December 2009
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Weirdest book titles →
Personal favourites include:
A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles
Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story [about the mind-altering powers of drugs?]
Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power [written by a man]
The English: Are They Human? [just… lol]
Impeccable Birdfeeding: How to Discourage Scuffling, Hull-Dropping, Seed-Throwing, Unmentionable Nuisances and Vulgar Chatter...
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I suppose that, technically, it would have been more of a pleasing fit for me to commence this blog about 1 week after I did, and then it would have been a new blog for the new year. But I started it when I did, and I think that it was nicer to start in earnest at December 25, which for all the arbitrary-dating-debate is still rather a symbolic and special date.
Anyway, for all the hordes of...
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I finally remembered this riddle!!!
This went around for ages in primary seven, and I have since kept having flashbacks but being unable to remember the exact wording, or even the contents. Came across it again today [love the internet!], so for your edification and delight, voila:
Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The...
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At work today...
Woman: Could you tell me where the bruschetta is?
Me: It should be over by the biscuits... would you like me to show you?
Woman: Every time I ask people for bruschetta, they look at me like I'm speaking a foreign language! *tuts*
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Blogging, With Pictures!
charlie2010:
I received an email today from a lovely girl called Maddy, telling me about an equally lovely project that she’s doing this year called the indieVISUAL Journal Challenge. Basically, it asks anyone who’s even slightly artistically inclined (i.e. you know what a pen is and how to hold one) to draw a picture to represent your day, every day, for an entire year.
Ho ho! You’re a quick...
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Time magazine: God vs. Science →
(via Jonathan: http://thestickleback.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/time-god-vs-science/trackback/)
Really interesting article where Time magazine quizzes Richard Dawkins (in case you don’t know, a famous British atheist) and Francis Collins (head of the American branch of the human genome project - and a Christian). Subject under discussion? Whether God and science can coexist. I’ve...
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The O RLY? Owl
I’m probably the last person on the internet to have discovered this meme, as now I have found out about it I see the owls everywhere, but in case you were behind me: this above on my left is the O Rly? owl; to my right, his cousin the Ya Rly owl.
Because O Rly sounds like O Reilly, I am now humming “There’s no-one as Irish as Barack Obama” by the Corrigan Brothers....
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20 Random Things About Me as of Feb 2009
I love to bake. Very much. I have conquered the cookie and the brownie, and am currently discovering the joys of the Victoria Sponge and Carvie Cake.
I also love to eat my baking. Particularly cookie dough.
I am slightly addicted to thestudentroom
I hate cheese. Yes. It is true, there are some people who don’t like cheese. To clarify, I don’t mind philidelphia, or cheddar in...
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Reblogged: Atheist Evangelism Challenge →
An Atheist Challenges Me To Evangelize
Written by Mark Altrogge
“The most provoking quote I’ve read all year is by an avowed atheist. I want to read it regularly to stir me to evangelism.
“… I’ve always said, you know, that I don’t respect people who don’t proselytize. I don’t respect that at all. If you believe that there is a heaven and hell, and people could be going to hell, or not...
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Funny Things To Do In A Lift
1. When there’s only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn’t you. 2.Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more. 3.Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push the wrong ones. 4.Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if they know what floor you’re on. 5.Hold the...
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FML →
Anonymous FML submitter: “Today, I woke up to an unfamiliar male face right beside mine. I flipped out fell of my 4 foot raised bed and got a concussion. Who, you may ask, was in my bed? My Robert Pattinson pillowcase. FML”
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Really Weird, as-yet-unrepealed UK Laws
1. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses. 2. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. 3. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down. 4. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London. 5. In the UK, a pregnant woman can...
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Wise Thoughts
1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5. Remember, half the people you know are below average. 6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 8. The early bird may get the worm, but...
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“Grandpa: “I’ve never liked that Tiger Woods. Not that I’m a...”
– Gems from Christmas Dinner
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“HOW MANY SCOTTISH STUDENTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB?
Glasgow...”
– from Jonathan B’s facebook page
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Edward Cullen reviews Breaking Dawn →
Whether you like Twilight or not, this is a must…
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The Power of Names [Random musings]
At the bank today, I had just paid in some money when the lady said “Goodbye, Sarah”. A shudder went through me (metaphorically, of course, I’m not the sort to take fits), and as I walked off I pondered on how much power names have over that which they name. Alice is advised in Through the Looking Glass that it would be very useful not to have a name. Nobody would be able to...
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Florence and the Machine does Last Christmas. Via:...
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Thorntons and the Stupid Marketing
Walking along Byres Road. Pass the Thorntons.
In the window:
“Presents for everyone this Xmas!”
“Mum,
Dad,
Sister,
Brother,
Grandparents,
ME.” [written twice as big as anything else]
First of all there is the whole Xmas problem. But that has been over-done, so just to say: there is a reason that it is called Christmas!
Second, the fact that Thorntons are...