conjunction junction

what’s your function? “Hooking up words and phrases and clauses”. Remember Schoolhouse Rock? It was freaking amazing! I learned more and remember more from Schoolhouse Rock than I do from elementary school, which is really kind of sad. I loved Lolly, Lolly, Lolly:
“Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here.
Lolly, Lolly, [...]

Annoying Tips

Want to bug people? Here are a few tips to do just that:
- When getting in an elevator, stand very close to the person inside and smell them.
- Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
- Ask people what gender they are.
- Repeat everything someone says as a question.
- Signal that a conversation [...]

Amazing

Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1
Thanks Isaac for sharing this with all of us.

Get your head in the game.

Game. The game of life. No, not the board game you played as a kid, although I never really liked it, all that marrying and having kids and driving a stupid car, or am I thinking of a different game? Life, yep life. It’s mysterious and kooky and I really am [...]

Stupid Quotes

Sometimes smart people say stupid things, or, maybe they really are stupid:
“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.”
- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.
“People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact [...]

germs

Well, I find this interesting, as I have a slight phobia to germs. Okay, I hate saliva. *shudder*
It seems that the University of Arizona had a research project in 2002 that discovered that there is less bacteria on a toilet seat, than on your desk or personal workspace. Sometimes 400 [...]

EEEEEWWWWW

Did you know….
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.?
Well, hell, if some guy spread that all over his package, that would be some serious contraception…also known as abstinence.

Where have all the bees gone?

If they were up your ass you’d know. HA…I kill me. But seriously, where are the disappearing bees? Beekeepers in over 20 states are opening up their boxes to discover all their bees have moved out. This is serious people!
“The bee losses are ranging from 30 to 60 percent on the [...]

Monkey Balls Alive!

In the early 1900’s, there was this crazy (or not so crazy) Russian doctor that decided that the ball-less men in the world needed balls. So, he transplanted monkey balls onto poor castrated eunuchs who he felt had underdeveloped physiological features, which he attributed to the eunuch’s lack of testicles. He transplanted nearly [...]

Myth or Folk Tale

What’s the difference? Hmmmmm. According to Dictionary.com:
MYTH
1. a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
2. stories or [...]

words, words, words

Just for the record, I don’t use the word fan when I like something. I also don’t use the word enjoy. I don’t use fan, because it is overused and I don’t want to contribute to the world’s word diarrhea. The word enjoy just bugs me. It’s so selfish sounding and [...]

Great Line

Okay, so I opened up the Scalzi book, The Android’s Dream, and the first two lines hit me: “Dirk Moeller didn’t know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out.”
Brilliant.

Scalzi

I just got the book The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi. I’ve been wanting to read this, so I am psyched. I should be writing, not reading, but hell…reading makes me feel balanced. Without it I am lost. Lately, I haven’t been listening to any books on cd. I started [...]

Star Trek, not Track!

I hate when people mispronounce the Trek part of Star Trek and it comes out Track. Ugh. I am a trekkie. Yes I admit it. I love Star Trek in all it’s glorious forms. My favorite character is Worf. He is amazing and a total hottie. He gets his [...]

Quotes

I’ve been looking up writing quotes for inspiration. I don’t even know who half these people are, but I intend to find out:
Tom Clancy:
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Sophocles:
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Stephen King:
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
T. S. Eliot:
Some editors are failed writers, but [...]

Cotswolds

Have you ever felt drawn to a place? I really want to go to the Cotswolds. I don’t think I will go anytime soon, but it is something that I really want to do. I have never left North America. I drove a bit through Canada once, but that is’nt really [...]