Vanilla

Vanilla… not an origin that you would have expected!

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  1. Rijk says:

    Are you people blind? This is so obvious!

    Marine, you dirty.

    I can only say this (its not mine, forgot where i first heard it):
    A dirty mind is a joy forever. And you got one too.

  2. MtnDood says:

    Vanillla FTW!!! I also delve in other flavors. I like to be diverse ;-)

  3. rangerwesley says:

    :)

    I have one word for you strawberry, I like strawberry ice cream best.

    Have a good Day. ;)

    :)

  4. Who left the reply with the following quote:
    “Thanks For The JaegerMeister Inspiration”?
    :?: :???:

  5. BillyB says:

    Vanilla art, Interesting begining at the end.

  6. asuper says:

    vanilla, but chocolate vanilla swirl is awesome

  7. mytempti says:

    why is the three flavored ice cream called Neopolitan?

    i love your vanilla…lol

    http://www.mytemptinglingerie.com

  8. jt1stcav says:

    Chocolate was my favorite flavor. But now I think it’s vagi…I mean, vanilla! :razz:

  9. animalntaz says:

    I remember that one The Simpsons episode, where Homer was digging through the freezer, searching boxes of that triple flavored ice cream (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry), and ONLY the chocolate portions have been eaten out! :lol:

    Do they make it like that anymore? :???:

    Homer: “Oooh! MARGE, WE’RE GOING TO NEED MORE CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, AND STRAWBERRY FLAVORED ICE CREAM!”

  10. nw2394 says:

    Well, ironically perhaps, definitely not chocolate, nor even strawberry. They are, well, too vanilla.

    Vanilla, on the other hand – very tasty. I like to get my tongue around that :shock:

    Nick

  11. sxcat says:

    Vanilla,which comes from Central America, was used by the Mayans as money and for medical purposes—their word for vanilla is “zizbic”

  12. davecodave says:

    I’ll take whatever your serving :roll:

  13. tiger13cd says:

    there is nothing “vanilla” about you…

    but i’ll take chocolate ice cream… :grin:

  14. jimj122345 says:

    When I was in the Military, I did research on the Vanilla Bean.
    I found the best tasting was from England and then the
    former USSR. (Now Russia) However, If you wold like to prove
    me wrong, I will go for it! jimj122345

  15. drunken taz says:

    Vanilla, I think ben & jerrys is the best tasting. but my fav is cherry garcia. ( between it cheese burgers & beer no wonder I can’t lose weight) :lol: speaking of cheese I got a request. would you research where the name of the type cheese named stinky bishop came from?

  16. muggins says:

    Homework: It’s chocolate over vanilla. But, @ the super market that display dozens of flavors, I end up choosing either peanut butter cup, mint chocolate, or rocky road. And I’m keeping my eye peeled for the fabled mother’s milk ice cream.

    In an attempt to get Extra Credit: Who makes the better vanilla flavor ice cream? Haagen-Dazs (which is very hard to spell, and I don’t know how to get those 2 dots over the ‘a’….what’s that font called anyhow?), or Ben & Jerry, or Baskin-Robbins :?:

    I will give them a taste test today and report back. :lol:

    • rosiecheeks says:

      i say its a tie between haagen-dazs and baskin robbins. they don’t have a bf in nebraska tho which sux, at least not that i know of. but i’ve never has ben and jerry. report back later! :smile:

    • muggins says:

      Here are the results:
      I taste tested four (4) vanilla ice creams. It wasn’t a scientific test, (no blind fold, no random order), but the results ran counter to my expectations. The scoring was on the Olympic Games scale, where 10.0 would be cosmic perfection, and that would be my memory of homemade vanilla ice cream, and zero (0) completely unacceptable as is the vanilla flavor in generic Neopolitan ice cream.

      The Gold Metal winner of the four ice creams was Haagen-Dazs Vanilla, scoring a whopping 9.3. Yummy !

      Coming in for the Silver medal was Haagen-Dazs Extra Rich Light at 8.4. Surprisingly flavorful.

      In third place, for the bronze medal was Ben and Jerry’s Vanilla scoring a shocking 7.2. (Anything above 8.0 gets my recommendation). Apparently, vanilla flavoring is expensive because Ben and Jerry are clearly skimping on vanilla flavor and at their prices, that’s unforgivable.

      Baskin Robbins 31 flavors Vanilla scores just below Ben & Jerry’s at 7.0. Why buy vanilla ice cream if you can hardly taste the vanilla flavor?

  17. dvdpage says:

    Thanks Marina
    I’ve always liked vanilla. Maybe It’s simple.
    its clean to me and always refreshing.
    Chocolate is savored but Its like eating
    frosting for me in that a little goes a long
    way. rated +5

  18. bobsully says:

    I have always loved Vanilla, and now I understand why. :wink:

  19. hutchiee says:

    omg you Rick Rolled us!

    Vanilla, I like the flavour of it more than chocolate and could eat it for hours.

