Land.of.the.BUNN.
Wow. I am currently writing from the car service shop in town, waiting for my 94 buick horn to be fixed which i figure i better do since parts for her are getting harder to find. But Woah! Free internet access, snacks,a microwave, two TVs (playing opposite channels- tres annoying) and a classic BUNN coffee maker with (let me taste it) definitely Folgers or Maxwell House “special blend”? Thank God I don’t have to let my sensory input down for those precious 30mins of solitude i could get at the service shop. Gotta love it. (The only thing that may be a downside for this cup is the faint smell of motor oil throughout the building.. but it’s all good). Just remember, the orange coffee pot is decaf ok Esther? hahaha. I’m just blown away at how efficient this place is sometimes (or for the most part seems to be). Buddy is at a staff meeting, we both have the day off today, I’m able to relax after pulling a 16 hour shift last night! Woo hoo!
And as for another brilliant commentary on Americansumerism…(i just made that up)
onomatopeia.cornucopia.
Here’s a great one for the international crowd: bzzzpeek - A fascinating look into the sounds that different children make in different countries to designate animals and other objects!
(the German dog, Japanese lions and Indian donkey are questionable hehehe..)
No commentswhine.and.cheese.
I have very little empathy for whiny people. I know it sounds bad for a nurse to say “suck it up, your heart attack is over with”- But when you’ve seen people in much worse shape complain a lot less (and no im not talking about the ones on ventilators), it gets hard to keep thoughts like that in. Sure we are taught in school about psychological, emotional, etc. reasons why people have “coping deficits”, but come on now. Some of them out there are just drama. I have a hard time painting the picture for you of my man in bed 3, who clearly deserved the CCU oscar. Pulling tape off his skin had the reaction that went with toenail extraction. “Could you hand me my urinal” became a desperate hoarse vibrato of a man’s last wishes. After talking to his wife on the phone in pauses (he had just told me he has no pain) he stopped and said “Ooooh.. i.. i’m gonna have to .. go… ” and handed me the phone as if it were his last breath. He was fine. At least his wife sounded unfazed like she was used to it. Oh my. I think it’s time for me to look into drill-sargent schools in the area…
No commentsinternets.
Did you know that Obama means “small beach” in Japanese?
Did you know that this week a Northern Japanese watermelon was sold for $6000?
And that Japan probably had nothing to do with chacha.com ? This is so neat. you dial 1.800.2CHACHA on your phone and can ask any question via text message to a free service that will text you the answer back (by employing desperate college students at .20 an answer to do so!!) for free! sa-weet! I could do this on my down-time at work, and really crank it in! ha! I just asked them “how many Chicken are eaten a day in the USA, and the answer was
“I’m very sorry I couldn’t find that answer! But I can tell you Alabama, Arkansas, and Georgia produce the most chickens in the US”
Okay. So, this may not look very good on my next APA citation.. but hey! its free, and now I don’t even have to “give it the good ole college try”, someone else does it for me! Aw yeah.
The Republic Tigers - Made Concrete
3 commentsCivilized.cheering.
In case you are in China for the Olympics, the government has kindly put forth a way to officially support Team China :
Wait. What? An ‘Official release’??
The authoritative, four-part Olympic cheer, accompanied by detailed instructions, will be promoted on TV, in schools and with a poster campaign.
It involves clapping twice, giving the thumbs-up, clapping twice more and then punching the air with both arms.
The cheer is accompanied by chants of “Olympics”, “Let’s go” and “China”. (bbc)
This makes me think that a- there was some sort of committee involved in determining the extent of reasonable excitement for Chinese support, b- that this committee probably has a long and serious name such as ‘The Peoples Division of Celebratory Allowances’ (P.D.C.A) or ‘National Council of Rejoicing Sciences’ (N.C.R.S) and c- that there were governmental officials debating whether or not thumbs up is better than high-fives when people are still being dug out of buildings and are trying to avoid swelling lakes.. LETS GO CHINA! Hen Hao!!
(for our chinese speaking/reading members in the audience, here’s the official illustrated how-to, and the video as well).
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo