Oatmeal. Since breakfast is my fav meal, and I don’t always have eggs on hand to make a veggie ‘n’ cheese omlette,
My fall back plan is to make oatmeal. The basic strategy is to have the ingredients in the cupboard, in quantity, bought when there’s a sale at the super market, to have on stand-by status. So, here is the recipe:
Put water and salt into a pot, measured according to the directions on the box of oats…maybe add 10% more water, you’ll learn to adjust. Dump a handful of raisons per person, quantity is variable ( I prefer a big handful ) into the water and then bring to a boil. This allows the raisons to plump up and soften. Then open a can of either peaches or pears, take out roughly half of the fruit and chop up very fine and add it to the pot. Measure out the oats into a bowl.
Then into that same bowl, add powdered goats milk ( I purchase Meyenberg Powdered Goats Milk, but regular cows milk powder will do…and if you have normal milk in the fridge, use it instead of water in the first step) and with a spoon, mix the oats and milk powder together, making sure to crush all the lumps in the milk powder. Then gradually stir in this mixture into the pot. Immediately reduce heat when it resumes boiling again, and stir occasionally for about 5 minutes. Serve in bowls, sweeten with honey or brown sugar, and garnish with a pile of croutons made from the heals of a sourdough loaf. Bon appetit.
I like to cook spaghetti sauce(vegetarian style). Not an easy word to spell , my students always get it wrong on their spelling tests . Maybe because it’s not an English word .
Homework: chicken and FISH!
Whole chicken rotiserried with lemon pepper
Almost any fish I can catch. Most folks don’t know
how to cook bluefish (oily and gamey fish) but I
have perfected it. Grilled and basted with a sauce
made from butter, lemon juice and cashews. tastes
and smells like a fine white fish – yum! The cashews
serve to knock down the oil and game aspects.
My grandfather taught me how to prepare blowfish.
Tastes like lobster meat. The filets are deadly, but
the tail meat is quite edible. They only take the bait once in awhile, so I freeze the meat and collect as many as I can before I cook ‘em.
Also, someone recently requested tarmac, which is what
pilots call the parking apron at the airport.
A guy is driving down the highway and a cop notices the guy has a baboon is his passenger seat. The cop turns on his siren and gets the guy to pull over. Cop says, “Hey, you gotta a baboon in the passenger seat… here’s $50… make sure you take him to the zoo right away”. The driver says sure officer… thank you… I’ll do that right away!.
Next day cop sees same car with baboon in passenger seat. He pulls the guy over and says, ” I thought I told you to take the baboon back to the zoo!”. The driver replies, “I did!… and with the change left over I am taking out to a movie tonight!”
OK… I gotta leave for a bit… going to the deli to get a pizza and a beer. So I’ll see y’all a little later. In the meantime, here’s another bad joke… told to me by an Irish uncle.
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender asks him, “You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time.”
The Irishman replies, “Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I’m here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we’d drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.”
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: He orders three pints and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss.”
The Irishman looks confused for a moment. Then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs. “Oh, no,” he says, “everyone’s fine. I’ve just quit drinking.”
Thanks for the terriffic joke, Dez – I’m off for food as well. I know she’ll post a new vid as soon as I leave, so I’ll keep you guys waiting no longer
My mental image of Marina’s golden years places her in the arms of someone in the scientific community – some genomic researcher or someone at Cern who discovers the Higgs boson, gets the nobel prize, and they live happily ever after in relative obscurity, but continuing to routinely make videos for her YouTube following.
“Fianchetto replied on November 11th, 2008 5:25 pm:
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My mental image of Marina’s golden years places her in the arms of someone in the scientific community – some genomic researcher or someone at Cern who discovers the Higgs boson, gets the nobel prize, and they live happily ever after in relative obscurity, but continuing to routinely make videos for her YouTube following.”
no way!! .. M is essentially creative and a megalomaniac! … she wouldn’t get lumbered with being an addon to a scientist! Being a partner to a manipulative politician would give her scope to be a villain in a Bond type scenario – yes .. she could subtly manipulate her politician better-half into creating wars in places convenient to her megalomaniac plans. (stroking Gorby in her arms while she does so.)
*Saluting our Vets* Who among us have served or are serving in their country’s military?
My family has a long history of service to our respective country’s armed forces… going back to the founding of the Colonies. I say respective because my family has fought on both sides of almost every major war in which the US participated… French, Cherokee, and British relatives during the French and Indian War, Rebel and Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, Yank and British during the War of 1812, Southern and *spit* Yankee during the War of Northern Aggression, Yank and Jerry during WWI, Yank and Kraut during WWII…
More recently though…
A very good friend of mine was a US Marine and a tank mechanic in Vietnam. So many tank drivers were killed that he was reassigned from being a mechanic to being a driver. In strange, quiet, rare moments he would describe a few experiences… twice he was the only man in his unit to return from patrol. For him I present Goodnight Saigon.
An uncle was a pilot in the USAF during Vietnam. He was shot down while returning from a sortie into North Vietnam. Though (thankfully) he was not killed or captured, his left arm slammed into the canopy when he ejected, crippling him.
My maternal grandfather was a torpedo-man in the US Navy during WWII. He missed Pearl Harbor by a few hours, and went on to survive the sinking of three destroyers on which he served (one was the USS Cooper). His brother, my Great Uncle, who was also in the US Navy, survived the Bataan Death March. Both were deeply affected by what they had experienced. Both came away with a hatred for war… tragically my uncle could never forgive his captors and died a very bitter old man. My grandfather hated the American Red Cross for their insensitivity during the war.
My paternal grandfather had been a doctor in the US Health Service before WWII working on a cure for Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy). After Pearl Harbor he was commissioned in the US Army. He served in M.A.S.H. units in WWII and Korea.
A Great Uncle of mine (Wilhelm or “Uncle Willy” as I called him), on my mother’s side, was a Prussian and a U-Boat Officer during WWI. His ship was captured by the British Royal Navy, and he emigrated to the US after the war. During WWII he worked for the US State Dept., providing information on the capabilities, armaments, tactics, etc. of the U-Boats of the German fleet.
My father was a Communications Officer in the USAF during Vietnam. My step-father was an orthopedic surgeon in the USAF and was the on-call physician whenever Presidents Nixon or Ford were aboard Air Force One. His best friend during his service was a great surgeon and a good man, an Air Commodore in the RAF, Dr. Vera, from a small town North of London.
I served for eight years as an enlisted man in the USMC, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant, from the end of the First Gulf War to just prior to the Second Gulf War.
I did my four in the USN. I was in during the latter part of the Cold War. I never saw combat, thank God. I did get to see Vladivosok from out at sea. I would have waved to our dear teacher, but she had not been born yet. My father was a career Marine. 21 years as an officer. He did two tours in ‘Nam, lived and died Marine Corps.
Before I joined the Corps I wanted to be Navy, just like my grandpa… and the Navy recruiter I went to wanted me to be a nuke tech on a sub… he was all ready to send me to Orlando for school when I changed my mind. Sometimes I wonder what would have been had I decided to be a glow-in-the-dark swabbie instead of a jarhead.
Thank you for your service and for your family’s service. I served in the Army Signal Corps and then DOD decided to “loan” me to the USN to upgrade their electronics. I found out it was true that the Navy got better food than the ah, “calories” they provided in the Army.
I don’t think the average civilian realizes how much Military service takes from you, physically and mentally. It took me a while to re-engage into civilian life.
It took me at least two years after I left the Corps to stop calling everyone a “piece-of-sh*t civilian.” Military life will make you see hardship and privilege with fresh eyes. I remember one of my USMC buddies telling me “We’ve worked so hard with so little for so long, that now we can do anything with nothing.”
I was in for 20, now retired for 18, and I still find it hard to think nice things about civilians. I sometimes think my pony-tail is my only adaptation to civilian life. Please consider this a Veteran’s Day salute. Thankyou.
I put in 20 in the Navy; 8 enlisted and 12 as an officer. One duty station was working with the Coast Guard ( and I proudly have two Coast Guard ribbons ).
They seemed to have shooting everywhere I went overseas, although theoretically we were at peace for most of my service.
My father was in the Army and two uncles were in the Navy; one had his ship sunk during WWII but he survived.
My nephew was in the Air Force, and my girlfriend’s nephew has been to Iraq, and is still in the Army.
Knock on wood I never knew anyone who died in combat, but sometimes surviving can be almost as bad. A friend came back from Nam a heck of a nice guy, but with rarely willing to share his experiences out loud.
For everyone who reads this:
Since ( most of us ) can’t directly salute the fallen, give thanks to those who made it through; and please don’t forget those still on the front lines. Even if you disagree with the war, even if you disagree with how the war is being fought, they ARE defending OUR freedom.
Yes, many are silent. My Marine friend, my Grandfather, and my Great Uncle were all very tight-lipped. When my Grandpa told me what had happened to him at Ormoc Bay, my illusions of the glory of war were somewhat modified. I think he grieved more for his lost friends than anything that had happened to him.