  20. kahnil says:

    o.k.- vanilla or chocolate, well obviously heard choice , well depends on my mood

    anyway, why choose if u can mix?
    hell i’ll take both one after the other and together

    (if i can’t have m, why shuld i be faithfull…. joking!!!)

  21. swampwiz says:

    Марина, я люблю шоколад.

    But, the way you explained it, I also like Vanilla. :grin:

  22. HEY ym sweet friend Marina you are wonderful and very beautiful a women for me I love you!

  23. raven62 says:

    Vanilla is my favorite between the two. It may be plain but you can sure dress it up with toppings. :smile:

  24. jmcargal says:

    I like the way that when I start this thing, I get six screens in front of the main screen and I am to choose one of those and miss the new lesson. In fact it is very easy to get two lessons going simultaneously or to get the main lesson going twice, say out of sync by 5 seconds. Now maybe this site doesn’t work with Firefox or perhaps I truly have gone senile and can’t operate a pc anymore or is anyone else having trouble with this? Or has Hotforwords decided to screw with the viewers? I suppose I can remove myself from the mailing list and avoid this trouble.

  25. trikerskip says:

    I’ll have vanilla thank you!!!

  26. CheVolay says:

    you guys can play with the euphemism all you want me I just like to eat pussy :mrgreen:

  27. samuel3d says:

    I think I will eat Chocolate from now on :shock: :eek:

  28. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention: Or, in the absence of one or the other…
    I’m not fussy…
    :mrgreen: :smile: :grin: :wink:

  29. I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!!!!!! Chocolate Ice Cream by itself… and French Vanilla wallowing in a puddle of Jagermeister, or Creme De Menthe or Amarula, or Rum, or something alchoholic and fiery that burns on the way down… :mrgreen: :twisted:

  30. r1wolf says:

    Ice cream: Chocolate
    Women: Vanilla :twisted:

    Who would have guessed where vanilla came from, not me!

  31. CheVolay says:

    Marina post on twitter:
    hotforwords editing my new video…will be uploading in an hour.

  32. mijj says:

    ok .. update on my new pc build (as if anyone’s interested) … i’d appreciate comments if you spot anything silly below … so far …

    decided upon and ordered the case:
    [Thermaltake Lanbox Lite]

    motherboard:
    [asus P5Q-EM]
    intel socket:lga775 chipset:g45

    cpu:
    [intel Core 2 Quad 2.83GHz 1333FSB]

    mem:
    [Corsair DDR2 1066GHz bus speed, total 4x 2GB]

    next:
    power supply.
    (wont bother with a dvd drive, i already have an external one.)
    (motherboard has chipset with intergrated graphics and can drive 2 digital monitors – so no graphics card needed. :)

    • CheVolay says:

      …everybody in the USA is busy watching election results so your computer seem mighty interesting bout now

    • CheVolay says:

      …geeeez does it have a power cord? :mrgreen:

    • Sweet! What are the max resolution / memory specs for the onboard graphics? :mrgreen:

      • mijj says:

        simultaneously …

        HDMI port: max. resolution 1920 x 1080@60Hz
        DVI port: max. resolution 1920 x 1080@60Hz

        plenty enough for me.
        i like not having to stuff a graphics card in there. keep it nice n cool n quiet.

    • (Now all you need are two Sony HD 52″ Monitors!)
      Hot damn! I-am-so-jealous-I’m-green! :mrgreen:
      Also, Maxtor has 750 GB One touch harddrives
      on sale at Costco for $89.00 US (buy two).
      [normal price is $250 per - oh what a deal!]
      That’ll give you 1.5 Tera bytes – perfect for
      all your graphic rendering requirements. :cool:

      • mijj says:

        yeh .. fuck me! .. that “9 nine” 9 second animation i did .. towards the end to generate the final sequence i was surrounded by a shade over 2000 image files. :shock: … i need huge amounts of space if i’m going to keep messing with that stuff.

        i’m not so sure i want it all on board the pc though .. some kind of external SATA drive would be best i think.

        oh .. massive monitors is a bit beyond me. … but .. maybe one massive monitor .. hmmmm …thinks

    • heh heh! The Maxtor 750′s are external USB’s!
      Set one for the render temp files and the other
      for the output files and it’ll be a screamin’ demon!
      I do something similar using 300 GB drives and
      Renderman for my AutoCad FEA simulations.
      Cuts the render times in half! With your CPU…?
      [Shit bang!] :mrgreen:
      I’ve already tested the Maxtors using a fast Apple,
      they can keep up with the processor using a
      high speed USB – awesome! :cool:

      • mijj says:

        oh yeh? .. that’s good to know. .. though i might have a check for external sata which should be faster .. don’t know anything about those tho .. i may even be imagining external sata.

        i think a major factor in reducing overall time will be having a better clue what i’m doing before i start. :)

  33. eleith1012 says:

    Hey Marina, what is the origin of the phrase Indian summer?

  34. mijj says:

    you know what? … M isn’t going to post her vid til i make one available so she can mess mine up. …ok then.. i’ll see what i can do.

