I just accidentally deleted my own post instead of N's draft... Oops! I might type it again but probably not...
Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
"Rootin' Tootin' Putin": Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Things He's Done
Well, take a look.
- Maybe he saved a television crew from a tiger... According to The Telegraph, according to Russian media, Putin was visiting the Ussuri reserve to see how researchers monitor the tigers, and suddenly, a tiger escaped and charged towards a nearby television crew. Putin pulled out a tranquilizer gun and shot the tiger. (But it wasn't caught on camera...)
- He flew with migrating birds in a glider. Dressed in a puffy white jumpsuit, Putin flew in a motorized hang glider and led cranes on their migration path. Fun fact: The cranes were considered by the area's original inhabitants to be gods.
- While scuba diving, he "found" pieces of ancient pottery. This one was basically a fail. Putin went scuba diving and came up holding pieces of what appeared to be ancient Greek pottery. However, many people were suspicious. After all, he had only gone to water about six feet deep. The chances that ancient pottery had just been sitting there without anyone seeing? Heh, almost none. Soon, Putin's spokesman revealed that it had all been set up.
- His puppy was named by a five year old kid. (The human kind of kid, not the goat. I'm just clarifying. I wouldn't put it past Putin to discuss puppy names with young goats...) Putin received a Bulgarian shepherd puppy from Bulgaria's head of state after signing some natural gas deals. He asked for name ideas from the public and finally chose Buffy, a name suggested by Dima Sokolov. Later on, Putin gave the boy an autographed soccer ball when he and his family visited Putin and met the puppy.
- Judo. On his 56th birthday, Putin released an instructional judo video creatively titled "Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin." I'm pretty sure he's the only President to ever make an instructional Judo DVD...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Mobius Strip News: Volume 1, Issue 5 BREAKING NEWS
Politics
Breaking News
Mountain Du had a diplomatic meeting with LiarVem regarding increased naval supplies. Whynanaught invaded but a naval blockade prevented them from entering the Bay of Solitude. Meanwhile Niz's brother, Poshambaeu, allied with Liarvem and the leaders of Mountain Du to expell C from the capital of Ni. C was pushed into the bottomless pit of Ar's city center. Soon after, he was violently pushed out while riding a horse shirtless while killing bears.
This has been called the Siege of Lai and has forced GM to resign as chief of roping.
Mountain Du and Ni are planning a full scale attack on Whynanaught.
Meanwhile, the Kabooze has secretly annexed more storage space.
A plague has spread throughout Pickeringvania, and it has caused the "computer" to slow down.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Mobius Strip News: Volume 1, Issue 4 -- Substitute Teacher, Second Place, and Syrup
"Your source for somewhat true and completely wonderful local news."
POLITICS
Today, in an alternate universe, Wupan launched an attack on Winaught while two of the leaders were away on a diplomatic mission in a territory of Pickeringvania. Pickeringvania, the largest and most powerful (though very sparsely populated) country, intervened before either side suffered any major damages. Earlier this week, Lairvem of Ni attempted to conquer a third of Winaught through a naval battle, now called the Battle of Caboose.
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Mountain Du: Will Wupan and Dupan finalize their alliance under the name of Mountain Du? The world waits.
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EDUCATION
Mystery of the missing substitute teacher! One vice principal claims that she was there. Students and another vice principal insist otherwise. Conspiracy theories abound. What really happened?
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Middle school band and orchestra concerts were so touching and beautiful that even babies were crying by the end.
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Unclear grading scale for the formative assessments show a decrease in score for all students. Teachers are deeply concerned as to why students lose points for their right answers.
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ART
Local artist Ray Bow wins second place in a a two-person art competition for his "The Spirit: Free" Play-dohchunk sculpture.
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A modern art showcase is to be held at the community center. Amazing works such as Ray Bow's famous Emotions: Canvases That are Painted a Solid Color series, "A Photoshopped photograph of a can of Rockstar Recovery" by Brandon Conley, and an anonymous artist's set of paper sculptures including "My Life" and "Hey, Look at this Random Scrap of Paper that I Found". These and many more pieces will be on display on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00:00 am to 9:07:57 am. Please come and enjoy the talent of our local artists!
