The Eggcorn Database

If you don't know what an Eggcorn is, it is defined as: 

a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted, as 'old wise tale' for 'old wives' tale'.

7 Bizarre Prehistoric Versions Of Modern Day Animals

Prehistory was so interesting

Spiromath - Like the spirograph game I used to play as a kid.

Previously.tv - Now that TWOP is gone, I need a new place to get snarky TV recaps

Karlie Kloss Vogues For Jean Paul Gaultier

Those legs!

See full 2014 Spring/Summer show here

Today is a good day to explore the Sistine Chapel

Wikipedia Names Your Band - and your album and picks your album art.

My results:

The Great Language Game

I got a score of 450.  I missed Dutch, Kurdish, and Hebrew

13 Old War Photographs you Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

Harry Potter Click and Drag

You Are A:  Purblood

You Meet:  George Weasley

You Are Sorted:  Ravenclaw

You Are Friends With:  George Weasley

Points Awarded To Your House:  10

Points Taken Away From Your House: 15

You Excel At: History of Magic

You Are A: Seeker

You Get: Poor

That is a bad grade for a Ravenclaw for my O.W.L.s. I suspect George Weasley has been a bad influence on me.

The Best Music Of 2013 - Part 2

Part 1 of my list is here.

Click below to see Part 2 of my list of the best music of 2013:

What Color Is Your Name? Quiz

Your Name is Black

Your name tells people that you are serious and sophisticated. Your name makes you seem like a total mystery. You are elegant and a bit apart from everyone else. You are much more formal than those around you. People see you as smart and together. You also come off as a bit eccentric, and others respect that you are different from them. You can adapt well to most situations, but you never feel like you truly fit in anywhere.

What Color Is Your Name?

Blogthings: 100's of Fun, Free Quizzes and 3 Stupid Ones

So many cat gifs...

Are You All-American Or A True Brit? Quiz

I got:

Phew! That was close. British still. But only just.

Sir, Are You Aware You're A Cat?

Pretty, pretty birdies

Unstackable Cups

I didn't know otters could get so angry.

6 Things Rich People Need To Stop Saying

Evolution Illustrated

How To Turn Off A Kitten

41 Laughs We Got From "The Big Bang Theory"

Carpets For Airports - Photos of airport carpets from around the world.

Because even celebrites have weird hobbies

50 State Stereotypes

10 Random Songs From My Media Player

1. "(Hep Hep) The Jumpin' Jive" by Cab Calloway
2. "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects
3. "Shivers Down My Spine" by King Khan
4. "Danse Sur La Merde" by Prototypes
5. "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
6. "Lost!" by Coldplay
7. "On My Own" by Vincent Vincent and the Villians
8. "Girls and Boys" by Blur
9. "Trouble" by Elvis Presley
10. "Only Wanna Dance With You" by Ke$ha

The 6 Most Terrifying Theme Park Rides Ever Built

The Cannonball Loop at number one looks like it hits all my phobias in one insane ride. 

Let's count:

1.  Water
2.  Going upside down
3.  Dark, enclosed spaces

 If this ride somehow added spiders, I'm sure this ride would kill me.

Amazing picture of a bridge

"Hally Porter And The Door Of The Room"

The subtitles from the Chinese bootleg of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

I'm Not Schizophrenic!

Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

I find it creepy that my so-called healthy brain could be fooled by such an obvious illusion.

The Best Music of 2013 - Part 1

Here's my list of the best music released so far this year.

Artist: Foxygen
Album: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Higlights:  "Shuggie" and "Oh Yeah"

Artist:  Jacco Gardner
Album:  Cabinet of Curiosities
Highlights:  "Lullaby," "The Ballad of Little Jane," "Puppets Dangling," and "The Riddle"

Artist:  Jim James
Album:  Regions of Light and Sound of God
Highlights:  "Know Til Now" and "All is Forgiven"

Artist:  Ms Mr
Album:  Secondhand Rapture
Highlights:  "Bones" and "Hurricane"

Artist:  Pillowfight
Album:  Pillowfight
Highlights:  I could list half the songs on the album as highlights because it is all so good.  I will say though that "Get Down" is my current favorite song to get down to.

Artist:  Vampire Weekend
Album:  Modern Vampires of the City
Highlights:  "Diane Young" and "Worship You"

Artist:  Wild Belle
Album:  Isles
Highlights:  "Happy Home," "It's Too Late," "When It's Over," "June," and "Take Me Away"

Artist:  Youngblood Hawke
Album:  Wake Up
Highlights:  "Glacier" and "We Come Running"

Say It With Llama        

There Is Something Wrong Here




Note:  Scroll all the way down to get the full effect.  Also, if this doesn't make any sense, use a newer browser.

Cartoon Kevin - One cartoonist, one hundred self portraits.