  35. mijj says:

    come on, M .. get your finger out … and i hope you’re in something disgustingly filthy that’ll strain my pants like wot you wor for that wavy hair thing.

  36. mijj says:

    jeez .. i’m the only one posting .. and i’m not even here for another 3 weeks yet!!

  37. rosiecheeks says:

    hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or fear of long words.

    If it’s not still the longest word in the dictionary now, in what year was it the longest word??? Thanks Marina.

  38. rosiecheeks says:

    “who is being a prick at the moment?” i won’t disclose who the individual is for the following reasons. although i am very sure of who it is, after much analysis the evidence is and will be circumstantial. none of it would conclusively incriminate the individual.

    to identify this person would provide them with the satisfaction of receiving more attention. i do not want to enable them further and sustain their illness. since i could never definitively prove their guilt they would always have the security of doubt and the sustenance of attention. further, it is not my intention to have them publicly tried. i want to encourage them to abandon their dependence upon manipulating people to satisfy their weakened ego and acquire attention and acceptance under false pretenses.

    i am attempting to speak directly to the individual without identifying them so that they may save face and return to commenting as themselves. thus encouraging them to return to a healthier behavior. i pity this person, they are a victim of their own psychological illness. i also believe they are fully aware of their manipulative impulses and have the ability to reason and understand the ill effects of their behavior, yet they persist. as such i cannot respect them.

    so, i will not identify them, for their own good.
    ***
    Hmm, that’s quite inneresting without the t. Maybe it’s time you start worrying more about your problems and less about other people’s problems. It’s so easy to get upset with people in real life, but when it’s on a message board and you feel the need to preach about pitying a person that suffers from their own illness…perhaps you need to ” re-think” things over. Have a good one, buzz.

  39. mijj says:

    you know the “in the beginning was the word” thing? .. well .. which word was it?

  40. mijj says:

    is everyone still away hanging about on twitter?

  41. Tazman says:

    Hi Teacher! I need to know how to send you some artwork I did of you. Tastefully done I might add. You will get a kick from it I think. I hope to hear from you soon.

  42. tryant says:

    Between the two,I’d take chocolate in a heartgbeat. Lately tho,I’ve been getting a near-daily fix of Blue Bunny Big Double Strawberry ice cream bars,they do have “vanilla-ish” wafer tho. I haven’t had homemade ice cream in many years. When We were little My aunt used to bring milk She had paseurized on the farm,best milk ever in My little world! Mom had a butter churn too,I have a vague memory of helping with that.

    I just can’t ever think of plain old vanilla ice cream unless it is a big scoop on the verge of melting served with a large(1/4 pie)piece of very warm,fresh made,Apple Pie,or,Apple Crisp,,mmmmmmm yummy! Makes Me wanna scream “MAMA,I looove You!”..{Just on the off chance anybody gives a shit,that’s the American/German/English blood in My veins talking}.

  43. “Pebbles On The Beach” – you look …so… incredibly… wonderful in that shot! Is it just me, or is your right thumb under your ring finger and pinkie, and your left thumb over those fingers? No big deal, I just noticed. Find it interesting. Waiting for your vid “with baited breath” – (has that been done?)

  44. mortarman says:

    Could you do the word “Infantry”?

  45. Vanilla. Vagina, truthfully, if it’s not inappropriate to say here.

  46. jasonco2 says:

    Ok, so… Odd request I’m sure. But I’d LOVE to know the origin of the word “word”. Why are they called words? What language (if any) does it come from?

    Anyway,
    Love the lessons! They are most certainly some of the more intelligent things on the internet. :smile:

  47. I would like to request a word.

    Cataclysmic

  48. animalntaz says:

    I bet most people have forgotten this Vanilla Ice moment. :mrgreen:

  49. animalntaz says:

    HOMEWORK: Mint Chocolate Chip

    Chocolate and Vanilla flavors are so ordinary, that they are a bit boring.

  50. animalntaz says:

    I wonder if the people who named the vanilla plant after the vagina, ever had sex with the plant or pleasured themselves by the sight of it. :mrgreen:

  51. animalntaz says:

    Kinda makes me want to go to Baskin Robins and ask for Vagina flavor. :lol:

    …or better yet, French Vagina! :mrgreen:

  52. Neither, to be honest. Unless it’s Vanilla Bean, or Dark Chocolate, I want nothing to do with either. I prefer Pecans-Praline and Cream, myself.

  53. rosiecheeks says:

    it’s all coming back to me nooooowwwwww. see u guys later. i have an interesting word request, you’ll have to check back 2nite soon. Peace, jam nigguhs.

  54. rosiecheeks says:

    Hi mijj.
    I missed u lots like tator tots, but not as much as jello shots. :smile:

  55. mijj says:

    … or … was this vid about stirring ice cream with one’s … erm .. manhood! :shock:

  56. mijj says:

    so .. this vid was about various styles of sex? .. how did M tie that in with vanilla? .. is there inverse prudery involved?

  57. Warren says:

    Hello Marina,
    Since we’re talking about food and it’s the season-
    Turkey
    If somene is dumb they’re a turkey.
    When someone wants to be honest, they talk turkey.
    There’s a country named Turkey.
    There’s a vulture named turkey.
    What do you think Marina?
    Is it worth investigating?

