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I even signed up for mobile blogging so I can get some of the crazy stuff I witness daily to you.
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Making Real Words
I watched this TED talk last night: Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary. She was witty and truly geeky-right after my own heart, particularly her saying If you love a word, use and make it real. I love to make up my own words, particularly suffixxing them with -orama, -ista, -izationally, or -inator (you must speak it like a Terminator). Culture and language-fun stuff with which to play.
I love how culture changes. Take the rubber shoes that are so hot now for example. Mike bought me green rubber Berkenstocks in 1999 while I was pregnant with Phoebe. I worn those things out! There were holes in the toes from where the metal protection on the stairs sometimes caught them (I wear a size women's 11). So, imagine my surprise when rubber shoes became so popular! My paranoia also set in since I am convinced that there is some fashionalographer (photographer of cultural fashion) assigned to me now.
Vicky Beckham's hair style is another example. I sported that style Summer 2007 for my donation to Locks of Love. I cut it like Aeon Flux so I could maximize the length of my donation. I then did a touch of traveling and I know that fashionalographer followed me!
Now I know that I am being watched, possibly even heard! I will use my words and make them real and see how long it takes before Erin puts one of my words in the OED.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Crack o' Dawn
Got up way too early for my own good. My mother-in-law laughed at me because I was smiling. I am not a morning person and for me to smile in the morn, well, it is a rare occurance. Almost as rare as why we were up that early.
We saw Jack Horkheimer on PBS tell us about the weekly astronomical event. Right before sunrise Uranus and Mars were to be next to each other on the horizon. Didn't see them, but had a glorious drive along the river with my family. No camera, but had binocs. Go figure.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
The fashion that comes from the bizarre
Take the Tupperware competition to design a masterpiece. Or, the ubiquitous Duct Tape Prom Dress contest, which made duct tape the "cloth" of choice for wallets.
While those are the average, what on earth is this?
Another image from the email files
I tried to find a direct link for this image. I got this in my inbox February 6, 2006.
UPDATE: This is the Tree of Life at Animal Kindom Park.
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