Poem for English speakers...

Taken from wikipedia, attributed to anonymous (that anonymous guy is really prolific.)

I take it you already know,
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead - it’s said like bed, not bead,
For goodness’ sake, don’t call it ‘deed’!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then there’s dose and rose and lose –
Just look them up – and goose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go and thwart and cart –
Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Why man alive!
I’d mastered it when I was five.

Only in England?

I'm hungry now? --Thanks to Ken for this gem.

Finally some cool!

Not the way to park.

Get rewarded for good...ish behavior...

It's important that we make sure that understand the concept of a production website...or it could go down.

Got nothing better to do? Let's take New Zealand.

Been a while but here is something....

Feel the Power of the Dark Side.
Actually the dark side looks kinda dorky.

American Handshake

American Handshake - cultural anthropology at its finest.

Midweek Cool!

Not so much funny as just really neat.

Legos really are cool!

My son is a huge fan of the Lego Blocks. But I really don't want him trying this.

Mmmmm Bacon. Mmmmm Doughnuts. Mmmm Bacon-doughnut?

Last but not least for you bird lovers out there. Apparently global warming is good for a segment of the population.. Just remember the Brits speak a little differently that we do. Get your mind out of the gutter. Thanks to Ken for pointing out this lovely piece of reporting.

Oh yeah, Strangely addictive site - Typeracer. Way more fun than it should be....

Dude had rough time with his phone provider?

I'm guessing not only was this guy ticked, but he is in the math or science field.
Whoa.

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus

(Just way interesting).

OK, This isn't funny (not haha anyway - maybe more hmm.)- Just kinda thought provoking and I'm pretty sure it's all over the web anyway....There's this guy named Clay Shirky. He has some interesting thoughts about our culture and how it's changing and the relationships between socail networks. Pretty neat stuff....

Here's the transcription.
Here's the video from blip.tv.
The video is about 15 minutes long but I consider it time well spent....I mean better spent than watching say "Gilligan's Island"

Slow FridayCool

Looks OK to me...Ooops!

Also if you are an aging penguin you should look into a wetsuit.

Just cool!

I had a slow week. I did find this cool picture of the Night Sky over Flagstaff though.

Freeze Frame

What happens when 207 people decide to freeze for 5 minutes?

Friday Cool?

Dangers of reporting? I guess being a reporter is a good job...until it isn't.

Wouldn't it be cool if there was an organization sworn to uphold the 1st amendment?

OK, this is just kinda cool! I'm betting on the Mudcats!

Hockey fights have changed...

BBC hiring policies

Apparently you won't be hired if you call the head of HR a "skank ho"

I'm just saying this is probably not a good interview technique.....
Many thanks to Ken for pointing this out.

hey kool-aid

OK. So I know it's not Friday yet, but I didn't want to forget. Especially since
I got to take this picture.


Snapped this on my way home from work.
The funny thing is someone drove a car through that wall a couple of years ago......


Holy Crap. This guy has a lot of free time....

OMG!

Hmm

You can merge Harry Potter and SouthPark? NSFK
OK this is just kinda Cool. Think they'll figure out a way to cap that guy and use all of that wasted stuff?.

Glad I wasn't here.

For all of you moms out there.....One of the best Mommy rants ever!

Oh yeah, one more thing...don't try this.

Friday again

Interesting public service announcement. Thanks Peter. I didn't.

Man. Having the crowd really effect the game can be both cool and disturbing.....

Ooops

Don't try this at home it's not a parking space.

Genius? And by request MANCOLD

Late Addition and Edition:
It's true I have a man-cold.
As my wife and her friend have pointed out.


Ok this guy really didn't think.


Be careful what you ask Grandma......
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Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.'

Sarah and Jimmy; Matt and Ben?

Remember the Sarah Silverman "I'm *&^%ing Matt Damon video?
Looks like Kimmel has his revenge Not safe of course but really funny! Thanks to Andy for bringing it to my attention.

Stuff - Physics can be cool!

Fun with Physics...Phun

OK so its been a slow week and I'm back to the BudLight train...
Try this and this longer one. Did I say that out loud?
I mean can't go wrong...
Unless you rent the clown...
Just don't let your dad find out....

OK this is little late but holy cow! This is me and most of my friends..Sorta. Thanks Andy for the heads up.
Thanks to Weird Al for understanding.

Matt Damon?

Got this from a few sources....NSFKids unless you have headphones...

How about these guys and their horse?

Thanks to Mir for the Bacon pig link...

For any other Cub Scout Dads...

Friday - February 1 2008

From Sarah:

Life boils down to 2 choices:

Should I get a dog...?

...or havechildren?

Not funny just cool! Inside of an Airbus Cockpit....

Funny. I've gotta a big Deck (Thanks Martha.)

SuperFriends?

The one word you need to know.....

http://www.break.com/index/bud-light.html

Oh yeah.. This is a classic...

I'm just on a BL Roll. Woohoo!

Post Holiday slowdown

Who am I kidding. It's always slow at FridayCool.

I didn't realize it was Bill Gates Last day this week.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr5w3X4R8b4
Thanks to Jay for that one.

Also You should check out the parenting tales at FinSlippy -
You can start with the awards and move on to the
actual tales

OK a late Christmas Poem - Not safe for the Children of course....
http://yetanotherbloomingblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-poem.html
Thanks to Ken for pointing me at it....

One more crazy thing....Aluminum foil helmets to protect against Government Mind devices? Maybe not the best idea. So says science......
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/