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HEALTH
New study shows that re-posting unrealistic romance stories featuring a person diagnosed with a chronic illness does not actually increase the monetary support for finding the cure or cure the people with that disease or anything else, really. Teenagers on social media express great surprise.
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High levels of medium fructose corn syrup may be in school food. "Is that even a thing?" commented a befuddled principal. A bear shaped cookie is being carefully dissected at the university lab. Reports are scheduled to come out sometime within the next millennium.
POLITICS
Today, in an alternate universe, Wupan launched an attack on Winaught while two of the leaders were away on a diplomatic mission in a territory of Pickeringvania. Pickeringvania, the largest and most powerful (though very sparsely populated) country, intervened before either side suffered any major damages. Earlier this week, Lairvem of Ni attempted to conquer a third of Winaught through a naval battle, now called the Battle of Caboose.
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Mountain Du: Will Wupan and Dupan finalize their alliance under the name of Mountain Du? The world waits.
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EDUCATION
Mystery of the missing substitute teacher! One vice principal claims that she was there. Students and another vice principal insist otherwise. Conspiracy theories abound. What really happened?
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Middle school band and orchestra concerts were so touching and beautiful that even babies were crying by the end.
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Unclear grading scale for the formative assessments show a decrease in score for all students. Teachers are deeply concerned as to why students lose points for their right answers.
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ART
Local artist Ray Bow wins second place in a a two-person art competition for his "The Spirit: Free" Play-doh
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A modern art showcase is to be held at the community center. Amazing works such as Ray Bow's famous Emotions: Canvases That are Painted a Solid Color series, "A Photoshopped photograph of a can of Rockstar Recovery" by Brandon Conley, and an anonymous artist's set of paper sculptures including "My Life" and "Hey, Look at this Random Scrap of Paper that I Found". These and many more pieces will be on display on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00:00 am to 9:07:57 am. Please come and enjoy the talent of our local artists!
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HEALTH
New study shows that re-posting unrealistic romance stories featuring a person diagnosed with a chronic illness does not actually increase the monetary support for finding the cure or cure the people with that disease or anything else, really. Teenagers on social media express great surprise.
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High levels of medium fructose corn syrup may be in school food. "Is that even a thing?" commented a befuddled principal. A bear shaped cookie is being carefully dissected at the university lab. Reports are scheduled to come out sometime within the next millennium.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
"Abbey'a pkucky postulant"
Well, it's been a while since I posted a typo I'd found. Here's one.
"Abbey'a"? Really? Yes, the s and a keys are next to each other, but what happened to proofreading?
And what is "pkucky"? I suppose I can assume it's "plucky", but I shouldn't have to assume that one non-word is a word!
By the way, this is from an article on "The Sound of Music Live!" which was playing on NBC Thursday night.
(It wasn't terrible, but I enjoyed the 1965 movie much more. However, I guess it's not very fair to compare these two. The movie was a movie; "The Sound of Music Live!" was an attempt at a live musical on television. The movie had Julie Andrews as Maria; "The Sound of Music Live!" featured Carrie Underwood. The two just had different goals and constraints.)
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| From the New York Daily News website |
"Abbey'a"? Really? Yes, the s and a keys are next to each other, but what happened to proofreading?
And what is "pkucky"? I suppose I can assume it's "plucky", but I shouldn't have to assume that one non-word is a word!
By the way, this is from an article on "The Sound of Music Live!" which was playing on NBC Thursday night.
(It wasn't terrible, but I enjoyed the 1965 movie much more. However, I guess it's not very fair to compare these two. The movie was a movie; "The Sound of Music Live!" was an attempt at a live musical on television. The movie had Julie Andrews as Maria; "The Sound of Music Live!" featured Carrie Underwood. The two just had different goals and constraints.)