He was a professional at changing his identity. He wrote a different name and that he was younger on his attestation paper… nobody really checked and he was in good enough health. He was apart of the 211th Battalion (Canadian Expeditionary Force – American Legion) at Vimy Ridge, France… came home, married a women 50 years younger and had 10 kids.
He was 86 when my dad was born. My father was in the Canadian Navy for 10 years… out in the Pacific around the time of the Korean War.
That’s very interesting, and I mean that sincerely. From my studies I had learned that many Americans from the US, eager to aid our allies, or get into the fight, became Canadian citizens in order to enlist and go to war. This has occurred during both World Wars. I have never, until now, found information that supported what I had been told.
Look under Canadian Expeditionary Force in Wikipedia for some more info. Good external links at the very bottom. I was looking at a list of names in the Canadian 211th Battalion archives and found lots of guys whose homes were back in the U.S. I will try to find it again and will post you the link in a box below this when I find it.
I was four years in USAF, where my toughest problem was keeping from falling asleep at the NSA (bored stiff). My overseas Morse-intercept posting was in Brindisi, Italy, which has a climate identical to my home town of Sacramento. My worst pain was that my back went out the day before I was to be discharged, requiring me to take an absolutely useless medical exam. Yeah, I had it really rough.
Please give your thoughts on the origin of “tragedy”. I enjoy your site and the sight of you. Your accent reminds me of my beloved friend Mirta Padovan of Zagreb, Yugoslavia ( as it was known back then ). Many Thanks and best of luck.
hmmm .. this sounds like it’s mocking .. but .. i mean .. i like the idea of seeing photos of trivial irrelevant things .. it sorta tickles my funny bone.
Better to be safe! I linked to a photo from a restaurant site that had a photo of chicken and rice. If it has a virus, don’t go there!
(I wish I could delete it, now.)
Well, since the origin is actually pretty, interesting, HotForWords decided to… what? Investigate?! Where does that come from? Please investigate “investigate”.
Thanks,
.NetRolller 3D
Now that my internet is running a bit better I can preload the lessons in about 10 minutes instead of 30mins to an hour.
Homework: Humm. So many favorites. Ok, I’ll just pick one. Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls (aka Summer Rolls) They are great dipped in a sweet peanut sauce. I’ve come up with about a dozen different ways to make them. I sometimes us tuna fish instead of shrimp. I like to use sea vegetables (aka sea weed), carrots, cucumbers, cilantro, etc. The rice paper is a fun challenge to work with. It takes a bit of practice to master.
Welcome back, Captain! Good to see you again – I imagine you’ve got a lot of homework to catch up on! Hope all is going well with you and hope to see you more frequently in class here!
Thanks! Yea, I have a few half days off to play catch up. Things should get better now there is a new commander in chief taking office. I think Im going to ship a chainsaw to President elect Obama so he can cut out the corruption out of the government. I see many of them running away already. Im starting to feel a bit better about being part of America.
Thank you sir! I served in the US Navy. But now I’m a part of the US Coast Guard as a licensed Merchant Mariner / Instructor. Im not familiar with this ‘authority of acquisition’. I’ll have to ask around for that answer.
I just realized I missed Vets Day. I’ve had a difficult week with many project that over due for attention. I had an intruder board my yacht and attempted to enter my boat this week. They opened my back door but never entered. They closed the door and left. I didn’t see this take place but my sister woke me up at 3am to inform me of what happen. This almost never happens in the boating world. I was not able to capture the intruder on video because my computer froze, so I was not able to identify the intruder. Im not worried, and don’t expect this to ever happen again. Living on a boat is safer than living in house thats located in a large city. Most marinas have electronic gates, but this one doesn’t.
I sleep easier aboard ship… even in the bow, and even when the ship is corkscrewing. Perhaps your intruder was someone attempting to visit a boat in a neighboring berth? When he realized his mistake, he closed up and left… maybe? When I was a teen I helped my family to rebuild a 46′ sailing yacht (1973 Far East Trader… very sturdy craft). While I lived aboard no one could take a step from dock to ship (and vice versa) without my feeling it taking place…even when I slept. It made me feel secure, in a small way, to know I couldn’t be surprised. And yes, our marina had electronic gates too… but they didn’t always keep people out.
I sleep in the bow of this boat. It’s very cosy here.
Nope, it was an intruder. I have very different boats next to me. One is a fishing boat the other is a racing sailboat. This is a tiny marina with about 12 boats in it. Can’t make a mistake on this one. The person also had prior knowledge on how to work the latch to the door. I also never assume its a ‘he’. Could have been a ’she’.
I have been working 12+ hours a day. I could sleep though a tsunami. Also my yacht moves all the time because of the ships that go by every 15 minutes or so. I also oiled the sliding door so its virtually silent when its opened.
Funny thing about electronic gate is the keep people from the streets from just walking on to the docks but nothing to keep people from the water getting onto the dock or other boats. I think the electric gate are to limit yacht owners access to their yachts when they are late on their moorage fees.
hey marina. I’m a magician, and I’ve been wondering for a long time what the origin of the word MAGIC is. could you help please? Thank you
love ozzybhoii07
Dear Hot for Words,
One of my friends has been misusing the word penultimate a lot lately to describe something as the best or unsurpassed. Try as I may I can’t get him to look it up. I thought he might pay attention coming from you.
Thanks,
itseggs
I hate to overpost, but there is this other word a dear friend of mine and I found intriguing: “refrain.” In music, it means to repeat a certain part of melody, but in other contexts it means to stop doing what you are doing. How could the same word have almost opposite meanings?
Марина, прелесть моя, приветик
ТЫ просто чудесная как обычно… ты спросила у нас что мы любим готовить… а я обожаю готовить все возможные виды рыбы, и особенно с венецианскими или французкими рецептами… если хочешь, я могу их тебя отпрпавить, иначе когда бываешь во Франции или в Венеции дай мне знать.
и ещё если не внушаю тебе доверия как шеф, я знаю все возможные рестораны и в Венеции и в Париже
Since today it is the first time i’m back in class after such a long time…i could not resist the temptation to write you something in our lovely language…
They do have vehicles that run on wind generators not ‘windmills’. Windmills are used to mill agricultural products, like flour.
Wind generators can produce electricity which in turn can charge the battery of an electric vehicle also solar panels can do the same.
I have been doing a bit of market research in L.A. and San Francisco, California area. I came across conflicting origins. Some say its Spanish for a wide bay. Others say its a combination of the Spanish words cala that means ensenada and the latin formix that means vault. Still I hear of a reference to a fictional island called California. Then I found out that it could been a combination of the Latin calida and forno into a word that roughly meant hot furnace. I think if I had to pick one I like the latter because my favorite appliance when I lived in Long Beach, Ca. was the air conditioner.
I don’t need to know the etymology of this word to complete my research but was just a bit curious.
Humm interesting. It seems that there is going to be more research involved than I have time for. Im a bit surprised that in all the years passed there is no definite origin agreed upon yet. Im thinking maybe a key book that has the answer might have been destroyed in a fire.
Yea. I had to do that. I was working on my site and was getting emails about when my site was going back online. I made some major changes and had some problems so im starting back at square one. I have no time to work on it right now so I just put it in suspension. I have been kind of busy with getting maritime tv show going and working hard in my class to run on autopilot. I wish I could clone myself. The class is going much better now that I don’t have to do daily planning and research. As for the tv show. Well all I can say right now is that Im so very nervous.
Well I wouldn’t call it a superyacht. It’s not that fancy. Just yesterday I got lost in the engine room and had to use my GPS to find my way back to the salon. I think I need to make a map of the yacht for next time. I still have other other sailing yacht. I need to put on some speed wax and post a for sale sign on it. You know I just counted how many boats I own. “4″!! Darn! Im running late for class. Got to go! bye.
Here’s a quick excerpt from the Online Etymology Dictionary:
California: name of an imaginary realm in “Las sergas de Esplandián” (”Exploits of Espladán”), a romance by Sp. writer Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo, published in 1510, which was said to have been influential among Sp. explorers of the New World and may have led them to misidentify Baja California as this land and mistake it for an island. Where Montalvo got the name and what it means, if anything, is a mystery.
I find that difficult to believe for how could they mistaken the west coast as an island unless they where referring to the islands just west of the mainland. Oh now this is just rising my curiosity a bit more.
Remember Cap’n, Baja California is a relatively narrow peninsula. It could easily be mistaken for an island if the travellers did not go far enough north.
It seems that I remeber the history similar to Che’s explanation. They did migrate by land very early. It would seem, then, that they would have to enter the peninsula by land. Coming from the north, they could not have mistaken it for an island. hmmm
Yes, they did walk there first… I believe from Panama, and I think it was Balboa. He claimed the “South Sea” for Spain… and either he or Magellan named the sea Pacifica (Peaceful) because it was (to the observer) calmer than the Atlantic. Magellan sailed into the Pacific around 1500 C.E., before Cortez’s conquest of “New Spain”.
