Musings, Random Oddities by B.J.

CHU CHU!!!

2009-12-19T23:59:00.000-06:00

Watch this video first.

Finished? Good.

Soooo...some mousey things descend upon the planet like an alien plague. Then these little mousey things are eaten by the cat-like thing, complete with blood dripping from it's mouth. The mousey things, however, have other plans. They blow up the cat-like thing with a rocket and escape, again with an explosion of blood. Very violent. And the whole thing repeats. Then the Japanese guy singing has a seizure and yells something like "za bap bap bap BAAAAA!!!!"

Can someone explain this to me? Yeah, I get that it's some video game or something like that. But it's just so weird....

So very, very weird.

Please Respond

2009-11-10T01:44:00.000-06:00

As I write this, my tv is tuned to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for some reason. (Yeah, I know - who really watches stuff like that besides Chris Matthew's fanboys?) So anyway, I have a question to ask America tonight:

Please Respond As Indicated:
1) Do any of you watch The Daily Show?
2) If you answered yes to 1, then tell me if you actually find him funny?
3) If you answered yes to 2, then tell me exactly when you contracted the AIDS virus (Acquired Intelligence Deficiency Syndrome)

(ADD moment: I misspelled 'deficiency' with a typo, and Firefox's inline spell check offered several alternatives, most notably 'defecation'. Let the potty humor punchlines commence!)

Sorry, we got WAAY off topic. Why does Stewart have a show? He isn't funny. I had to wipe the sarcasm off my tv several times since Stewart kept dripping it all over the place. Very sloppy.

Now my brain is tired from all this - or maybe because it's 1 AM. Time for some mindless humor...oh wait, I already watched Jon Stewart tonight. Well, not the humor part - he's not that funny - so I guess only the 'mindless' part applies. I think I'll put on C-SPAN and see if they're replaying this weekend's House vote on the Pelosi-care bill. That would be funny, in a 'Oh dear Lord, have these idiots even read the Constitution ever?????' kind of way.

ADD moment: A see a new TV show - clips of Congress voting or debating all kids of stuff, while being made fun of by the silhouettes of robots in theater seats at the bottom of the screen. Call it "Mystery Congress Theater 2009". Wait, instead of robots, put some guys like Franklin, Washington, Madison, Hamilton, and especially Thomas Jefferson down there, making fun of our elected idiots.

ADD moment within and ADD moment: (That's a nested ADD moment for the nerds among us). How about an anime kids cartoon along the lines of Voltron or something. Scanners pick up a monster (or Ro-Beast in Voltron terms) approaching - it's Pelosi-tron!!! So the Founders launch their ships or whatever to attack Pelosi-tron (or Pelosi-saurus or whatever). Franklin yells "Firing liberty lasers!" but Pelositron isn't hurt at all. Jefferson then launches some Separation Of Powers missiles, but she counters that as well. Then Samuel Jackson, uhh, I mean, Adams yells out that they need to form "Libertytron" or some sort of super weapon robot thing (c'mon, think Voltron and the lions...or am I dating myself here?). I can imagine it now - as each Founder's little ship joins, the pilot yells out something like "Freedom of the press!", then another "Checks and balances", then another "The rights of man are not granted to him by government, but rather by his Creator - the power of government exists at the pleasure of the people it serves!", then another "Federalism - States still have some sovereign rights under the 10th amendment!". Then all the Founders' little ships come together to form the big robot thing (like Voltron) - come up with your own anime name. All I can think of is Constitutionotron. Then Pelositron sees Constitutionotron and roars "More taxes! Bigger governnment!! Yargh!!!!" or something like that. Then Constitutionotron says "Form 2nd Ammendment KickAss weapon".

(a little explanation: in the old Voltron cartoon, the monster would attack, then the robot lions would respond unsuccessfully and get kicked around a lot. Only then would one of the lion pilots think about forming Voltron, then doing the "Form Blazing Sword!" thing, at which point Voltron would make this lightsaber thing and dispatch the Ro-Beast. I always wondered why they never just formed Voltron in the first place and whoop the Ro-beast then.)

So Constitutionotron forms the 2nd Amendment Kickass weapon and slices Pelositron in two - just as Barney Frankasaurus attacks from the rear.

Oh dear Lord. TOO MANY JOKES!!! TOO MANY BAD JOKES!! CAN'T STAY SERIOUS FOR MUCH LONGER!!!! MUST STOP LAUGHING AND TURN CAPSLOCK OFF!!!

Ahh, much better. (Pause while I pick myself up off the floor.) Wow, that was crazy. Attack "from the rear". Sorry about that. Anyway, do you think that would make a good kids cartoon? I'd like to watch it just to see Thomas Jeffferson get all constitutional on our government's collective butt.

Okay, sorry for the long post, and especially sorry for the ADD moment thing. I should probably go to sleep. Good night.

This Little Blog Of Mine...

2009-11-01T02:01:00.002-06:00

...I'm gonna let it fester in the dark with no posts since August 24th.

Oh, sorry, the post title should be sung to the tune of "This Little Light Of Mine", continuing with the first line of the body. At that point, you should be channeling the sarcasm I intended by NOT finishing that first line in such a fashion as to mimic the previously mentioned song.

Feelin' that sarcasm yet?? Mayhap it be mixed with an undertone of irony. (Read that line in a pirate voice. Arrh!)

So much for witty prose. Yeah, it's been two months plus since the last update - such a long hiatus that some peeps commented about it, attempting to goad me into posting. You know who you are. (wink wink, lol) Anyway, there simply hasn't been anything non-political worth writing about, and my political rants (oops, I meant posts, not rants ha ha)tend to drone on and on with no end in sight.

However, if you want some new content, check out my Flickr photostream. LOT'S of new pics uploaded recently, including this lizard photo.

So go check out those new pics and go slow - that might give me enough time to come up with a good idea for a post.

2012!!!

2009-08-24T19:18:00.003-05:00

I sit here watching a stupid promo for some goofball movie (Megashark vs. Giant Octopus) trying not to spew water everywhere (I took a sip of water during the preview, right when the giant shark came out of the water) from laughter. What? You haven't heard of this movie? Well, here's a sneak peak.

(note: There is one bit of NSFW language, but I could forgive the guy. If I was in a plane and noticed a giant shark jump out of the water headed straight for me...well, I might say a choice phrase or two myself.)

Warning: Spoilers!! Did you see the shark jump out of the ocean and attack the plane? (Insert your own 'jump the shark' jokes here). I think there is a sequel being planned: "Snakes On A Plane Attacked By Sharks And Destroyed By Mutant Martian Marmosets". But hey, it would still probably be better than Star Wars Episodes 1-3.

Anyway, the REAL reason for posting was another trailer I came across from The Bad Astronomer, for a new movie all about disasters and such - 2012. For the uninformed, 2012 is the year everything ends because the Mayan calendar stops at that year, or something like that. I mean, those Mayans knew EVERYTHING, right? Anyway, someone edited the 2012 trailer into a comedy - kinda funny, I thought, until the TV showed a megashark attacking a jet plane. (cue old song: I'm Eatin'...On A Jet Plane). And here's the trailer:

Geek humor: What would you get if a thousand megasharks attacked you? A giga-bite. And if you feel the need to leave a comment complaining that the joke should have 1,024 megasharks, you can just shut up. I was aiming for geek humor, not nerdy humor. Get a life.

Nope, not dead.....

2009-08-24T04:40:00.002-05:00

...just been too overloaded with various things (translation: too lazy to post but creative enough to try to cover up the non-postiness)

Anyhoo, during the two months since my last post, I have been sorely tempted to launch into some sort of verbal tirade against the enemies of "America According To The Constitution: How Things Should Be But They Just Aren't" before the government censors step in to silence seditious opinions. Yeah, I think I need to cut down my Glenn Beck listening or watching time. Too much of Glenn makes you want to start building your underground bunker and prepare for the collapse of the American economy due to hyperinflation or some other sort of nastiness. So I'm just putting my portable soapbox away for now.

Tonight I was outside with Sam, trying to get some pics of the thumbnail moon. Sam had roamed far away, so after I finished my photos I called for him to come back. I had just made it back to the porch when I heard Sam flying like crazy towards me. Just as he got to the porch, he dropped something he'd carried in his mouth in the bushes next to the porch. The moment I heard the thing drop to the ground, my internal alarm system activated - SNAKE!!! So I grabbed the nearest weapon I could find - the Battle Hoe - and began prodding the bushes to flush the 'snake' out. I'm sure it looked pretty silly - especially when I realized the 'snake' was just a frog. But oh well - I needed to practice my Battle Hoe moves anyway, so no harm done.

Okay, it's late - almost 5 AM - so I'm signing off for now.

Sheer Lunacy

2009-06-29T21:52:00.003-05:00

Lousy title for my post, but I'm too lazy to come up with something better. Anyone having a better title idea (preferably using some awful Moon-related pun, like I did, only better) can comment or email me. Anywayz...

This is Japan's Kaguya spacecraft, which spent several months orbiting the Moon. You gotta love those Japanese guys - they even thought to include HD cameras which made the video below .possible. Last week, Kaguya slammed into the Moon (on purpose, ha ha), giving us this awesome video of a lunar crash landing.

Best viewed in HD!

How About Some "-ism"?

2009-05-24T23:55:00.002-05:00

No comments. Just a 9 minute video.

Okay, a few comments ;)
This cartoon dates back to 1948, and yet a great deal of it seems to have been snatched from today's headlines. ESPECIALLY when the businessman dude gets the shaft by the GIANT BLUEISH HAND!!! I saw visions of GM's CEO getting a boot to the rump by the GIANT BLUISH HAND of President Obama.

Anyway, they knew about this all the way back in 1948. The rise of Statist philosophy (a better term than 'liberal', because modern liberal thought centers around the State, a powerful, centralized government rather than the more federalist model we used until the first half of the 20th century, where the individual states come together and create a federal government that serves at their pleasure)

Oops, lost my train of thought. I kept typing words like 'statist' and 'federalism' and now I'm about ready to shout out "Go Thomas Jefferson!!!!"

Anyway, here's the vid. Feel free to add your thoughts

Animal Rescue

2009-05-17T22:21:00.002-05:00

As an expert in Abandoned Canine Relocation/Rescue (ACRR), this post is very dear to me. I received this email today: (only pertinent sections are quoted here)

Hi, all you animal lovers!

This is pretty simple... Please tell ten friends to each tell a further ten today!

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. This doesn't cost you a thing.

Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Please pass it along to people you know.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/

Now, there are MANY things we find on the net that are patently false, especially in emails where 'AOL and Microsoft just released this news last week about a HORRIFIC new virus' or how AOL is tracking this email and they will pay you mucho dinero for fowarding. And there is NO TACO BELL DOG!!!!

Anyway, the link above seems to be legit - not some false internet babbling, or some sort of phishing scam from Nigeria. So, feel free to click it and feed a poor hungry dog (or cat I guess). And if you are in the market for a new dog (or cat, I guess), then please consider adopting from your local animal shelter. That way, the homeless pet population is reduced, AND it keeps money from going to the awful puppy mills. Search 'puppy mills' on Youtube and see how bad they are.

Even More Youtubey Goodness

2009-04-26T12:21:00.003-05:00

Is "Youtubey" a word? Well,it is now.

I just found another clip while developing some photos (yeah, yeah - so maybe I was doing more clip watching than developing. What's your point?) and came across this one from a couple years ago. You've all probably seen it unless you live in some underground Dharma station with no internet access - and if that's true, then you have bigger problems to worry about!)

Anyhoo, here it is. And for all of us U.S. Americans, have a great day!

Quick Post, Just For Fun

2009-04-26T11:54:00.004-05:00

I've been way too busy lately for much blogging, what with wedding photography, training Samuel Jackson Parker (or just "Sam") to do more than just 'sit', and much more. So, in keeping with the upcoming week's theme of Rain-And-Storms-Pretty-Much-Every-Single-Day, I present to you a clip of several friends on a road trip somewhere, driving through a storm while being pummeled by gigantor hail stones. Note: some minor language in this clip, so be careful who's around when you play it.

The best part? "SHIELD YOUR EYES!!!!" (watch the clip, then you'll understand. What a goober)

Oh, what the heck. Here's another one just for kicks.

And of course, you can go here to see some pics of Sam Parker - more to come soon!

Ways To Kill Time

2009-03-14T22:42:00.004-05:00

Check out www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/

You can make your own superhero!! He comes with a special power - here's mine.

They had a lightsaber I wanted as well, but the spatula made me realize I'm a little hungry now (no food all day and most of Friday, lousy sickness), so survival won out, and he got the spatula.

Anniversary

2009-03-14T20:30:00.001-05:00

No soapboxes today - just remembering the last days Snickers was alive last year.

Some pics:

Where's My Oxygen Tank????

2009-03-12T21:09:00.002-05:00

I couldn't resist checking out Failblog again...and here's what I found.

Now my sides hurt from too much hilarity. I need oxygen after watching the golfer pee in his golf club. I mean, come on!

If today's problems just whiz right through you, or if peeps just leave you a tad peeved at times, or if the boss treats you like a tiny pissant, or if you're having trouble deciding what should be Number One in your life.... Fail Blog is there for you, ready with laughs galore.

Addendum

2009-03-12T21:03:00.001-05:00

The ray of light in the stupid darkness? Recall the post about it? (Hint: see below, unless this is on a page break for you - you're on your own)

My little ol' ray of light has been permanently shadowed. Forever.

Lord, help us. And I truly mean that.

Uhhhh.....

2009-03-12T19:32:00.003-05:00

(Drug warning: These thoughts and rantings, while perfectly true in some ways, may be affected by my use of Nyquil to overcome some nasty cold symptoms, so please look at this post through some "De-Nyquilifying" lenses. Thank you.)

In a world inundated with idiocy, spilling over with stupidity, and manacled with morons.... today I found a dim, dim ray of light shining through the darkness (as well as a fun new game called "Let's Make Alliterative Synonyms for Dumb People).

A tiny sliver of light in the Great Big Darkness Of Stupidity....

Of course, I'm referring to Texas' own illustrious governor, Rick Perry. Or, as some of us fondly call him, Rick 'Audios, mofo' Perry.

(edit) Just for laughs, try looping Perry's "farewell" over and over again. And over. And over. The laughter just never subsides!!

I've never been much of a Perry fan(Go Kinky Friedman ha ha) but I heard on the news as I drove home this evening that Gov. Perry has refused $550 million in Federal stimulus funds for unemployment benefits, mostly because the money comes with a few too many 'strings'. (No links to articles or anything tonight, just google it for yourself and you'll see)

WHAT??? You mean Perry actually told the federales what they can go do? You mean he actually asserted the Sovereignty of States? You mean he actually did something that reaffirms the idea from the US Constitution that the federal government serves at the behest of the states?? According to the 10th amendment, if the particular power in question isn't explictly given to the federales, AND it isn't denied to the states (like making their own treaties with foreign nations): then, if those two conditions are met, then any such powers in question are reserved for the States. Of course, you would never guess this amendment even existed anymore, at least since the 20th century began, as we can see from a historical perspective that the federales have been slowly concentrating power ever since the end of the Civil War...and sometimes, not so slowly (can we say "buying interests in banks", anyone?"

Oh, sorry, this soapbox appeared out of nowhere for some odd reason. Well, no sense in letting it go to waste! (Downs another shot of Nyquil for good measure...uhh, nasty green stuff)

So, just as the constitution kinda says that, if it ain't delegated to the federales, and it ain't prohibited to the states, then it's reserved for the states. And if that wasn't enough, you have the US Senate, as it was originally conceived. Before the 17th amendment, senators were chosen by the states' legislatures, not the people. The Senate served 2 purposes - longer terms than the House and election by states meant that it could serve as an impediment to the People should they get carried away by some demagogue shouting "CRISIS!! CRISIS!!!" every time he speaks. Longer terms meant they would be in power longer than their counterparts in the House, so passing fancy would theoretically be checked by the Senate. And election of senators by the state legislatures meant that the Senate also served as the States representation in Washington. That's why they each got two of them. In effect, the argument can be made that the federal government was created not just at the pleasure of the People, but also at the pleasure of the States. This is one of the major talking points we "states' rights" peeps tend to pontificate about. But of course, the 17th amendment was passed, so now the States no longer have representation in congress. Sucks for them, right?

But I digress. My point here is that Perry fired a tiny little shot over the head of the Federales today by standing up and not letting the federales dictate to Texas how we have to spend this stimulus money. Hell, it was our money to begin with, and the federales seem to think it belongs to them now.

(Oh dear Lord, please don't let him get started on how how the 16th amendment, titled "Congress Can Tax Incomes Any Way They Want And The States Can't Do S**t About It" was passed in 1913, the same year as the 17th, or "Hey States! Screw You!" amendment previously referenced)

Uhh, sorry, Nyquil and political fervor don't mix well. Anyway, Perry's actions today actually gave me a little respect for the man. He's still got a long way to go before I'll vote for him, but flipping the federales a tiny little "bird" scores mucho points IMHO. Anything we can do to reassert the idea that the feds are created at the pleaseure of the individual states and the people.

Okay.....putting away the Magic Mystery Soapbox (for now)

So like I said, this was a tiny tiny ray of light amongst the darkness of Stupid People who never took the time to learn about the Constitution and just blindly accept whatever the federales and their media cohorts spoon feed them. (Wow, I think I might have just set off a flag in the federales' monitoring systems...where's my cone of silence when I need it??)

Uhh, so....oh yeah: tiny ray of light, blah blah blah. And then this:

(Oh please, don't let him get started on the whole "astronomy vs astrology" debate. We'll be here all night...)

For those of you who glance at the daily horoscope and just laugh, this isn't meant for you. For those who use horoscopes or star charts to plan their daily and future lives....

You know what? I'm just letting that one go - to each his own, even if it makes you look like a complete and total moron (said in a cool Darth Vaderish voice, giving my opinion gravitas)

But that video - they made a song about the zodiacal signs???? With interpretive dance???

Tiny ray of light in the darkness......SLAMMED INTO OBLIVION! The stupid! It burns!!!!

Ahh, time for more Nyquil. If nobody comes after me at 2 AM, the guys in the suits and dark shades even at night, well, maybe I'll post again soon. In the meantime:

Go Rick Perry! (and I am actually serious about that. No, I mean it - it's for real! What, you don't believe me? Yeah, I know were talking about Ol' Mofo, but still....yes, I know, me praise Perry? Just accept it on faith, okay? I don't give a you-know-what if you think I'm full of it - I am proud to call him governor for the first time. EVER. Yes, I know that brings us one more sign closer to the Apocalypse, the next being when I miss a LOST episode and then DON'T catch it online the next day. Dude, give it up - I am really proud of Perry, okay, so just back off. Go read your horoscope or something.)

Dang. Out of Nyquil.

No proofing, no spell check - this is the RAW feed straight from my brain onto your screen, but without the messy organic stuff.

Monster Time Waster

2009-03-03T21:13:00.004-06:00

http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/milktruck/index.html

This is a mashup of Google Earth (via browser plugin) with some 3D graphics. Drive your Monster Milktruck anywhere. Just type in the location (a name, or lat/lon coordinates) and let the fun begin.

Hint: Try a location like Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, or somewhere with hilly terrain.

Here's a screencap from GotG:

M.Milktruck is a certified time waster, due to the fun involved. Or maybe it's just me. Who knows?

Pass the Lisinopril, please

2009-02-21T19:06:00.003-06:00

I need to quit following politics. I mean, REALLY need to give it up. Just now I was watching the talking heads on TV debating the revival of the Fairness Doctrine. I listened to the same tired lines from the libs - "talk radio is all conservative, we need a balance, blah blah blah". Why do they always focus on talk radio? I haven't heard one word from the left regarding television (CNN, MSNBC, FOXNews, CNC, the big 3 networks, etc). Don't viewers of TV deserve 'balance'? Anyone who watches broadcast news/opinion with an open mind can realize that there is a HUGE bias in the media towards the left. Witness the near-Messianic presentation of Obama on the network news. Whereas Bush could do no right, Obama can do no wrong.

Now, dont get me started on George Bush. He did alot of stuff wrong - ALOT. But he did have some positive actions, such as trying on 12 different times to get Congress to fix the FHA/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mess. Of course, the Dems in Congress nixed him every time, but I never heard any of that mentioned on TV news.... NOT ONCE. With the exception of Fox News, the only media presenting another side of the political landscape is.... talk radio!! When the Iraq war was going badly, the TV peeps went after Bush like hyenas taking down a gazelle. But....when the troop surge actually began to work, when Iraq (at least so far) seemed to be stabilizing, the media response was "(yawn)".

