November 18, 2012
Round and Round
She goes
When it will stop, no one knows. (or hit "refresh")
I had to bump this one up, I liked it so well. I don't know if it will work for everyone, guess that would depend upon your security settings and your browser, but I'm locked down pretty good using Firefox and it works for me.
When it will stop, no one knows. (or hit "refresh")
I had to bump this one up, I liked it so well. I don't know if it will work for everyone, guess that would depend upon your security settings and your browser, but I'm locked down pretty good using Firefox and it works for me.
November 17, 2012
Berry Interesting!
Did you know pineapples belong to the berry family? The pineapple is a multiple fruit made up of coalesced berries. The name comes from its pine cone-like appearance.
But I'm Not a Stinker
| You Are a Skunk |
 You have a strong personality, and you have no desire to lead or follow anyone. You don't think that you are strange, but others tend to think you are a bit eccentric. You are brilliant and a rule breaker. Social graces don't come easily for you. |
Maybe this blog needs a category for skunks.
The title of the post is an inside joke, btw. I'm only a stinker to those with their noses in the air. Things aren't always black and white; life has shades of gray, after all.
bird dog
From our Word of the Day feed
bird dog noun
1. one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
2. Informal . a person hired to locate special items or people, especially a talent scout who seeks out promising athletes.
3. Slang . a person who steals another person's date.
My pop used to raise bird dogs, even taking them to trials and winning trophies. I've got some old home movies around here of the last hunting dog he owned, along with her litter of puppies but I haven't transferred any of them to digital yet. (I'm sure my home movies would really drive up the traffic to this blog!)
I've never known a person who fit the second definition and heaven knows I was never a good enough athlete to be bird-dogged.
I AM familiar with the slang term, though, because I was a bird dog when I met my ex-wife for the first time. Some home town boys brought their dates by my house and my roommate and I got the boys drunk and after they passed out we moved in on their women. Looking back, we shouldn't have done it...not because it was a despicable thing to do (all's fair in love and war, after all) but because neither my or my roomie's relationship with the girls turned out well. Oh well.
When I first saw the word in the widget module for today, the first thing I thought of was this old tune. It came out a long time before this concert, but it was the best YouTube had to offer.
Bird Dog - Everly Brothers (live 1983)
bird dog noun
1. one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
2. Informal . a person hired to locate special items or people, especially a talent scout who seeks out promising athletes.
3. Slang . a person who steals another person's date.
My pop used to raise bird dogs, even taking them to trials and winning trophies. I've got some old home movies around here of the last hunting dog he owned, along with her litter of puppies but I haven't transferred any of them to digital yet. (I'm sure my home movies would really drive up the traffic to this blog!)
I've never known a person who fit the second definition and heaven knows I was never a good enough athlete to be bird-dogged.
I AM familiar with the slang term, though, because I was a bird dog when I met my ex-wife for the first time. Some home town boys brought their dates by my house and my roommate and I got the boys drunk and after they passed out we moved in on their women. Looking back, we shouldn't have done it...not because it was a despicable thing to do (all's fair in love and war, after all) but because neither my or my roomie's relationship with the girls turned out well. Oh well.
When I first saw the word in the widget module for today, the first thing I thought of was this old tune. It came out a long time before this concert, but it was the best YouTube had to offer.
Bird Dog - Everly Brothers (live 1983)
November 16, 2012
#WishMeLuck
Do you do Twitter? I do, but I don't tweet. (a "tweet" is a post, just in case you don't know) I signed up for an account mainly to follow a few people/organizations, two being Alton Brown and the Dallas Cowboys. I've followed others, but the constant, multiple re-tweets from other followers drive me crazy so I've un-followed nearly everyone else.
I am a huge fan of Alton Brown and his work on The Food Network and his tweets are sometimes funny, sometimes full of snark but usually both. He often tweets a reply to a question with an uploaded photo of his answer on a sticky note, almost always good for a smile. I noticed a *"hashtag" #WishMeLuck on one of his posts and clicked on the link.
*(from the site- Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.)
I almost wish I hadn't. Most were mundane, one of the main reasons I don't follow many on Twitter:
Gonna try to sleep early tonight #wishmeluck
Driving lessons with daddey :) #wishmeluck
(I realize most tweets are done on a phone and typos are frequent, but "daddey" need to give her some spelling lessons)
Some were a little sad, even though I didn't know the people:
Surgery got moved to tomorrow #wishmeluck
Surgery tomorrow #wishmeluck
Got Tommy John surgery tomorrow. #wishmeluck
2 surgeries in 1 tomorrow #wishmeluck
I don't know the demographics of Twitter, but I would wager the service is mostly used by young people because there was a lot of angst about school. With some of these tweets, there's no wonder there's angst.
