hemingway has taken to collecting things and walking around with them in his mouth while singing his conquering song. it's sooooo cute! so far he's collected a nail file, a piece of yarn and a make-up sponge.
edit: he just went and collected another make-up sponge. i can't leave my make-up bag open, he keeps going into it and taking them all.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
“Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;”
Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav'n.
Grace shines around her with serenest beams,
And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams.
For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.
everytime it gets cold, a squirrel get into the attic. every now and then I can hear it scurrying or knocking something over. I just hope none of them get into the house. with the cats, that would be a nightmare.
The word arctic is derived from the ancient Greek word for bear, arktos. The reason is that constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, lies in the northern sky.
In Old English, the word with meant “against”, a meaning still preserved in phrases such as “to fight with”.
No English words rhyme fully with orange, silver, or month (there are, however, some partial rhymes, or pararhymes, for these words, such as salver for silver and lozenge for orange).
The longest English word that contains neither A, E, I, O, nor U is rhythms.
In English, the days of the week are named after the Saxon gods (except for Saturday, which is named after a Roman god). Sunday is named after the sun, Monday after the moon, Tuesday after Tiw, Wednesday after Woden, Thursday after Thor, Friday after Frige, and Saturday after Saturn.
The Romans' milia (“thousands”) has come down to us as “mile”. A milia was the distance covered by 1,000 paces of a marching legionnaire.
Part of a Roman soldier's pay was made in salt, called salarium, and so pay today is called a “salary”.
The word “typewriter” is one of the longest that can be typed using only the top row of a standard QWERTY keyboard. (if you're curious, the others are “perpetuity”, “proprietor”, and “repertoire”). The longest word that can be typed using only the home row is “alfalfas”. No words can be typed using only the bottom row, because there are no vowels on the bottom row.
The word slave comes from Slav, the name of a group of Eastern European peoples. In antiquity, Germanic tribes captured Slavs and sold them to the Romans as slaves.
“Journal” does not contain a single letter of the Latin word from which it is derived: dies, “day.” Among the intermediate steps in its development were the Latin diurnus, the Italian giorno, and the French jour.
The quark, a building block of the proton, got its name from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, from the line “Three quarks for Muster Mark! Sure he hasn't got much of a bark”.
The word “uptown” was in use before the word “downtown” was. Both words were originally used to describe parts of Manhattan.
A group of magpies is called a tiding, one of ravens an unkindness, one of turtledoves a pitying, one of starlings a murmuration, one of swans a lamentation, one of ponies a string, one of rattlesnakes a rhumba, one of crows a murder, one of cobras a quiver, one of foxes a skulk, one of emus a mob, one of elks a gang, one of cats a clowder, one of flamingoes a pat, and one of bears a sleuth. Groups of geese are named in a peculiar manner; when they are on the ground they are called a “gaggle”, but in the air they are called a “skein”.
Viking ships were steered by rudders on the right side, which the Vikings called styrbord, Old Norse for “steer side”, from which the English word “starboard” comes from. The Vikings docked their ships on the left side, which they called the ladebord, the “loading side”. This eventually became the English “larboard”, which sounded so much like “starboard” that it caused problems. So, the British Admiralty eventually ordered that the left side be known as the “port” side.
The word “daisy” comes from the Old English “daeges eage”, meaning “the eye of the day”, as it reminded people of the sun.
Many European advances during the Middle Ages were made possible by the Moorish occupation of Spain. The most important was the use of Arabic numerals. The Moors also brought other discoveries to Europe, which is reflected by the fact that words such as “algebra”, “lute”, and “magazine” are of Arabic origin. The Moors also introduced to Europe the game of chess.
The verb “cleave” has two opposite meanings. It can mean to adhere or to separate.
The words “beef” and “cow” come from the same Indo-European root.
A billion in America is different from a billion in Great Britain. An American billion is a thousand million (1,000,000,000), but a British billion is a million million (1,000,000,000,000). Most of the other names for large numbers are also different between the U.S. and the U.K. The American names are now finding increasing usage in Great Britain, however.
The name “Inca” originally did not refer to a race or to a nation of people. When Francisco Pizarro landed in South America in 1532, “the Inca” meant king or ruler, and by extension one of his ancestors or relatives.
Until the seventeenth century the word “upset” meant to set up (i.e. erect) something. Now it means the opposite: “to capsize”.
According to the third edition of The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, there are 20 valid words containing no vowels.
“Dreamt” is the only English word ending in “mt”.