I know they did get into California very early. Spanish missions date from the mid-16th century. They got fairly far north, too, up towards San Fransisco.
On the maps of not to long ago the body of water between the Baja and mainland MX was called the Sea of Cortez now I’ve noticed it is called the Sea of Mexico. Not sure when and why the name was changed.
So are you building your computer and commenting simultaneously, like you install a component or solder a piece then refresh your HFW page, Yada yada yada, back to work.
I asked Mijj to keep us up on his build. So maybe I could learn something. I have build two computers but nothing like this. So I want to see what settings he uses on the motherboard at the DIN settings.
You wouldn’t believe what some people use to cool their machines. Ice water coolers, Freon cooling systems much like a fridge. I use multiple fans on my machines as Mijj is using on his.
oh yeh .. after peering thoughtfully at all the options for the dip settings outlined in the motherboard manual .. i decided to leave em all at the default settings.
looks to me that ‘Dominator refers to the fans, rather than the memory, but still has no effect on the validity of your comment on the name choice… ‘Dominator fans’ sounds equally absurd to me.
LOL! Sounds like a military or police weapon. OH! Perhaps it is really a thought control device that will take over your mind on power-up! Watch out, mijj!! Could be an unpublished part of someone’s evil plan from a couple of lessons back!
that site you linked earlier didn’t cover dual booting windows and MAc, if you want to dual boot you’d have take a whole different road….
Also, I had kalyways mac osx 10.5, which worked…. but not as perfect as i’d like (there’s nothing wrong with it though, I even suggest you try that one first), so I installed the real mac thing, so no cracked version , after a long time of installing all kinds of patches and changing all kinds of kext files It finaly worked.
I’m not gonna explain the whole proces, that would take way to long :lol
I suggest you start hanging out at http://forum.insanelymac.com/
I couldn’t have done it without that website, you can find everything on there that you will need to get you started on building your own hackingtosh.
plus .. id really prefer to install the mac into a virtual machine, but i dont know if that’s feasible.
plus .. do you know if the mac os needs partic graphics cards for the graphics to function well? … because i have no intention of using anything other than the integrated graphics on the chipset.
No, you don’t need any particular graphics card, although you need to configure mac to get it properly working with your graphics card.
I have an onboard 950 GMA and after installing some kext files I got it working properly, At first I couldn’t change the screen resolution, but now i can.
@Capman your neck of the woods seems ideal to run a diesel car or farm equipment on cooking oil, with the popularity of fried ‘everything’ must be a lot of used cooking oil around.
side note, I was in traffic with a Mercedes converted to run cooking oil, it smell like french fries, made me hungry
I have a friend that owns a restaurant so getting used peanut oil wouldn’t be a problem. I need to find out how to convert my diesel tractor so it will run on bio fuel. Good idea. Che and Dez.
There is a slang word in Spanish to describe a man who is ‘pussy whipped’ by his wife. Not sure of the exact spelling, sounds like mantalon this translate roughly into apron or apron string.
Further thought on the MX slang word mantalon concludes the definition is ‘to be tied to the apron of your wife’.
ok .. M uses Final Cut Pro (thanks pedantickarl – why dont i ever think of reading instructions/faqs/etc.?) .. which means iMovie which is free with mac isn’t good enough.
not if yer a goddam layabout student tho (i hope).
i’m gonna return to my Website Development course once i’ve sorted out exactly what i’m interested in doing, then i’ll be a lazy parasite student and will get student discount.
@mijj. You prolly already found it, but here is what M says:
What do you record and edit your videos with?
The earlier videos were recorded on my MacBook using iMovie and edited with Final Cut Pro. The later videos are recorded on a Sony Camcorder, but again, recorded directly to my MacBook and edited on Final Cut Pro. Now I’m going back to recording on my MacBook again at times.. so it varies between the MacBook and the camcorder.
What do you record and edit your videos with?
The earlier videos were recorded on my MacBook using iMovie and edited with Final Cut Pro. The later videos are recorded on a Sony Camcorder, but again, recorded directly to my MacBook and edited on Final Cut Pro. Now I’m going back to recording on my MacBook again at times.. so it varies between the MacBook and the camcorder.
i waited and waited but finally, i gave up and pulled my finger out and dragged myself over to where pedantickarl pointed me and had to look up the info myself!
… i started a thread in the GuardianUnlimited forum…
Bellycat – 03:30pm Nov 11, 2008 GMT (#11 of 12)
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I installed Mac OS X on my Dell 1520 last night, dual booting with Vista. The install went swimmingly apart from the fact it won’t boot. It just sits there on the Darwin/x86 bootloader wiating for me to choose an OS. Vista boots fine but if you choose OS X nothing happens. at all.
one tick on the “disincentive to put energy into it” box.
What does Marina have in her refrigerator:
Miso paste (red)
Ativia yogurt
orange juice
organic milk
strawberries
also keeps some sinful delights like chocolates hidden in the freezer
wheat germ and maybe Spirillina
Why are the lessons no longer on ITunes (UK) ?
Have you stopped posting them there ? I work away and always follow the lessons when travelling .. better than in flight entertainment
i’m still convinced it’s Marina … i’m pretty sure because she was fascinated by you, and now she’s fascinated by Fianchetto, with narry a look in my direction. … that evidence is hard to ignore.
just out of interest .. does anyone know what sw M uses for her vids .. did she use the same for the Halloween vid thing as the normal stuff? .. i liked the gimmix on that.
ok .. for the new 13″ mac laptop:
* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
* iLife ’08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
so *if* M uses standard mac supplied sw (and i’m not sure i believe that) it must be iMovie.
I was trying to use cocomments to check M’s responses. I remebered the comment, too. She was answering a question for James. I could not figure out how to check M’s comments, though.
Poppies are worn and observed here in the US, but it’s rather “old school”. Most folks born after the sixties don’t even know what they are; are not familiar with the poem; and don’t realize that there was a first world war.
Bob I think mostly here in the US we take the day off from work in remembrance of our Veterans and MIAs. As Dez said Poppies are old school and only the older Vets or generations would remember wearing those.
The LAPD, The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and has each of them try to catch it.
The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
Then the FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
Then the LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten raccoon. The raccoon is yelling: “Okay! Okay! I’m a rabbit! I’m a rabbit!”
well .. i’m not so sure about fans .. M likes to have lots of em, obviously .. but if i had any i’m pretty sure i’d be annoyed by em and insult and abuse em.
hahahhahahaa
yeh .. i guess fans are good .. but fans are extra noise! .. so .. depends on how noisy these are .. the stuff with the mem says they’re quiet. .. so .. now i’ve fitted the fans, i’ll keep em
yeh .. it’s good innit .. helps a lot to get streams of thoughts out in the open.
i guess this is twitter stuff really .. but i[’m pretty sure if i did what i’m doing in twitter noone’d be looking .. this way people are at least forced to step over me … like some kind of drunken vagrant sprawled on the sidewalk.
i’m very disappointed that none of you lot reminded my i should get heat sink compound for the cpu. tsk … luckily i had some hidden away from ages ago .. but still, it was a scary moment! so tsk, hfw people! tsk!
Whereas Thoreau was neither active or provacative. He just kind of jotted down his thoughts on stuff, paying little attention to pursuing a larger action of social change.
My idea is that Thoreau was not in pursuit of social change; he simply wanted to exculpate himself of any active wrongdoing. His refusal to pay taxes was his method of “washing his hands” of the institution of slavery and the oppression of the Mexican War.
Many people attribute this phrase to Thoreau, but I am finding no evidence that he ever used it. His famous essay was not named “Civil Disobedience” until four years after he died.
Hi Marina! Swell lesson! I have been traveling a lot and while aboard ship watching the sea swell I thought of you. Back ashore I quickly went to HFW to catch up on homework. I see that you have over 131 million You Tube views (one for ever U.S. voter?). Your student body is swelling! So what’s with this strange word? What’s the origin of the word swell? Q
Do the words “Cog” (as in a mechanical part) and “Cognitive” have any relation to one another? Also I would like to know where a word like this comes from.
It would mean a lot to me if you could do this word, thank you.
As far as the homework goes… I definitely like cooking ramen the most of any food. It is the food of champions.
A few months ago I saw a TV segment on the explosive growth in sales and consumption of ramen in Mexico. The main concern was a lack of nutrition. Better slip a vitamin pill in there before eat it.
ok .. just did a google for stuff about twitter .. it looks like it’s a means of continually asserting one’s existence. .. it could have been useful as a continual log .. but not enough characters allowed to log anything useful. .. so it’s about logging the fact that you’re still alive, basically.
In everyday use of language, practicalities such as ease of pronunciation and comprehension are prioritized over the correctness of the word, and thus it is no surprise that so many common words get simplified. In this case, a napron can easily be confused as an apron, so no surprise there.