  58. James says:

    Marina, How do you put little videos in your video..??

    Homework…
    Hmm vanilla or chocolate i cant decide one thing is for sure….

    I CERTAINLY WOULDNT WANT A VAGINA FLAVOUR ICE CREAM. this video would be great for another interview. I could rip the shit out of myself.

    Guess you are back from hawaii.. When i was on holiday i took a picture for you.. I will email you the link

  59. buzzword says:

    no matter how often you change your nick, gender, language, etc… you will always remain a pathetic individual. every time you return to this site as yourself or a new persona you sink deeper into neurosis. instead of seeking the attention of us you should get the attention of a psychologist. really, your pitiful, i have no respect for you.

    • James says:

      who is being a prick at the moment @?

    • rosiecheeks says:

      can you calm down. it’s just a message board. thanks.

    • John says:

      this has no subject attachment you speak of :?:

    • buzzword says:

      “who is being a prick at the moment?” i won’t disclose who the individual is for the following reasons. although i am very sure of who it is, after much analysis the evidence is and will be circumstantial. none of it would conclusively incriminate the individual.

      to identify this person would provide them with the satisfaction of receiving more attention. i do not want to enable them further and sustain their illness. since i could never definitively prove their guilt they would always have the security of doubt and the sustenance of attention. further, it is not my intention to have them publicly tried. i want to encourage them to abandon their dependence upon manipulating people to satisfy their weakened ego and acquire attention and acceptance under false pretenses.

      i am attempting to speak directly to the individual without identifying them so that they may save face and return to commenting as themselves. thus encouraging them to return to a healthier behavior. i pity this person, they are a victim of their own psychological illness. i also believe they are fully aware of their manipulative impulses and have the ability to reason and understand the ill effects of their behavior, yet they persist. as such i cannot respect them.

      so, i will not identify them, for their own good.

  60. sgt. pepper says:

    I just voted, so I was wondering where did the term Senate or President come from :?:

  61. sgt. pepper says:

    Wow, never would have made the connection with Vanilla.

    I wonder how Chocolate became synonomus with a desire for something “different”?

  62. cmariomej says:

    Hi, here is my word request:

    Word Request: HACKER

    Thank you :mrgreen:

  63. Dezdkado says:

    Word Request: Curmudgeon

    As in: That bitter old man is not just cantankerous, he’s a curmudgeon.

  64. pedanticKarl says:

    Did you catch the quote below?
    “There are only two ways to live your life.
    One is as though nothing is a miracle.
    The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

    Having the privilege of being here on HFW,
    now that is a miracle. I love miracles. <– Word Request
    Magickal Marina Miracles – The 3 Ms

  65. CheVolay says:

    Rose coined this phase last night
    Palin = Trophy Vice :grin:

  66. bsomebody says:

    Well, I just did my part to save the world. I hope all of you in the US remeber to vote today. :cool:

  67. pedanticKarl says:

    Hey mijj, are you familiar with Madame Helena Petrova Blavatsky? born in Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav), Ukraine.

    I’ve been meaning to ask Marina about HP Blavatsky and what she knows. I’ve read many of her works and I was curious how the Russian people see her work. But, Marina is way too busy for mundane things like this, so I won’t bug her.

    If I can find an interesting slant on a video Marina could do, then I’ll definitely ask her. Hmmm, the word SECRET comes to mind.

    Word Request: Secret As in, I have a secret. It’s for me to know and you to find out. :lol:

  68. mijj says:

    request for info from htw experts ..

    .. is anyone here familiar with “angel eggs”? … i thought this was the term used for those vibrating egg shaped devices ladies place within their .. v.. v.. v.. {stutters and sweats} VAGINAS{koff}.

    e.g. for entertainment on a boring afternoon, a lady might insert one or two of these prior to a visit to the cinema or a shopping trip .. like that lady in wales who fainted during a fit of orgasms in her local supermarket.

    anyway .. i was wondering if M uses those to help alleviate the boredom while she enlightens us with etymological treats. .. and .. if she doesn’t … should she?

  69. colinparr says:

    first of, we all got RICK-ROLLED…. awesome.

    and I say vanilla
    - all brands taste the same so you know what you’re getting
    - no one will take it from you cause it’s not interesting
    - it wont stain if you drop it on white clothes

  70. mijj says:

    ok, pedanticKarl .. here’s the main books i peruse … (don’t get the idea i study these, i’ve had these for years and continually browse them) …

    Magic – M.P.Hall .. this has been particulary useful in the last couple of months … a step beyond the usual kaballah stuff.

