Here is a list of the words I did not know this month. Enjoy.
Ming- To smell bad
Mong-Idiot (Offensive towards people with Down syndrom)
Busk: to entertain by singing or dancing in the street or public place
Shunted: To shove or turn aside or out of the way
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
More to depression then just chemicals
According to Psychology today, depression is not just caused by a chemical imbalance, as was previously thought.
"The newest evidence indicates that recurrening depression is in fact a neurodegenerative disorder, disrupting the structure and function of brain cells."
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Music, A Window Into The Soul
Acording to Psychology Today, your music can tell alot about your personality.
What do you listen to?
Jazz, Classical Music, and/or other complicated musical scores?
People with higher IQ's generally listen to this type of music.
Country and/or Top 40 hits
Conservative and somewhat simpleminded (Meaning they avoid making things more complicated than they should be)
Opera
You're a drama queen plain and simple
Gangster Rap and Heavy Metal,
You're timid and shy (Intersesting right?)
Anything with a heavy base line
You're outgoing
Energetic and Dance Music
Motormouth!
Interesting things about music,
Extroverts can study with background music, introverts can't.
See the full article here http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/your-music-your-personality
What music do you listen to and is it correct?
What do you listen to?
Jazz, Classical Music, and/or other complicated musical scores?
People with higher IQ's generally listen to this type of music.
Country and/or Top 40 hits
Conservative and somewhat simpleminded (Meaning they avoid making things more complicated than they should be)
Opera
You're a drama queen plain and simple
Gangster Rap and Heavy Metal,
You're timid and shy (Intersesting right?)
Anything with a heavy base line
You're outgoing
Energetic and Dance Music
Motormouth!
Interesting things about music,
Extroverts can study with background music, introverts can't.
See the full article here http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/your-music-your-personality
What music do you listen to and is it correct?
Monday, June 15, 2009
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
My labtop and I are propped up on a large queen bed by two downy pillows. The bed is so tall, if I was any shorter I would have trouble getting onto it. However, it is very comfortable. My alarm clock is flashing at me. It's plugged in but I haven't set the time, so it's flashing like the power has just gone off.
It's only 11 here but it feels much later. That may have something to do with the 12 hour drive mom and I made today.
I don't start work until wensday so tomorrow will be dedicated to getting settled in and what not. Oh, and taking my car to a mechanics. The engine light came on about 90 miles outside of alberqurque. That was not fun at all.
I set the alarm clock on my phone incorectly so I ended up getting up around 5 insted of 6 like I had planned. Than, unable to fall back alseep, I got up and continued my packing. We left shortly before 7.
Everything is now unpacked and in it's propper place, or what is now concidered it's propper place. Mom is asleep in the next room. She leaves tomorrow, heading back to Texas.
Dinner was a nice affair. We had enchalads and pizza with strawberry cake. Filling, but very tastey. Once that was done we played hand and foot. Papa and Ryan won by a landslide, Mom and Uncle Cody came second and Nana and I were in the negatives. It was a short game.
That's pretty much what happened. Not much at all.
It's only 11 here but it feels much later. That may have something to do with the 12 hour drive mom and I made today.
I don't start work until wensday so tomorrow will be dedicated to getting settled in and what not. Oh, and taking my car to a mechanics. The engine light came on about 90 miles outside of alberqurque. That was not fun at all.
I set the alarm clock on my phone incorectly so I ended up getting up around 5 insted of 6 like I had planned. Than, unable to fall back alseep, I got up and continued my packing. We left shortly before 7.
Everything is now unpacked and in it's propper place, or what is now concidered it's propper place. Mom is asleep in the next room. She leaves tomorrow, heading back to Texas.
Dinner was a nice affair. We had enchalads and pizza with strawberry cake. Filling, but very tastey. Once that was done we played hand and foot. Papa and Ryan won by a landslide, Mom and Uncle Cody came second and Nana and I were in the negatives. It was a short game.
That's pretty much what happened. Not much at all.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tiananmen Square Anniversary
This Thursday is the Tiananmen Square Anniversary. China, in preperation (according to Wired.com) has decided to block websites like twitter, and flicker. Aperently viewers of BBC in China had their screens go black when the British News casters started to report on the upcoming anniversary.
Just remember people, that China is a rising power.
Scary, huh?
Just remember people, that China is a rising power.
Scary, huh?
Visitations
My grandparents should be ariving later this weekend. As many of you know, when grandparents come to visit, the house has to be spotless. Grandparent clean is not like regular company, it's the house has to look brand spak'n new minus all the boxes. Everything in it's place with out a hint of dust.
So, for the past week I have been cleaning, and cleaning and cleaning, and cleaning and, well, you get the picture. I'm am exhausted but proud to say that the house is half-way done. It's not completely done. That would be two easy, but half-way is nice.