10 Random Song From My Media Player

1. "You Don't Love Me" by Caro Emerald
2. "Nothing Hurts" by Catatonia
3. "Call Me" by The Pipettes
4. "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga
5. "Right By Conquest" by The Fiery Furnaces
6. "Save Me" by Queen
7. "Not Your Fault" by AWOLNATION
8. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens
9. "Let Me Blow Your Mind" by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
10. "Rill Rill" by Sleigh Bells

The 6 Most Embarrassing War Stories Of All Time

Awesome Photoshop: Celebrities Riding Invisable Bikes

I love this editorial from Numero China.  The model, Du Juan, looks amazing and it features classic Christian Dior looks, including my Dior favorite look.

The Bookstore Test

You Are Dramatic

You are easily moved. You are very curious about the world around you and what's going on.
You have a good memory for facts. You always are an ace at trivia.
Art excites you. You try to bring it into your everyday life as much as possible.
You have a few key interests that are borderline obsessions. You can't stop thinking about them!

The Bookstore Test

Blogthings: Discover the Parts of Your Personality that Have Been Hiding

"Poop Already!"

Kitten, your bed does not need to be that big.

My Netflix Queue

Not my complete queue because there is more than 400 movies in my list, but here are the first ten.

I currently have Alice Adams.

Top movies in my queue:

• Penny Serenade
• The Good German
• MASH
• Children of Men
• Gosford Park
• Blood Diamond
• The Painted Veil
• The Road Home
• The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1
• Grave of the Fireflies

12 Things You'll Wish You'd Never Seen Under A Microsope

The Internet Can See Your Inconsiderate Parking From Space.

Which Historical Lunatic Are You? Quiz

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

Amanda Bynes Wants Her Vagina Murdered

Everything Old Is New Again

Part Nouveau - Contemporary fashions and their historical inspirations.

Music Word Cloud

Here are my favorite singers and bands in the form of a word cloud.

Google Poetics - The poetry of a Google search.

Animals with their Mini-Me's - So cute

Visit Scotland - They have ponies in cardigans.

Photoshop disaster - So this girl just walks around holding a horse's head on her shoulder?

I Have A Girl Crush

18 Reasons Why Jessica Chastain Is Cooler Than You

Such pretty pretty red hair

Internet Classic: The Crazy Nastyass Honeybadger

 


Apparently my sister had never seen this video and was confused by this pistachio commerical. Hopefully it will all make sense to her now.

8 Stupid Amazon Products With Impressively Sarcastic Reviews

Best Music of 2012 part 2

...a month late.  Ooops.  Anyway, click below to see my list of my favorite albums and songs from last year.

I Am Sorry Turtle

The Small Vase Quiz

You Are Sophisticated

You are well known for your sense of style. You tend to influence others without even meaning to. You are a trendsetter and a spotlight stealer. Even when you're just laying low, people notice you. You may have a high social status, but you are still accessible. In fact, you are quite warmhearted. You are always ready to make a new friend, and you don't judge based on appearances.

The Small Vase Quiz

Blogthings: 100's of Fun, Free Quizzes and 3 Stupid Ones

Size Comparison: US vs Europe

It is sometimes easy to forget how big the US is.

Non English Songs

This post is inspired by this macro:

Click "Read More" to see ten songs I like that are in languages other than English:

The Dark Side Appeals to Little Girls

5 Hollywood Secrets That Explain Why So Many Movies Suck - Hollywood now makes sense to me

This House Fights Back

The Ugliest Shoes in History

The shoes listed are ugly but somehow the shoes from Kanye West's Spring 2012 collection were not included on the list and I really think they should be. Just look at them:

My "favorite" ugly shoe has to be Alexander McQueen's Armadillo shoes.  Very creepy, but so cool. See:

Why can all shopping sites be this fun?

Ever wonder what place was exactly the opposite from you on the globe?

Look it up on the Antipodes Map.

Contrary to what I was told when I was a kid, if I dig a hole straight down I will end up off the coast of Madagascar, not China.  To get to China I would have to start digging in Argentina.

Cute Roulette - The best kind of roulette

My favorite bands and singers in the form of a word cloud:

41 Regrettably Tacky Photos of Famous People


Not included on the list is my favorite bad photo of my favorite actor:

The whole series of photos is pretty awful.

In my opinion, the biggest contributors of awkward and tacky celebrity photos are Entertainment Weekly and The Face.  The best bad photographer is Terry Richardson.

The Bobcats - The office jerks

Well, here is a website that appreciates Walkmans

"I'm Not Being Racist, But..."

P.S. Nice point about the Pepsi/Coke thing. My family calls all soft drinks "coke" even when they are not Coke. When I go to a restuarant and ask for a coke I really mean a Pepsi because I prefer Pepsi. When the server says they don't have Coke, but is Pepsi okay, I am actually glad.

