Archive for July, 2008

The Proof is in the Pudding

I ate so much pudding trying to find this darn proof, I’m convinced it’s not there!

Teacher’s Assistant Captain Jack

Greetings fellow students,

I am Captain Jack. The new lead Teacher’s Assistant for HotForWords. As you may already know Marina spends full time in working on her HotForWords show. She does this all by herself. It’s a big undertaking running the classroom of a million plus students, making new video lessons, answering questions, updating the website, etc. That is what I am here to do; to take on some of the drudgery work for her. In this way she will have more time finish other projects she has been wanting to work on to make the whole HotForWords learning experience better. She has many great ideas to explore that I think you’re going to like.

A little about me. I am a US Coast Guard Licensed Captain and Instructor. Like Marina, I too am a teacher. I teach students on what they need to know to pass the USCG licensing exam, so they can get their license to become ship Captains like me. You can learn more about me at my website: captainjack.ws

I do not have a Philology degree as Marina does. I am not an expert in Philology. I leave all that up to our dear teacher. I do some etymology as a hobby. Mostly I study origins of Nautical words. Those intrigue me the most.

For all you that are applying for a TA position. There is still need for more TAs. So go ahead and let us know you are interested.

Well I have to go to work now. Marina is asking, “Where’s my coffee I asked for?!!”

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Jay was the pervious TA and did an AMAZING JOB!  You can find his page here.

Sandwich

Sandwich…. it’s origin rooted in gambling!  Plus sandwich jokes (??) at the end!

Say Uncle

Say Uncle!  Who is this Uncle guy who always saves you?

Calorie

This is a followup video on the word Calorie.

Birds and the Bees

The birds and the bees.. why the birds and the bees?

I got some dates wrong… Samuel Coleridge lived about 100 years earlier… but his poem didn’t use the actual phrase “birds and the bees”.. the 1939 date I was referring to was actually the first explicit use of the phrase “Birds and the Bees” which was in a Newspaper article at that time.

Coulrophobia

If you suffer from coulrophobia, DO NOT watch this video.

Here is the video of that woman who suffers from coulrophobia.

Sniglets

I was table snorkeling at the restaurant when I looked up at my friend and started laughing so hard as she had some serious quadriboobage.. I mean major!   Anyway… she was
telling me that she just discovered she had a Googleganger, and then I found that I had one as well.. I was so upset, I said, let’s go… and then my friend did some serious kidnapkinage.. saying she needed them for all the pupkus all over her car windows.. I told her I have the same problem with Kobe..

What did I just say???  Welcome to the world of sniglets!

Feisty

Feisty didn’t start out meaning what it means today!

Sisyphean

Those darn Sisyphean tasks!!!