    Qabalism – Dr.H.B.Pullen-Burry

    The Hidden Treasures of the Ancient Qaballah – E.Gewurz

    The Power of Chi – M.Page

    The Trigrams of Han – S.Moore

    The Polarity Process – F.Sills

    The Science of Homoeopathy – G.Vithoulkas

    The Conscious Universe (Part and Whole in Modern Physical Theory) – M.Kafatos / R.Nadeau (re quantum physics)

    The Message of the Atoms (Essays on Wolfgang Pauli) – K.V.Laurikainen (re quantum physics and the nature of consciousness)

    Psychology and Alchemy – C.G.Jung

    “I” am a strange loop – D.Hofstadteer (re the nature of self awareness)

  71. hitoshi says:

    hello! everyone! my name is hitoshi aka felicity. my real name is very vanilla in japan. actually i know some have the same name as me arorund me.

    well, i ordered the calender the other day like many of you (the shipping cost is higher than the actual thing but lucky for me, we have the strongest yen in the world), how many days does it take till a thing arrives in japan from the us? do you know, anyone??

  72. bsomebody says:

    Word request: plagiarize.
    I am writing a research paper on how to write research papers. I stumbled across some interesting entymology for the word and would like to hear the expert’s take on it. Here is a clue: it would fit in really well during Talk Like a Pirate Week.

  73. cufan71 says:

    Homework :cool:
    I’m not real picky when comes to ice cream! However I don’t like nuts in my ice cream!

  74. CheVolay says:

    { wooooosh …….looks like a Tornado touched down here last night,…..any damage? } :shock:

  75. bsomebody says:

    @mijj, Good to see you back for a while. I am no help with building your puter. I have some puter-savvy friends and students, so I just take their advice on which one to buy at Best Buy or Wal-Mart. Best of fortune to ya :evil:

    • mijj says:

      hi! .. thanks for the message. .. actually, i’m not back yet. i’m not here at all because i’m taking a month break from hfw (2nd week now) .. so, you didn’t really see the stuff i posted. … it was a hallucination. .. as will all the other stuff i post .. erm .. be. :)

      yeh .. sometimes i wonder why i put my self through all the pain of trying to build a pc rather than just buy one .. it’d be cheaper that way too! … still .. it’s not as sand-pitty that way is it… i guess i’m just a kid playing in a sandpit when i’m building my pc.

      :)

    • bsomebody says:

      I thought the wife had spiked my Gatorade; it is good to see the source of the visions. BTW, we all choose our own sand pit, just beware of gifts from the cat!

  76. bsomebody says:

    My favorite ice cream is whatever flavor I have not had in a while. Variety is the spice if ice cream :razz:

  77. thxeleven38 says:

    Homework:(Kobe, lick this one.) When I was able to eat such taste treats, I didn’t go for the plain ordinary vanilla and chocolate. I went big time for the killer: SPUMONI!. For those non ice cream gourmets, it is a molded Italian desert made with layers of ice cream (three minimum) of different colors and flavors with fruits (cherry bits) and nuts (pistachios) between, often mixed with whipped cream (not the horsey or SnM versions). National SUPMONI days are August 21 in the USA and November 13th in Canada.

    P.S. Reminder, take a trip to Toronto late next week.

    • Dezdkado says:

      Spumoni is great stuff! I also like Tiramisu (even though that’s not an ice cream dish). Some of that and a nice glass of sambuca… if you get through that you won’t care about the main course! :mrgreen:

  78. _kristina_ says:

    What did you end up naming your dog, Marina? Did I miss that in the posts somewhere?

  79. _kristina_ says:

    Hi,

    I have a word/phrase request.

    Who coined the term “coined the term” and why? Is there money involved?

  80. pedanticKarl says:

    Homework: Vanilla
    The idea of Vanilla being plain and ordinary is way overrated or overstated, by marketeers, I’m sure. All those other flavors are great, but, relish the flavor of real vanilla ice cream and let it overtake you, if you know what I mean. :wink:

  81. mijj says:

    hiya folks!

    i’m betting my self imposed ban on visiting hfw is going to free some time. i’m going to use some of that time to build a new pc. (my current one is getting a bit flaky and is kinda slow.)

    i’m doing this by the skin of my teeth .. why am i blabbing about it here? … if anyone out there has any opinion at all, i’d be glad to hear it! – especially if they have any experience .. and .. erm .. especially even if they don’t. (- that’s why.)

    my new system has priorities: 1.quiet – 2.small – 3.powerful

    i hope (eventually) to run the system as Kubuntu Linux with Window XP running in a virtual machine.

    so far i’ve chosen and ordered the case :
    [Thermaltake Lanbox Lite VF6000BNS]

    i’m down to a choice between (intel socket:775 chipset:g45) motherboards. (I decided not to go with AMD am2+ boards for some reason .. can’t remember why .. i’ll just trust my earlier decision)
    [asus P5Q-EM]
    [Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H]
    (dual dvi-d and vga monitor support on the mboards – don’t need a graphics card! :) )

    so … still to consider:
    * cpu: particular intel core 2 quad processor (quad core because of the virtual machine thing)
    * memory (4GB or 8GB? – could i even fit 8GB into the box?)
    * hard drive
    * power supply
    * dvd drive

    by the end of the day i hope to have decided upon and ordered the motherboard, processor and power supply.
    memory (timings! .. they always confuse me!), hard drive and dvd drive tomorrow.