Napron means cloth in french, and this terminology again seems to be out of simple practicality, since to someone who knows not about the word “apron”, it is just a piece of cloth for protection.
Since you live as a single and independent woman, I’m not surprised by your choice of soup, since simplicity and nutrition are very important to someone like you who’s always on some mission.
Miso soup? I’m not Japanese myself, but I enjoy it too since it’s both delicious and healthy. Personally, I don’t exactly consider myself a master chef by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m a practical guy and will cook according to ingredient availability, nutrition, taste and of course, time efficiency. I’m not too fussed about what I cook an eat as long as it is nutritious and delicious.
I’m pretty sure if you get involved with twitter it’s a great way to keep communicating with a bunch of people .. but .. doesnt it eat into your existence?
kitsune noodles
My favorite dish to cook is bananas foster.
Exemple, tower can say to a liner when he taxi after his landing : “Flight nb AF4606, go to apron nb 6
haha y are u wearing shoes?>
Марина, it would have been better if you would have been wearing a napron.
Anyway, how about the origin of “boot” – both as a tall shoe and as the operation to start a computer system.
apron smapron my attention just isn’t here maybe i will like the next word better
Oatmeal. Since breakfast is my fav meal, and I don’t always have eggs on hand to make a veggie ‘n’ cheese omlette,
My fall back plan is to make oatmeal. The basic strategy is to have the ingredients in the cupboard, in quantity, bought when there’s a sale at the super market, to have on stand-by status. So, here is the recipe:
Put water and salt into a pot, measured according to the directions on the box of oats…maybe add 10% more water, you’ll learn to adjust. Dump a handful of raisons per person, quantity is variable ( I prefer a big handful ) into the water and then bring to a boil. This allows the raisons to plump up and soften. Then open a can of either peaches or pears, take out roughly half of the fruit and chop up very fine and add it to the pot. Measure out the oats into a bowl.
Then into that same bowl, add powdered goats milk ( I purchase Meyenberg Powdered Goats Milk, but regular cows milk powder will do…and if you have normal milk in the fridge, use it instead of water in the first step) and with a spoon, mix the oats and milk powder together, making sure to crush all the lumps in the milk powder. Then gradually stir in this mixture into the pot. Immediately reduce heat when it resumes boiling again, and stir occasionally for about 5 minutes. Serve in bowls, sweeten with honey or brown sugar, and garnish with a pile of croutons made from the heals of a sourdough loaf. Bon appetit.
I like to cook spaghetti sauce(vegetarian style). Not an easy word to spell
, my students always get it wrong on their spelling tests 
. Maybe because it’s not an English word 
.
melikadothechacha you go to the bottom of the list also
As usual, only you know WTF you are talking about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrDbgjLKoxU
crazy or what? eating for fees
November 12, 2008 at 6:57 am
As usual, only you know WTF you are talking about
Just a random lesson…good job,HotForWords
Homework: chicken and FISH!
Whole chicken rotiserried with lemon pepper
Almost any fish I can catch. Most folks don’t know
how to cook bluefish (oily and gamey fish) but I
have perfected it. Grilled and basted with a sauce
made from butter, lemon juice and cashews. tastes
and smells like a fine white fish – yum! The cashews
serve to knock down the oil and game aspects.
My grandfather taught me how to prepare blowfish.
Tastes like lobster meat. The filets are deadly, but
the tail meat is quite edible. They only take the bait once in awhile, so I freeze the meat and collect as many as I can before I cook ‘em.
Also, someone recently requested tarmac, which is what
pilots call the parking apron at the airport.
comment above you
all you below this comment to the bottom of comment column
NEW VID NO KIDDING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CG29AYzI5c
If Marina was a Bond girl what would be her ‘double entendre’ name? Anyone …..
erm .. hmmm … ahhhhhh … (..taps pen on desk..)
Chestie Allova
Naughty Juggers
Marina von Double D
Words dat Hurt
Eatie Myvords
Ivanna Kissya Orlova
Vonna Mienpuff
Now that’s a good one!
She should be classified as an atomic threat… because she has nuclear arms, and terrific legs!
A guy is driving down the highway and a cop notices the guy has a baboon is his passenger seat. The cop turns on his siren and gets the guy to pull over. Cop says, “Hey, you gotta a baboon in the passenger seat… here’s $50… make sure you take him to the zoo right away”. The driver says sure officer… thank you… I’ll do that right away!.
Next day cop sees same car with baboon in passenger seat. He pulls the guy over and says, ” I thought I told you to take the baboon back to the zoo!”. The driver replies, “I did!… and with the change left over I am taking out to a movie tonight!”
with a joke like that you go all the way to the bottom of the column
Did you get a little too much toddy on you?
There you you below commenters that how you divide pi down to the equals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
they were paids to do so
OK… I gotta leave for a bit… going to the deli to get a pizza and a beer. So I’ll see y’all a little later. In the meantime, here’s another bad joke… told to me by an Irish uncle.
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender asks him, “You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time.”
The Irishman replies, “Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I’m here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we’d drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.”
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: He orders three pints and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss.”
The Irishman looks confused for a moment. Then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs. “Oh, no,” he says, “everyone’s fine. I’ve just quit drinking.”
Thanks for the terriffic joke, Dez – I’m off for food as well. I know she’ll post a new vid as soon as I leave, so I’ll keep you guys waiting no longer
Take care everyone, and see you tomorrow!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Okay, here is a good one you probably have not heard before. Pink and her father, I Have Seen the Rain
Jimmeny friggin’ Cricket!!! Why is this so difficult?
I Have Seen the Rain
Good song… I was rather surprised.
one day in the future, M will have made her last video lesson.
what will she be doing after that last vid, i wonder?
Writing a dictionary? Making an etymological feature film? Declaring herself Queen of the Web? I guess we’ll have to wait and find out…
i reckon someone will analyze M’s meteoric rise to fame and create an anti-Marina to take her place.
M and anti-M will settle who is mightiest in a mud wrestling word definition contest.
What will we be doing after the HFW site is gone?
oh, maybe the hfw site will continue .. maybe the day after M’s last lesson she’ll pass the mantle on to her granddaughter.
i think she’ll prolly be the wife of some big-shot politician who thinks her russian touch will be good for his image ..
… or ..
she’ll be a full time thumbnail animator snapped up by .. erm … Jobs’s animation company.
… or ..
she’ll be a lumberjack in the wilds of canada
.. erm .. or …
My mental image of Marina’s golden years places her in the arms of someone in the scientific community – some genomic researcher or someone at Cern who discovers the Higgs boson, gets the nobel prize, and they live happily ever after in relative obscurity, but continuing to routinely make videos for her YouTube following.
“Fianchetto replied on November 11th, 2008 5:25 pm:
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My mental image of Marina’s golden years places her in the arms of someone in the scientific community – some genomic researcher or someone at Cern who discovers the Higgs boson, gets the nobel prize, and they live happily ever after in relative obscurity, but continuing to routinely make videos for her YouTube following.”
no way!! .. M is essentially creative and a megalomaniac! … she wouldn’t get lumbered with being an addon to a scientist! Being a partner to a manipulative politician would give her scope to be a villain in a Bond type scenario – yes .. she could subtly manipulate her politician better-half into creating wars in places convenient to her megalomaniac plans. (stroking Gorby in her arms while she does so.)
she would need a ‘double entendre” type name
A kind of female Blofeldt, you mean?
She moves on to bigger things… like hotforsentences or hotforparagraphs.
lol, yeh!
Just so long as it’s not…
HotForGrammar
HotForPunctuation
HotForSentenceDiagrams
Anti-M… Auntie Em… There’s no place like home?
Will Marina’s evil twin sister play the part of Anti-M? Need we return to the Scooby Doo-esque cartoon plan?
*Saluting our Vets* Who among us have served or are serving in their country’s military?
My family has a long history of service to our respective country’s armed forces… going back to the founding of the Colonies. I say respective because my family has fought on both sides of almost every major war in which the US participated… French, Cherokee, and British relatives during the French and Indian War, Rebel and Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, Yank and British during the War of 1812, Southern and *spit* Yankee during the War of Northern Aggression, Yank and Jerry during WWI, Yank and Kraut during WWII…
More recently though…
A very good friend of mine was a US Marine and a tank mechanic in Vietnam. So many tank drivers were killed that he was reassigned from being a mechanic to being a driver. In strange, quiet, rare moments he would describe a few experiences… twice he was the only man in his unit to return from patrol. For him I present Goodnight Saigon.
An uncle was a pilot in the USAF during Vietnam. He was shot down while returning from a sortie into North Vietnam. Though (thankfully) he was not killed or captured, his left arm slammed into the canopy when he ejected, crippling him.
My maternal grandfather was a torpedo-man in the US Navy during WWII. He missed Pearl Harbor by a few hours, and went on to survive the sinking of three destroyers on which he served (one was the USS Cooper). His brother, my Great Uncle, who was also in the US Navy, survived the Bataan Death March. Both were deeply affected by what they had experienced. Both came away with a hatred for war… tragically my uncle could never forgive his captors and died a very bitter old man. My grandfather hated the American Red Cross for their insensitivity during the war.
