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More Winners

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

 And the winners are:

 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there

 16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men

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A Skiers Paradise

I appreciate the guest post, Jewel Rodgers

Winter Park, Colorado is truly a skier’s paradise. With virtually no lift lines and a mountain that boasts mogul skiing at it’s best, this is a favorite spot of mine.

Once I load up the skies and dogs, set the home security alarm (home Alarm systems prices) and head west, I always find time to stop at Beau Jo’s pizza in Idaho Springs on the way. They have the best pizza and it’s a Colorado tradition. My drive continues up Berthold Pass (which can be dicey so check the weather reports) and back down into Winter Park. It’s an old skiers town. There’s nothing fancy here. No fur coats, no expensive accomodations, just the awesome mountain and a ton of snow! I like to go directly to Mary Jane. This is the mogul mountain. After a day skiing the bumps I’ll hop back over to the base of Winter Park and enjoy some groomed runs. Everyone is friendly and happy in Winter Park. There’s no pretense of anything fancy. We are all there to conquer the same thing…the mountain.

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The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 2 Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone(n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid..

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon(n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit(n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug(n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor(n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

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Healthline Medical Info

One of the hard things in getting older is the fact that our parents are getting older as well. It seems that I’m hearing more from friends these days about the bad health or the death of one or more of their parents. As some one that recently lost both of his parents I can relate to how horrible those times are. Seeing your parents grow old and sickly is heart breaking, something that no one looks forward to and not an easy thing to deal with.

Although modern medicine is keeping people healthier and alive longer these days, the end is always sooner or later enevatable. The Internet is playing a key role in people’s health more than ever with websites like what Healthline medical information has to offer online. Very valuable information can be found easily to assist with any type of medical issue that you can think of. The more you know about and keep informed and educated about your health the better, right. Not all doctors take the time to answer all of your questions and concerns, especially about medicines. Let’s say you were given a prescription for simvastatinwhich is a popular  HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor which is used to lower cholesterol, you can go online and find out all that you need to know about that drug which can be very useful. Not all pharmacists have the time to talk to you about your prescription questions and concerns, although they can be a very valuable resource as well.

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An Upgrade To Even A High Number of Devastating

It is all most 4 a.m. and I am still awake and plugging away on my computer. I have been having a bought of sleeplessness this past week for some unknown reason. Even though it is Saturday night and most people wouldn’t think of it being too big of a deal since most people are able to sleep in on their Sunday mornings. We, the farmers of the world, on the other hand have to get up with the chickens seven days a week, no matter what, no excuses, that’s a fact, jack!

Anyway, there isn’t a whole lot to pick from on the TV to watch in the wee hours of the morning, even though I have cable and there are tons channels to choose from. As I’m just about to change the channel a news story broke telling us that the earthquake that is still devastating Japan and other area’s has been upgraded from a 8.9 to a 9 on The Richter Scale. Isn’t that something, I’ve never heard of an earthquake with that high of a number on The Richter Scale. Most of the times we hear of these powerful rumblings being in the 6’s or very low 7’s, so this is just unheard of.

BREAKING NEWS:

Second tsunamia warning issued in Sendai, Japan

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Wonderful Rain Chains For Mother’s Day

I have the perfect gift to give some one like my late-mother for Mother’s Day or any other gift giving holiday would be good as well. I’ve never seen one before, although I’ve heard the term “chains rain” before. But as I was mindlessly surfing the net earlier this evening I was looking at some rain barrels that would come in handy around here, when I came across a site that sells the most wonderful looking rain chains. My mother would have loved the umbrella one and my old man would have really enjoyed the fish rain chain, both of which I’ve posted a picture of below so you can see how cool these babies are.

There are plenty more rain chains on the website that I found these at. Rainchainlink.com offers Free Shipping on all their orders, they also have a link to some pretty nice looking unique rain barrells that I was eye balling as well. Since we didn’t have much snow this winter we are being told that we can look forward to another summer that we have to watch our water supply and possibly have to comply with mandatory water restrictions like we have had to do on and off for the past decade or so.