The 9 Most Brilliant Pieces of Comedy Hiding on YouTube

#5- Mixing the old-timey sounding Cantina Song with the Party Rock Anthem video made me realize that the Shuffle is pretty much same dance as the Charleston.  Go here for proof

Girls and Their Glasses - I don't wear glasses so I am unfamiliar with this phenomenon

Feel free to make your own "fingering" joke.

Cat vs Internet - Kitties have to go through a lot of trouble to get belly rubs.

17 Images That Will Ruin Your Childhood

10 Random Songs...

From My Media Player

1. "Jaded" by Green Day
2. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
3. "Tongue Tied" by Grouplove
4. "Dr Bones" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies
5. "I Want You" by Peter Bjorn and John
6. "Pebbles" by Secret Cities
7. "Distraction" by Melee Beats
8. "Summertime" by Ella Fitzgerald
9. "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles
10. "Night of Hunters" by Tori Amos

Happy Chair Is Happy - Happy objects are happy

OMG

Screwed up: Hilarious expressions of divers captured moments after they leap from springboard

Some of these guys look like they are having the most intense and painful poops of their entire lives.  Poor guys.

"We made a sorry attempt in tricking Alicia Keys in to going ice fishing"

More at Bad Lip Reading

War Stuff

Bottom Of My Heart

Powerful Photographs

Victoria's Secret wants me to do what?

Best Music of 2012: Part 1

Best music of the year so far

Artist: Beth Jeans Houghton & the Hooves of Destiny
Album:  Yours Truly Cellophane Nose
Highlights: "Dodecahedron," "Humble Digs," and "The Barely Skinny Tree"
Apparently there is something called wonky pop and this is an example of it.  I like it.

Artist:  Fun.
Album:  Some Nights
Highlights:  "Some Nights," "We Are Young," and "All Alone"
It's so weird when an indie band makes it big.

Artist:  Hospitality
Album:  Hospitality
Highlights:  "Eighth Avenue" and "Julie"


Artist: Lana Del Rey
Album:  Born To Die
Highlights:  "Off To The Races,"  "Video Games," and "Diet Mountain Dew"
Somehow these song are ridiculous and catchy at the same time.

Texts From Cephalopods - Here are some text messages between a squid and an octopus...

yeah, its weird but funny

Live Kitten Action!

Kitten Cam!

The first four words you see in this image are supposed to be the four words that best describe you.

I saw lazy, naive, passionate, and sweet.

"Haunted House" For Sale

Edit: New link

Draw A Stickman - A cute drawing game.  Make sure to play both episodes!

Retro Pattern Test

You Are Unique

You are original and a total nonconformist. You take a lot of pride in doing your own thing. In fact, you can be downright defiant at times. You don't like anyone telling you what to do. While you are a rebel, you are also extremely tolerant and accepting. You think people should be themselves. You are laid back and easy going. You refuse to participate in the rat race, and you're better off for it.

The Retro Pattern Test

Blogthings: A Fine Line Between Insight and Stupidity

Ten Random Songs From My Media Player

1. "Tragedy" by Aqua Velvet
2. "You Never Can Tell"  by Chuck Berry
3. "She's No Good" by Basement Jaxx
4. "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson
5. "Crazy" by Gnarles Barkley
6. "Black and Gold" by Sam Sparro
7. "Take A Bow" by Muse
8. "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand
9. "Crystal In Love" by Mish
10. "My Love And I" by Marissa Nadler

Why'd I Rather Be Punched in the Testicles Than Call Customer Service

About hold music:  Once when I was on hold the hold music came straight from the radio.  It sounded like someone was holding the phone up to a radio.  Anyway, I would hear a person speak and I would get excited because I thought I'd finally got through to a customer service rep, but no, it was always just the DJ.  And then the commercials.  There is nothing more annoying than being on hold and having to listen to commercials.

Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts

The 5 Creepiest Unsolved Crimes Nobody Can Explain

Something about the Taman Shud Case just really creeps me out.

Cute! Fluffy fluff! Squeaky squeak!

The Coat

I don't know why, but I really like this editorial featuring Karlie Kloss that appeared in British Vogue

The Mansion Test

You Dream of a Beautiful Life

There's a good chance that your life has gotten a little too plain and vanilla lately. You'd really like your days to be a little brighter and more inspired. You need more beauty! Aesthetics and style are very important to you. You try not to let too much ugliness into your house. It's likely that you have your dream house, dream car, dream view, and dream wardrobe etched out carefully in your mind.

The Mansion Test

Blogthings: We Have a Quiz for Almost Everything

The 10 Greatest Uses of Trash Talk In The History Of War - Badasses saying badass things.