The word “dunce”, meaning a dull-witted or ignorant person, comes from the name of John Duns Scotus (1265-1308), one of the greatest minds of his time. Scotus, born in Scotland, wrote treatises on grammar, logic, metaphysics, and theology. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and pursued his master's degree in theology at the University of Paris where, in 1303, he became embroiled in one of the most heated disputes of the day. France's King Philip IV had moved to tax the Church in order to finance his war with England; in response, Pope Boniface VIII threatened to excommunicate him. For supporting the pope, Duns Scotus was banished from France. He later assumed a university professorship in Cologne. The term “dunce” was coined two centuries later by people who disagreed with Scotus' teachings and his defence of the papacy. To them, any of his followers (a “Duns man” or “Dunce”) was dull-witted, “incapable of scholarship and stupid”.
The word “kindergarten” is German for “children's garden”. Friedrich Froebel, who coined the term, originally was planning to use the term “Kleinkinderbeschaftigungsanstalt” instead.
The first use of the word “robot” to describe advanced humanlike machines was in 1920, in R.U.R., an early science fiction play. It comes from the Czech word robota, meaning “compulsory labour”.
The word “tragedy” is derived from two Greek words meaning “goat song”.
The word “abracadabra” originated in Roman times as part of a prayer to the god Abraxas.
Why Americans Should Never Be Allowed To Travel
I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, “Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?”
I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with “I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts. “Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, “Capecod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa.” Her response … click.
A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, “Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state.”
I got a call from a man who asked, “Is it possible to see England from Canada?” I said, “No.” He said “But they look so close on the map.”
Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay over in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, “I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time.”
A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of llinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!
A woman called and asked, “Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know who's luggage belongs to who?” I said, “No, why do you ask?” She replied, “Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said FAT, and I'm overweight, is there any connection?” After putting her on hold for a minute while I “looked into it” (I was actually laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
I just got off the phone with a man who asked, “How do I know which plane to get on?” I asked him what exactly he meant, which he replied, “I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have numbers on them.”
A woman called and said, “I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of those computer planes.” I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a commuter plane. She said, “Yeah, whatever.”
A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. “Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.” I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, “Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express.”
A woman called to make reservations, “I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York” The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: “Are you sure that's the name of the town?” “Yes, what flights do you have?” replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, “I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere.” The customer retorted, “Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!” The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, “You don't mean Buffalo, do you?” “That's it! I knew it was a big animal!”
I've started using the OCM (oil cleansing method). I've been having problems with my skin and none of the traditional stuff seemed to be working for me, so I decided to take a chance. I can't believe how well this works. My skin is starting to look really great and feel really great. It's soft and the redness and uneven texture is going away.
I'm using about 20-25% CO, 50-60% EVOO, and then a safflower, sunflower, vitamin E blend, topped off with a few drops of Lavender EO and Rosemary EO. Once I remove all of the oil with a hot wash cloth, I moisturize with Kiss My Face Natural Face Care – Peaches & Creme AHA 8%
First and foremost, this is typically done in the evening, prior to bed. There should be no need for deep cleansing in the morning if you're waking up with skin cleansed the night before. In the morning, a quick wipe with a warm washcloth should suffice. We don't want to overcleanse our skin as this will serve only to irritate and cause more oil production. The objective of using this method is to deep clean while balancing our skins oil production at the same time.
http://eightofspades.vox.com/library/post/ocm-oil-cleansing-method.html
http://www.theoilcleansingmethod.com/
On top of that, I've also started using the no-poo method for washing my hair. I love it!! I have the type of hair that actually needs to recover from washing. So, why do it, right? Well, I did some research and I actually found some reasons why not to use shampoo. My hair has been soooo much better. I use the baking soda wash and then the apple cider vinegar rinse. It works really well and no, my hair doesn't smell funny afterwards. 
I still use conditioner too, but I've stopped needing hair products (e.g., gel, anti-frizz stuff, mousse)
http://babyslime.livejournal.com/174054.html
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/go/index.php/389/why-you-should-go-no-poo/
edit I forgot to mention, after I get all of the oil off of my face, I splash with cold water to close the pores and then I use a combination of lavender water and witch hazel to tone, then I apply the coconut oil and moisturizer.
I had something really weird happen yesterday. I was watching The Ghost Whisperer when all of a sudden the tv switched input from dvd to tv on it's on. The remote was on the coffee table and the cats were no where near the remote. When changing the input from dvd to tv there are three other settings you have to go through before you get to the tv setting, but it went straight from dvd to tv.
http://overheardinphilly.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-does-that-even-mean.html
Hobo to absolutely no one: “I, my friend, am homosexually retarded.”
Broad and Arch Sts
Overheard by heterosexually intelligent
