Archive for December, 2008

Asylum

Asylum… a place of refuge.. but where did the word come from? Also… KEEP VOTING FOR ME for sexy geek of the year :-)

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Wired Sexy Geek Contest 2008

They are having the Wired.com Sexy Geek of the Year Contest again… the one that I won last year and NOTHING HAPPENED!!! Anyway… if you’d like.. you can vote again. [...]

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Car

Car seems like a fairly new word for an automobile.. but it’s not.

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#1 and #2 most viewed on YouTube

This was cool… over the weekend, I had the #1 most viewed and the #2 most viewed videos, simultaneously, for the day :-)

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Bedlam

Bedlam… why does it mean chaos, a madhouse?

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Cliché

Cliché has an interesting origin.

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Obama Girl

Cute little Happy Holidays from Obama Girl to yours truly :-)

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Lollipop

Lollipop… named after a horse that was named after a candy?

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PedanticKarl is the new TA

Please welcome Karl Newman as the new HotForWords Teacher’s Assistant. Karl has been helping out the TAs   and myself in many projects and we felt it was his time. [...]

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Chinchilla

Chinchillas.. like little bugs?

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Tabloid

The tabloids.. how did they get their name?   The answer might surprise you! Here is where I got the Drake Bell DVD :-)

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Christmas

Christmas with a little Santa Claus thrown in :-)

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Hot Internet Teachers

Mentioned in Trendhunter Magazine.

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Salary

Does salary have anything to do with salt?

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