Right now we may be sick of all the rain, but it is helping with some water issues that are literally right around the corner.

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Gas Money

Today the sign, at the Sheetz that I go to, is saying that gas is now $3.49 a gallon for unleaded. It cost me $84 to fill up the tank in the “Farm Use Only” pick up truck that I had to drive to town in order to run some errands that needed tending to before the weekend began. This isn’t getting any better any time soon, I’m afraid. With the coming of spring and summer we go through a lot of gas around this place, this isn’t sounding promising at all folks.

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NAMADA – Best US and International Phone Services

Did you know that for $2 a month and a 4.5 cents per minute fee you can get international call forwarding along with toll free forwarding with Namada. You can get get yourself a Toll Free Number in any country to be forwarded to any phone. I can imagine that could and would come in handy for many people for a various of reasons. I mean how cool is that to be able to redirect your calls world wide to any mobile phone or any land-line.  They also offer local number being available worldwide. All of these calling features are guaranteed to provide you with quality connections with their top notch, full optic lines and at great discounted prices.

This tollfreeforwarding feature is being used for many types of personal usages, I’m sure. But the number of businesses using this and saving a ton of money is growing and growing and today’s technologies are making it easier to provide better customer service, products and other services as well. I took a look at Namada’s website and found it an interesting read, one that I’d urge anyone interested in this type of service to give it a look-see as well. Just when you thought they couldn’t possibly come up with anything else . . . . . . .

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Tsunami Tide Takes A Toll On Santa Cruz, California

Every now and then I’ll get an email from my cousin, Larry, who I used to be so close to while growing up, but other than an occassional email I don’t hear much from him or any other member of that part of the family.  Their house was just a few blocks up from us, we were close in age and had a lot in common with each other back then so we became pretty darned close there for most of our childhood. As with so many families, they up and moved all the way across the country to beautiful Santa Cruz, California, which has got to be the most beautiful place that I’ve ever set eyes on, and I rarely get to see him or anyone else in his family for that matter. The last time I saw them was a few Christmasses ago, when they decided to fly in from Santa Cruz, spend a week doing the traditional family festivities and events and then they all flew back home in time to bring in the new year, so they were here for a good long week or so.

Anyway come to find out that Crescent City, Santa Cruz has been hit hard by by the tsunami from Japan and now we are all concerned for all of their safety during all of this. My cousin always joked about the possibility of something like this, of course in the back of every one’s mind was playing exactly what we are experiencing right now. According to the online edition of the LA Times one person is feared dead, while four people were swept into the sea. The harbor is destroyed and Highway #101 is now closed down. We have been trying to contact any of my cousin’s family, but of course we haven’t been able to get through, so it is a waiting game at this point, and we are in it for the long haul for family.

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Discount Scrubs at Blue Sky Scrubs Online

I’ve decided to find some nice looking discount scrub sets for my sister’s birthday gift, for her up and coming birthday April 21st. Seems she is always looking for new clothes to wear to the hospital where she has been working at now for all most a year now. I’m so proud of her for going back to school and doing what she knew she had to do in order to gain employment in the medical field like so many other people have decided to do in these hard economic times. Since there will always be a need for medical professionals on this earth, it is a pretty safe bet to get the education needed to get your feet wet and stay in the medical field.

I remember that she found some pretty great hospital uniform suppliers online that she was excited about. One of them was blueskyscrubs.com, she was telling me is a company that started out with the manufacturing of scrub caps. Then their nursing scrubs, medical scrubs, and hospital uniforms were added six months later  in December 2005 and they have been selling like crazy ever since. I would love to get her one of those scrub caps or a couple of their nicer discount scrub tops. I’ll have to check and see what all they have. It is so nice to be able to just jump in the computer and check on things such as this. If I had to get in the truck and drive all the way into town to find her something my options would be so limited. My sister deserves something nice that she wants for her birthday, she does so much for the entire family while taking care of her own family, and then taking care of people at the hospital as well. My sister – The Care Taker – who would have thought that 20 years ago when she was busy being a tom boy and beating the tar out of the neighborhood bullies that were terrorizing her brothers and her sisters alike.