Free Rice is a great site where you can take endless vocabulary tests!
If you don’t like vocabulary, you can take everlasting multiple choice tests on Art, Chemistry, Geography, Language Learning, and Math. Every time you get an answer right, the site donates 10 grains of rice to the World Food Programme. It is so good.
The other day, a certain person I was speaking with asked me what my highest level was, and I said 48 out of 60, which I was not sure was true. It lead to terrible confessions about me being a liar all the time, which is a fact. So I played on Free Rice this evening until it was true. This is my screenshoot proof.
March 17, 2010
in freerice,screenshot,Words & Origins
Karaoke From Hell is something that happens at Tiger Bar and Dante’s where you sing karaoke in front of a live band. I have looked at their extensive song list, and these are the songs I believe I could pull off. This list is for me for later for reference.
The Band – The Weight (but better with harmony)
Beatles – Honey Pie
Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
Elvis Costello – Peace Love and Understanding
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love (but better with harmony)
Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Hate Myself for Loving You
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
Peggy Lee – Big Spender
Peggy Lee – Fever
Roy Orbison – You Got It
Pixies – Where is My Mind?
Tracy Bonham – Mother, Mother
Traveling Wilburys – Handle Me With Care
March 17, 2010
in karaoke,Music,Playlists
You’ll get your comics in a bit, nerdlies.
This is a story about spelling bees. Story about good, story about bad.
In 8th grade I got out in on ‘camouflage’ but I didn’t feel so bad because the 7th graders got the word list but we didn’t but I was still a threat and I ended in 2nd place.
In college, I got out on ‘dilapidated’ and ended in 3rd place, and I got a UP license plate. (I would have won if I had gotten it right, because my next word was ‘bauxite’ and his next word was ‘accouchement’ and the 3rd guy was not a threat.)
Two weeks ago, I got out on the first round word ‘dairy.’ SHHHHHHHH.
THIS WEEK
This week I had fanbase and housemates and friends and my goodness my Guinness I was sure I would get out soon if not immediately. But then!
Round One: foreign
Round Two: lozenge
Round Three: umpirage
Round Four: emanometer (I got out on it. BUT SO DID EVERYONE ELSE. The entire 10+ people all got their words wrong, so we all came back.)
Round Four: quagga
Round Five: crwth (this round narrows it down to two)
Round Six: kakorrhaphiophobia (I got that one wrong but she was wrong too)
Round Six: prosopagnosia (I got that one wrong but she was wrong too)
Round Five: teosinte (I got it wrong, she got gentileness right, she wins)
FINAL RESULTS:
(2nd place prize is a $5 gift certificate to Mississippi Pizza)
(3rd place prize is you’re fired)
March 16, 2010
in 2nd place,redemption,spelling bee,teosinte
(That is a terrible name for this game. I’ve been trying to think of a more graceful one for weeks.)
There is a game I have created that I often play as a passenger on the roads of life. The game involves license plates and spelling but not anagrams. (It doesn’t work with vanity plates like the one above that I came up with and I thought was hilarious when I was younger.) (It is also hilarious now.) [and then suddenly…]
March 6, 2010
in cars,game,word games,wordnik,Words & Origins
1. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
“You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin’ you better run.” etc
2. That’s Why I Love Mankind – Randy Newman
“I burn down your cities. How blind you must be. I take from you your children and you say ‘how blessed are we!'” etc
2. 100 Pounds of Clay – Gene McDaniels
“Hey listen! I’m gonna fix this world today because I know what’s missin’.”
March 5, 2010
in best list ever,best post ever,Music,Playlists,short list
