So Long Homies

I was going to say what I said to my boss on my last day of work, which was, "SO LONG SUCKKAS!," but decided against it. My boss found it funny. Why am I saying "So long," you ask? Well, I'm heading to Arizona in the morning to visit Sweet Cactus and my friend Irene. I'm SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!! I won't be back for a few days, so I leave you with a Friday Five to tide you over.

Friday Five:
1. Do you sing in the shower?
2. Do you read the paper on-line or on paper?
3. Who was your 3rd grade teacher?
4. Did you tight-roll your jeans?
5. What are your feelings about the side pony-tail?

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Three Things I Love

I Love:

the Cool Runnings soundtrack
the X-Files
the b-day mixes my friend Casey makes for me

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Word of the Week@

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Word Box! Here are the words:

Gossamer – a film of cobwebs floating in air in clam clear weather; something light, delicate, or insubstantial; from goose summer

Contumacious – stubbornly disobedient

Shrift – a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in an sacrament of reconsiliation
Short shrift - barely adequate time for confession before execution; little or no attention or consideration ; quick work

Prodigal –characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure, recklessly spendthrift


Welter – write, toss: to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves; to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved; to be in turmoil.

And the winner is:

Welter!!

Congratulations, FishFrog! Your word was the word of the week! Use it wisely and often.

Friday Five!!

1. What book are you reading (for fun)?
2. What is the last TV show you watched?
3. Do you have cable?
4. Do you have a library card?
5. Swiss or Pepper Jack?

Six Degrees Winner!

Way to go, FishFrog! You connected Michael J. Fox in just 3 little steps. What kind of candy bar would you like?

Here's you he did it:

1. MJ Fox to Julie Bowen (Boston Legal)
2. Bowen to Maura Tierney (ER)
3. Maura Tierney to Dave Foely (Newsradio)

Props also need to be given to Panda for connecting the two actors in 0 degrees. Sadly, she gets no candy bar and all the glory rightfully goes to FishFrog because Panda was too slow in posting her response. Still, I say "kudos!"

Word Box!

A friend of mine sent me a quiz called "what slanguage do you speak?" The quiz was lame, so I will not post my answers here, but one question asked me to identify what a timbit is. I got a kick out of that, and it reminded me to open the word box!The word box will be open until Monday, February 12, 2007.

Happy Wording!

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PSA

I did not post a Movie Monday yesterday, but Panda posted about a movie we watched the other day. If you hadn't noticed she'd updated, you should go check it out.

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Six Degrees of Speration (TV Style)

Connect these two actors in 6 degrees or less:

Michael J. Fox and Dave Foley

The game ends Thursday at 10 a.m. The person to connect these actors in the fewest turns the fastest using ONLY television credits will recieve a candy bar of their choice.

IMPORTANT:
Television credits mean T.V. shows or movies made for T.V.
Games Shows/reality shows are not allowed.
One-time guest spots are not allowed, but recurring character guest spots are fine.
The Rules

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Friday Five!!

1. What is your favorite kind of cake?
2. Dogs or Cats?
3. Romantic Comedy or Drama?
4. Do you like monkeys?
5. Name the last movie you saw?

Thought-less Thursday

While I'm not going to actually turn Thursdays into Thought-less Thursdays, as FishFrog suggests, something happend today that perfectly falls under this theme, so I feel the need to post it.

Today I was in the computer lab , hard at work on this webquest lesson I have to make for my technology class, and there was this chick sitting in front of me. All was quiet and then I heard a song blaring. I looked up to expecting to find the girl scrambling to find the volume switch or the plug in for the headphones, but instead, I saw her bobbing her head - with the headphones on- merrily listening to her song. It was so loud! Why would you blast music in a school computer lab! I was so irritated.

Learning with the Animaniacs

The U.S. Presidents:

The Brain!

Learn about the brain!


"Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I think so Brain, but where are we going to get peanut brittle and a neck tie at this time of night?"

Word Jumble

Unscramble these words...if you dare!

wderpasl
ihfguinahtl
ltoeunp
pcneyrian
eedudn

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Taking Suggestions

I've long thought my blog needed a little revamping. The Thursday and Friday weekly segments effectively disappeared sometime ago, and I'm looking to fill the vacancies. Friday's new segment is all squared away - it's called The Friday Five. Here I will post 5 random questions for any and all to answer. Unfortunately, I do not have anything to replace "Thoughtful Thursdays," and I am looking for suggestions. If you have any, then send them my way.