The opposite applies to President Obama. He can do no wrong. Judging from the media coverage, I would have to conclude that Obama is greater than Jesus of Nazareth. (Pause to look for looming lightning from the sky...whew, none). Okay, I'm being facetious, a little, but there is a definite TV media bias towards the left (not including Fox, of course). So why not apply the Fairness Doctrine to TV, cable and whatnot? It seems the libs have a double standard, ha ha.

Okay, I went astray from my original intent here. So I was watching these guys debate the need for the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, and the opinions of the two idiots who were for it were just grating on my 'Free Marketplace/Libertarian" nerves. That meant my blood pressure was increasing. And then I came across a little article here detailing a bill sponsored by Texas' own illustrious cowboy senator John Cornyn. Check this video out:

And remember, this isn't a spoof -this political ad actually aired here in Texas. BTW, I didn't vote for Cornyn in 2008 or Rick Noriega, the dem opponent. I voted for Yvonne Schick, the Libertarian candidate. Anyway, so Big Bad John has sponsored a bill in the senate (s.436) that requires anyone who provides internet access to keep records of all users for 2 years, to aid in the effort to catch internet child porn people. A worthy goal - anyone who would do something like that to an innocent child deserves..well, they deserve a punishment that the Constitution would probably call 'cruel and unusual", but since the US Constitution doesn't mean much anymore these days, why not dole out some cruel and unusual punishment for pedophiles? In fact, we could offer a prize for the most creative sentence - send in your ideas today!

Oops, sorry, I went OT again. Anyway, like I said, catching pedocreeps is a worthy goal. But the bill sponsored by Cornyn would require ANYONE who provides internet access to keep records. This would naturally include Suddenlink, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and so on. But the language of the bill means it applies to those who have a home wi-fi network as well. Do you have a wireless network at home? Do you have 2 years worth of records of who accesses your network? I didn't think so. IMHO, Congress has no power to make you keep them, either. Read the constitution. As far as I can tell, the powers delegated to Congress don't include making you keep records of peeps who log on to your home wifi network. (Of course, there are a LOT of things Congress doesn't have the power to do, but they've done them anyway, Republican and Democrat alike - they've all equally pissed all over our Constitution this past century)

Oops, sorry - I got on my "Constitution" soapbox again. My point from all this is that listening to the Fairness Doctrine zombies got my BP jetting up, and then reading about s.436 caused a huge spike. I don't have any Lisinopril handy, so I've changed the channel and closed the Firefox tab with the s.436 article. I may have to watch the Carmina Burana video again.

I just re-read this a little, trying to proof it. When I get agitated about a topic, I tend to write in an aimless yet ranting style that has no theme, and can even be a bit hard to follow. I don't feel like rewriting this, so just pretend it all makes sense and flows evenly from paragraph to paragraph while I look for some Xanax.

(update)

I forgot to mention I fired off an indignant email to Senator John Wayne, uh, I mean, Cornyn. There was a 10,000 character limit, and I only used about 7,500. Anyway, check out this portion of the automated reply I just got:

If you need immediate assistance regarding an urgent problem you are experiencing with the federal government, visit the "Help With Federal Agencies" section of the website for details on how to proceed so that your difficulties are brought to my attention as soon as possible.

I wonder if the "Help With Federal Agencies" section of Cornyn's website has anything labeled "Help With A Tyrannical Federal Government That Refuses To Recognize The Rights Of The States And Does Not Recognize The Limits Imposed On The Federal Government By The 10th Amendment Of The US Constitution"?

I just looked -it doesn't. :(

Where's The Tylenol?

2009-02-21T14:57:00.002-06:00

(quoted from Chevy Chase in the Christmas Vacation movie, after he goes on his rant near the end)

I need something for my headache. Is it a caffeine headache? No. Perhaps the powerful pressure changes in the atmosphere making the wind gust outside? No. Dehydration? No.

I've got a headache because I almost literally fell of the couch while watching this video of Karl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Have you ever laughed so hard you see stars? Laughed so hard that you have no air left inside you, and yet you can't stop laughing in silent paroxysms? I was okay until it got to the "Salsa Cookies" - then my head was pounding and even so, I couldn't stop laughing.

Here's the video. If it doesn't make you laugh, then your sense of humor simply isn't as well developed as mine.

Well? Tell me you blew snot all over your laptop screen, please. (Not that I did that, but.....well, maybe I did. Still not as bad as Mom spilling Dr. Pepper on my laptop while we were in Corpus Christi and parked in a nearby motel parking lot, because our motel didn't have wifi. Technology FAIL)

Pup Update

2009-01-29T20:29:00.003-06:00

I know I said I'd post details of the dog rescue story, but I don't feel like doing that right now. So enjoy a couple of pics of the pups (there are 10, but not all are present in either photo), compliments of Molly's new owner, Teresa.

Feel Lost Watching LOST?

2009-01-28T18:45:00.002-06:00

Then I have the perfect video for you! This is also good for those of us who try to explain LOST to some noob - the expression on Carmen Reyes' face is exactly what I've seen on other peeps faces as I attempt to explain the whole mythos behind LOST.

So, are you all up to speed?

Just Minutes To Go!

2009-01-21T19:48:00.003-06:00

Forget the anticipation of Christmas when you were a kid. Santa's got nothing on tonight's premiere of LOST's much anticipated 5th season. Finally, the wait is over. Well, in a few minutes, I mean.

Hey, What's Up, Doc?

2009-01-14T20:06:00.003-06:00

Fellow Losties - do you need to kill a little time before the Season 5 premiere? Check out the Sawyer Nickname Generator. Answer a couple of questions and [presto] you get a nickname. Mine was "The Doc"

btw, someone requested a puppy update. I'll get to it soon - LOST just came back from commercial so I have to sign off right now, lol.

Just Plain Wrong

2009-01-09T22:20:00.001-06:00

Wrong.

So wrong.

So very wrong.

So VERY wrong.

Enjoy!

Snuggie?

2008-12-28T00:33:00.002-06:00

Okay, aside from all the youtube parodies of this outrageously overhyped product (It's a blanket with sleeves, ya moron!!!), watching the Snuggie vid raises some concerns. All those Snuggies reminds me of some sort of modern Celtic festival, or even (GASP!) the dreaded Yuppie Satan Worshipers. Check out the vid at 0:20 - that's gotta be the Grand Master Wizard using his remote. And at 0:23, the (Evil) Wiccan Elder is rifling through her collection of horrible spells to cast - all without losing a precious ounce of body-warmed air. Or is it just the central air, fueled by the combustion of the SOULS OF THE DAMNED????

The dude with the laptop - no clue how he fits in.

Snuggies are scary - but I find this even scarier - that this product actually sells. And sells well.

I want one.

Also, I have a new dog.

Hot Chocolate

2008-12-21T21:38:00.002-06:00

(Seen in a friend's blog)

You Are Hot Chocolate

Your holiday personality is generous.

The holidays are your favorite time to practice the art of giving.

You enjoy picking out presents, sharing treats, and making everyone's day a little brighter.

And you don't even notice if you don't get anything in return.

What Holiday Drink Are You?

So....I am hot chocolate? Who knows, but chocolate in any form is always good.

Some Humor...

2008-12-17T18:24:00.002-06:00

...for these stressful holiday times.

Did you chuckle a little? Good. Now, raise your hand if you tried the website he mentions. C'mon, be honest.

Hmm. I guess I was the only one. Oh well.

Lame Geek Joke I Just Made Up

2008-12-16T20:27:00.002-06:00

This area (Paris, TX) recently went online on GoogleMaps Streetview feature. I'm sure we could come up with all kinds of 'reasons' (said with sarcastic tone) to use Streetview, but we all know the real reason we are drawn, nay, enchanted, nay, bewitched into spending hours checking out the virtual real world - it's just kewl.

Anyway, I've been traveling the streets of Paris right here on my laptop, seeing things I could see in real life, but this is so much more convenient. And I was thinking how peeps who see objectionable images of themselves (or whatever) on Streetview can petition the Allmighty Google to get that pic removed. Such thinking led me to a really geeky joke. Here goes!

What do you call it when GoogleMaps removes a Streetview image from their map?

(Prepare to groan)

It's a Real Life 404 Not Found error!

(Insert canned laughter here to get rid of the awful silence as my Constant Readers just can't bring themselves to laugh)

Okay, yeah, it was lame. So instead of another paragraph or two of inane geek humor, I'll just wrap this up and get back to StreetView. I think I'll go to Colorado Springs and see if i recognize anything from my trip there last year.

LOST Birthday

2008-12-15T20:30:00.002-06:00

I've been watching LOST reruns. Yeah, again, I know...but the show is just so damn intriguing, and I am picking up lots of new bits of tid during the repeated viewings. Bits of tid such as this: Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on my birthday in 2004 - Wed, September 22, to be exact.

What does this mean? I have no idea - other than that I may have a problem distinguishing fiction from reality. If my mother is reading this, she will probably be thinking of Poltergeist, which she took me to see in 1982. I had seen a trailer for Poltergeist (maybe while seeing ET?) and it looked cool. I was a child of 7, but I told her I knew the difference between real and fiction. That was true - I knew the difference between Poltergeist (a movie, not real) and the evening news (real). The problem was that even though I knew Poltergeist wasn't real, it was just DAMNED SCARY! For a 7 year old, I mean. I still don't ever sleep with the closet door open. And I always watch for clowns to become demonic monsters. You just never know.

Wow, that was an extremely off-topic paragraph. I lost my train of thought - and there's little hope of recovery. So the post ends now. :)

Counting down 'til 21 Jan 09!!!

Uhhh, is this for real?

2008-12-12T20:10:00.002-06:00

No comments on this video - I want you to watch it without any preconceived notions I might give you. Go ahead, take a peek.

My first reaction? Surely this is some form of parody or other attempt at humor. After all, would the Chief Game Naming Officer at any respectable company even consider "Ball Busters" as a game title?

Okay, I could see it as a title of some game sold at your local Spencers - I won't go into further details here . But a (seemingly) real family game? Uhhh, no. Plus, the video looks old, and they weren't nearly as permissive with such things back then.

All that makes me think this is simply a fun little video someone made for laughs. But there is one more little bit of tid in the clip that exposes the truth: the manufacturer is named "Mego". I've not heard of them - Milton Bradley, yes, but Mego, no. So I googled "Mego", and what do you think I found?

Mego was real. This game was real.

(Yeah, I'm as shocked as you are, ha ha)

I'm pretty sure John McCain hired the former head of Mego advertising to run his campaign.

Dang, I need some dramatic chipmunk to clear my head. Ah, here we are!

