Archive for November, 2008

Foiled

Foiled again!   Where does foiled come from?

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Macadamia Nut

In search of the Macadamia Nut origin.

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Music

What is the origin of the word music.   Oh.. and be sure to check out YouTube Live on the 22nd of November 5pm PST on :-)

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New Yorker Cartoon

It’s not very often that you get to have a cartoon made of yourself especially when it’s by a cartoonist from a magazine whose cartoons you LOVE to read!! Many [...]

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YouTube Live

Look at who will be attending the YouTube LIVE event this November 22nd :-) (Click the picture above to see) It is a live event streaming on YouTube from 5PM [...]

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Hula Hoop

Origin of the name for the Hula Hoop.

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Apron

Apron… another “miss”understanding.

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Free

How can free mean gratis and liberty?

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Lock

How can lock have two very different meanings?

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Wiki

Wiki… another Hawaiian word that has found its way into English

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My Calendar

Just a little video promoting my new calendar :-) Can be ordered here. Music (Dawnbreakz) by Anders Lindkvist

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Vanilla

Vanilla… not an origin that you would have expected!

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Peekaboo Wave

The Peekaboo Wave haircut.. why it was deadly!

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YouTube Glasses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glSiZhp8tVM Like x-ray vision glasses, you can now get your very own YouTube vision glasses… and yours truly appears when you wear them :-) I make an appearance in this [...]

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