Twin Peaks Season 2!

It's finally available! YAY!!!

As you all may know, this is my favorite show of all time. I've been waiting for years for season 2 to come out on DVD, and had all but given up hope. I can't believe it's actually happening!

The network didn't allow Lynch to do the show they way he intended (he did not intend to reveal the killer of Lara Palmer, but ABC insisted), so season 2 strayed from his vision. Consequently, many people don't like season 2 as much as season 1 (David Lynch was away doing another project for much of it). I never fell into that camp, and while I can identify differences in the two seasons, I don't think season 2 is inferior; it is still a solid season, full of mystery, quirkiness, and my favorite townspeople. And Lynch was certainly not absent: he wrote and directed the first episode of season 2, and directed the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and last episode. He also appears in several of the episodes as Agent Cooper's boss. In fact, he only directed 2 episodes in season one (including the pilot) and wrote the pilot and episode one, totalling 6 episodes total that he directed, although he was very hands-on during season 1 and directed all the crucial episodes.

Mark Frost, who gets not props, as far as I'm concerned, for this show wrote 11 episodes. He and Lynch created the show together, and I think their collaboration is what made this show the gem that it is. It is important to note that Lynch gives Mark Frost props, and just that some Lynchians don't give him his due if you ask me.

Additionally, I have a certain nostalgia for the last season, probably because when we saw the cancellation writing on the wall Panda and I started recording the remaining episodes of Twin Peaks. At this point there were 6 episodes left, and we labeled the tape, "The Beginning of the End: The last 6 Episodes." Also, Billy Zane appears in season 2 as an environmental activist lawyer, and I was totally in love with him (as you can imagine). Subsequently, I watched these 6 episodes over and over and over again because they were all I had for years, and I know them better than the rest of the series. I'm excited for Season 2 to complete my set! Whoo-hoo!

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Congratulations, FishFrog!

The totally awesome movie containing the quote in question is, indeed, Bottle Rocket! A great movie, by the way, that all should watch. Way to go, FishFrog!

Movie Quote Game!

In what totally awesome movie would you find this quote:

Person 1: Why is there tape on your nose?
Person 2: Exactly!

The winner will recieve cookies!
Matt- your cookies for last week's movie game are baking today!

Call me old fashioned

Call me old fashioned, but as much as I like computers and technology*, I am a little weary of the way things are changing. It is just all a little too fast for me. I am reminded of this weekly in my technology class when the professor and most of the class oohhs and awws over new technology and laughs at the thought that anyone would try to do anything with paper and pencil (if I told them that my dad runs his business without any computers, I'm sure they would not believe me).

Specifically, the following irks me: My professor reminded us that things we traditionally underline, like say book titles, should not be underlined on the web. Why? Because now when people see something underlined, they assume it is a link. They will try to click on it, and when it does not work they will think the web designer is an idiot. Book titles are supposed to be underlined, people! He says, instead, to italicize them or put them in quotes. Call me crazy, but I think the person who can't use context clues to figure out that the underlined portion of text is a book title and accept that it is not a link is the idiot.

Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of technology: I can't imagine life without TiVO, I blog, I *heart* my iPod. It's just that the blind acceptance of (computer) technology as being better than everything else doesn't sit well with me.

*for the purposes of this blog, technology means electronics/computers/etc. I realize that technology encompases many different tools, but I don't have another word to use that gets my point across. And also, in keeping with my rant, I don't think most Tech-lovers even realize that they don't own the word technology.

The Great Condiment Debate

Whenever we get together for family meal, the conversation at one point will turn to condiments. Which is better - salt or pepper? "Butter is the answer, you fools!!" my brother will exclaim. The conversation goes from there.

Here is my question to you: if you could only put one of these items on your dinner table each night for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?
1. salt
2. pepper
3. butter

Explain your answer in detail.

You may also tell us your thoughts about mustard v. ketchup (catsup not allowed).

Bubble Gum flavors

I think the following should be made into flavors of bubble gum:

• Pasgehtti's bread
• Cinnamon rolls (not hot cinnamon like most gums are)
• Hot pretzels w/ nacho cheese