And thanks to Heather for this humorous mod of the Dramatic Chipmunk (looks more hamsterish to me):

Some Life...?

2008-12-08T20:00:00.002-06:00

Just a quick update on what I am doing at this very moment: I'm watching LOST on the SciFi channel (yeah, I know I have all the episodes downloaded - uhh...legally, yeah...but if LOST is being broadcast somewhere, I am tuning in) and during commercial breaks I've been playing some of my favorite YouTube vids - mostly the Dramatic Chipmunk (which is really more hamsterish in appearance, to me) .

Check it out here: (Tip: repeat it over and over and over for maximum laughter. It just keeps getting funnier every time!!)

Did you repeat it over and over? No? Lame.

LOST....

2008-12-01T20:20:00.003-06:00

....and found. (I'm watching LOST right now, which gave me the idea for the title) That's kinda how this blog must feel right now, what with the incessant political talk recently, then a flurry of amusing vids, then a bit of a dry spell. Now, I've "found" my blog again, ha ha. Anyway, I've found a couple more humorous vids, so just for kicks, here is a little taste of funny. Note: turn up your volume, because this vid is a tad quiet, and the effect is so much funnier if you can hear the music. I promise, no blood curdling screams or monsters that pop up at the end to scare you.

Okay, enough of that. The main reason I posted tonight was to remind my faithful readers (all two of you, ha ha) of the stellar display in the heavens this evening. And yes, that was an intentional pun (stellar display, the heavens.....sheesh, when you have to explain it, either the audience is dumb, or your humor is. My money's on the latter) Anyhoo, tonight, three objects meet up in a triangular display in the southish-westish or therabouts. Go outside and you can see them - the Moon, and two nearby stars that are pretty dang bright. Wait a sec - that's no star, that's a space station! (obligatory Star Wars nerdy humor).

The Moon is easy to discern. The two others swarming the Moon are Venus and Jupiter. Jupiter is the dimmer of the two, while Venus outshines everyone (except for the Moon). Venus appears much brighter because it is very close - far closer than Jupiter. Right now, Venus' distance from Earth is about 93 million miles and change. Jupiter, on the other hand, is more than 540 million miles from us. So Venus is really bright, but Jupiter, although more distant, manages to shine pretty bright itself simply because it is HUGE! Volume-wise, you could fit roughly 317 Earths inside the beast. It's equatorial diameter is over 44,000 miles, while the polar diameter is about 41,500 miles. (The difference is due to Jupiter's rapid rotation. It takes almost 10 hours to make one rotation - the great speed kinda squashes Jupiter at the poles, while it bulges near the equator.

Uhh, I went OT. So Jupiter is big - which means it reflects more light, but it's distance dims it somewhat. That being said, go out and look up - it's a pretty cool display tonight.

(and those lucky few of you living in Western Europe or North African will be able to watch the Moon occult Venus. But not here in the states. :(

Quarantine

2008-11-09T01:17:00.002-06:00

Have you seen the movie "Quarantine"? It's basically about a reporter doing a story on firemen, and she stays at the firestation all night long, chronicling events. They receive a call from some apartment complex, so off they go. Once there, strange things start to happen, and when they try to leave, they discover they have been quarantined (ladies and gents, we have a title!) and have to survive inside while people are going psycho crazy, turning into insane killers)

BTW, that movie is actually based on a Spanish movie, "REC", named for the REC that shows up when filming video. And it is far superior - even though I had to watch it with subtitles, it is a great thriller.

The reason I've mentioned that movie is that there is a real life situation that parallels the "Quarantine" plot. At the Hainan University in China, students and faculty began to get sick - and the culprit is cholera. So the Chinese authorities have quarantined the school until further notice.

A female student decided to report this on her blog. Someone translated all her posts into English, so click this link to go to the translated blog site. It starts out harmless enough, but then things got bad. Check it out.

Kitty In A Bottle

2008-11-08T20:50:00.002-06:00

Hmm, so do I post anything that isn't filched from somewhere else anymore? I guess not - because I just found this funny clip on YouTube. The title was "Cat In The Bottle", and I was thinking along some very different wavelengths than the clip's owner. Anyway, the cat itself isn't that funny - it's the campy background music. I can't get it out of my head (WARNING: If you're easily amused or emotionally disturbed by bizarre music, don't watch this). It makes me think of something Stephen King would write about - a serial killer who sings while you die. Or even worse, John Denver. (ughhhhh, John Denver, and 20 points to the person who catches the reference)

Anyway, here's the clip:

btw, perusing through the clip's comments, I found this:

i hope that someone gets my
i hope that someone gets my
i hope that someone gets my
kitty in a bot-tle,
kitty in a bot-tle!

Dang, now THAT song is stuck in my head. I used to love R.E.M. - now they're ruined for me!

Tomorrow's Internet...Today!!

2008-11-08T19:12:00.002-06:00

Ever see one of those clips from the 1950's where some guy would talk about all the wonderful things we would have in the future? (Meaning now, or actually, they often referred to the year 2000, so their future is our past.) Flying cars, computers in your house that didn't take up an entire room, cooking units that would heat food in minutes, wireless telephones, etc etc etc.

Hey, where's our flying cars??? All the other is great, but I want to fly my own car!!

Anyway, I came across an interesting clip from 1981 in which the reporter tells us about how you can call a number, hook up your Home Computer, and actually bring up headlines to read at your own leisure. And it only takes about 2 hours to download the entire text!

Check out the size of the computer monitor at 1:57. I wonder if those came in 16:9?

This clip just made me laugh. No erudite commentary on the socio-political melange correlating to a large degree with the rise of the Obamanation. (sorry, had to sneak in some multisyllabic words to keep my genius rating)

Oh yeah, the clip:

16 Years And Counting

2008-11-08T17:33:00.003-06:00

Well, more like 15 years and some change. On April 8, 2024, those of us still around here in Texas will be witness to something I've never seen before - a TOTAL solar eclipse. Yeah, we've had some partials here through the years, and partials are cool, I suppose. The best one I recall was back in the 1980s somewhere. I made the oligatory eclipse viewer with a shoebox, but the coolest part was that, although you couldn't see any change in the sun as far as looking up at it (which I don't recommend for long periods), even thought the sun seemed normal, the light was weird - diminished somehow. Imagine being outside on a sunny day, and the sun is as bright-looking as ever, and yet things are just.....darker than they should be. Kinda cool.

But this one in 2024 is gonna be a TOTAL eclipse. You've seen the cool pics with a black circle (the Moon) and bright halos and whatnot around it (the sun's atmosphere, corona, and stuff that normally is too faint to show up against the sun itself). We will see that here. But wait, it gets even better! The path of the eclipse goes directly through the Metroplex and northeast right over Paris, TX. Here's a map:

Inside the blue lines is the path of totality. This is awesome - normally Americans have to do some traveling to see total solar eclipses. Or we'll just get a partial one. But the orbital paths have aligned perfectly - this eclipse you can just walk outside and watch. If I have my UT conversions right, (-6 for standard time, -5 for daylight savings) then this one starts here in Paris about 12:26 PM, hits totality at 1:44 PM which lasts a little over 3 minutes, ending at 1:48 PM, then the partial eclipse ends at 3:05 PM.

April 8, 2024 is a Monday - I better think ahead and make sure I have that day off. And write myself a note to remember the eclipse in 2024.

And Yet Another Video

2008-11-08T01:16:00.002-06:00

I know, I know, enough with the videos, for cryin' out loud. Trust me, this one is worth it. What do you get when you add:

1) Pumpkin leftover from Halloween, fermented.
2) A hungry squirrel
3) Someone with a video camera

The answer is found here:

The first half is decent, but the last part had me laughing in circles, ha ha.

I'd like to see this done to a cat.....

The Ends Justify The Means

2008-11-07T12:27:00.002-06:00

Thanks to some egregiously blatant cheating - some might go as far to say Machiavellian - I have enabled the reading level of my blog to slip the surly bonds of "Junior High" and touch the face of "Genius".

Movie Reviews

I don't know if gratuitous insertion of poetry helps the reading level or not - but it was worth a try.

Ahh, revenge...

2008-11-07T12:08:00.002-06:00

..is a dish which is best served cold. It's about 60 degrees right now, so I don't think this qualifies as proper vengeance weather.

I have become hooked to Mob Wars on Facebook - thank you very much, Robin. Actually, it's pretty fun - the standard stuff like attacking peeps, killing them or at least sending them to the hospital, buying newer and better weapons, and so on. I have spent most of this morning (well, 2 hours or so) surfing the internet and simultaneously attacking this one guy on Mob Wars who was stupid enough (he's a level 40) to attack me (level 79). You wouldn't think so, but I am thoroughly enjoying killing him again and again - the fool pays the doctor to heal him, and the moment he is attackable again, BAM, and he's dead.

This is great fun!!

Anyway, if any of you are on Mob Wars and not part of my mob, feel free to add me: here's the link to my profile:

http://apps.facebook.com/mobwars/profile/?user_id=776854514

And here is the profile of the idiot I am currently tormenting:
http://apps.facebook.com/mobwars/profile/?user_id=1330905029

Feel free to 'take care of him', if you know what I mean. lol

Uhhh, I forgot to use big words!! Here's a list of them I just pilfered from a website:

a capella
a chara
a fortiori
a mensa et thoro
a posteriori
a priori
aîné
aïoli
aardvark
aardwolf
aasvogel
ab extra
ab initio
ab ovo
ab urbe condita
aba
abaca
abacist
abacterial
abaction
abaculus
abacus
abalone
abandonment
abapical
abarthrosis
abarticular
abasia
abat-sons
abat-vent
abat-voix
abate
abatement
abatis, abattis
abatjour
abaxial
abb
abba
abbozzo
abditive
abdominous
abducent
abecedary
abele
aberdevine
abernethy
aberrant
aberration
abient
abietic
abigail
abiogenesis
abiological
abiosis
abiotrophy
abirritate
abjure
ablactate
ablation
ablative
ablaut
ablegate
ablepsia
abluent
ablution
abnegate
aboma
abomasum
aboral
aborigine
abortifacient
aboulia, abulia
abrade
abrasion
abreaction
abreuvoir
abrogate
abruption
abscind
abscissa
abscissin, abscisin
abscission
absconce
abseil
absente reo
absentee
absinth(e)
absit omen
absolutism
absolutory
absorptiometer
absquatulate
abstemious
absterge
abstinent
abstruse
abulia
abut
aby(e)
abyssal
academic
acajou
acaleph
acantha
acanthus
acariasis
acaricide
acarpous
acatalectic
acatalepsy
acaudate
acaulescent
accelerator
accelerometer
accensor
accentor
acceptance
acceptilation
accessit
acciaccatura
accidence
accident
accidental
accipiter
accismus
acclivity
accolade
accolent
accommodation
accouchement
accoutre
accredit
accrementition
accrescent
accretion
accrue
accubation
acculturation
accumbent
accumulator
accusative
accusatorial
aceldama
acephalous
acerate
acerbity
aceric
acerose, acerate
acerous
acervate
acescent
acetabulum
acetarious
acetic
acetify
acetometer, acetimeter
acetone
acetous, acetose
acetyl
achar
Achates
achene
Achilles
achlamydeous
acholous
achondroplasia
achor
achromat
achromatopsia,
achromia
achroous
acicula
acidimeter, acidometer
acidophilic
acidosis
acidulous
acierage
aciform
acinaciform
aciniform
acinous, acinose
acipenser
aclastic
aclinic
acology
acomia
aconite
aconitine
acopic
acor
acosmism
acotyledon
acoumeter
acousma
acoustic
acquire
acquittance
acrasy
acratia
acriflavine
acrimonious
acritochromacy
acroamatic
acrocephalous, acrocephalic
acrodont
acrogen
acrolith
acrologic
acromegaly
acromonogrammatic
acronychal, acronycal,
acronyx
acrophobia
acropolis
acroscopic
acrospire
acroteleutic
acroter
acroteric
acroterion
acrotic
actamer
actin
actinism
actinium
actino-chemistry
actinograph
actinoid
actinology
actinometer
actinomorphic, actinomorphous
actinomycin
actinomycosis
actinophone
actinotherapy
actuary
actuate
actum ut supra
aculeate
aculeiform
acumen
acuminate
acuminulate
acupressure
acushla
acutorsion
acyanopsia
acyclic
acyrology
ad captandum (vulgus)
ad eundem (gradum)
ad finem
ad hanc vocem
ad hoc
ad hominem
ad hunc locum
ad infinitum
ad interim
ad libitum
ad locum
ad nauseam
ad rem
ad unguem
ad usum
ad valorem
ad verbum
ad vitam aut culpam
adactylous
adamant
adaxial
addendum
addio
additament
addititious
additive
address
adduce
adduct,
adeciduate
adelphogamy
ademonist
ademption
adenia
adeniform
adenitis
adenoid
adenology
adenoma
adenopathy
adenose
adenotomy
adenovirus
adephagous
adespoton
adevism
adherent
adhibit
adiabatic
adiabolist
adiactinic
adiaphoresis
adiaphoron
adiapneustia
adiathermic
adient
adios
adipescent
adipic
adipocere
adipose
adipsy
adit
adjunct
adjutator
adjuvant
admaxillary
admeasurement
admensuration
adminicle
admonish
adnate
adnominal
adnomination
adnoun
adobe
Adonic
adonize
adoptionism
adoral
adosculation
adoxography
adrectal
adrenal
adrenalin(e)
adrenergic
adscititious
adsorb
adsum
adulation
adumbral
adumbrate
aduncous, aduncate
adust
advection
advehent
advenient
adventitious
adventive
adversaria
adversative
advowee
advowson
adynamic
adytum
adz(e)
aedile
aedoeology
aegagrus
aegilops
aegis
aegrotat
aeneous
Aeolian
aeolipyle, aeolipile
aeolistic
aeolotropic
aeon
aepyornis
aere perennius
aeriform
aerobe, aerobium
aerobiology
aerodonetics
aerodynamics
aerodyne
aerofoil, airfoil
aerogel
aerogenic
aerolite, aerolith
aerology
aeromancy
aeromechanics
aerometer
aeronomy
aeropause
aerophagia
aerophilately
aerophobia
aerophore
aerophyte
aeropleustic
aeroscopy
aerose
aerospace
aerosphere
aerostat
aerotherapeutics
aerotrain
aerugo
aesculaceous
aesthesia
aesthesiogenic
aesthesiometer
aesthesis
aesthete
aesthetic
aestival
aetat, aet
aether
aetherial
aetiology, etiology
afebrile
affect
afferent
affiche
affidavit
affiliate
affinal
affined
affinity
affirmation
affix
afflatus
affluent
afflux
affranchise
affreightment
affricate
affusion
aficionado
aflatoxin
afreet
afrormosia
afterbirth
afterdamp
aga, agha
agalactia
agami
agamic, agamous
agamogenesis
agamy
agape
agar-agar
agaric
agathism
agave
agenesis
ageotropic
ageustia
agger
aggeration
agglomerate
agglutinate
agio
agist
aglet, aiglet
agley
aglossal, aglossate
aglutition
agminate
agnail
agnate
agnathous
agnomen
agnosia
agnostic
agomphious
agon
agonic
agoraphobia
agouti
agraffe
agranulocytosis
agraphia
agrarian
agrestial
agrestic,
agricolist
agriology
agrobiology
agrology
agronomy
agrostology
agrypnia
aguardiente
agynary
ahimsa
ahypnia
aide-mémoire
aiger
aigrette
aiguille
aikido
ailanthus
aileron
ailurophile
ait
akinesia, akinesis
al dente
ala
alabamine
alabaster
alalia
alamode
alanine
alar(y)
alastrim
alate
alaudine
alb
albacore, albicore
albedo
albescent
albicant
albificative
albiflorous
albino
Albion
alborado
albuginea
albugo
albumen
albumin
albuminate
albuminoid
albuminuria
alburnum
alcahest
Alcaic
alcaide
alcalde
alcazar
alcoholometer
aldrin
ale-conner
aleatoric
aleatory
alecost
alectryomachy
alegar
alembic
aleph
alethiology
aleurometer
aleurone
alevin
alexandrine
alexandrite
alexia
alexipharmic
alexipyretic
alexiteric
alfalfa
alga
algaroba, algarroba
algazel
algedonic
algefacient
algesia
algid
algific
alginuresis
algivorous
algogenic
algolagnia
algology
algometer
algophilia
algophobia
algor
algorism
algorithm
algous
alias
alibi
alible
alicyclic
alidade
alienism
aliferous
aliform
aligerous
aliment
alimentotherapy
aliped
aliphatic
aliquant
aliquot
aliter
alizarin
alk
alkahest
alkalescent
alkali
alkalify
alkalimeter
alkaline
alkalize
alkaloid
alkalosis
alkanet
alkolometry
allantiasis
allantoic
allantois
allative
allegory
allele, allelomorph
allergen
allergy
alliaceous
alligation
allision
alliteration
allo-erotism, allo-eroticism
allocatur
allochromatic
allochroous
allochthonous
allocution
allodium
allogamy
allogeneous
allograft
allograph
allolalia
allomerism
allometry
allonge
allonym
allopathy
allophone
allopurinal
allosematic
allotheism
allotropy
alluvion
alluvium
alma mater
almagest
almandine
almira
almoner
almucantar
alnico
aloe
alogia
alogism
alopecia
alopecoid
alpenglow
alpestrine
alpha
alphanumeric, alphameric
alphosis
alsike
alsinaceous
alt
altarage
altazimuth
alter ego
alterative
altercation
alterity
alternator
althaea, althea
althing
altiloquence
altimeter
altisonant
altissimo
altivolant
alto-relievo
altruism
alula
alum
alumina
aluminate
aluminium
aluminize
aluminosis
aluminous
aluminum
alumnus
alveary
alveola
alveolar
alveolate
alveolus
alviducous
alvine
amadelphous
amadou
amah
amalgam
amandine
amanita
amanous
amanuensis
amaranth
amarthritis
amaryllis
amative
amatol
amaurosis
ambages
ambari
ambergris
ambiance, ambience
ambidextrous
ambient
ambiguous
ambilaevous
ambilateral
ambisinister
ambit
ambivalence
ambivert
amblyopia
ambo
ambrosia
ambry
ambsace
ambulant
ambulatory
ameba
amebicide
amelification
ameloblast
amenable
amende
amenity
amenorrhoea
ament, amentum
amentia
amerce
americium
ametropia
amiantus, amianthus
amice
amicicide
amicron
amicus curiae
amigo
amine
amino acid
aminobutene
amitosis
ammeter
ammonite
ammophilous
ammotherapy
amnesia
amniocentesis
amnion
amniotic
amoeba
amoebaean
amoebiform
amoretto
amorphous
amortize
amortizement
amour
amour-propre
ampelideous
ampelotherapy
amperage
ampere
ampersand
amphetamine
amphibian
amphibious
amphibole
amphibolic
amphibolite
amphibology, amphiboly
amphibrach
amphichroic, amphichromatic
amphicoelous
amphictyonic
amphicyrtic
amphigean
amphigony
amphigory, amphigouri
amphilogism
amphimacer
amphimixis
amphipodous
amphiprostyle
amphirhinal
amphisbaena
amphiscian
amphivorous
amphora
amphoteric
ampicillin
amplexus
ampliative
amplitude
ampulla
amyctic
amygdala
amygdalin
amygdaloid
amylaceous
amylase
amyloid
amylolysis
amylopsin
amylose
amyotonia
ana
anabaptist
anabas
anabasis
anabiosis
anableps
anabolic steroid
anabolism
anacardic
anacathartic
anachorism
anachronic
anachronism
anaclitic
anacoluthon
anaconda
Anacreontic
anacrusis
anadem
anadiplosis
anadipsia
anadromous
anaemia
anaemotrophy
anaeretic, aneretic
anaerobe
anaerophyte
anaesthesia
anagalactic
anagenesis
anaglyph
anagnorisis
anagoge, anagogy
anal
analects, analecta
analemma
analeptic
analgesia
analgetic
analgia
anallagmatic
analogous
analogy
analphabet
anamnesis
anamorphic
anamorphosis
ananas
anandrious
anandrous
ananthous
ananym
anapaest, anapest
anaphora
anaphrodisia
anaphroditic
anaphylaxis
anaplasia
anaplasty
anaptotic
anaptyxis
anarthrous
anasarcous
anastigmat
anastomosis
anastrophe
anathema
anatocism
anatomy
anaudia
anbury, ambury
anchorite, anchoret
anchusa
anchylosis
ancien régime
ancillary
ancipital, ancipitous
ancistroid
ancon
anconal
ancoral
ancress,
ancylostomiasis, ankylostomiasis
andiron
androcentric
androcephalous
androcracy
androgen
androgyne
androgynous
android
andromedotoxin
andromorphous
androphagous
androphilic
androphobia
androphonomania
androphorous
androsphinx
androsterone
anecdotage
anechoic
anele
anemia,
anemochord
anemograph
anemometer
anemophilous
anemophobia
anemoscope
anencephaly
anent
anenterous
anergy
aneroid
anesis
aneurin
aneurysm, aneurism
anfractuous
angary
angelica
angelolater
angelology
angelus
angiitis
angina
angiography
angioid
angiology
angioma
angiospasm
angiosperm
angiotomy
anglicism, Anglicism
anglophone, Anglophone
angora
angostura
angst
angstrom
anguiform
anguilliform
anguine, anguinous
angulation
anhedonia
anhedral