    • mijj says:

      ps. i’m glad M has gone for the usual outfit .. the one she had for the wavy hair thing was way too seductive.

    • thxeleven38 says:

      When I built my power tower, I wanted a fast Vista 64bit system with great graphics power. So I went with an intell quad on a NVIDIA motherboard with 8 gig ram, 2 per stick filling 4 slots. To boost the system I use RAID5 over 4 western digital SATA 320 GB drives. The system hasn’t choked on anything I have loaded on to it. One time a drive cable became loose, when I changed the fan speeds of the Antec case, and I didn’t even relize it happened for 2 weeks until a reboot and the RAID array reported the problem.

      • mijj says:

        i have a raid-5 lan storage system away in a different room .. so i dont think i’ll put a huge amount of storage within my actual pc. i prefer my main storage to be outside the pc … just in case.

        one thing that puzzles me about memory is getting the timing stuff right .. how important is that? .. it all seems a bit vague to me.

        plus .. do you use 9 bit mem? .. 8GB seems to be an awful lot of mem to assume it’d work faultlessly.

        oh yeh .. vista! .. it seems to me that vista requires a lot more processing power to do not much more than XP. would you say that’s true?

      • mijj says:

        “i prefer my main storage to be outside the pc … just in case.”

        d’oh!

      • thxeleven38 says:

        I don’t pay close attention to RAM speed when looking at specs. If your mother board supports DDR2 then buy DDR2 sticks, if its a DDR3 then use DDR3 sticks.

        I love Vista, you need a high performance graphic card if your going to run the visual enhancements such as animated wallpaper or aero window borders.

        Since I regularly manipulate large avi and mp3 files network storage is too slow for my needs.

        My smallest XP system has 2GB main memory. XP has behaved poorly for me when video editing, Vista hasn’t. I haven’t experienced a main memory problem in 30 years of using PCs. Disks are where the problems occur, it has moving parts which wear as they age, both read/write heads and the platters.

        Does Vista require more memory to run than XP? Yes.
        Does Vista run audio/visuals beter than XP? Yes.
        Does Vista support older PC games then XP? No.
        Does Vista use more processing power than XP? Yes.
        Does Vista crash less than XP? Yes.

  82. nighteye says:

    No pics obviously? Why not? There are very good drawings in biology books that you could’ve used there.

    Anyway, great video, and another word request: Shrubbery.

    Even the knights who say Ni ask for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8

    :D

  83. Bob says:

    Mai Thais on the beach?
    (She should be at work.) :lol:
    Nice dress, Marina. :smile:

  84. Bob says:

    Vanilla (Nah!) or chocolate? (2 polititians, one cup – Ugh!)

    I’ll go for Mint with chocolate chip or coffee flavoured, thanks.

  85. annuddermale says:

    i suppose if we’re going to describe sexual preferences in terms of ice cream flavors, i’d choose “rocky road” – gotta have a few bumps in the road to keep it interesting…

    not that i’d turn down vanilla – after all, vanilla ice cream is better than no ice cream at all… :cool:

  86. zafubern says:

    Chocolate and vanilla. Why settle for one when you can have the best of both worlds?

  87. cheapone says:

    I have a word request, as I was just watching an old Jeopardy and the clue was “This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker” and the right answer was rake. So where does the immoral pleasure seeker usage of rake come from?

  88. rosiecheeks says:

    N0O0O0O0OWWwWWwWWwWW i knoo why it’s called Vanilla Sky…

  89. gecoto says:

    My question is related to the word ‘slut’. In a particular text there is a description of an older woman as being slutty, but she is not slutty the way we think of it today. So, I looked the word up in an old dictionary from I believe the early 1800′s and it defined the word as an older woman.

    My question is, where did the flip come from to where we have the word and its use today?

  90. kobe says:

    Maybe you all need a little insight.
    If you only get one flavor for the rest of your life,
    You better choose one you can live with….( Not too sweet or bitter, dark or light ) or just plan on giving her half your shit when you stray. No matter how great the flavor “looks”, someone else got tired of IT and put IT back on the shelve. Beside all the other flavors started out vanilla before they got flavored…?. Just add a little topping to your Vanilla if you need a change. Vanilla is the most versatile….flavor :grin:

  91. labbatt78 says:

    I prefer chocolate than vanilla. I like to know the origin of the word “Patriot” :?:

  92. rosiecheeks says:

    TIME FOR A NEW VID. MARINA, THAT MEANS U. can u wake me up when she has a better more interesting video, and when her outfit actually matches. Also, i think marina would look snazzy with red hair. or light brown. wel. this is boring. good night.

  93. xv3ng3anc3 says:

    Because of the Presidential Election, where do the words “President, Election, Candidate, etc.” come from?

  94. filmboy19 says:

    I would like to know where Olly Olly Oxen-Free comes from.
    I know it is said in hide and go seek but that’s about all I know.

    And it depends on what mood I’m in for the Vanilla or Chocolate….

  95. morinkashi says:

    Can you research the words: Cacophany or Schizophrenia?
    -Thank You!

