Whimsy: August 2008 Archives
No, the plural of rhinoceros is rhinocerotes, and the plural of octopus is not octopi but octopodes. One apparatus, two apparatus, but if there's more than one, and you're being excruciatingly correct, you should pronounce it appara-toose, to reflect the lengthened u in the Latin 4th declension plural. More than you wanted to know about the formation of plurals for words of Latin and Greek origin.
The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1
Oats and eggs lead off this list of cheap foods high in nutrients. (Via Evangelical Outpost.)
Genius Junk Food: 6 Snacks That Are Actually Good For You
Pork rinds, coconut, chocolate bars, beef jerky, sour cream, and alcohol. All in moderation, of course. (Via Evangelical Outpost.)
internetmonk.com: Baptist Holy Days of (Guilt and) Obligation
A comprehensive list including Mother's Day, the opening Sunday of a revival, church potlucks, VBS programs, Promise Keepers rallies, and the Olin Mills Church Directory photoshoot. (But he omitted any reference to church camp, including the binding obligation on Oklahoma Baptists to make pilgrimage to Falls Creek.)
Brit Gal' in the USA: Baptism of fire!
Murphy's Law reigns supreme on the first day back for a small-town Oklahoma elementary school. "But we survived, we were all still pretty cheery if weary at the end of the day and surely things can only go uphill from here?!"
Alicia Sacramone - Stan Geiger
"I'm sure she wanted to just go off somewhere and cry. But she didn't; she couldn't. The heart of a warrior won't allow such things. She got back on the beam and finished her routine. And then, fighting the tears, she did her floor routine.... From my perspective, however, it is silliness to call going up against the best gymnasts in the world and coming away with a silver medal a loss---especially when the team had injury problems and your primary competitor cheated. The team did a great job."
The manager of the 1980 Tulsa Drillers is now a coach for the Ft. Worth Cats, in his 60th year in professional baseball as a player, manager, or coach. As an 80-year-old in 2005, he led the Cats to a league pennant. His website includes a page devoted to the many ways box-score editors abbreviated his 11-letter last name.
The Corner on National Review Online: 25 Hints You're Not Voting for Obama
"If you're an independent, moderate or conservative on the fence about whether to vote for McCain or Obama, here's a helpful guide...."
Don LaFontaine - Push Creative
"King of Voice-overs" tells all! "Given the amount of microphone time that I have been afforded, I had better be pretty good at what I do - but I think my reputation is based upon my longevity in the business as much as it is on talent. That, and the stark, unreasoning fear that I engender in my enemies.''
No Blog of Significance: Just Too Weird
Animal bakery? Click to see a strange photo from small-town Oklahoma.
This is too, too funny, particularly for any parent of small children.
The Judge Report - A Summer Night
A College League baseball game in a restored 1920s ballpark in New York's Mohawk Valley: "Games, food, silliness, mascot, prizes, color, lights, cheers, jeers. It's everything that home town baseball should be, and it doesn't hurt that the team has been winning. In the seventh inning everyone stood and sang along with Kate Smith and God Bless America, sights aimed at the flagpole behind center field, 408 feet from home plate, following that with a rousing Take Me out to the Ball Game, now celebrating its 100th year."
