Elsewhere on the Internet: Wordnik.com Secret Word Game!

Hey!

Every Wednesday morning starting around 9:30am, @Wordnik gives out clues for a secret word on wordnik.com that has a pronounciation by "hap_e_wordnik" (see screen shot below). They give out 3 or 4 clues, each of which describes a different definition that the uncommon or obsolete word has. As soon as someone gets the right word, the game ends. If no one gets it by the end of the clues, they give a *BONUS CLUE* which usually has quotations around letters, meaning the word is an anagram of those letters.



Today's bonus clue included the quoted letters "new lid" which I anagrammed into the correct answer! I've been able to do the final sudden-death anagram part before, but always sent my response after one or more people had already figured it out. This week, I was the first! I won! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!



They will be mailing a prize to me which was previously secret and unknown to me, but now I will reveal it! (I hope that's okay)

It's a notebook with wordnik.com and other words on the cover! It's so cute. It's going to be so cute I won't feel worthy to put my little lists in it, but I will do it anyway.



Thanks, Wordnik! I feel so nifty now. <3

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It can also be found elsewhere here.

Elsewhere on the Internet: Geek the Library

Geek the Library is a site meant to promote libraries, to emphasize that they need our support, and continued funding. I liked the concept instantly, so I decided my thing is "I geek word origins." I wrote up a little explanation and submitted it, but then I read other entries... and then all talk about their geekery and then how the libraries are vital for supporting their continued geekery. What a foolish panda. Anyway, it seems like a good site, and I haven't done anything for the site or libraries recently, but I think it's a good angle to try to attack the problem.

I don't know how I heard about this site, but it initially reminded me of "It's a Sickness" which has lovely Alan Cumming as its MC, which makes it extra wonderful.

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This can also be found elsewhere on I Can Has Cheezburger

Elsewhere on the Internet: Spelling Parts DotBiz!

Once upon a time You Look Nice Today, greatest podcast on the planet that they never update anymore but it's okay I still love them, had a podcast called "The Good Part" in which they explain the modern problem of loving a song and wanting your loved ones to love the part you love while trying to keep their attention until the good part comes up. By just making a clip of the 'good part,' you can bypass this inconvenience of modern times and my brain thought it was a good experiment to try out, by way of re-introducing myself to GarageBand.

The post on SongParts.Biz is HERE.

This is the list as you hear them. Some songs are used more than once.

American Woman - Guess Who
Asshole - Dennis Leary
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Cause I'm a Blonde - Julie Brown
Lola - The Kinks
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Damaged - Danity Kane
Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
D.I.S.C.O - Uhm Jung-hwa (phonetic korean)
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Gaston - Beauty and the Beast
Gloria - Van Morrison
Damaged - Danity Kane
Dammit, Janet - Rocky Horror Picture Show
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Lola - The Kinks
L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole
Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song - Disney
M-O-N-E-Y - Lyle Lovett
Monkey Versus Robot - David Kochalka Superstar
Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song - Disney
Oklahoma - Oklahoma!
P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Monkey Versus Robot - David Kochalka Superstar
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
S-E-X-X-Y - They Might Be Giants
SOS - Rihanna
Hollaback Boy - Cobra Starship
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Teen Titans - Puffy AmiYumi
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
U.G.L.Y - Daphne and Celeste
Waffle Song - Mystery Science Theater 2000
I'm a Woman - Melinda Doolittle
YMCA - The Village People
SOS - Rihanna

Elsewhere on the Internet: Totally Looks Like

Once upon a time at University of Portland I took a Soviet Russia class. (You would not believe how many hammers and sickles I drew in the margins.) It was a genuinely great class and we watched a series of incredibly informative videos, including one in which a soldier said that the day he finally got shoes was the best day of his life. Anyway, one of these videos focused on the USSR talking to other red-minded countries, and there was some old footage of Fidel Castro. It turns out he looks a lot like Liam Neeson.

A few weeks ago I finally submitted a picture comparing Liam Neeson to Fidel Castro. I wasn't sure if they would do anything with it, but it is now a legitimate thing on the internet. Yay!

The link is here.

Elsewhere on the Internet: Sleeveface

Sleeveface.com is a great meme where people take pictures of themselves, covering up body parts with an album cover to create the illusion of the world beyond the margins of the album cover. Two Christmases ago, I told my family and we did a few. A couple of weeks ago, I finally submitted them to the website, and they've included two.

1. Ty as Bob Willis
2. Conn as Bob Dylan

Since they are not going to use the third, I present here for your viewing pleasure... Conn with ballet legs.