Friday, January 22, 2010
-----Friday Diversion: First Person Tetris------------------
First Person TetrisLooks easy enough right? Yeah, try it! I played for a few minutes and didn't even get 1 line.
submonkaaayed by emily v "try not to vomit"
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
-----Streets with Names------------------------------------------
Streets With Girl Names
This list catalogues the locations and number of continental North American thoroughfares that share 1050-or-so common girl first names.
This list catalogues the locations and number of continental North American thoroughfares that share 950-or-so common boy first names.
"...Once upon a time, I lived in Oakland, California, near a tidy stripe of pavement called John Street. After birth of my son John, who took my middle name, we’d occasionally roll by. I’d holler “Hey, look, it’s John Street!”, and even though he couldn’t read the signs, giggles and chuckles would invariably ensue.
Shortly after our move to Santa Cruz, we found a John Street there, and a few weeks ago, another in San Francisco. Gosh, roads named John seemed pretty common! Upon that realization, the geography dork sitting on my shoulder had something to quantify: how many existed, altogether, and where, exactly?
A chug through the freely-accessible Open Street Map geographic database yielded the answer: within California, there were more than forty thoroughfares named John, and 1700-plus in the continental U.S. and Canada. Wow! After rolling their latitudes and longitudes up into something that Google Earth could understand, my son and I took a virtual field trip...
A chug through the freely-accessible Open Street Map geographic database yielded the answer: within California, there were more than forty thoroughfares named John, and 1700-plus in the continental U.S. and Canada. Wow! After rolling their latitudes and longitudes up into something that Google Earth could understand, my son and I took a virtual field trip...
John so enjoyed flying cross-country to his streets that I decided to chart a bunch of other names, too. After all, only the most callous of mapmakers could deny Randolph a revel in his Roads, Mary a happy gawk whilst passing her Ways, and Christopher a corny encounter with his namesake Courts!
I’ve included the results below, organized alphabetically by gender, pinpointing the North American thoroughfares that share 2000-or-so common boy and girl first names. Click to view a list of entries, one for each moniker, viewable with Google Earth or Google Maps. Have fun!"
I’ve included the results below, organized alphabetically by gender, pinpointing the North American thoroughfares that share 2000-or-so common boy and girl first names. Click to view a list of entries, one for each moniker, viewable with Google Earth or Google Maps. Have fun!"
There are 32 streets with my name! Find yours!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
-----Throwback Tuesday!----------------------
The theme song from Doug!
Sorry no video, couldn't find it, but the song will bring back memories.
-----State Mottos---------------------------------------------------
monkaaay didn't make them up (don't know source, like how you don't know the source of email fwds), so don't get mad at monkaaay.
Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: Jeez, it’s cold.
Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don’t Own It Yet
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The “Fun” In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes. Well Okay, Not Really, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the “S”
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: Whores and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: Where one of your dad’s friends lives
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl – It’s What’s For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Educashun State
Texas: Si’ Hablo Ing’les (Yes, I Speak English)
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?
Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family – Really!
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wisconsin: Come Smell our Dairy Air
Wyoming: Where Men Are Men (And The Sheep Are Scared)
Monday, January 18, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
-----Posting Comments-----------------------
I found a setting that was not allowing people to post comments unless they had some account. I'm not sure what the deal was, but I think I got it fixed and now everyone should be able to post comments. :)
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