Friday, December 6, 2013
Mobius Strip News: Volume 1, Issue 3 -- Copper, Land of Speckles, and TimeCon
"Your source for somewhat true and completely wonderful local news."
EDUCATION
A freak accident involving pieces of copper occurred in the room of an eminent science teacher's classroom this week. Several students were attempting to bend a bar of copper when suddenly the bar violently twisted itself into a figure eight, and flew into the air. One child suffered eleven broken fingers as well as a bruise on his lower thigh. When asked for commentary, the child (name withdrawn for privacy) told us, "Hey, I get to miss school for at least a week!" Another student lost three toenails in the midst of the havoc. According to school officials, the metal bar has yet to be found.
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Many Latin 1 students adopt maxims "We won't work harder." and "Classmate T. is always right!" that are strangely reminiscent of Orwell's Animal Farm.
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Board of Education shocked that advanced words such as "barrel" and "sandwich" were used in a middle school spelling bee.
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ENVIRONMENT
In an alternate universe, an island chain half a dozen feet south from the recently expanded empire of Ni has been flooded due to rapidly rising ocean levels.These islands used to be called the Land of Speckles, aptly named for its very small islands that were in close proximity to one another. However, the flooding has reduced the islands' land area above water to miniscule dots, invisible to the naked human eye. A renaming process is in progress. Suggested names include South Ni, WaterWorld, and I-don't-even-care-stop-asking-me-these-random-questions (abbreviated as IDECSAMTRQ).
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AND NOW SOME WORDS FROM OUR SPONSOR...
Staining steel silverware now available at the secret stores located under all public elementary schools! Everyone already has stainless steel. Here's a truly unique item you won't find anywhere else! Surprise all your friends and family with a set of staining steel silverware.
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SPORTS
The annual thumb wrestling tournament was held on Friday after being rescheduled due to the clement weather. "Friday's continuous rain, freezing temperatures, and lack of sunshine definitely contributed to the most successful tournament in years, maybe even decades!" exclaimed Mr. Tom West Ling, the sponsor of the tournament. Following a brief review of the rules, round one of the competition began. It took twenty rounds to arrive at the two finalists, Josephine "Jo" Schmoe and William Robert "Billy Bob" Joe. As the two engaged in the intense final thumb wrestling match of the day, spectators say that the rain pounded harder and harder until finally, Jo Schmoe pinned down Billy Bob Joe's thumb with a triumphant yodel. Schmoe told us, "I'm extremely happy about my win. I used to be the thumb wrestling champion of my third grade class, and it's been lots of fun to continue my childhood hobby!"
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MISCELLANEOUS
The regional People With Time Machines Prototypes Convention (commonly known as the TimeCon) is scheduled for last Sunday. The TimeCon event organizers want us to remind participants to arrive as early as possible but still arrive on last Sunday.
EDUCATION
A freak accident involving pieces of copper occurred in the room of an eminent science teacher's classroom this week. Several students were attempting to bend a bar of copper when suddenly the bar violently twisted itself into a figure eight, and flew into the air. One child suffered eleven broken fingers as well as a bruise on his lower thigh. When asked for commentary, the child (name withdrawn for privacy) told us, "Hey, I get to miss school for at least a week!" Another student lost three toenails in the midst of the havoc. According to school officials, the metal bar has yet to be found.
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Many Latin 1 students adopt maxims "We won't work harder." and "Classmate T. is always right!" that are strangely reminiscent of Orwell's Animal Farm.
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Board of Education shocked that advanced words such as "barrel" and "sandwich" were used in a middle school spelling bee.
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ENVIRONMENT
In an alternate universe, an island chain half a dozen feet south from the recently expanded empire of Ni has been flooded due to rapidly rising ocean levels.These islands used to be called the Land of Speckles, aptly named for its very small islands that were in close proximity to one another. However, the flooding has reduced the islands' land area above water to miniscule dots, invisible to the naked human eye. A renaming process is in progress. Suggested names include South Ni, WaterWorld, and I-don't-even-care-stop-asking-me-these-random-questions (abbreviated as IDECSAMTRQ).