anhelation
anhidrosis
aniconic
anidian
anil
anile
aniline
anility
anima
animadvert
animalcule, animalculum
animatism
animative
animism
animosity
animus
anion
anise
aniseed
anisometropia
anisosthenic
anker
ankh
ankus
ankylosis, anchylosis
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankyroid, ancyroid
anlace
anna
annates
annatto
anneal
annectant, annectent
annelid
annihilate
anno Domini
anno hegirae
anno mundi
anno orbis conditi
anno regni
anno urbis conditae
annomination
annos vixit
annotine
annuent
annuity
annul
annular
annulet
annulism
annulose
annulus
annunciate
annus mirabilis
anoa
anobiid
anocathartic
anode
anodon
anodontia
anodyne
anoesia, anoia
anoesis
anoestrus
anoetic
anogenic
anole
anolyte
anomalism
anomalistic
anomaloscope
anomalous
anomaly
anomie, anomy
anon
anonym
anoopsia, anopsia
anopheles
anopisthographic
anorchous
anorexia
anorthography
anosmia, anosphresia
anourous
anovulatory
anoxaemia
anoxia
anoxybiosis
ansate
anschluss, Anschluss
anserine, anserous
ant-apex
anta
antacid
antalgic
antalkali
antanaclasis
antarthritic
ante mortem
antebellum
antecedaneous
antecedent
antedate
antediluvian, antediluvial
antefix
antelucan
antemeridian
antemetic
antemundane
antenatal
antenna
antenuptial
antepaschal
antepast
antependium
antepenult
antephialtic
anteprandial
anterior
antetype
antevenient
antevert
antevocalic
anthelion
anthelmintic
anthemion
anther
antheridium
anthesis
anthology
anthomania
anthophagous
anthophilous, anthophilian
anthophorous
anthotaxy
anthozoan
anthracoid
anthracolithic
anthracosis
anthracothere
anthrax
anthropic(al)
anthropocentric
anthropogenesis, anthropogeny
anthropogenic
anthropogeography
anthropoglot
anthropoid
anthropolatry
anthropolith, anthropolite
anthropology
anthropometry
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphosis
anthropopathy, anthropopathism
anthropophagi
anthropophuism
anthropopithecus
anthropopsychism
anthroposcopy
anthroposociology
anthroposophy
anthropotheism
anthropotomy
anthropozoic
anthus
anti-icteric
antibacchius
antibasilican
antibiosis
antibiotic
antiblastic
antibody
antibrachial
anticachectic
anticholinergic
antichresis
antichthones
anticlastic
anticlimax
anticline
anticonvellent
anticous
anticryptic
anticyclone
antidactyl
antidetonant
antidromic
antifebrile
antigalactic
antigen
antihistamine
antihydropic
antilapsarian
antilegomena
antilibration
antilogarithm
antilogism
antilogy
antimatter
antimetabole
antimetathesis
antimony
antineuritic
antinomian
antinomy
antiodontalgic
antiorgastic
antioxidant
antipaedobaptist
antiparallelogram
antiparticle
Antipasch(a)
antipastic
antipathy
antiperistasis
antipharmic
antiphlogistic
antiphon
antiphrasis
antipodagric
antipodes
antipruritic
antipsychiatry
antipyretic
antipyrotic
antirachitic
antiscians
antiscorbutic
antisemite
antisideric
antispast
antistrophe
antistrumatic
antithalian
antithesis
antithrombin
antitoxic
antitrades
antitropic
antitussive
antitype
antitypy
antivenin, antivenene
antizymic
antoecial
antonomasia
antonym
antral
antrorse
antrum
anuran
anuresis
anuria
anurous
anus
aorist
aorta
apaesthesia
apagoge
apanage
apandrous
apartheid
apatetic
apathy
aperient
aperitif
apetalous
aphaeresis
aphagia
aphasia
aphelion
apheliotropic
aphemia
aphesis
aphid
aphis
aphonia
aphorism
aphotic
aphrasia
aphrodisiac
aphtha
aphylly
apiaceous
apian
apiary
apical
apiculate
apiculture
apiology
apivorous
aplanat
aplasia
aplomb
aplotomy
apnoea
apocalypse
apocatastisis
apocentre
apochromat
apocope
apocrisiary
apocrustic
apocrypha
apocynthion
apodal
apodeictic, apodictic
apodosis
apogaeic, apogaic
apogamy
apogee
apogeny
apogeotropic
apograph
apolaustic
apolegamic
apolitical
apologetics
apologia
apologist
apologue
apolune
apomecometer
apomict
apomixis
apopemptic
apophasis
apophony
apophthegm
apophyge
apophysis
apoplexy
aporia
aposematic
aposiopesis
apostasy
apostate
apostil(le)
apostolic
apostrophe
apotelesm
apothecary
apothegm
apothem
apotheosis
apothesis
apotropaic
apotypic
appanage, apanage
apparatchik
apparitor
appease
appellant
appellate
appellation
appellative
appendage
appendant
appendicectomy, appendectomy
appendicle
appendix
apperception
appersonation
appertain
appetence, appetency
appetible
applanate
appliqué
appoggiatura
apport
appose
apposite
apposition
appraise
apprehend
apprise
apprize
approbate
approbation
appropinquity
appropriate
approximate
appulse
appurtenance
apraxia
apriorism
apropos
apse
apsidal
apsis
apteral
apterous
apterygial
apteryx
aptyalism
apyretic
apyrous
aqua fortis
aqua pura
aqua regia
aquamarine
aquanaut
aquaphobia
aquarelle
aquarist
aquatic
aquatint
aquavitae
aqueduct
aqueous
aquiculture, aquaculture
aquiferous
aquiline
arête
arabesque
arable
arachnid
arachnoid
arachnology
arachnophagous
araeometer, areometer
araneid, araneidan
araneous, araneose
araphorostic, araphostic
araroba
aration
araucaria
arbalest, arbalist
arbiter
arbitrage
arbitrament
arbitrary
arbitrate
arbor
arbor vitae
arboraceous
arboreal
arboreous
arborescent
arboretum
arborical
arboricole
arboriculture
arboriform
arborist
arborize
arborous
arbuscle, arbuscula
arbuscule
arbustum
arbutus
arc-boutant
arcana
arcate
archaean
archaeolatry
archaeolithic
archaeology, archeology
archaeopteryx
archaeornis
archaeozoic
archaic
archebiosis
archecentric
archeology
archetype
archididascalos, archididascalus
archiepiscopal
archil, orchil
archimage, archimagus
archimandrite
Archimedes' screw
archipelago
architectonic
architrave
archives
archivolt
archizoic
archology
archon
arcifinious
arciform
arctogaeal, arctogeal, arctogaean, arctogean
arctoid
arctophile
arcuate, arcual
arcus senilis
areca
arenaceous
arenarious
areng
arenicolous
arenilitic
arenoid
arenose
areography
areola
areology
areometer
Areopagus
aretaics
aretalogy
argal
argali
argand-
argent
argil
argol, argal
argon
Argonaut
argosy
argot
Argus
argute
argyrocephalous
aria
arid
arietta
ariose
arioso
arista
aristarch
aristology
aristulate
arithmancy
arithmogram
armadillo
Armageddon
armature
armiferous
armiger
armillary
armipotent
armisonant, armisonous
armoire
armorial
armory
arnatto, arnotto,
arnica
aroint
arpeggio
arquebus(e), harquebus
arrêt
arrack
arraign
arrant
arras
arrect
arrha
arrhizal
arrhythmia
arrière-ban
arrière-pensée
arris
arriviste
arrogate
arrondissement
arroyo
arsenal
arsinotherium
arsis
artefact,
arterial
artery
artesian
arthralgia
arthritis
arthropod
arthrosis
articular
articulate
artifact, artefact
artifice
artisan
arum
arundinaceous
aruspex
arvicoline
Aryan
as
asafoetida
asbestos
asbestosis
ascarid
ascendancy, ascendency, ascendance, ascendence
ascendant, ascendent
ascender
ascertain
ascetic
ascian
ascidian
ASCII
ascites
asclepiad
ascribe
aseismic
asepsis
asexual
ashlar
asinine
askari
asomatous
asparaginous
asperate
asperge
aspergil, aspergill(um)
aspergillus
asperity
aspermatism, aspermia
asperse
aspersorium
asperulous
aspherical
aspheterism
asphodel
asphyxia, asphyxy
aspidate
aspirant
aspirate
aspirin
asportation
assapan(ic)
assart, essart
assary
assay
assecuration
assentaneous
assentation
assentor
asseverate
assibilate
assiduity
assiento, asiento
assign
assignat
assignation
assignee
assignment
assignor, assigner
assimilate
assize
assoil(zie)
assonance
assuage
assuetude
assumpsit
assumption
assurgent
astasia
astatic
astatine
asteism
asteria
asterial
asteriated
asterism
asteroid
asthenia
asthenopia
asthenosphere
astigmatism
astomatal, astomous
astomatous,
astragal
astrakhan
astral
astraphobia, astrapophobia
astrict
astringe
astringent
astro-meteorology
astrogate
astrognosy
astrogony
astrograph
astroid
astrolabe
astrolatry
astrolithology
astrologaster
astrology
astrometry
astronautics
astrophile, astrophil
astrophysics
astucious
astute
astylar
asymptomatic
asymptote
asynchronous
asyndeton
asynergy, asynergia
asyngamy
asyntactic
asystole
atactic
ataghan
ataraxy, ataraxia
atavism
atavus
ataxaphasia
ataxy, ataxia
ateknia
atelectasis
atelier
ateliosis
atheling
athenaeum
athermanous
athermous
atherogenic
atheroma
athetize
athetosis
athrepsia
athymy
atlantes
atman
atmogenic
atmology
atmolysis
atmometer
atmospherics
atokous
atoll
atom
atomic
atomism
atomy
atonal
atone
atonic
atopic
atrabilious
atrament
atraumatic
atresia
atrial
atrichia
atrium
atrophy
atropine
atrous
attaché
attachment
attain
attainder
attaint
attar
attemper
attenuate
attestation
Attic
attingent
atto-
attorney
attornment
attrahent
attrition
atypical
au courant
au fait
au fond
au grand sérieux
au gratin
au lait
au naturel
aubade
auctorial
audile
audio-frequency
audiogenic
audiometer
audiophile
audiphone
audit
auditory
Augean stables
augment
augur
august
Augustan
auk
aularian
aulete
aulic
aumbry, aumry
aura
aural
aurantiaceous
aurated
aurea mediocritas
aureate, aureous
aureity
aureole, aureola
aureomycin
aureus
auric
auricle
auricomous
auricular
auriculate
auriferous
auriform
aurify
auriga
auriphrygia
auriscope
aurist
aurochs
aurora
aurous
aurulent
auscultate
auslaut
auspice
Auster
austere
austral
autacoid
autarchy
autarky
autecology
autism
auto-da-fé
autocephalous
autochthon
autoclave
autocrat
autodidact
autoecious
autoeroticism, autoerotism
autogamy
autogenesis
autogenous
autognosis
autoimmune
autointoxication
autokinesis
autolatry
automation
automaton
automorphic
automotive
autonomics
autonomy
autonym
autophagy
autophobia
autophony
autophyte
autoplasty
autopsy
autoschediasm
autoskeleton
autosome
autostrada
autotelic
autotheism
autotherapy
autotomy
autotrophic
autotropic
autotype
autrefois acquit
autres temps, autres moeurs
auxanometer
auxesis
auxin
auxograph
auxology
auxotonic
ava
avant-garde
avatar
avaunt
ave
avellaneous
avenaceous
avenous
aventurine
aver
average
averaging
averruncate
averse
avian, avine
avicide
avicular
aviculture
avifauna
avigation
avionics
avirulent
avitaminosis
avocation
avocet
avolitional
avow
avulsion
avuncular
awn
axenic
axifugal
axil
axilla
axiniform
axiology
axiom
axolotl
axon
axonometry
axophyte
axunge
ayah
ayatollah
aye-aye
azan
azimuth
azofication
azoic
azoology
azote
azoth
azulejo
azygous
azym(e)

