Here is a list of 100 words that every high school graduate should know.
If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.
WTF?! I know maybe half of these words! Bellicose? Jejune? Quotidian?
I must be lugubrious. 🙁 My favorite word, panacea, didn’t make the list. Double lugubrious!!
Doritos is having a naming contest for this mysteriously packaged bag of chips. You can enter your nomination for Doritos flavor X-13D at snackstrongproductions.com.
More information and Myst-like games are available at x13d.doritos.com.
Get it. Taste it. Name it.
Blueberries and coffee? That’s not a typical combination I think of, but that’s the latest Coffee-mate creamer to enter the market. I saw the Coffee-mate Blueberry Cobbler creamer at Safeway and had to try it out.
Fruity flavors must be the theme for summer with Starbucks’ orange drinks and now this blueberry creamer. What does it taste like? Imagine a piece of blueberry cobbler. Now dunk it into your coffee cup, and you got it. This creamer smells authentic, but for me, the taste took a little getting used to since I’m not used to blueberries and coffee. Raspberry, yes. Orange, yes. Coconut, yes. Blueberry, not yet.
Coffee-mate has mastered the scent of their creamers which greatly influences taste. You smell blueberry cobbler, so you think blueberry cobbler, then you taste blueberry cobbler. Same with their chocolate raspberry flavor (which I haven’t seen around for a bit).
So if you want something a little bit different for your morning cup, have some blueberry cobbler with your coffee.
Went to the new USA Baby store located in town nearby Dole. Here are some pictures in a slideshow format thanks to Google’s Picasa Web photo sharing service.
There’s a store wide grand opening sale going on through early June. A combination 10% plus 15% off of items.
What a great season finale of Lost! Producers and writers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, definitely had their mojo in high gear.
The flash forward sequences were something I didn’t see coming, but now makes more sense with the end of the series scheduled for 2010. Knowing the Lost survivors get off the island adds a whole new aspect to the show that will take time to tell.
All this time I assumed that getting off the island was the whole story of Lost. Once that happened then the series would be over. Now I know otherwise. With the impending rescue, I see that the island is the story of Lost.
What is so special about the island and why is it so special? Why do some island inhabitants show unique “powers” that no one else can replicate. For example, eye-patched Mikhail seems to survive just about any death. Other inhabitants stay dead. And what’s with the never aging Richard?
Locke escaped death but his ability to walk seems tied to his self confidence. While in doubt in the pit, Locke was back to his paralyzed state until Walt gave him a purpose telling him he still had work to do. Is that Walt or is the island personifying Walt?
Will everyone be rescued or will some choose to stay on the island? Rose and Bernard may stay since the island cured Rose’s cancer. I think Locke would stay. Is everyone supposed to stay and take on the responsibility of protecting the island like the Others have been doing?
Is Ben really a good guy?
And of course, what makes Jack tell Kate, “We have to go back!”
We’ll have to wait until SuperBowl XLII in February 2008 to find out.
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A while back I asked the question of who would win a battle between a samurai and a ninja. I follow up this question by asking who would win this battle? The Master or the Shogun?
Update: Just added this PollHost poll. New stuff below.
Funny how I randomly go back to the iTunes Store and find something new has been added.
I found the Smashing Pumpkins’ new single Tarantula earlier, and now I see there’s a free Kanye West video. It’s advertised as the world premiere video of Can’t Tell Me Nothing.
Did I mention it’s free? Thanks iTunes!
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Just noticed that the first single, Tarantula, from the Zeitgeist reunion of the Smashing Pumpkins is now available on iTunes. So drop that low quality MP3 version and get the good stuff.
Since Apple Stores have blocked MySpace access on their display computers, I’ve joined Facebook, the other social network. Actually, I joined for the heck of it to see what Facebook is all about. It’s pretty cool how it works and can find you friends and colleagues based on the information you provide.
Sad my life cause I only have one friend. 🙁
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Late last night, I noticed that Pulpconnection hit 20,000 visits according to SiteMeter. Yay!
In November 2006, Pulpconnection reached 10,000 hits, and Mr. 939/-s won the Pulpconnection Prize Pack. I completely missed the 20,000 visit milestone so I don’t have a prize pack prepared. 🙁
Using Google’s fantastically redone Analytics, here are some details of the journey to 20,000 from November 2006 to May 2007.
Top performing content
Top keywords bringing people to Pulpconnection
Top traffic sources
I hope everyone keeps coming back for more pulp, passions, and addictions!
Thanks,
Gee Why
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While cruising around the iTunes Store, I came across some interesting new music releases this week.
DJ Ricardo! Presents Out Anthems, Vol. 2. Despite the gay theme, I liked Volume 1 so I’m hoping Volume 2 is just as good. No reviews available yet…
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Remixes). Yes, there are dance/techno remixes of music from the movie. Four stars from four reviews.
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Just got through my first experiment playing around with Yahoo Pipes. Pipes is a recent addition to Yahoo that lets hacks like me visually piece together “programming code.”
Following this simple tutorial, I mashed up several individual RSS feeds into one single feed for easier consumption.
So easy it’s scary!
O’Reilly has a Pipes Short Cuts available for further reading.
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