2000
It is a shock to find the master, whom we cannot help thinking of as the greatest gentleman in the history of art, regarding petty larceny as a perquisite of office and diverting the wages of sweepers and cleaners.
--Sir Lawrence Gowing, "Obsessed by Ambition, Saved by Art," New York Times, August 10, 1986
She is dressed in an inexpensive but stylish outfit, impeccably coordinated gloves, hat, shoes, and matching purse--the sole perquisite of her husband's hand-to-mouth pattern-cutting job in the ladies garment industry.
--Ann Druyan, "A New Sense of the Sacred," Humanist, November 2000
After having long been a narrowly aristocratic perquisite, the opportunity for adventurous cuisine was "democratized" in early modern, increasingly capitalistic Europe, by the spreading quest for upward social mobility, imperial service abroad, and thickening networks of social commerce.
--Robert Mccormick Adams, "Introduction: Case Histories," Social Research, Spring 1999
Perquisite derives from Medieval Latin perquisitum, from the past participle of Latin perquirere, "to search for eagerly," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + quaerere, "to seek." In Middle English it meant "property acquired by means other than inheritance." By 1565 it had acquired the sense "fringe benefit"; by 1721 it had also come to signify "a tip or gratuity."
Synonyms: benefit, fringe benefit, gravy, perk, reward.
1. A profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages.
2. Broadly: The benefits of a position or office.
3. A gratuity or tip for services performed.
4. Anything to which someone has or claims the sole right.
In a tight market for skilled labor... corporations are increasingly buying homes for hot new hires -- a perquisite once reserved for top executives.
--Jennie James, "For Many Europeans, There's No Place Like Home," Time, May 8, 2000
It is a shock to find the master, whom we cannot help thinking of as the greatest gentleman in the history of art, regarding petty larceny as a perquisite of office and diverting the wages of sweepers and cleaners.
--Sir Lawrence Gowing, "Obsessed by Ambition, Saved by Art," New York Times, August 10, 1986
She is dressed in an inexpensive but stylish outfit, impeccably coordinated gloves, hat, shoes, and matching purse--the sole perquisite of her husband's hand-to-mouth pattern-cutting job in the ladies garment industry.
--Ann Druyan, "A New Sense of the Sacred," Humanist, November 2000
After having long been a narrowly aristocratic perquisite, the opportunity for adventurous cuisine was "democratized" in early modern, increasingly capitalistic Europe, by the spreading quest for upward social mobility, imperial service abroad, and thickening networks of social commerce.
--Robert Mccormick Adams, "Introduction: Case Histories," Social Research, Spring 1999
Perquisite derives from Medieval Latin perquisitum, from the past participle of Latin perquirere, "to search for eagerly," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + quaerere, "to seek." In Middle English it meant "property acquired by means other than inheritance." By 1565 it had acquired the sense "fringe benefit"; by 1721 it had also come to signify "a tip or gratuity."
Synonyms: benefit, fringe benefit, gravy, perk, reward.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Word Of The Day
This one's for Mike:
Word of the Day for Monday December 12, 2005
tmesis \TMEE-sis\, noun:
In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word, now generally done for humorous effect; for example, "what place soever" instead of "whatsoever place," or "abso-bloody-lutely."
If on the first, how heinous e'er it be,
To win thy after-love I pardon thee.
--Shakespeare, Richard II
His income-tax return, he remarked, was the "most rigged-up marole" he'd ever seen.
--Frederic Packard
In two words, im possible.
--Samuel Goldwyn
Tmesis is from Greek tmesis, "a cutting," from temnein, "to cut."
Word of the Day for Monday December 12, 2005
tmesis \TMEE-sis\, noun:
In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word, now generally done for humorous effect; for example, "what place soever" instead of "whatsoever place," or "abso-bloody-lutely."
If on the first, how heinous e'er it be,
To win thy after-love I pardon thee.
--Shakespeare, Richard II
His income-tax return, he remarked, was the "most rigged-up marole" he'd ever seen.
--Frederic Packard
In two words, im possible.
--Samuel Goldwyn
Tmesis is from Greek tmesis, "a cutting," from temnein, "to cut."
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Stand-off
This is a great advert for the Xbox 360. I blieve the advert was banned. It reminds me of the episode of Spaced.
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1156
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1156
Today's Weird Fetish
Is photoshopped women with no arms
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38534216@N00/sets/1498455/
Don't worry, the pictures aren't real.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38534216@N00/sets/1498455/
Don't worry, the pictures aren't real.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Being British
Have a cup of tea and a choccy biccy.
Now have a lovely hot bath before throwing your poop into the street, catching bubonic plague and invading several smaller African countries, declaring that the "natives are restless".
Oh and don't forget to be all coy, yet arrogant and passive-aggressive. And complain lots, but don't do anything about it.
Now have a lovely hot bath before throwing your poop into the street, catching bubonic plague and invading several smaller African countries, declaring that the "natives are restless".
Oh and don't forget to be all coy, yet arrogant and passive-aggressive. And complain lots, but don't do anything about it.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
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