What the heck - let's throw in the B's for good measure:

béton
bêche-de-mer
bête noire
bêtise
B.C.G.
Baal
babiroussa, babirussa, babirusa
babu, baboo
babuina
babul
babushka
baccaceous
baccalaureate
baccate
bacchanal
bacchant
bacchic
bacchius
bacciferous
bacillus
backsheesh
backwardation
bacteria
bacteriaemia
bactericide
bacteriogenic, bacteriogenous
bacteriology
bacteriolysin
bacteriophage
bacterioscopy
bacteriosis
bacteriostasis
bacteriotherapy
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotropic
bacteritic
baculus
badigeon
badinage
baffy
bagasse
bagel
baggala
bagheera
bagnio
baguette
Baha'i
bahadur
bailee
bailey
bailie, baillie
bailiff
bailiwick
bailment
bain-marie
bajan
bajra
baklava
baksheesh, bakshish
balachong, balachan
balalaika
balandra
balaneutics
balaniferous
balanism
balanoid
balata
balatron
balaustine
balbriggan
balbuties
bald-faced
baldachin(o), baldakin, baldaquin
baldric(k)
baleen
balefire
baline
balistarius
balistraria, ballistraria
balize
ballade
balladromic
balletomane
ballista
ballistite
ballisto-cardiograph
ballon d'essai
ballonet(te)
ballote
ballottement
balm
balmoral
balneal
balneography
balneology
balneotherapy
baluchitherium, baluchithere
baluster
balustrade
bambino
banal
banausic
bancus superior
bandana, bandanna
banderilla
banderol(e), bandrol
bandicoot
bandobast
bandog
bandolier, bandoleer
bandoline
bandonion
bandore
bandy
banian
banket
banneret
bannock
banquette
banshee
banstickle
banteng
bantling
banxring
banyan, banian
banzai
baobab
baptistery, baptistry
bar mitzvah
bar sinister
barège
baraesthesia
baragnosis
barathea
barbastelle
barbate
barbel
barbet
barbette
barbican
barbicel
barbigerous
barbital
barbiton
barbitone
barbiturate
barbotine
barbule
barcarole, barcarolle
barchan
bardolatry
barghest
bargoose
baric
barium
bark
barkentine
barkhan, barchan
barley-break
barm
Barmecide
barn
barognosis
barogram
barograph
barology
barometer
baron and feme
baroque
baroscope
barothermograph
barothermohygrograph
barouche
baroxyton
barque, bark
barquentine, barkentine, barkantine
barracoon
barracouta
barracuda
barramundi
barratry
barrette
barrico
barrio
bartizan
barton
barycentre
baryecoia
baryon
baryphony, baryphonia
barysphere
baryta
barythymia
bas bleu
bas-relief
basal
basalt
bascule
base
bashaw
bashi-bazouk
basial
basic
basifugal
basilar
basilic
basilica
basilicon
basilisk
basipetal
basset
bassinet(te)
basso-rilievo
basta
bastille, bastile
bastinado
bastion
batata
bateau
bath mitzvah
bathetic
bathic
bathmism
batholith, batholite
bathometer
bathos
bathyal
bathybic
bathycolpian, bathycolpic
bathylimnetic
bathymeter
bathyorographical
bathypelagic
bathyscaph(e)
bathyseism
bathysmal
bathysophical
bathysphere
bathythermograph
batiste
batology
batophobia
batrachian
battels
batter
battology
battue
batture
baud
baudekyn
bauxite
bavardage
bavian
bawd
baya
bayadere
bayberry
bayete
bayou
baysalt
bazigar
bazooka
bdellium
bdelloid
bead-roll
beadhouse, bedehouse
beadle
beadsman, bedesman
beagle
beakiron
beambird
bean-tree
bear
bearing-rein
beastlings
beata
beatify
beatitude
beatus
beau
beaux-arts
bebeerine
beccafico
bechamel
bechic
becket
bedeguar, bedegar
bedel(l)
bedizen
bee-bread
beele
beestings
beeswing
beg
begohm
beguine
begum
behaviourism
behemoth
bejan(t)
bel esprit
bel-étage
belay
belcher
belemnite
belemnoid
bell-wether
belladonna
belle
belleric
belles-lettres
bellicism
bellicose
belliferous
belligerent
belling
bellipotent
bellonion
bellote, ballote
beloid
belomancy
belonoid
Beltane
beluga
belvedere
ben trovato
bencher
bend sinister
Benedicite
benedick
benediction
Benedictus
benefic
benefice
beneficent
beneficial
beneficiate
Benelux
beneplacito
benet
benevolence
Bengal light
Bengali,
bengaline
benighted
benign
benison
benjamin
Benthamism
benthos
benzedrine
benzene
benzine
benzoin
benzol(e)
benzoline
berberia
berberine
berceuse
bere
beretta
bergère
bergamask
bergamot
beriberi
berkelium
berlin
berm
bernicle
bersaglieri
berserk
beryllium
bestial
bestiarian
bestiary
beta
betel
bethel
bettong
betulin(ol)
bevatron
bey
bezel
bezoar
bhang
bharal
bheesty, bheestie
bhungi(ni)
bialate
biarchy
bibacious
bibelot
bibi
bibirine
bibitory
biblioclasm
bibliogenesis
bibliognost
bibliogony
bibliography
biblioklept
bibliolater
bibliology
bibliomancy
bibliomania
bibliopegy
bibliophagy
bibliophile
bibliophobia
bibliopoesy
bibliopole
bibliosoph
bibliotaph
bibliothec(a)
biblus, biblos
bibulous
bicameral
bicapitate
bice
bicentenary
bicentennial
bicephalous, bicephalic
bichord
bicipital
bickern
bicollateral
biconic
biconjugate
bicorn
bicrural
biddery, bidree
bident
biduous
Biedermeier
bien aimé
bien aise
bien-être
biennial
bienséance
bifacial
bifarious
bifer
bifid(ate)
bifilar
bifocal
biform
bifurcate
bigeminate
bigener
bigential
bigg
bigot
bigrid
bijou
bijugate, bijugous
bilabiate
bilateral
bilbo
bilboes
Bildungsroman
bile
bilection
bilge
bilharzia
biliary
bilinear
biliteral
bill
billabong
billet-doux
billion
billon
bilocation
biloquist
biltong
bimanous, bimanal
bimarine
bimaxillary
bimensal
bimestrial
bimetallism
bimillenary
binal
binary
binate
binaural
bine
binnacle
binocle
binocular
binomial
binominal
binotic
binotonous
binturong
biobibliography
biocentric
biocide
biocoenosis, biocenosis
biodegradable
biodynamics
bioelectric
bioengineering
biogen(e)
biogenesis
biogenous
biogeny
biogeography
biognosy, biognosis
biograph
biokinetics
biolinguistics
biolith, biolite
biologism
bioluminescence
biolysis
biomagnetism
biomass
biome
biometrics, biometry
bionergy
bionics
bionomics
bionomy
biont
biophagous
biophor(e)
biophyte
bioplasm
biopsy
biorgan
biorhythm
bios
biosatellite
bioscope
biosis
biosphere
biostatics
biostatistics
biostratigraphy
biosynthesis
biota
biotaxy
biotechnology
biotelemetry
biotic
biotin
biotomy
biotope
biotype
biparous
bipartile
bipartisan
bipartite
biped
bipennate
bipod
bipolar
bipropellant
biquadratic
biramose, biramous
bireme
biretta
bis
bise
biserial
bisexual
bismarine
bismillah
bismuth
bisonant
bisontine
bisque
bissext
bistort
bistoury
bistre
bisulcate
bisyllabic
bisymmetrical
bit
bitheism
bitonality
bittern
bitts
bitumen
biune, biunial
bivalent
bivariate
biventral
biverbal
bivious
bivocal
bivouac
bizarre
black
blain
blancmange
blandiloquence
blank verse
blanquette
blasé
blastogenesis
blattnerphone
Blaue Reiter
blauwbok
blazon
bleak
bleeder
blende
blendling
blennoid
blennophobia
blenny
blepharal
blesbok
bletonism
blewits
blissom
Blitzkrieg
bloc
block-system
bloom
blouson
blucher
blue
blunge
bo-tree
boatel, botel
boatswain, bosun
bob-sleigh
bobbery
bobbinet, bobbin-net
bobolink
bobstay
bocage
bocking
bodega
bogey
bogie
bohea
bolar
bolas
bolection, bilection
bolero
bolide
bolling
bolometer
bolt
bolthead
bolus
boma
bombé
bombardon
bombasine, bombazine
Bombay duck
bombe
bombic
bombilate, bombinate
bombous
bombycine
bon mot
bon ton
bon vivant, bon viveur
bona fide
bona vacantia
bonamano
bonasus, bonassus
bonbonnière
bonce
bond
bonded
bongar
bongo
bonhomie
bonification
boning
bonito
bonne
bonne bouche
bonnet rouge
bonsai
bontebok
bonze
boom
boomer
boomslang
boongary
bora
boracic
borage
borasco, borasca, borasque
borax
borborygmus
bordel(lo)
bordereau
bore
boreal
borecole
boron
borough-English
borracha
bort
bortsch, borsch(t)
borzoi
boscage, boskage
bosch
bosket, bosquet
bosky
boson
bosselated
bosun
bot(t)
botargo
botryoid(al)
bottine
bottomry
botulism
bouchée
boucherize
bouffant
bougie
bouillabaisse
bouilli
bouillon
boule
boule
boules
boulevard
bouleversement
boulimia
boult, bolt
bouquetin
bourasque
bourdon
bourgeois
bourrée
bourse
boutonnière
bouts-rimés
bouzouki
bovine
bow-chaser
bow-head
bowdlerize
bower-bird
bowline
bowsprit
bowyer
box-wallah
boyar
boyau
bracciale
brach
brachial
brachistocephalic, brachistocephalous
brachycatalectic
brachycephalic, brachycephalous
brachycerous
brachydactylous, brachydactylic
brachygraphy
brachylogy
brachymetropy, brachymetropia
brachypodous
brachypterous
brachyure
bract
bradycardia
bradykinin
braggadocio
brahman
brahmin
brahminee, brahmany
Braidism
brail
braille
branchial, branchiac
branchiopod
brandling
brank(s)
brash
brassage
brassard
brassie
brassy
brattice
bravado
bravura
braxy
braze
breastsummer
breccia
breeches buoy
brehon
bressummer
brettice
breve
brevet
breveté
breviary
breviate
brevicaudate
brevier
brevifoliate
brewster
Briarean
bric-à-brac
bricole
bridewell
brig
brigantine
brilliant
brinjal, brinjaul
brinjarry
brioche
briquette
brisling
britannia metal
British warm
britzka
broach
Brobdingnagian
brocard
brocatel(lo)
broch
broché
brochette
brochure
brock
broderie
brogan
brokerage
bromatology
bromide
bromidrosis
bromine
bromyrite
bronchi
brontephobia, brontophobia
brontide
brontograph
brontology
brontosaurus
brose
brouette
brougham
brouhaha
Brownian
Brownist
brucellosis
brucin(e), brucina
bruit
brumal
brumby, brumbie, brumbee
brume
Brummagem
brunneous
Brunonian
brusque
brut
brutum fulmen
bruxism
bryology
Brythonic
bubal(is)
bubo
buccal
buccan
buccate
buccinal
buccula
bucentaur
Buchmanism
bucolic
Buddhism
buddle
budgerow
bufonite
buhl
buhrstone
bulbil
bulbul
bulger
bulimia, bulimy
bull
bullace
bullary
bullate
bullhead
bulliform
bullion
bullish
bullroarer
bum-bailiff
bumboat
bumicky
bummalo
bund
bundobust
bunt
buonamano
buphthalmia
buran
burbot
bureaucracy
burette
burgee
burgensic
burgeon
burgh
burgrave
burin
burlap
burletta
burnettize
burnous, burnoose
burra
burro
burrow-duck
burrstone
bursa
bursar
burse
burucha
bush
bushido
buskin
bustard
but-and-ben
butte
butyric
bwana
by-blow
byssus
byte
bywoner

