I have discovered a new homophone (group of words that sound the same but mean different things)!
Grimmest.
Grimaced!
The end.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Antonio, Barcelona, Carmen, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
The "spelling alphabet" is an alphabet used by the army or navy or radio people to communicate the spelling of things without them being confused for other letters.
Like "d" and "b" sound the same when read aloud, but won't be mistaken if you say "delta" and "bravo."
You most likely have heard of these in movies before. Or, if you are like me, you recognize them from the N64 video game "Rainbow Six."
What intrigues me is that in other languages, the words are different. I mean, obviously Spaniards aren't going to use the "alpha, bravo, charlie" alphabet we use, so they use their "antonio, barcelona, carmen" one. I saw this on wikipedia while browsing links from the creepy "numbers stations" article due to a recent Fringe episode I saw, and it was pretty interesting to see what words they use to refer to the letters of the alphabet. They seem to have an obsession with first names and cities, whereas we use...random stuff.
See the chart at the link below...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet
Like "d" and "b" sound the same when read aloud, but won't be mistaken if you say "delta" and "bravo."
You most likely have heard of these in movies before. Or, if you are like me, you recognize them from the N64 video game "Rainbow Six."
What intrigues me is that in other languages, the words are different. I mean, obviously Spaniards aren't going to use the "alpha, bravo, charlie" alphabet we use, so they use their "antonio, barcelona, carmen" one. I saw this on wikipedia while browsing links from the creepy "numbers stations" article due to a recent Fringe episode I saw, and it was pretty interesting to see what words they use to refer to the letters of the alphabet. They seem to have an obsession with first names and cities, whereas we use...random stuff.
See the chart at the link below...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Book Trailers
Sometimes new books put out "trailers" to be able to advertise them on tv. Usually these trailers consist of a narration and some title graphics and pictures.
I have never seen a book trailer be nearly as deceiving as this one, where they make a whole cast of characters and waste three minutes of your time until you realize it is a book! Not even a show or movie.
Although, this trailer is so bad, with such horrible acting and a typical plot, that I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to see it. Er, read it.
Favorite parts:
"If you screw this up, you're going back to juvie. ENTIENDES?!"
and
"Hey. I'm throwing a party Friday night if you wanna come. You do party, right?"
I have never seen a book trailer be nearly as deceiving as this one, where they make a whole cast of characters and waste three minutes of your time until you realize it is a book! Not even a show or movie.
Although, this trailer is so bad, with such horrible acting and a typical plot, that I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to see it. Er, read it.
Favorite parts:
"If you screw this up, you're going back to juvie. ENTIENDES?!"
and
"Hey. I'm throwing a party Friday night if you wanna come. You do party, right?"
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Excuse me.
Sometimes I drift from my original intentions of this blog. The title (in your natural habitat), as some may remember, referred to stupid people in their natural habitat. You may recall this from my story of a crazy patchwork-patterned-pantsed man who frolicked across Michigan avenue. If not, look it up.
Now I'd like to share with you a story.
The funniest thing I heard yesterday was this phrase: "excuse me."
On its own, it isn't a particularly funny phrase, but in the context, it was.
I was standing in a very crowded Urban Outfitters in the front of the store near a display of wacky gifts and books. After looking at some books at one table (One was the Snuggie Sutra about getting intimate under your favorite sleeved blanket) I moved on to the table of assorted novelties, which included test tube shot glasses, color-your-own piggy banks and a Fischer Price plastic record player. As I flipped through a Star Wars flipbook, a 20-something man behind me said "excuse me."
He was reaching for a hamburger phone next to me, mounted atop a pyramid of boxes of the Juno prop.
What really got me was that this man could not wait. He could not bear one more second of me standing between him and his beloved hamburger phone. It was all too urgent that I step aside as he reached for this communication device to show his mom/his friend/his brother. He needed it right then and there. No, he did not say "excuse me, I REALLY need to look at this hamburger phone while you browse through that sci-fi flip book. I cannot feign interest in this "12 days of Christmas drinking games" kit as you inadvertently block me from this desired hunk of junk-food shaped plastic speaker."
But he did. It was all implied in the tone of "excuse me."
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=15259492&itemdescription=true&navAction=jump
Now I'd like to share with you a story.
The funniest thing I heard yesterday was this phrase: "excuse me."
On its own, it isn't a particularly funny phrase, but in the context, it was.
I was standing in a very crowded Urban Outfitters in the front of the store near a display of wacky gifts and books. After looking at some books at one table (One was the Snuggie Sutra about getting intimate under your favorite sleeved blanket) I moved on to the table of assorted novelties, which included test tube shot glasses, color-your-own piggy banks and a Fischer Price plastic record player. As I flipped through a Star Wars flipbook, a 20-something man behind me said "excuse me."
He was reaching for a hamburger phone next to me, mounted atop a pyramid of boxes of the Juno prop.
What really got me was that this man could not wait. He could not bear one more second of me standing between him and his beloved hamburger phone. It was all too urgent that I step aside as he reached for this communication device to show his mom/his friend/his brother. He needed it right then and there. No, he did not say "excuse me, I REALLY need to look at this hamburger phone while you browse through that sci-fi flip book. I cannot feign interest in this "12 days of Christmas drinking games" kit as you inadvertently block me from this desired hunk of junk-food shaped plastic speaker."
But he did. It was all implied in the tone of "excuse me."
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=15259492&itemdescription=true&navAction=jump
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Airline Ticket Prices and how they are different
I found this article online and laughed out loud for a solid 3 minutes. And I am just talking about the first picture of the airplane.
http://www.cracked.com/funny-4900-air-travel/
http://www.cracked.com/funny-4900-air-travel/
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A wondrous discovery
Recently I bought a new computer for work use, since my old one sounds like a car engine when it is on, and suffice it to say may not work in a month.
Unfortunately, unless I wanna buy one of those 7 inch baby screen laptops, all new Windows computers have Windows 7.
To that, I say, "Change is bad."
Today, though, while doing some work on my new laptop, I made this exciting discovery. So exciting that I dedicate a blog post solely to the "show desktop" button.
You have no idea how much easier this makes life for me.
However, it took me about 10 minutes in this new version of PAINT to be able to make that image.
Unfortunately, unless I wanna buy one of those 7 inch baby screen laptops, all new Windows computers have Windows 7.
To that, I say, "Change is bad."
Today, though, while doing some work on my new laptop, I made this exciting discovery. So exciting that I dedicate a blog post solely to the "show desktop" button.
You have no idea how much easier this makes life for me.
However, it took me about 10 minutes in this new version of PAINT to be able to make that image.
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