The new Pepsi on the block

They call it a "mid calorie" pop. It's got 60 calories. It comes out next spring.

25 worst passwords of the year

1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passw0rd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football

An English lesson

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.


19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?



Let's face it, English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is is a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down; you fill in a form by filling it out; an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?


You lovers of the English language might enjoy this:

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP'

It's easy to understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?

Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends.

And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.

We lock UP the house, and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning.

People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.

In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.

It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.

When the sun comes out we say it is clearingUP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

Occupy gone wild

Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face

Occupy gone wild

Elizabeth Nichols, Occupy Portland Protester Pepper Sprayed In The Face

Mariahs little girl, so cute!

Guess who was in Tanzania?

From the coffee news

From Huffington Post

TORONTO - New guidance from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is warning Canadian women against postponing pregnancy for too long.

The society says some women may be waiting too long to start their families, perhaps because they over-estimate their chances of successfully conceiving with fertility treatments, if the need arises.

It says women in their 20s and 30s need better reproductive counselling so that they have an accurate grasp of what waiting to start their families does to their chances of conceiving.

It says women need to know that fertility begins to decline significantly in the early- to mid-30s and that male fertility also declines with age.

"Some Canadian women may be inadvertently postponing pregnancy too long," says Dr. Kimberly Liu, principal co-author of the new guideline.

"There is a sense that women may be over-estimating the potential of assisted human reproductive technologies and underestimating the risks and complications associated with delaying pregnancy.'

A statement from the society says a lot of women are unaware of the limitations of assisted reproduction, as well as the fact that the success rates of these options decline steadily as women hit their late 30s and 40s.

"Fertility treatments aren't a sure-fire route to pregnancy -- their rates of success are greatly influenced by age-related declines in fertility," says Dr. Allison Case, Liu's co-author of the guideline.

"Time can be of the essence for a woman in her thirties who needs assistive reproductive technology -- it is important that she gets appropriate treatment for her age."

The society says the proportion of women who delay childbearing beyond the age of 35 has increased significantly in recent decades.

Best cupcakes ever LOL

The worlds largest bra

Size 1222B cup

The Oilers

I happen to be a HUGE Oilers fan.

I think it's only fitting that I announce last night's score...A whopping 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadians.

We're currently 6-1-1
3rd in the league.
It makes me happy to say as of today, Calgary is 23rd in the league, bahaha!


What can I say?

GO OILERS GO!

Shafia Court Case

Is anyone following the Shafia case?

The run down:
A man, his wife and his 20 year old son are charged with killing his 3 teenage daughters and his first wife. He was apparently in a poligamous relationship.

Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son,
Hamed Mohammad Shafia, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree
murder in the deaths of three Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti,
13, as well as Rona Amir Mohammad, 50. [CBC]

The deceased were found drowned in a car in the Rideau Canal in Kingston.

Why'd he kill his 3 girls? Apparently it was an honor killing... They started showing interest in boys (dating, etc.)... Apparently it's frowned upon in thier culture, so the best way to nix it? Nix the girls. Why nix the first wife? Who knows.

The family is from Montreal, but the case is being held in Kingston Ontario (where the crime was commited).

I can't believe something like this happened in Canada.
I'm finding this case interesting, and personally cannot wait until justice is served.

Here's a good read in regards to this case: We Shouldn't Hesitate to Call Mercy Killings Barbaric

Canadian Loyalty Programs

So MSN.ca has come out with a list of the best customer loyalty programs in Canada... Here they are:

Aeroplan Miles
Canadian Tire (Canadian Tire Money)

Shopper's Drug Mart (Optimum Card)

Petro Canada (Petro Points)

HBC Rewards

Air Miles

Sobey's (Club Sobey's)

Scotia Bank (Scene Card)

Michael Jackson

So apparently, Michael Jackson's autopsy pics have made it on to the net...
Does anyone else find this completely absurd and disgusting?

Not the actual image itself, but the thought that Jackson's children and other family members could, and possibly have come across this on the net.

Imagine how they must feel seeing this.

Society is ill.
Our curiousity and addiction to media glitz and celebrity life is sickening.

If you haven't seen it, and want to, click here.

Here, have a laugh

Thanks to Cyanide and Happiness!

Jailbreak pt 2

I'm having the time of my life with my "new" iPod.
Now that it's jailbroken, I've been spending hours (literally HOURS) modifying it.

I finally got the perfect theme: super mario bros!
It was difficult to find one for my 4G model, but I did it... It's amazing, sounds, sliders and all!

How did I live without jailbreaking to begin with?

I also got some great emulators for NES and SNES roms!
Now I can play the original mario bros, 8bit and all!

The greatest salad dressing!

If you haven't already, you need to try Renee's Ravin' Raspberry Vinaigrette.
HEAVENLY!

Yes, it's lunch time right now, and I'm having my signature salad with stir-fried chicken breast. This girl is on a DIET.