My paternal grandfather had been a doctor in the US Health Service before WWII working on a cure for Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy). After Pearl Harbor he was commissioned in the US Army. He served in M.A.S.H. units in WWII and Korea.
A Great Uncle of mine (Wilhelm or “Uncle Willy” as I called him), on my mother’s side, was a Prussian and a U-Boat Officer during WWI. His ship was captured by the British Royal Navy, and he emigrated to the US after the war. During WWII he worked for the US State Dept., providing information on the capabilities, armaments, tactics, etc. of the U-Boats of the German fleet.
My father was a Communications Officer in the USAF during Vietnam. My step-father was an orthopedic surgeon in the USAF and was the on-call physician whenever Presidents Nixon or Ford were aboard Air Force One. His best friend during his service was a great surgeon and a good man, an Air Commodore in the RAF, Dr. Vera, from a small town North of London.
I served for eight years as an enlisted man in the USMC, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant, from the end of the First Gulf War to just prior to the Second Gulf War.
I did my four in the USN. I was in during the latter part of the Cold War. I never saw combat, thank God. I did get to see Vladivosok from out at sea. I would have waved to our dear teacher, but she had not been born yet. My father was a career Marine. 21 years as an officer. He did two tours in ‘Nam, lived and died Marine Corps.
Vladivostok
Before I joined the Corps I wanted to be Navy, just like my grandpa… and the Navy recruiter I went to wanted me to be a nuke tech on a sub… he was all ready to send me to Orlando for school when I changed my mind. Sometimes I wonder what would have been had I decided to be a glow-in-the-dark swabbie instead of a jarhead.
Thank you for your service and for your family’s service. I served in the Army Signal Corps and then DOD decided to “loan” me to the USN to upgrade their electronics. I found out it was true that the Navy got better food than the ah, “calories” they provided in the Army.
I don’t think the average civilian realizes how much Military service takes from you, physically and mentally. It took me a while to re-engage into civilian life.
It took me at least two years after I left the Corps to stop calling everyone a “piece-of-sh*t civilian.” Military life will make you see hardship and privilege with fresh eyes. I remember one of my USMC buddies telling me “We’ve worked so hard with so little for so long, that now we can do anything with nothing.”
I was in for 20, now retired for 18, and I still find it hard to think nice things about civilians. I sometimes think my pony-tail is my only adaptation to civilian life. Please consider this a Veteran’s Day salute. Thankyou.
I put in 20 in the Navy; 8 enlisted and 12 as an officer. One duty station was working with the Coast Guard ( and I proudly have two Coast Guard ribbons ).
They seemed to have shooting everywhere I went overseas, although theoretically we were at peace for most of my service.
My father was in the Army and two uncles were in the Navy; one had his ship sunk during WWII but he survived.
My nephew was in the Air Force, and my girlfriend’s nephew has been to Iraq, and is still in the Army.
Knock on wood I never knew anyone who died in combat, but sometimes surviving can be almost as bad. A friend came back from Nam a heck of a nice guy, but with rarely willing to share his experiences out loud.
For everyone who reads this:
Since ( most of us ) can’t directly salute the fallen, give thanks to those who made it through; and please don’t forget those still on the front lines. Even if you disagree with the war, even if you disagree with how the war is being fought, they ARE defending OUR freedom.
FREEDOM ISN’T FREE.
Semper Fi Marine. Sincerely.
…….outstanding
Yes, many are silent. My Marine friend, my Grandfather, and my Great Uncle were all very tight-lipped. When my Grandpa told me what had happened to him at Ormoc Bay, my illusions of the glory of war were somewhat modified. I think he grieved more for his lost friends than anything that had happened to him.
My grandpa was an American outlaw who fled to Canada and signed up for WW1 at 69 years old.
http://www.bikengruvin.com/wiliiamjamesmccelvey.htm
He was a professional at changing his identity. He wrote a different name and that he was younger on his attestation paper… nobody really checked and he was in good enough health. He was apart of the 211th Battalion (Canadian Expeditionary Force – American Legion) at Vimy Ridge, France… came home, married a women 50 years younger and had 10 kids.
He was 86 when my dad was born. My father was in the Canadian Navy for 10 years… out in the Pacific around the time of the Korean War.
http://www.bikengruvin.com/williamjamesmccelvey.htm
That’s very interesting, and I mean that sincerely. From my studies I had learned that many Americans from the US, eager to aid our allies, or get into the fight, became Canadian citizens in order to enlist and go to war. This has occurred during both World Wars. I have never, until now, found information that supported what I had been told.
Thanks for the link… wow, huge pdf file.
Thank you very much to all who have shared.
Look under Canadian Expeditionary Force in Wikipedia for some more info. Good external links at the very bottom. I was looking at a list of names in the Canadian 211th Battalion archives and found lots of guys whose homes were back in the U.S. I will try to find it again and will post you the link in a box below this when I find it.
http://ia360914.us.archive.org/1/items/CEF_211thBattalion_1916/CEF_211thBattalion_1916.pdf
I was four years in USAF, where my toughest problem was keeping from falling asleep at the NSA (bored stiff). My overseas Morse-intercept posting was in Brindisi, Italy, which has a climate identical to my home town of Sacramento. My worst pain was that my back went out the day before I was to be discharged, requiring me to take an absolutely useless medical exam. Yeah, I had it really rough.
!! NEW VID’S UP !!
(..haha made you look ..)
You did, you sneaky li’l bugger!
you wascawwy wabbit!
So funny I forgot to laugh
Please give your thoughts on the origin of “tragedy”. I enjoy your site and the sight of you. Your accent reminds me of my beloved friend Mirta Padovan of Zagreb, Yugoslavia ( as it was known back then ). Many Thanks and best of luck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrDbgjLKoxU
I didn’t see the word ‘Chock’, and I’m kinda curious about that one.
There you you below commenters that how you divide pi down to the equals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
Chicken rice ? Very common in Malaysia , and cheap too
why didn’t M post a pic of her chicken with rice?
hmmm .. this sounds like it’s mocking .. but .. i mean .. i like the idea of seeing photos of trivial irrelevant things .. it sorta tickles my funny bone.
here you go then http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27666284/?gt1=43001
It’s nice to have an interest in food.
Close enough?
Seesix is this a safe site to visit? I click on your url and it sent me to an AOL warning that this site may be harmful to your computer.
I saw that, too. I got skeered and ran away.
Better to be safe! I linked to a photo from a restaurant site that had a photo of chicken and rice. If it has a virus, don’t go there!
(I wish I could delete it, now.)
I think Marina has him strapped into a baby seat in the car to stop his claws from scratching those nice leather seats.
Marina, I was curious to know the origins of “shrink” when we refer to going to a psychologist? What’s up with that? Love to know!
Can I ask where the origin of World War comes from?
hi Marina, I was really wondering where the word “puzzle” came from, I would really appreciate it if you made a video
A special gift for Veteran’s Day. I present to you The Boss
Thanks, bsomebody
Here’s one from my youth by B.O.C.… Pagedoll should remember this from “Heavy Metal”
One of my favorite bands
U2 Love and Peace
Okay, I will get this sooner or later…
U2 Love and Peace
Well, since the origin is actually pretty, interesting, HotForWords decided to… what? Investigate?! Where does that come from? Please investigate “investigate”.
Thanks,
.NetRolller 3D
Now that my internet is running a bit better I can preload the lessons in about 10 minutes instead of 30mins to an hour.
Homework: Humm. So many favorites. Ok, I’ll just pick one. Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls (aka Summer Rolls) They are great dipped in a sweet peanut sauce. I’ve come up with about a dozen different ways to make them. I sometimes us tuna fish instead of shrimp. I like to use sea vegetables (aka sea weed), carrots, cucumbers, cilantro, etc. The rice paper is a fun challenge to work with. It takes a bit of practice to master.
Welcome back, Captain! Good to see you again – I imagine you’ve got a lot of homework to catch up on! Hope all is going well with you and hope to see you more frequently in class here!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Thanks! Yea, I have a few half days off to play catch up. Things should get better now there is a new commander in chief taking office. I think Im going to ship a chainsaw to President elect Obama so he can cut out the corruption out of the government. I see many of them running away already. Im starting to feel a bit better about being part of America.
A salute for Captain Jack for Veterans Day… the USCG always gets overlooked.
Captain, I have heard that the USCG has lost the authority of acquisition… Is this true?
Thank you sir! I served in the US Navy. But now I’m a part of the US Coast Guard as a licensed Merchant Mariner / Instructor. Im not familiar with this ‘authority of acquisition’. I’ll have to ask around for that answer.
I just realized I missed Vets Day.
I’ve had a difficult week with many project that over due for attention. I had an intruder board my yacht and attempted to enter my boat this week. They opened my back door but never entered. They closed the door and left. I didn’t see this take place but my sister woke me up at 3am to inform me of what happen. This almost never happens in the boating world. 