Looks like I'm winging this exam tomorrow. #WishMeLuck
im gonna actually try to study rn for the first time since like 5th grade #WishMeLuck
Memorizing Romeo & Juliet prologue in one night #WishMeLuck
I find out if I got into UGA tomorrow night... #wishmeluck
Gonna go bomb my chemistry midterm. #wishmeluck
Hopin for the best on these exams lmao #WishMeLuck
Early night, I have an exam tomorrow, #WishMeLuck
One exam tomorrow at 10am then my stresses about science is over!!! .... At least until January #wishmeluck
If I can make it to school tomorrow it will be my 3rd time this year making it a full week #wishmeluck
There were a lot of tweets about jobs, either starting them, applying for or interviewing for them:
Wellll, just sent in my application to be a Flight Attendent #wishmeluck
Got My First Job Interview Tomorrow #WishMeLuck
Bout to go get interviewed at chilies!! #wishmeluck
All ready for my interview!:) #WishMeLuck
applied at Maurice's #wishmeluck
Just turned in my TEC application #wishmeluck
And some were really funny; I think I'd like to know more about them...or maybe I wouldn't:
Teaching mom how to follow people on twitter was hard enough, now she has an Instagram. #wishmeluck
Setting my alarm for 6:40 so I can get up and attempt to look cute tomorrow #wishmeluck
Drinking till my mouth doesn't hurt anymore #wishmeluck
first tattoo #wishmeluck
About to shave my fur off #wishmeluck
Helen is gonna try to shower #wishmeluck
And my personal favorite of the bunch; he sounds desperate, using quite a few hashtags:
Court in the am #wishmeluck #praying #pleasedropcharges #missmycannabis
I am a huge fan of Alton Brown and his work on The Food Network and his tweets are sometimes funny, sometimes full of snark but usually both. He often tweets a reply to a question with an uploaded photo of his answer on a sticky note, almost always good for a smile. I noticed a *"hashtag" #WishMeLuck on one of his posts and clicked on the link.
*(from the site- Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.)
I almost wish I hadn't. Most were mundane, one of the main reasons I don't follow many on Twitter:
Gonna try to sleep early tonight #wishmeluck
Driving lessons with daddey :) #wishmeluck
(I realize most tweets are done on a phone and typos are frequent, but "daddey" need to give her some spelling lessons)
Some were a little sad, even though I didn't know the people:
Surgery got moved to tomorrow #wishmeluck
Surgery tomorrow #wishmeluck
Got Tommy John surgery tomorrow. #wishmeluck
2 surgeries in 1 tomorrow #wishmeluck
I don't know the demographics of Twitter, but I would wager the service is mostly used by young people because there was a lot of angst about school. With some of these tweets, there's no wonder there's angst.
Looks like I'm winging this exam tomorrow. #WishMeLuck
im gonna actually try to study rn for the first time since like 5th grade #WishMeLuck
Memorizing Romeo & Juliet prologue in one night #WishMeLuck
I find out if I got into UGA tomorrow night... #wishmeluck
Gonna go bomb my chemistry midterm. #wishmeluck
Hopin for the best on these exams lmao #WishMeLuck
Early night, I have an exam tomorrow, #WishMeLuck
One exam tomorrow at 10am then my stresses about science is over!!! .... At least until January #wishmeluck
If I can make it to school tomorrow it will be my 3rd time this year making it a full week #wishmeluck
There were a lot of tweets about jobs, either starting them, applying for or interviewing for them:
Wellll, just sent in my application to be a Flight Attendent #wishmeluck
Got My First Job Interview Tomorrow #WishMeLuck
Bout to go get interviewed at chilies!! #wishmeluck
All ready for my interview!:) #WishMeLuck
applied at Maurice's #wishmeluck
Just turned in my TEC application #wishmeluck
And some were really funny; I think I'd like to know more about them...or maybe I wouldn't:
Teaching mom how to follow people on twitter was hard enough, now she has an Instagram. #wishmeluck
Setting my alarm for 6:40 so I can get up and attempt to look cute tomorrow #wishmeluck
Drinking till my mouth doesn't hurt anymore #wishmeluck
first tattoo #wishmeluck
About to shave my fur off #wishmeluck
Helen is gonna try to shower #wishmeluck
And my personal favorite of the bunch; he sounds desperate, using quite a few hashtags:
Court in the am #wishmeluck #praying #pleasedropcharges #missmycannabis
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