  96. tok-715 says:

    Ice cream?

    Personally, I’ll try any flavour as long as there’s any chance of it tasting good. If it does, I’m happy to have it again if no other choice exist.

    Given Vanilla or Chocolate ice cream, I’ll choose both. :smile:

  97. rosiecheeks says:

    Well, thank you nathan. My life could definitely use a paradigm shift. Okay, i gotta make this fast.

    KIND BUD. or KINE BUD.

    Which way is the CORRECT way you spell this plant?? It’s very controversial and looking it up online isn’t helping either. So, i need Marina’s help. Thanks.

  98. Dear Marina,

    I know the human body has hips… but, where did the phrase “hip” come from when referring to something being popular, or a person being “hip”? “I’m hip to it” was something I remember hearing, and it’s still used today in slang dialog. So, is it “hip” to swing your hips when you walk the walk, and talk the talk???

    Thanks,
    ~Michael :wink:

  99. Nathan says:

    Hey, Marina, I’m a little confused still. Maybe I misunderstood something you were saying, but it sounded like you said that the word “vanilla” was first popularized in the phrase “vanilla sex” to refer to ordinary sex. But then it seemed like you were saying that “vanilla sex” drew its name from the flavor of ice cream, since it too was such a common choice. So here’s where my confusion is; was the word “vanilla” first popularized by the flavor of ice cream, or by the phrase “vanilla sex”? And if it was the latter, exactly when and how did “vanilla” lose its sexual connotation and come to be the ice cream flavor we know and [some of us] love today? If you could answer that question in a future video it would be much appreciated. Such as in a video explaining the origin and meaning of the term “Neapolitan” ice cream, perhaps?

    I was also intrigued by something else in the video: the phrase “vanilla sex” itself. Obviously society’s paradigms on sexuality changed significantly in the 70s, but what exactly is considered “ordinary sex”? Does it just refer to everyday, missionary position sex, or is there more to it than that? I would be curious to see what you have to offer on the etymology of that phrase. For that matter, I would be curious to learn the meaning behind the name “missionary” as it is used to refer to a sex position, but I’m afraid if you gave the background on one sex position’s name, you’d get flooded with requests for explanations of other sex positions’ names. I’m sure it’d be opening a Pandora’s Box [no distasteful pun intended]. Come to think of it, you probably already get a fair amount of those.

    Anyways, thanks again. Your videos are excellent.

    –Nathan

    • rosiecheeks says:

      Are u serious. I still can’t get over how her outfit doesn’t match. Blue and ORANGE. what the hell was she thinking. :!:

    • rosiecheeks says:

      Okay, here is me being my smart, serious self:
      Nathan, ur the second person i have heard in about 2 or 3 months or so that used the word paradigm. Have u ever heard of the paradigm shift?? just curious. respond!

    • rosiecheeks says:

      ok, in ur own words, define paradigm shift.

      • Nathan says:

        Alright. When I think of a paradigm shift, I think of a general, sweeping change in the way in which a person or a people views or considers something. Like in the above reference, in the 60s and 70s there was a “paradigm shift” of sorts in that people were more sexually liberated; the topic of sex itself wasn’t taboo from public discourse and the relatively strict standards of sexual behavior that was the norm in the 50s began to loosen up. At least, this was the case in America. I can’t with any confidence say how widespread this was. Although, a paradigm shift can be a personal experience as well, such as if a person living in luxury was very selfish, but then saw how impoverished people live and started to be more caring about others, that would be a “paradigm shift.” That was probably a lot longer explanation than was necessary.

    • rosiecheeks says:

      I’m sure it’d be opening a Pandora’s Box [no distasteful pun intended]
      lol i totally overlooked that part. ur mightly clever.

  100. Dezdkado says:

    Homework: Mint Chocolate Chip… ala Baskin Robbins :grin:
    I do like vanilla, but I like chocolate more.

  101. hallify9 says:

    hey hello, where does the word narguile comes from? can you tell me please?

  102. Chemikal says:

    I see that the word booty has not yet been analyzed etymologically :) hmmm… that’s strange :P

  103. jareda17 says:

    Hey Marina, I am brand new to the website. Stumbled on it when I was doing a google search on “Halloween”. I am now an avid fan. I have a WORD REQUEST.

    For some reason my buddies and I were talking about telekenisis and being telekinetic but could not think of a verb to show the action of telekenisis; is it teleport? Could you shed some light on this for me? Thank you.

  104. danielpool says:

    Chocolate OR Vanilla. I like them both. But i like the smell of vanilla i would choose ? Russian apple dumpling is my favorite how about a half and half :lol: :lol:

  105. CheVolay says:

    now it’s time for a fun song Be my Yoko Ono this one is for Rose

  106. I’ve read somewhere that the countdown before rocket blastoff was first done in a movie. I can’t find any references to “zero hour” before WWI. Can you?

  107. CheVolay says:

    I’ll have what she’s having….

    {Rose is on a roll } :shock:

  108. shapechanger says:

    Hi – I am requesting that you investigate the phrase, “By the same token.” Thank you!