I was not able to capture the intruder on video because my computer froze, so I was not able to identify the intruder. Im not worried, and don’t expect this to ever happen again. Living on a boat is safer than living in house thats located in a large city. 
Most marinas have electronic gates, but this one doesn’t. 
I sleep easier aboard ship… even in the bow, and even when the ship is corkscrewing. Perhaps your intruder was someone attempting to visit a boat in a neighboring berth? When he realized his mistake, he closed up and left… maybe? When I was a teen I helped my family to rebuild a 46′ sailing yacht (1973 Far East Trader… very sturdy craft). While I lived aboard no one could take a step from dock to ship (and vice versa) without my feeling it taking place…even when I slept. It made me feel secure, in a small way, to know I couldn’t be surprised. And yes, our marina had electronic gates too… but they didn’t always keep people out.
I sleep in the bow of this boat. It’s very cosy here.
Nope, it was an intruder. I have very different boats next to me. One is a fishing boat the other is a racing sailboat. This is a tiny marina with about 12 boats in it. Can’t make a mistake on this one. The person also had prior knowledge on how to work the latch to the door. I also never assume its a ‘he’. Could have been a ’she’.
I have been working 12+ hours a day. I could sleep though a tsunami. Also my yacht moves all the time because of the ships that go by every 15 minutes or so. I also oiled the sliding door so its virtually silent when its opened.
Funny thing about electronic gate is the keep people from the streets from just walking on to the docks but nothing to keep people from the water getting onto the dock or other boats. I think the electric gate are to limit yacht owners access to their yachts when they are late on their moorage fees.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27661580/?gt1=43001
hey marina. I’m a magician, and I’ve been wondering for a long time what the origin of the word MAGIC is. could you help please? Thank you
love ozzybhoii07
Welcome to HFW, ozzybhoii07!!
I’ll second that request, and offer prestidigitation, illusion, and voo-doo as well.
Dear Hot for Words,
One of my friends has been misusing the word penultimate a lot lately to describe something as the best or unsurpassed. Try as I may I can’t get him to look it up. I thought he might pay attention coming from you.
Thanks,
itseggs
Dear Marina,
I hate to overpost, but there is this other word a dear friend of mine and I found intriguing: “refrain.” In music, it means to repeat a certain part of melody, but in other contexts it means to stop doing what you are doing. How could the same word have almost opposite meanings?
Thank you again for an interesting video.
Louie
any idea where the phrase “booby hatch” came from? i’ve heard it in relation to a mental hospital. thx.
a “booby hatch”? … doesn’t that describe the tops that M wears?
Марина, прелесть моя, приветик
если не внушаю тебе доверия как шеф, я знаю все возможные рестораны и в Венеции и в Париже 
ТЫ просто чудесная как обычно… ты спросила у нас что мы любим готовить… а я обожаю готовить все возможные виды рыбы, и особенно с венецианскими или французкими рецептами… если хочешь, я могу их тебя отпрпавить, иначе когда бываешь во Франции или в Венеции дай мне знать.
и ещё
Since today it is the first time i’m back in class after such a long time…i could not resist the temptation to write you something in our lovely language…
@strokesjrj1 are you a burned out aging hippie who was fried on acid or just a drunken Jack Daniels redneck, maybe a little of both.
translation in strokes speak acid drop redneck hippie i am to fried to reply, trails i see in your motions
I can see your wishing i was
sounds more like describeing your self
aren’t you violating your parole talking to young boys?
your are very sick minded http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27661580/?gt1=43001
how long you been running and hiding from prosecution?
Don’t shoot missile projectiles in my windshield and maybe I’ll be nice.
I didn’t do that perhaps it was thoughtonfire
Remember this threat:
stokesjrj1 replied on July 19th, 2008 6:28 pm:
Hey, chevolay, ya know you got a busted windshield where a missile projectile of some sort hit the windshield.
“Remember this threat:
stokesjrj1 replied on July 19th, 2008 6:28 pm:
Hey, chevolay, ya know you got a busted windshield where a missile projectile of some sort hit the windshield. ”
That was no threat, that was a statement of fact, that truck has a busted windshield and was that way when I took possension of from MY father
speak up Che Volay how long you been running and hiding from prosecution?
invented a new burrito, butternut squash with saute peppers & onions, sharp cheddar cheese, alfalfa sprouts wrap in a wheat wheat tortilla
They do have vehicles that run on wind generators not ‘windmills’. Windmills are used to mill agricultural products, like flour.
Wind generators can produce electricity which in turn can charge the battery of an electric vehicle also solar panels can do the same.
Where capman lives they are already set up to make ethanol
{ there’s moonshine in them dar hills }
Marina where does the word sex comes from?
Word Request: California.
I have been doing a bit of market research in L.A. and San Francisco, California area. I came across conflicting origins. Some say its Spanish for a wide bay. Others say its a combination of the Spanish words cala that means ensenada and the latin formix that means vault. Still I hear of a reference to a fictional island called California. Then I found out that it could been a combination of the Latin calida and forno into a word that roughly meant hot furnace. I think if I had to pick one I like the latter because my favorite appliance when I lived in Long Beach, Ca. was the air conditioner.
I don’t need to know the etymology of this word to complete my research but was just a bit curious.
I researched California years ago and found the same results as you, but I’m leaning towards the fictional island as referenced in a book.
Humm interesting. It seems that there is going to be more research involved than I have time for. Im a bit surprised that in all the years passed there is no definite origin agreed upon yet. Im thinking maybe a key book that has the answer might have been destroyed in a fire.
http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading22
Huh?
Yea. I had to do that.
I was working on my site and was getting emails about when my site was going back online. I made some major changes and had some problems so im starting back at square one. 
I have no time to work on it right now so I just put it in suspension. 
I have been kind of busy with getting maritime tv show going and working hard in my class to run on autopilot. I wish I could clone myself. The class is going much better now that I don’t have to do daily planning and research. 
As for the tv show. Well all I can say right now is that Im so very nervous. 
Thanks for the update, Jack. Are you on the new superyacht yet, or still peering through the slit in the old hull, looking for enemy periscopes?
Well I wouldn’t call it a superyacht. It’s not that fancy. Just yesterday I got lost in the engine room and had to use my GPS to find my way back to the salon. I think I need to make a map of the yacht for next time.
I still have other other sailing yacht. I need to put on some speed wax and post a for sale sign on it. You know I just counted how many boats I own. “4″!! 
Darn! Im running late for class. Got to go! bye. 
Here’s a quick excerpt from the Online Etymology Dictionary:
California: name of an imaginary realm in “Las sergas de Esplandián” (”Exploits of Espladán”), a romance by Sp. writer Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo, published in 1510, which was said to have been influential among Sp. explorers of the New World and may have led them to misidentify Baja California as this land and mistake it for an island. Where Montalvo got the name and what it means, if anything, is a mystery.
I find that difficult to believe for how could they mistaken the west coast as an island unless they where referring to the islands just west of the mainland. Oh now this is just rising my curiosity a bit more.
Didn’t the Spanish walk to the Pacific first and years later march to West coast before they ever sailed there around the South America.
Remember Cap’n, Baja California is a relatively narrow peninsula. It could easily be mistaken for an island if the travellers did not go far enough north.
It seems that I remeber the history similar to Che’s explanation. They did migrate by land very early. It would seem, then, that they would have to enter the peninsula by land. Coming from the north, they could not have mistaken it for an island. hmmm
Yes, they did walk there first… I believe from Panama, and I think it was Balboa. He claimed the “South Sea” for Spain… and either he or Magellan named the sea Pacifica (Peaceful) because it was (to the observer) calmer than the Atlantic. Magellan sailed into the Pacific around 1500 C.E., before Cortez’s conquest of “New Spain”.
By walking there, I mean walking to the Pacific coast… not walking to Baja California or California proper.
I know they did get into California very early. Spanish missions date from the mid-16th century. They got fairly far north, too, up towards San Fransisco.
On the maps of not to long ago the body of water between the Baja and mainland MX was called the Sea of Cortez now I’ve noticed it is called the Sea of Mexico. Not sure when and why the name was changed.
did she say instristing? lol
hi
I don’t like cats……..
bastard! I dont like yoy
I just saw this comment on Carrie Underwood’s channel! I can understand the bad spelling, but the back handed complement
TOO FUNNY 
the great memory struggle in pictorial format …
[.. 4GB slotted in .. 4GB waiting .. and a set of fans to fix on somehow (one set redundant)...]
[the final result ... ]
(i wish they hadn’t called the memory “dominator” .. it’s just pc memory, fergawdsake!)
So are you building your computer and commenting simultaneously, like you install a component or solder a piece then refresh your HFW page, Yada yada yada, back to work.
I asked Mijj to keep us up on his build. So maybe I could learn something. I have build two computers but nothing like this. So I want to see what settings he uses on the motherboard at the DIN settings.
