May 2009
81 posts
“There is a town in England called Fanny Ho.”
– Today’s discovery. My friend Jane tells me there is also a Twatt in the Shetlands.
fun in the sun! fun in the sun! fun in the sun!
I didn’t think I’d ever say this, but it is BEAUTIFUL out here today! It’s about 73 and sunny with a slight breeze, and really, it doesn’t get better than that, does it? I complain that I miss the sun a lot, but I’m not really a hot weather person. If it would just stay like this every day forever, I’d be so thrilled.
Aaaaannnnnnnnd we’re going to go...
Do Something Good this Friday! →
hikergirl:
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katiepalooza:
Hello Tumblrs!
If you don’t know yet, Shannon, Meghan and I are walking 60 miles in 3 days for breast cancer on Team Cancer Schmancer. Why do you need to know this? Because we need your help. All of us still have a long ways to go to reach our fundraising goals, but we know we can do it! With only 13 weeks left, it’s time get (even more)...
BBC Internet Blog: How To Say: "Web 2.0"? →
Next time I’m wooing a VC for cash in the valley, I’ll remember that.
May I also take this opportunity to ask you, Mrs. Tea, why you are triple spacing? Double spacing is a pet peeve of mine, but whatever. People do it. It’s a thing. I can deal. But 3.0 spaces? What’s zee dealio?
Pretty sure that if you’d double check the frequency in which I triple space, you’ll realize it was a...
BBC Internet Blog: How To Say: "Web 2.0"? →
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mabelmoments:
(via jhnbrssndn)
I say “two point zero” but “two point oh” sounds better
I say “Weeb twenty-but-with-a-full-stop-between-the-two-and-the-zero-or-nought-if-you-prefer”
hehe @ thesophie
I’m with ‘web two’. 2.0 is just 2. The ‘0/oh/zero’ is redundant however you say it. So it’s ‘web two’.
I find myself disagreeing with Stephen Fry more and more these...
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“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early...”
– Benjamin Button
“Am realizing it’s pretty annoying that all americans on the internet...”
– thaumata (thaumata) on Twitter
Seriously, do you ever notice this? You must, if you’re not in the states. I cannot remember ever the last time I heard an aussie, for example, simply say, “I’m from the south” without mentioning they meant southern Australia. When I see...
Viz Comic: Profanisaurus →
Just doing my part to bridge the cultural barrier between our two lands, my friends. (This is a naughty site and not for children.)
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Language Lesson!
treasure trail = crab ladder
over and out.
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Ranty McRantersen
I just bought plane tickets to visit home the end of next month, which I am obviously looking forward to. Still, despite loving to travel (and loving airports, in particular), buying flights is an activity practically guaranteed to make me feel pressured and crabby. Well, unless I’m buying them on Ryanair, at which point it’s just an exercise in shouting “holy crap,...
“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the...”
– Winston Churchill
No, that's not confusing at all.
formosametalpig:
inteawetrust:
“The United Kingdom consists today of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the rest of Ireland is an independent country.) These four countries … form a union called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the official name of the country. The name ‘Britain’ or ‘Great Britain’ refers only to England,...
“There have been a string of incidents over the years in which English (football)...”
– BBC NEWS | Magazine | Why is there buttock stabbing in Rome?
This is why
a) americans are scared to attend football matches in europe
b) americans find it annoying to be pigeonholed as being more violent than europeans. (These things do not happen in the states, especially over something so...
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“Today, while mailing a birthday box to my nephew in London, I realized that in...”
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No, that's not confusing at all.
“The United Kingdom consists today of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the rest of Ireland is an independent country.) These four countries … form a union called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the official name of the country. The name ‘Britain’ or ‘Great Britain’ refers only to England,...
“Unfortunately someone st the United kingdom Packaging Designation for the Entire...”
– The Dirt Pile
My Livejournal friend Matt is also a Yankee export to the UK, and while he doesn’t often compare the two places, his entry today cracked me up.
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Book?
I have been doing some spring cleaning on this here tumblr.
I unfollowed a lot of people who initially appeared interesting but mostly turned out to just be reblogging pretty things in an effort to gain popularity or appear artsy.
I moved some of my faves to my reader instead, since I stop there daily and don’t always have time to read on Tumblr itself.
I removed all the old links from...
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Sunny Bank Holidays
I know that going to the lakes is always a good remedy for my feeling homesick and blue, because after growing up in flat, flat, flat cornfield Illinois, those rolling green hills are always breathtaking. I always feel so lucky to live in this part of the country, so close to the coast and the hills. When I first came to England, we were planning to sell this Lancaster house we live in now, and...
“Hello, We are arranging a communication between aliens and humans today at 515....”
– seeking intergalactic love E2 Desperately Seeking
Oh my god, it really IS like craigslist. Woohoo!
Gumtree.com: UK's No. 1 in classifieds - jobs,... →
Would you believe it’s taken me this long to realize that the UK equivalent of craigslist is gumtree?