I'd usually have pancakes drenched in syrup for lunch... Albeit they were whole wheat pancakes and sugarless syrup, but still, I'm sure it was just as fattening... Even though they tasted like wet cardboard.

Well, all hail weight loss! Or at least the gut wrenching process of it.

Jailbreak

I finally jailbroke my iPod Touch 4G yesterday.
And yes, I ventured down that path even though jailbreaking with iOS 5 is tethered (what a drag!).

So far, the entire day today has been spent trying out WinterBoard- which allows you to install themes and virtually change any and every image file that of course Apple doesn't let you touch otherwise.

Well I'm having issues. First of all Cydia keeps crashing, something tells me it's not iOS 5 compatible just yet...Not fully anyways.

Next, themes install, but without certain parts that are supposed to be parceled in with the actual theme pack.

All in all, I'm happy I'm jailbroken, but the rest appears to be a mystery to me thus far...And all I wanted was a Bullet Bill slider for my lock screen!

Things you really did not care to know about...

Those who know me, know that I am always on the search for knowledge... This is a collection of knowledge gems that have wowed me (warning: it doesn't take a lot to impress me)

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

When a female ferret goes into heat and can't find a mate, she will die.

More than one million dollars belonging to Adolf Hitler and other Nazis is still unclaimed in American banks.

The fastest animal on earth is the peregrine falcon clocked at over 180 mph (290 km/hr)

The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.

A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.

A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

Statistics show that people with high, medium and low income groups spend about the same amount on Christmas gifts.

Nearly 50% of the world’s scientists are assigned to military projects.

Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders.

53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

The human foot has approximately 20,000 sweat glands and can produce as much as four ounces of sweat per day.

Sharks are immune to all known diseases, including cancer.

Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia" is the technical term for an ice cream headache.

Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from "Clifford The Big Red Dog"

There are almost 8,000 child poisonings annually from children eating cigarette butts.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Scatologists are experts who study feces.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959.

Most arguments in the home take place in the kitchen.

Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit.

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

There are roughly 144,000 mosquitoes for every person on earth.

A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

Deer have no gall bladders.

Rhinotillexomania is the study of nose picking.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.

The white part of an egg is the albumen.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac.

The petrel, a giant bird of Antarctic, repels its enemies by regurgitating its food in their faces or by squirting a steam of viscous oil from its nostrils with great force.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent while looking at something pleasing.

Rain contains vitamin B12.

55.2% of us will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.

45.2% of people pee in the shower.

Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.

The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South.

The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

Rabbits can't vomit.

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman somewhere.

Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced.

The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

The Spanish exclamation Ole!, commonly heard at bullfights and flamenco dances, comes from Allah, meaning “praise be to God”.

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Hummingbirds consume the caloric equivalent of 228 milkshakes per day.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

An eagle can kill and carry away animals as large as young deers.

The brain is the last place in the body to be cleared of alcohol.

The only part of the human body that cannot develop cancer is the lens of the eye.

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

The crust around your eyes in the morning is made of the same stuff as boogers in your nose.

A fetus that is four months old, will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother's stomach.

The Statue of Liberty is a lighthouse.

111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321

Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.

The “natural alarm clock” which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59)

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.

Jetpack Joyride

This game is available on Apple's App Store for 99 cents. It is most certainly worth purchasing!

It is released by Halfbrick, that's right, the same folks who released Fruit Ninja!

The graphics are worthy, the controls are simple and it has an addictive nature.

I played it today during a 2 hour road trip, it was great!

Hit up the App Store on your iPhone or iPod Touch today!

My rating: top of the Eh List

Michaels Store Coupon

Here is this week's coupon for those of you who share my love of artsy fartyness!

Sleep: non existent!

2:35am. I can't sleep. Rolled out of my warm, amazingly comfortable bed and had a VERY early breakfast: a bowl of Cornflakes complimented by banana slices.

Back on the pillow, sheep awaiting to be counted.

Mobile blogging

So this is a first for me... I have had blogs before, but never was I able to post quite this easily.

So when Apple says "there's an app for that", they aren't joking!

Okay, so just to clear up misconceptions, it should be known that I am not actually using a cell phone. I am utilizing my iPod touch with the help of wifi.

Either way, this way of posting is uber easy, well minus the tiny one finger touch keyboard.

Just had to share my delight :-)

Perception

It's a wonder that only the beholder can actually know what his eye can see. Perception can be anything, and everything, sometimes nothing at all.

This girl can see havoc, despair and ignorance galore...That is just today. Tomorrow is another story.

Sometimes it's nice just to shut everything and everyone one out of your life.

Prescription: self awareness
Take a moment to love the fact that no one will ever know exactly what you are thinking when you're looking at someone or something. There, is one thing you will always have under your control, especially when you seem to be losing it in every direction you look.