So, for the past week I have been cleaning, and cleaning and cleaning, and cleaning and, well, you get the picture. I'm am exhausted but proud to say that the house is half-way done. It's not completely done. That would be two easy, but half-way is nice.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Glow in the Dark Animals
Scientists in South Korea created glow in the dark Cats. They say that this experiment will allow for a better insight into Human genetics. I think they just wanted to make cats glow in the dark. I mean, how cool is that!
Last I heard, they had also made glow in the dark dogs!
Last I heard, they had also made glow in the dark dogs!
What's New
School ends: June 4th
Graduation: June 8th
Grandparents show up somewhere in the middle
I leave for New Mexico: June 15th
I come back for a visit: July 29th-Aug 2nd
Return to Texas: August between the 10th and 16th (I don't remember)
College Starts: Aug 26th.
So that's the plan!
Graduation: June 8th
Grandparents show up somewhere in the middle
I leave for New Mexico: June 15th
I come back for a visit: July 29th-Aug 2nd
Return to Texas: August between the 10th and 16th (I don't remember)
College Starts: Aug 26th.
So that's the plan!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
No More 'War On Terror'
Obama has decided to stop using the phrase 'war on terror'. For the past seven years the prase 'war on terror' has come to 'represent' the war in Iraq as well as the United States being anti-muslim and anti-arab.
Now, I know that most of the United States is not anit-muslim/arab, but that's how the prase seems to mean to many other countries. Kudos to you Mr. President for trying to change people perception of our amazing country.
Time Magazine's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries
1) The Large Hadron Collider
~ A 'massive particle accelerator straddling the Swiss-French border'. It was supposed to create the conditions under which the big bang happened. Many people thought it was going to create a black hole the size of Europe but it didn't. It didn't even work all that long. Two weeks into the project and it had to be shut down due to a helium leak. It should, however, be up and running again sometime in June.
2) Life On Mars
~ NASA's Phoenix Lander visited the polar regions of Mars where it found more ice! Nothing has confirmed that there was once life on mars, but it's looking more likely each day.
3) Creating the Base for Life
~ Geneticist J. Craig Venter stitched together 582,000 base pairs needed to create a new type of bacteria.
4) China in Space
~China has completed their first space walk this year, during their third trip into outer space. Their next project is have human on the moon in 2020.
5) 5 Gorilla, 6 Gorilla, 7 Gorilla, More!
~The western lowland Gorilla, an endangered species, has doubled in number in the Republic of Congo. Go Them!
6) Out of This World!
~Last June Swiss astronomer Michel Mayor found 45 plants (smaller than Earth) orbiting their own star in other galaxies. It's unsure, at the moment, if any of these planets have life or can support life, but it is still a big advancement in science.
7) The Invisibility Cloak!
~ I would write more about it, but I don't understand physics. But if you are interested check out the article here!
8) Create Your Own Woolly Mammoth
~ Penn State biochemistry professor Stevan Schuster has reconstructed at least if not over 80% of a Woolly Mammoth's genome. He did this by piecing together billions of DNA sequences from clumps of hair left from the Woolly Mammoth. Kudos to you Stevan Schuster!
9) Increase in Smarts
~'Between 1979 and 2006, the percentage of scientifically literate adults doubled — to 17%... Currently, 25% of the population of the U.S. ... qualify as "civic scientifically literate." In practical terms says the investigator, that means that only one in four adults can read and understand the stories in the weekly science section of The New York Times.' (I didn't feel like paraphrasing sorry.)
10) Stone Age Family
4,600 year old graves were uncovered. 'Among the remains was a foursome interred together — an adult male and female and two boys, one of them 8 to 9 years old, the other 4 to 5. ' Due to some defensive wounds found on the skeletons, it seems as if the villagers were killed in a raid. The foursome was the oldest family remains to be uncovered.
To read the full article click here.
~ A 'massive particle accelerator straddling the Swiss-French border'. It was supposed to create the conditions under which the big bang happened. Many people thought it was going to create a black hole the size of Europe but it didn't. It didn't even work all that long. Two weeks into the project and it had to be shut down due to a helium leak. It should, however, be up and running again sometime in June.
2) Life On Mars
~ NASA's Phoenix Lander visited the polar regions of Mars where it found more ice! Nothing has confirmed that there was once life on mars, but it's looking more likely each day.
3) Creating the Base for Life
~ Geneticist J. Craig Venter stitched together 582,000 base pairs needed to create a new type of bacteria.
4) China in Space
~China has completed their first space walk this year, during their third trip into outer space. Their next project is have human on the moon in 2020.