50 bonus points to you if you read through the entire list, A's and B's. Kudos!

After I post this, I'll recheck my blog's reading level to see if it improves.

What Happened???

2008-11-07T00:01:00.002-06:00

Ha, you were probably expecting to see a politically motivated post bemoaning the election of Barack Obama. That will come later, but for now, I am bemoaning the downgrading of this blog from its previous rating of College Undergrad to this:

Movie Reviews

Grrrr. I bet it's a conspiracy of the liberal media to downgrade blogs with even the slightest hint of conservative thought. I need to do some posts of the largest words I can think of (like antidisestablishmentarianism, but more cool).

My sister was the one who brought this to my attention. She had her blog tested here and got a lower rating as well. This only proves my theory (I mean, it lends credence to my hypothesis, notwithstanding the evidence to the contrary, the quantity of which approaches near-gargantuan levels). Sorry, I was trying to get my reading level a tad bit higher.

And still more fun...

2008-11-06T17:36:00.002-06:00

Okay, are we done with the wailing and crying aswe bemoan the fate of our nation? Good.

In that spirit, here is another video from BarelyPolitical on YouTube. I feel the need - the need for SPEED!

More Funny

2008-11-05T22:06:00.001-06:00

Thanks to Robin for this late entry. From the NBC5 studios in the Metroplex:

And Now For Something Completely Different

2008-11-05T13:25:00.002-06:00

Going back over the posts (and voluminous comments!) from yesterday, I noticed the general emotional overtones seemed to be doom, despair, agony on me...(please tell me one of you out there in the Real World gets that reference - having to explain it would eviscerate all the humor from something that isn't that funny to start)

Wow - did I just use 'eviscerate'? Talk about a mood killer. Anyhoo, so some of the recent posts and comments are a little dark. American's, however, have never been a people to wallow in self-pity. Back in the late 1950s, we were trying (with the help of the formerly Nazi scientists we 'rescued') to get a space program up and running, but progress was slow. And then out of the blue, on October 4, 1957, America got caught with her proverbial pants down by our friendly Communists across the pond (the big pond to the west, not the little one to our east). While we were still at the drawing board stage, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth, catching the Americans by surprise.

So we ramped up our own space program - and got some of the funniest launch bloopers you could hope for! Check out YouTube sometime and search for rocket launch failure, or something similar. Click on the US launches for some hearty laughs!

We were making fools of ourselves. The Soviets even beat us again by putting a man into orbit - Yuri Gagarin - in 1961. About a month later, we launched our own guy into orbit - oh wait, sorry, we didn't make it that far up. Alan Shepard made a 15 minute sub-orbital flight. Wow, that is really cool compared to Gagarin's 108 minute flight that actually orbited the Earth - plus, Gagarin ejected himself from the Vostok capsule at an altitude of nearly 4.5 miles and parachuted the rest of the way down. Our guy just stayed inside his capsule after his 15 minute suborbital flight and waited to splash down in the ocean.

So the Soviets just kept beating us at every turn. Did America just sigh and give up? Hell no! We kicked our space program into higher gear, put American ingenuity to work (coupled with helpful Nazi knowhow from our German scientist friends, who we thought were smarter than the German scientists grabbed by the Soviets) and in 8 short years from Gagarin's first launch, America was putting Neil Armstrong's size 12 footprints on the surface of the Moon.

Actually, I have no idea what Armstrong's show size is - I'll leave that quest for you to find out yourself.

My point is, when things were bleak, when the going was tough, America rolled up her sleeves and just built herself one bodacious spacecraft and went to the Moon. And did it stop there? Well, yes, it kinda did, at least as far as manned spaceflight goes. After Apollo, we decided it was more fun to just launch people into Earth orbit and circle around in Skylab, or the Space Shuttle (and those didn't always make it to orbit - or make it down!), or in the boondoggle we call the International Space Station. My point is this - when we're properly motivated by the Soviets, we can accomplish anything, until we accomplish it and decide to stop 'cuz nobody's playing with us anymore.

Uhh, okay, I have gotten more offtrack than a derailed Amtrack passenger train (rimshot, please?)

Cut to the point - instead of focusing on the doom and gloom of America's upcoming transformation into the United Socialist States of Amerika, instead we can sit back and have a laugh or two. In that spirit, here are some of my favorite YouTube vids that will always give me a chuckle or two (and perhaps even a guffaw)

The funny part of this one is when the pup pushes the apple down the stairs and looks at the camera like "Now what?"

Holy Smokes! That is SOOOOO COOL!!!

This one is my favorite - no matter how many times I watch it, I can't help but laugh with the news anchors.

Oh LAWD! These things done fell outta the bag! LAWD, have mercy!

And finally: Don't talk back to Darth Vader, he'll getcha!

Now we can contemplate the very likely end of the America as we know it, and still laugh as the US circles the drain. Woo Hoo, it's gonna be a hell of a ride!

One Last Thing

2008-11-04T22:47:00.001-06:00

Please let Al Franken lose to Norm Coleman in the senatorial race in Minnesota. Please please please let Al Franken lose. He isn't funny - and having him win won't make for good comedy either.

Defeat

2008-11-04T22:21:00.003-06:00

The people have spoken. According to the process lined out in the US Constitution, we have selected our next leader. Well, the electoral college will formally do that soon (please God make them pick McCain!!!!) and power will peacefully transfer from one leader to another. There are nations on this Earth where that transition of power is far less peaceful - we are blessed to live in the country we do.

McCain is giving his concession speech as I write this. He's trying to be civil, but the crowd is disappointed and maybe a tad bit angry. And I can't really blame them.

But Barack Obama is the President-elect. And that's the way it is.

Remember, it took a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan. Maybe someone will step up in four years (ahem, Sarah, are you listening?) and take the helm. Who knows?

It was nice living in an America that still bore some resemblance to the idea the Founders had when they created this nation. We are headed away from that idea. I don't pretend to know where we're going. But something tells me that we are pretty much witnessing the beginning of the end of our nation. It will take years - one man can't destroy America in four or eight years - but he can start us down a dark path that will take much effort to recover from. Once you alter what it fundamentally means to be American, what else do we have? President-elect Obama is more than just the most liberal man ever elected to our highest office. He is the first true leftist. His economic beliefs are almost diametrically opposed to what America has stood for.

If we as a nation choose not to return to our roots, to what made us a great power in this world, to what made us a shining beacon of freedom to the rest of the nations (even though we have some horrible marks that stain our national soul) - if we choose to turn away from that, then maybe we deserve to lose our place in this world among the other nations. Maybe our time is over.

Who will take our place?