I remember you asking him but I’m waiting for the movie
yeh .. it’s cap’s fault! … blame him!
i think you’re all scum and dont deserve any kind of info or respecta at all .. but cap convinced me otherwise.
Will the peripherals fit in the case after you installed the ram cooler tower?
Waaaaaattttt he needs to water cool this monster?
You wouldn’t believe what some people use to cool their machines. Ice water coolers, Freon cooling systems much like a fridge. I use multiple fans on my machines as Mijj is using on his.
i didnt go for water cooling, Che .. it will run cool and quiet and wont need weird and wonderful cooling methods.
dont need no other peripheral cards in there neither .. the integrated graphics on the chipset is good enough (i have no plans to play games on this).
all i need to do now is connect up the motherboard, hard drive, power supply, and i/o connections.
… but i’m gonna leave that til i’m enthused .. it’s pretty dreary stuff so i need to be alert.
oh yeh .. after peering thoughtfully at all the options for the dip settings outlined in the motherboard manual .. i decided to leave em all at the default settings.
It’s better that me beating mine up with a sledgehammer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
looks to me that ‘Dominator refers to the fans, rather than the memory, but still has no effect on the validity of your comment on the name choice… ‘Dominator fans’ sounds equally absurd to me.
the mem really is called “dominator”, honest .. [look!]
the fans came as part of the package with the memory.
LOL! Sounds like a military or police weapon. OH! Perhaps it is really a thought control device that will take over your mind on power-up! Watch out, mijj!! Could be an unpublished part of someone’s evil plan from a couple of lessons back!
that site you linked earlier didn’t cover dual booting windows and MAc, if you want to dual boot you’d have take a whole different road….
Also, I had kalyways mac osx 10.5, which worked…. but not as perfect as i’d like (there’s nothing wrong with it though, I even suggest you try that one first), so I installed the real mac thing, so no cracked version , after a long time of installing all kinds of patches and changing all kinds of kext files It finaly worked.
I’m not gonna explain the whole proces, that would take way to long :lol
I suggest you start hanging out at http://forum.insanelymac.com/
I couldn’t have done it without that website, you can find everything on there that you will need to get you started on building your own hackingtosh.
thanks .. i got a link to osx86project.org too … but those those links seem to be unavailable at the moment.
i’ve dloaded a copy of osx 10.5.4 leopard .. but it needs to be hacked to get past the trusted machine thing ..
… i think those sites have info on how to do that .. but i’m not keen on spending a lot of time on it and have it fail too.
i think i might have one shot then drop it if there’s no progress.
plus .. id really prefer to install the mac into a virtual machine, but i dont know if that’s feasible.
plus .. do you know if the mac os needs partic graphics cards for the graphics to function well? … because i have no intention of using anything other than the integrated graphics on the chipset.
No, you don’t need any particular graphics card, although you need to configure mac to get it properly working with your graphics card.
I have an onboard 950 GMA and after installing some kext files I got it working properly, At first I couldn’t change the screen resolution, but now i can.
i think if i charge my time, it’d be cheaper to simply buy a mac portable.
I did the whole thing just for fun, not that I wanted a mac really badly.
oh, you wanted it, fox… you wanted it soooo baaaaad!
@Capman your neck of the woods seems ideal to run a diesel car or farm equipment on cooking oil, with the popularity of fried ‘everything’ must be a lot of used cooking oil around.
side note, I was in traffic with a Mercedes converted to run cooking oil, it smell like french fries, made me hungry
just noticed Dez was thinking along the same, in relation to fuel
you know what they same about great minds……
I have a friend that owns a restaurant so getting used peanut oil wouldn’t be a problem. I need to find out how to convert my diesel tractor so it will run on bio fuel. Good idea. Che and Dez.
It’s not hard to do, there are conversion kits out there
why not try to get it to run windmill powered?
Che Volay on November 10th, 2008 4:01 pm
There is a slang word in Spanish to describe a man who is ‘pussy whipped’ by his wife. Not sure of the exact spelling, sounds like mantalon this translate roughly into apron or apron string.
Further thought on the MX slang word mantalon concludes the definition is ‘to be tied to the apron of your wife’.
I have heard a similar expression here in the South. Something about being tied to the apron strings. I never really understood the meaning for that.
Come to think of it, I do not understand “hen-pecked” either.
Henpecked – treated like dirt, led by the nose, tied to someone’s apron strings << OPPOSITE domineering
….just Goggled the above
hmmm
Final Cut Studio 2 : £449
i was planning to get
Adobe Creative Suite 4 when that came out(about the same price) at a student discount.
if i can get a big comparable student discount on FCS, i think i’ll consider a mac portable.
ok .. M uses Final Cut Pro (thanks pedantickarl – why dont i ever think of reading instructions/faqs/etc.?) .. which means iMovie which is free with mac isn’t good enough.
Final Cut Pro sounds expensive.
Holy software!!!! $1,299.00 for Final Cut Pro 6
and I thought history books were expensive!
not if yer a goddam layabout student tho (i hope).
i’m gonna return to my Website Development course once i’ve sorted out exactly what i’m interested in doing, then i’ll be a lazy parasite student and will get student discount.
Your welcome mijj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
@mijj. You prolly already found it, but here is what M says:
What do you record and edit your videos with?
The earlier videos were recorded on my MacBook using iMovie and edited with Final Cut Pro. The later videos are recorded on a Sony Camcorder, but again, recorded directly to my MacBook and edited on Final Cut Pro. Now I’m going back to recording on my MacBook again at times.. so it varies between the MacBook and the camcorder.
I meant:
ta .. but your efforts are wasted.
i waited and waited but finally, i gave up and pulled my finger out and dragged myself over to where pedantickarl pointed me and had to look up the info myself!
Day late and my shorts are a dollar
your shorts are a dollar coz you bought them a Wally World at the bargain table
“Day late and my shorts are a dollar”
lol – wha..?
comforting news on the mac on a pc front…
… i started a thread in the GuardianUnlimited forum…
one tick on the “disincentive to put energy into it” box.
What does Marina have in her refrigerator:
Miso paste (red)
Ativia yogurt
orange juice
organic milk
strawberries
also keeps some sinful delights like chocolates hidden in the freezer
wheat germ and maybe Spirillina
and a collection of students’ livers.
fava beans & a bottle of Chianti…..slurp!!
Okay, let me try this…
aDifferent Strokes
Aarggh
Different Strokes
Eeeiirrghhffffshpafft!!!
Different Strokes
I think you might try a space between the last character of your URL and the “>
… and don’t forget the /a terminator….
Woohoo!
Have you stopped posting them there ? I work away and always follow the lessons when travelling .. better than in flight entertainment
Word request: Hyperbole.
*
*
*
i.like.fianchetto.
hey! .. i thought you liked me!!
fickle & capricious
yeh!
i’m saddened.
it only seems like yesterday when she shed gold dust at my feet.
dang .. that should be : “it seems like only yesterday…” : shouldn’t it .. another bit of mangled english by mijj!
not gold dust, brass shavings from using a razor on brass balls
i’m still convinced it’s Marina … i’m pretty sure because she was fascinated by you, and now she’s fascinated by Fianchetto, with narry a look in my direction. … that evidence is hard to ignore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
Would that be an exaggeration?
Can you see the Prime Time Hospital for Men from your window?
just out of interest .. does anyone know what sw M uses for her vids .. did she use the same for the Halloween vid thing as the normal stuff? .. i liked the gimmix on that.
Probably basic Mac sw, and probably uses Mac’s garageband for audio
no! .. surely some dedicated fancy video software!
ok .. for the new 13″ mac laptop:
* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
* iLife ’08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
so *if* M uses standard mac supplied sw (and i’m not sure i believe that) it must be iMovie.
hmmm .. yeh .. this looks like it could be wot M uses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
.. it looks ok .. but does it allow fidding about like wot i might want to do i wonder?
.. investigates further…
it looks like iMovie might be ok as a movie editor .. but not upto scratch for adding insanity.
… but then again, would any movie editor be good at doing that?
i’d have to export sections, mess with em, and import em back in.
tum te tum .. just seeing if iMovie is incentive to go definitely macwards.
I think she spelt it all out for someone in a recent lesson… dunno which one… since “Pithy” to be sure, hoping it narrows it down some…
how long ago was “Pithy”?
can you think of a key word to search for in the threads to check?
August
Mac, apple (keywords) Marina, James, Capman et al. involved in the thread to which I refer.
I was trying to use cocomments to check M’s responses. I remebered the comment, too. She was answering a question for James. I could not figure out how to check M’s comments, though.
Let the HELP/FAQ link at the top of
the page be your friend.
Keyword: videos (next to last bullet)
bloody ‘ell !! … yer a genius!!
(word request: genius, and genie, and engineer .. are they related?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
Marina, can you do the origin of Callipygian (Callipygous). A demonstration would be nice
!! important infromation !!
i am now munching my way through a 175gram bag o’ “Sensations Vintage Cheddar & Red Onion Chutney” crisps (chips, to you iggrunt yanks).
amazin what they call junk food nowadays to make it seem acceptable.
