pinchbeck

From the Word of the Day:

pinchbeck \PINCH-bek\, noun, adjective:
1. an alloy of zinc and copper used to imitate gold in jewelry-making; by extension, something counterfeit; an imitation

adjective:
1. not genuine; fake

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I've never seen this word in print nor have I ever heard it spoken. It's not something I'd use even if I HAD known it, I think. I certainly don't know everything, though.

That's no news to regular readers of this blog.

It fits this blog, though.

"The Pinchbeck Gazette". Sounds good to me.

I FAIL

Because I didn't know what "FAIL" meant. Of course I know the word, but I thought "FAIL" was shorthand, like "WTF" or "LOL".

I took this test yesterday and it said I was "OMG".

(that was the very first time I've ever used that particular acronym and find it semi-offensive)

I took the test again and changed an answer to question #3, which really needed to be -- AFAIAC -- "All of the above".

You Are FAIL

You love the internet, but it sometimes gets on your nerves. How can so much of humanity be so stupid? Wait, you don't even want to know. While there are some good aspects to being online, you can't help but notice there's so much fail. You liked the internet so much more in the good old days... before all the idiots found out about it!

What Internet Slang Are You?

Mellow Yellow

They call it Mellow Yellow?

From Reuters:

A hardline Hindu organization, known for its opposition to "corrupting" Western food imports, is planning to launch a new soft drink made from cow's urine, often seen as sacred in parts of India.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), or National Volunteer Corps, said the bovine beverage is undergoing laboratory tests for the next 2 to 3 months but did not give a specific date for its commercial release.

The flavor is not yet known, but the RSS said the liquid produced by Hinduism's revered holy cows is being mixed with products such as aloe vera and gooseberry to fight diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Many Hindus consider cow urine to have medicinal properties and it is often drunk in religious festivals.

The organization, which aims to transform India's secular society and establish the supremacy of a Hindu majority, said it had not decided on a name or a price for the drink.

Read the rest of the article

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I can think of all sorts of names for it, but "Mellow Yellow" sounds good to me.

There's already a theme song they could use:

Look Both Ways!

I guess this Londoner's mum didn't tell him to look both ways before crossing the street...or railway crossing.



His shoe didn't come off because the train hit it; it was because it suddenly weighed several more pounds than the other.

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

Happy Birthday, Christina!

Today is Christina Ricci's birthday, one of my favorite actresses. Even though she's not yet 30, Ms. Ricci has had a long career in movies, some of which are Mermaids, both Addams Family movies, Casper, Sleepy Hollow, Prozac Nation and Monster. She has taken on some very oddball movie roles.

She has an unusual beauty some would say, but I think she's gorgeous.

Wiki entry on Christina Ricci

I noticed it was also Arsenio Hall's birthday, but who cares about him? Not me, and apparently not many others. (well, I bet his momma does, but...)

Reminds me of a joke:

Knock knock!

Who's there?

Arsenio

Arsenio who?

That's show biz!