5) 5 Gorilla, 6 Gorilla, 7 Gorilla, More!
~The western lowland Gorilla, an endangered species, has doubled in number in the Republic of Congo. Go Them!
6) Out of This World!
~Last June Swiss astronomer Michel Mayor found 45 plants (smaller than Earth) orbiting their own star in other galaxies. It's unsure, at the moment, if any of these planets have life or can support life, but it is still a big advancement in science.
7) The Invisibility Cloak!
~ I would write more about it, but I don't understand physics. But if you are interested check out the article here!
8) Create Your Own Woolly Mammoth
~ Penn State biochemistry professor Stevan Schuster has reconstructed at least if not over 80% of a Woolly Mammoth's genome. He did this by piecing together billions of DNA sequences from clumps of hair left from the Woolly Mammoth. Kudos to you Stevan Schuster!
9) Increase in Smarts
~'Between 1979 and 2006, the percentage of scientifically literate adults doubled — to 17%... Currently, 25% of the population of the U.S. ... qualify as "civic scientifically literate." In practical terms says the investigator, that means that only one in four adults can read and understand the stories in the weekly science section of The New York Times.' (I didn't feel like paraphrasing sorry.)
10) Stone Age Family
4,600 year old graves were uncovered. 'Among the remains was a foursome interred together — an adult male and female and two boys, one of them 8 to 9 years old, the other 4 to 5. ' Due to some defensive wounds found on the skeletons, it seems as if the villagers were killed in a raid. The foursome was the oldest family remains to be uncovered.
To read the full article click here.
For Those Who Aren't Already Attached to Their Computer
The inner nerd in me squealed when I saw these. It's a keyboard on your pants! These pants, designed by Erik De Nijs, even come with a mouse that is attached with a strap so you don't loose it
The only real problem I see (besides typing on or near your your crotch) is that the strap for the mouse doesn't see all that long, so some fancy maneuvering may need to be done.
Best Week Ever actually came up with pick up lines to use when wearing your keyboard pants. Click Here to see them.
Unfortunately, these pants are not available for sale.
'Veggie Love'
PETA's commercial 'Veggie Love' will not air during this year's super Bowl. The commercial show scantily clad women rubbing various vegetables on their body. PETA's commercial goes onto say that Vegetarians have better sex, but they do not give any statistics or tell how they came up with this fact. Many people have searched online for this commercial (myself included) and many people seem to have mixed reviews about it.
Mark Whittington in his article PETA Plant Sex Commercial Banned From Super Bowl: Super Models Abuse Vegtables for Animal Rights, writes
'The commercial has scantily clad super models doing things with various vegetables that
one is sure was never intended by nature. The vegetables so abused in the PETA
commercial include a pumpkin, a broccoli, an asparagus, and an eggplant...No doubt PETA's
vegetable sex commercial has achieved the publicity PETA intended without PETA actually
having to pay the super bowl rates for advertising. The commercial is all over the Internet,
in all of its plant porn glory, and people (like your humble servant) are commenting and
writing about it.'
The video has also made its way onto youtube where it has had 59,865 views, 2 video responses, and 175 text responses. The text responses also show people's majorly different opinions on the commercial.
For example, LordValorium writes; ' My girlfriend and I are going to prove that ad wrong just as soon as we wrap up our steak dinner.PETA = People Extremely Tired and Annoying '
Where as SaneBpunk writes; 'This commercial is hot. and true. Vegetarians have better sex, better skin, more energy... Meat comes out in your pores and body secretions... so overall that def spells even better sex.'
Check it out and tell me what you think.
Kellsa
Mark Whittington in his article PETA Plant Sex Commercial Banned From Super Bowl: Super Models Abuse Vegtables for Animal Rights, writes
'The commercial has scantily clad super models doing things with various vegetables that
one is sure was never intended by nature. The vegetables so abused in the PETA
commercial include a pumpkin, a broccoli, an asparagus, and an eggplant...No doubt PETA's
vegetable sex commercial has achieved the publicity PETA intended without PETA actually
having to pay the super bowl rates for advertising. The commercial is all over the Internet,
in all of its plant porn glory, and people (like your humble servant) are commenting and
writing about it.'
The video has also made its way onto youtube where it has had 59,865 views, 2 video responses, and 175 text responses. The text responses also show people's majorly different opinions on the commercial.
For example, LordValorium writes; ' My girlfriend and I are going to prove that ad wrong just as soon as we wrap up our steak dinner.PETA = People Extremely Tired and Annoying '
Where as SaneBpunk writes; 'This commercial is hot. and true. Vegetarians have better sex, better skin, more energy... Meat comes out in your pores and body secretions... so overall that def spells even better sex.'
Check it out and tell me what you think.
Kellsa
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