MY LIFE - Can you tell that I'm a dad?

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY - Scientists can't explain everything!

http://xkcd.com/1186/

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Question From FormSpring.Me

What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?

fried caterpillar. they eat them in botswana where my ex-fiancee comes from. she'd eat them, so i wanted to see what they taste like. they're bland - i could only taste the salt it was cooked with!

Ask me anything

HUMOR: You Know You're Drinking Too Much Coffee When.....

I got this from my brother, Harmonica23. - OlderMusicGeek

You Know You're Drinking Too Much Coffee When.....
.. Juan Valdez named his donkey after you.
.. You personally account for more than 1% of the Gross National Product of Brazil.
.. You have a bumper sticker that says: "Coffee drinkers are good in the sack."
.. You have to watch videos in fast-forward.
.. The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse.
.. You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked.
.. You're so jittery that people use your hands to blend their margaritas.
.. Mosquitoes that bite you can fly through glass.
.. You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in.
.. You think skydiving is just too damned slow.
.. You answer the door before people knock.
.. You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer.
.. You can jump-start your car without cables.
.. Your urine stream bores a hole in the toilet.
.. You go to AA meetings just for the free coffee.
.. You stand in front of the microwave oven screaming, "Hurry UP!!!"
.. You lick your coffeepot clean.
.. You grind your coffee beans in your mouth.

CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Origin Of Bah Humbug

This is from me, and is NOT some reprinted material. - OlderMusicGeek

Last year, I had the following at the end of all my Christmas posts...

Happy Christmas and/or Boxing Day and/or Kwanzaa and/or Hannakah and/or Bodhi Day and/or Sanghamitta Day and/or Shabe Cheleh and/or Makara Sankranti and/or Junkanoo and/or Dong Zhi and/or Toji and/or Soyal and/or Yule and/or Seva Zistane and/or Alban Arthan and/or Long Night and/or Mean Geimrech and/or Brumalia and/or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and/or Saturnalia and/or Lenaea and/or Wren Day and/or Tekufah Tevet and/or Winter Solstice and/or ChriFSMas and/or any other December or winter solstice holidays i missed!

Oh, and Bah Humbug to those who don't celebrate the holidays! :)

Some of you asked about this "Bah Humbug" holiday.

So I thought I would explained this little known holiday.

It occurs on the winter solstice or rather during the longest night of the year.

Originally, the holiday was started by a ancient Greek school of philosophers known as the Skeptikoi. The purpose of it then was to "comtemplate how the unknowability of the world is like the darkest darkness".

It was called "βάλλω baukopanourgos" - "throwing of the humbug". The insects were so numerous that night, that they were swatting them left and right. And many of the insects got knocked around.

Somehow, βάλλω or "ballo" eventually became "bah" and "baukopanourgos" was translated to its English equivalent.


This time of contemplation was then picked up the school of philosophers in ancient Greeks known as the "κύων" or the "dogs" or The "Cynics".

They were called the dogs because they felt virtue was the only thing needed for happiness, and anything else - including family, money, and even hygiene - weren't needed.

But under The Cynics, this holiday became about they needed nothing, not even light, instead of the unknowable.


As time went on, "Bah Humbugs" became "Bah Humbug" and it became about things we don't need rather than not needing anything. So by Victorian times, it was a time to contemplate on serious matters rather than frivolous things.

And humbug got associated with nonsense and silly things. And also with hoaxes and jests.

And since "bah" rather than "boo" was used to scare people in Victoria times, most people assume "bah humbug" was away of telling people to send away their nonsense.

Thus, Ebenezer Scrooge telling his nephew "bah humbug" when he brought up Christmas.

Wikipedia entry on Skepticism
Wikipedia entry on The Cynics
Wikipedia entry for Humbug
The Uncyclopedia entry for Humbug

A link to all my Christmas posts

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating!
MY CHRISTMAS INTERNET RADIO STATIONS
OlderMusicGeek Radio - Christmas Edition
OlderMusicGeek Radio - Christmas Rock and Punk Edition
OlderMusicGeek's Christmas QuickMix
powered by PANDORA
But if you don't have Pandora, you can hear some of songs at http://www.playlist.com/oldermusicgeek

ENTERTAINMENT: A Really Bizarre Christmas Cartoon

I got this from quietrevolution on Twitter. - OlderMusicGeek



A link to all my Christmas posts

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating!
MY CHRISTMAS INTERNET RADIO STATIONS
OlderMusicGeek Radio - Christmas Edition
OlderMusicGeek Radio - Christmas Rock and Punk Edition
OlderMusicGeek's Christmas QuickMix

powered by PANDORA
But if you don't have Pandora, you can hear some of songs at http://www.playlist.com/oldermusicgeek

CULTURE/SOCIETY and HUMOR: Interesting Way Of Paying Your Bills

I found this via Twitter. It's from Geekologie. I admit that I edited out some of the profanity. To read the original, click here. - OlderMusicGeek

Good Idea!: Man Submits Drawing Of Spider Instead Of Payment For Overdue Account

MORE: art, awesome, clever, communication, email, funny, good idea, good job, good work, internet, money, picture, spiderman, trickery, tricky, wow

David Thorne didn't have the $233.95 to pay an overdue account. So what did he do? What any other budding young genius would do, he submitted a picture of a spider he drew instead. Unfortunately, Jane Gilles, wouldn't accept it. So what happened next? I'll give you a hint: time travel! And also, David's account not getting paid.
I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead [beyond]

Thanks to Kenny, who knows a good drawing of a ninja turtle can settle any debt.

Comments (192) Digg Reddit Del.ici.ous

9. Alex - November 13, 2008 6:17 PM
Pfff, that's not worth 233,95, it only have seven leg... it's abstract, it's worth at least 1000$!

26. kraney - November 13, 2008 6:49 PM
When she sent back the drawing, she said she *copied* and pasted it. That's a violation of copyright. David should demand a settlement in the amount of $233.95

40. AlejandroLestad - November 13, 2008 7:50 PM
FAKE, shadows are wrong, it is obviously photoshopped.
As it Resembles the movie, never back down where the main character fought against a giant spider and cut it's 8th leg

87. David Thorne - November 14, 2008 10:33 AM
Sigh. linkjacking at it's finest. and not even a link to my original page. I guess we would not want the web any other way... guess I should have a copyright notice on my... oh wait I do...

http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

By the way, it is 2am here in Australia and I have just finished replying to over a hundred emails about this stupid spider.

Regards, David

89.PLEEEZE! - November 14, 2008 10:47 AM
Here you go: Now famous spider needs to be copyrighted and patented. The seven legged one should fetch a higher price as original blemishes usually do. Sell said spiders on ebay. Pay your debt to the nice person you owe money to. Easy peasy and should only cost you a few hours (oh, and several hundred for the copyright and patented). If you sell high enough you will cover your costs, pay your debt, and possibly make some beer money.

A link to the original post

HUMOR: New Words

Well, this is an email that I got from Ernest T Spoon. I was able to verify that The Washington Post does indeed have neologism contests, which are sponsored by their columnist Bob Levey - but they are monthly, not yearly. But I wasn't able to verify if these are from that contest.

But I don't care. They're funny. So I'm printing them. Besides - having an English degree, how could I not appreciate them and reprint them? :) - OlderMusicGeek

WARNING: There's a mild swear word at the end - for those of you who don't appreciate that.

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
17. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

These are words from the dictionary altered it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. (I've been on both sides of this :) - OMG)
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer. (This one is my favorite :) - OMG)
10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
14. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
15. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.