January 2009
44 posts
“In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.”
Friedmansim and Iceland's Meltdown →
Irrational Intelligence; Get Smarter →
Neither your DNA nor your IQ defines your brilliance
Garth Brooks: Papa loved Mama
Happy Monday!
WatchThis is amazingly uplifting!
From Carrotmob:
“Thanks for watching! Since this video came out Brent co-founded a company called Virgance: virgance.com We are hard at work behind the scenes, creating a system that will make it easy for anyone to plan their own Carrotmob events! Hop on the Virgance email list and you’ll be the first to know when it drops. There have been other...
WatchReplace “ice cream” with “peanut butter” and we’re twins.
Watchloves it
WatchSupposedly, watching fish lowers your blood pressure and helps you to relax. I need to remember this.
Credit: Jörg Brönnimann
WatchAnother mesmerizing video. Michael Rissi is kind of incredible.
WatchAmazing. Apparently, “only modest auroral activity was expected this night, and so much greater was the surprise to realize that the camera had captured what appear to be 3 separate substorms in less than 3 hours (usually you’ll be lucky to see one within 2 hours of the last).” Either way, I think this is incredible.
Credits: Poul Jensen
Taylor Swift’s Love Story… cannot get...
I were vs I was: Subjunctive
The forms. If she were coming, she would be here by now. I insist that the chairman resign! Their main demand was that the lawsuit be dropped. These sentences all contain verbs in the subjunctive mood, which is used chiefly to express the speaker’s attitude about the likelihood or factuality of a given situation. If the verbs were in the indicative mood, we would expect she was coming in the first...
Quote of the day
“Life is a long lesson in humility”
— James M. Barrie
Me: We should probably hang up. We've been on the phone for an hour and a half and our conversation has seriously deteriorated
R: Yeah. The conversation really... I haven't heard a word you've said for the past 5-10 minutes because I'm so consumed with looking for my pretzel lid.
Cheap ways to get high from Gawker! →
My favorite:
“Another good technique that’s been circling around the internet for a few days is The Ganzfeld Procedure. It sounds like aTintin adventure, yes, but it’s really quite unexotic. All you do is cut a ping-pong ball in half, put ‘em over your eyes, lie down, and put the radio on a static channel. Eventually, due to the lack of sensory stimuli, your brain will...
A lesson in history
Not sure if all of these are true…but they are pretty entertaining!
An Arm and a Leg
In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many...
“I so tired. I so sore.
I ain’t gonna do it for a nickel no more.
Fifteen...”
WatchClassic. and necessary this morning. I’m le tired.
Man Up, Vandy →
I’m glad to know things haven’t changed much since I left…
Marriages and Engagements
So it seems all my friends are getting married or engaged. It’s been suggested I keep a tally… but I’m losing track. So here goes:
Married (in no particular order):
Dane and Julie
Linette and David
Heather and hubby
Tara and Richard
John and Chrissy
Rachel and Crawford
Sarah (M) and Joel
David and Blair
Tim and Laura
Tyler and Ali
Jacob and Amy
Melissa and Brian
...
Bigger pet peeve: I vs. Me (I thought we all...
I
I is the first person singular subject pronoun, which means that it refers to the person performing the action of a verb.
I want to go.
This is the one I like.
You and I need to get ready.
Tom and I are going to the movies.
Me
Me is an object pronoun, which means that it refers to the person that the action of a verb is being done to, or to which a preposition refers.
David told me to...
Pet Peeve: Me, Myself, and I
Me, Myself, and I. Learn the differences and when to use each variation of me, myself, or I. An informative article which gives examples of usage, when to combine, and common misuses. Me vs. I, Me vs. Myself, and Myself vs. I.
Me, Myself, and I
Especially because many people speak casually and without regard for the “rules,” it can be difficult to learn the “proper” use of some words. The...