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AND NOW SOME WORDS FROM OUR SPONSOR...
Staining steel silverware now available at the secret stores located under all public elementary schools! Everyone already has stainless steel. Here's a truly unique item you won't find anywhere else! Surprise all your friends and family with a set of staining steel silverware.
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SPORTS
The annual thumb wrestling tournament was held on Friday after being rescheduled due to the clement weather. "Friday's continuous rain, freezing temperatures, and lack of sunshine definitely contributed to the most successful tournament in years, maybe even decades!" exclaimed Mr. Tom West Ling, the sponsor of the tournament. Following a brief review of the rules, round one of the competition began. It took twenty rounds to arrive at the two finalists, Josephine "Jo" Schmoe and William Robert "Billy Bob" Joe. As the two engaged in the intense final thumb wrestling match of the day, spectators say that the rain pounded harder and harder until finally, Jo Schmoe pinned down Billy Bob Joe's thumb with a triumphant yodel. Schmoe told us, "I'm extremely happy about my win. I used to be the thumb wrestling champion of my third grade class, and it's been lots of fun to continue my childhood hobby!"
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MISCELLANEOUS
The regional People With Time Machines Prototypes Convention (commonly known as the TimeCon) is scheduled for last Sunday. The TimeCon event organizers want us to remind participants to arrive as early as possible but still arrive on last Sunday.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Complaining About This Thing I See on Google+
Honestly, I'm tired of seeing things like these show up at the top of my "What's Hot" tab on Google+.
Yeah, posts with pictures like these too...
Oh, you know what I'm talking about! The sentences that are supposed to be deep, inspirational, wise life advice superimposed on some completely irrelevant photograph, often including an outdoor scene or a teenaged girl (or both). These bits of "life lessons" often make very little sense and make gross generalizations. Considering how I'm often annoyed by these two things, I wonder how these get so popular. (The only things possibly more irritating to see in my What's Hot tab is probably the usually cheesy and nonsensical love advice that inevitably pops up somewhere.) Recently, at the top of my What's Hot feed was one of these, for the lack of a better term, "sentence and things with 1, 271 +1's. On the other hand, a post with a really cool hypocycloid animation only had 107 +1's. *sigh*
In case I haven't mentioned this to you yet, I generally dislike when people complain about things and then don't even try to change the situation. As not to be a hypocrite, I am now trying to solve this issue by trying to show Google+ that while yes, several people who seem to like these "sayings on pictures" posts very much have me in their circles, I do not enjoy seeing several of them whenever I go to the What's Hot tab. I've joined a couple more communities and +1 -ing posts I actually like. It hasn't really worked yet, but it's only been two days.
Yeah, posts with pictures like these too...
Oh, you know what I'm talking about! The sentences that are supposed to be deep, inspirational, wise life advice superimposed on some completely irrelevant photograph, often including an outdoor scene or a teenaged girl (or both). These bits of "life lessons" often make very little sense and make gross generalizations. Considering how I'm often annoyed by these two things, I wonder how these get so popular. (The only things possibly more irritating to see in my What's Hot tab is probably the usually cheesy and nonsensical love advice that inevitably pops up somewhere.) Recently, at the top of my What's Hot feed was one of these, for the lack of a better term, "sentence and things with 1, 271 +1's. On the other hand, a post with a really cool hypocycloid animation only had 107 +1's. *sigh*
In case I haven't mentioned this to you yet, I generally dislike when people complain about things and then don't even try to change the situation. As not to be a hypocrite, I am now trying to solve this issue by trying to show Google+ that while yes, several people who seem to like these "sayings on pictures" posts very much have me in their circles, I do not enjoy seeing several of them whenever I go to the What's Hot tab. I've joined a couple more communities and +1 -ing posts I actually like. It hasn't really worked yet, but it's only been two days.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
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