  109. seesixcm6 says:

    Dear совершенная Marina, I’ve been a subscriber for four months, as of today. So, for your “thank you”, I say “you’re welcome.” For your homework, I prefer chocolate over vanilla. I don’t dislike vanilla; I just prefer chocolate more.
    I hope you have a safe trip back from Hawaii and will be able to add your vacation photos to a future video of yours! :razz:
    Your dear student, seesixcm6

  110. leoNard says:

    Not crazy, strawberry is good but, you said to choose—?

  111. b says:

    When I was younger I worked for my uncle in construction. One day we were at a wholesale plumbing and heating supply shop. The guys in the warehouse asked my uncle how come he had such a raspy voice? My uncle said, “been eating too much vanilla!” Wow!!! Now I know what my uncle was up to! :lol:

  112. Is it my imagination or is Rosiecheeks really
    RRR back with a “new” identity? C’mon Greg,
    give it a break – it was tired the first time, but
    now it’s REALLY lame-o! LOL :mrgreen:

  113. HotForWords,

    Vagina is my favourite flavor, :oops: , I mean Vanilla.

    It’s all so coincidental I chose the box at the beginning for pusillanimous, which is now my favourite video, BTW.

    Anyways, I think Rose is a plain flavor also, if there was a combined flavor Rose + Vanilla, it would obviously top it all by ten thousand fold.

    YS,
    TOF

  114. Homework: Cherry Garcia, of course! :mrgreen:
    I love ice cream… love it, love it, love it!
    peaches and vanilla ice cream……OMG!
    BUT…. I don’t eat that much – cut it out
    of my diet. As a result, no love handles
    and no bhudda belly for me. :cool:
    I’m a tall, lean machine – no excess weight
    to slow me down. I tip the scales at 175. :grin:

  115. the shaun says:

    Vagina! I mean Vanilla! I don’t like chocolate too much, but if I do want some, I just use the.. liquid chocolate milk stuff. Forgot the name of it there.

    This is funny (or is it ironic?) because I heard some people say Vanilla is gay or considered a gay guy’s choice of ice cream before. This most likely comes from the fact that it is “white stuff”. I can now prove them all wrong! ..I just need to sit and wait for someone to say it now, which will probably never happen.

  116. MCLIJazz says:

    I like vanilla and chocolate mixed together, but I also like vanilla mixed with other flavors, like peanut butter, or toppings, like sprinkles or chocolate chips. So, I guess I prefer vanilla.

  117. John says:

    even chickens have a vigina unlike human males

    http://www.catoire-fantasque.be/Farmyard/chicken-anatomy.html

    Ive never associated food with sex, not untill watching these twinings your now showing

  118. rosiecheeks says:

    TEAM VERONICA!! TEAM FLATBUTTS! :roll: Goodnite, for real this time.

  119. rosiecheeks says:

    DEZDAKU or whatever the hell his retarded screenname, is, this message is for uu. I read what u said about Veronica Lake, and that was really rude. First off, who here knows if she really had a bad personality or not none of us personally know her. We’re just assuming it for the same reason we assumed marilyn monroe was banging the president and his brothers, and maybe even having a threesome with jackie. But when u tell a woman she has no ass, i would turn around and say thank you…because flat butts are the THANG!!! You’re just telling them you think they’re skinny, in an envious way, which makes it even more of a better compliment. Go kick rocks and get bent, dezdaku.

  120. Warren says:

    Hello Marina,
    Your forte is showing some great results.
    Vanilla or chololate? Ok, vanilla-but strawberry is really my favorite.

  121. cheapone says:

    I’ve always been a fan of chocolate.

  122. rosiecheeks says:

    This hotforwords shit is beatt. good night. :cry:

  123. runawayscott says:

    Wow, didn’t see that one comming. I gotta go with vanilla, it’s just a good solid creamy flavor, too much chocolate just gets boring after a while. Vanilla isn’t plain or boring to me.

  124. rosiecheeks says:

    I’m sorry for being mean to anybody on this board, it’s just that i live with a horrible family and the voices and sounds of them get deep under my skin. and i don’t have a laptop so i can’t go to a coffee shop and use their wifi. but i do like u guys. have a good night.

  125. rosiecheeks says:

    What is this? Request stupid words week? :roll: :roll: :roll: Oh well, at least whoever requested Vanilla was decent enough not to request Chocolate. *sigh*

  126. coltonharris says:

    What are the origins of “Astronomical”?

  127. CheVolay says:

    The band Vanilla Fudge was it making reference to a certain type of sex?

    HW ….prefer to get my swirl on, if you know what I mean :wink: :wink:

  128. were does the word discombobulated come from ;)

  129. dpmartin says:

    “Marriage”

    You seem to have a lot of links on your website about voting “yes” on prop 8. Where does the word marriage come from??? could that help us decide if it should be between a man and a woman only???

  130. smokey36bear says:

    why can’t I have both ?:grin:

  131. smokey36bear says:

    this is soooooooooooooo cool

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