(this has been a twitter-style announcement)
ugh ! … i finished em .. i feel .. nauseous!
(another twitter-style announcement)
So… what does it taste like in comparison to the non-vintage variety?
erm … older
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
Wow, thank-you for sharing that most important advice with me, I will take extra care next time & tell them to do the same.
yw
Ummm Wat about the word the word fire ??
My Youtube name is called HAZNCEZ
u say it Haz n Kez
Wishing you a memorable Veteran’s Day, Dez and all you other vets.
In the UK it’s called Remembrance Day.
Are you all wearing your Poppies?
Or do you wear something else to show your support for the Vets?
im not very keen on that .. too nationalistic .. not in the spirit it should be
Poppies are worn and observed here in the US, but it’s rather “old school”. Most folks born after the sixties don’t even know what they are; are not familiar with the poem; and don’t realize that there was a first world war.
Bob I think mostly here in the US we take the day off from work in remembrance of our Veterans and MIAs. As Dez said Poppies are old school and only the older Vets or generations would remember wearing those.
I didn’t realise, until I read the pge that I linked to, that it was an American who started the whole poppy thing.
erk! … millions and million and millions of connectors to connect up now. .. time for a long break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjfnt4gw5A
I was wondering, what’s the origin of the word ‘toxic’?
Thanks.
hmmm .. i notice M has over 26,000 YT friends. … that seems like quite a lot. … especially as i’m not one of them! (or should that be “not enough”?)
you know, if i had a hand in designing YTube, i’d put a limit on the number of friends to 25,000 to keep it real.
Does “keep it real” have anything to do with YT?
id like to know how the phrase “neck of the woods” came about
The LAPD, The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and has each of them try to catch it.
The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
Then the FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
Then the LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten raccoon. The raccoon is yelling: “Okay! Okay! I’m a rabbit! I’m a rabbit!”
So I ask myself, “What would Gibbs have done?”
Sa wat dee
Khaawp khoon haak
heh… a fan of NCIS, I perceive…
I am watching NCIS all day long marathon right now. One of my favorite shows.
Also Dez a good joke.
TY
now for the goddam jumpers .. no way to avoid reading the instructions now!
On the radio: Bob Dylan “Serve Somebody”
hmmmm … now ive finally figured how to bolt the mem fans onto the memory i read the instructions .. it says the fans are optional!
d’oh!
Realizing my own ignorance, but should you opt for the fans? My limited experience tells me that fans are good.
well .. i’m not so sure about fans .. M likes to have lots of em, obviously .. but if i had any i’m pretty sure i’d be annoyed by em and insult and abuse em.
hahahhahahaa
yeh .. i guess fans are good .. but fans are extra noise! .. so .. depends on how noisy these are .. the stuff with the mem says they’re quiet. .. so .. now i’ve fitted the fans, i’ll keep em
Can you tell me what the origin of “Computer” is….i wanna know.
Look in mijj’s basement (or workroom or wherever) and you will see the origin of computer.
So, mijj. How goes the sand box?
well .. i’m trying to figure how the hell to fix the memory fan thingy to the memory so it doesn’t just flop off!
There is this guy on TV named Red Green who is a do it yourselfer. He is a big fan of duct tape. hmmm?!
I was going to say Super Glue, so I decided to refrain from “helping.” A man’s got to know his limitations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZNlraF0xec
hooray! .. got it!
je suis un idiot!
I am researching Thoreau for one of my papers. Just wanted to get some ideas jotted down. This seemed to help. Very therapeutic.
yeh .. it’s good innit .. helps a lot to get streams of thoughts out in the open.
i guess this is twitter stuff really .. but i[’m pretty sure if i did what i’m doing in twitter noone’d be looking .. this way people are at least forced to step over me … like some kind of drunken vagrant sprawled on the sidewalk.
Ah yes, I remember the good ole sidewalk days.
…sings…
..whaaasllllll … shhhwwoooalalahhhhh.. ahaahoooalahoeoo.. wassa? wha? … wharoormmaaahloh!
Hello mate! I am glad you did not respond one comment sooner. I would have had to start all over.
i’m very disappointed that none of you lot reminded my i should get heat sink compound for the cpu. tsk … luckily i had some hidden away from ages ago .. but still, it was a scary moment! so tsk, hfw people! tsk!
Is that anything like Super Glue?
it smears on the cpu to help heat transmit to the fan which is fixed on top.
and i’m annoyed that noone reminded me that it wasn’t on my shopping list – especially you! .. now i know you hate me like the rest of hfw does.
Please friend, do not confuse my ignorance for apathy.
It just logged me out. Did I do something wrong?
oh oh .. M must be up and saw how much you hate me and decided to throw you off as a punishment!
.. no, M .. NO! NAUGHYT M! .. we were just playing!
It is all fun and games until someone looses an eye. Oh, I see you are wearing your eye protection like a good lad.
that isn’t eye protection .. those’re empty chasms looking into my black soul – that’s the result of my previous diy assembly attempt.
Perhaps he was just bored at Walden Pond and found that he had finally written something that somebody else would read.
is this a record?
4 me. I wanted to have the recent comments all to myself. I have no idea why that thought came to me.
I mean, who just pours their thoughts out on paper (or a comment board) for no apparent reason.
I do wonder, though, why Thoreau actually took the time to write it all down. He must have had some purpose for writing all that.
Whereas Thoreau was neither active or provacative. He just kind of jotted down his thoughts on stuff, paying little attention to pursuing a larger action of social change.
MLK and Gandhi were both very active and provocative, not passive.
Please notice that we use the nonviolence and not pacifism.
The widespread use of nonviolence with civil disobedience was not popularized until Gandhi and MLK.
Thoreau was definately not non-violent. He demonstrated great enthusiasm for John Brown after Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry.
His concern about ending the war or the practice of slavery seem to be peripheral, at best. He simply wanted to believe that he had no part in it.
My idea is that Thoreau was not in pursuit of social change; he simply wanted to exculpate himself of any active wrongdoing. His refusal to pay taxes was his method of “washing his hands” of the institution of slavery and the oppression of the Mexican War.
Many people attribute this phrase to Thoreau, but I am finding no evidence that he ever used it. His famous essay was not named “Civil Disobedience” until four years after he died.
I wonder if M could give me a quick note about when the term “civil disobedience” first came into popular use?
Ahh… 9:30 is here. My chance to fill up the comment board.
Word Request: Buzkill
hey Marina,
i was just wondering where does the word, word come from? if you could tell me thatd be great!
for the homework my favourite thing to cook is toast and lather on the vegemite!
as a japanese, i really love miso soup and have it every morning. please cook it for me! Marina!
Homework
I usually nuke my food when I cook, but I really enjoy eating out more!
Hi Marina! Swell lesson! I have been traveling a lot and while aboard ship watching the sea swell I thought of you. Back ashore I quickly went to HFW to catch up on homework. I see that you have over 131 million You Tube views (one for ever U.S. voter?). Your student body is swelling! So what’s with this strange word? What’s the origin of the word swell? Q
Hey Hotforwords, I was wondering:
Do the words “Cog” (as in a mechanical part) and “Cognitive” have any relation to one another? Also I would like to know where a word like this comes from.
It would mean a lot to me if you could do this word, thank you.
As far as the homework goes… I definitely like cooking ramen the most of any food. It is the food of champions.
A few months ago I saw a TV segment on the explosive growth in sales and consumption of ramen in Mexico. The main concern was a lack of nutrition. Better slip a vitamin pill in there before eat it.
erm .. judging by my comments below .. i’m cluttering up this site with stuff that doesn’t belong here .. it’s really twitter stuff, isn’t it!!
sorry guys .. i’ll stick to word requests and M video comments in future.
my bet is, despite my cynicism, in 6 months time i’ll be as much a twitter user as any of the poor souls here.
presumably, the flip side of the twitter assert-one’s-existence coin is .. does anyone care?
… and so, i bet the dark core of twitter will be followers-angst.
ok .. just did a google for stuff about twitter .. it looks like it’s a means of continually asserting one’s existence. .. it could have been useful as a continual log .. but not enough characters allowed to log anything useful. .. so it’s about logging the fact that you’re still alive, basically.
ta daaaa!
An very good lesson dear Marina, short but sweet.
In everyday use of language, practicalities such as ease of pronunciation and comprehension are prioritized over the correctness of the word, and thus it is no surprise that so many common words get simplified. In this case, a napron can easily be confused as an apron, so no surprise there.
Napron means cloth in french, and this terminology again seems to be out of simple practicality, since to someone who knows not about the word “apron”, it is just a piece of cloth for protection.
Since you live as a single and independent woman, I’m not surprised by your choice of soup, since simplicity and nutrition are very important to someone like you who’s always on some mission.
Miso soup? I’m not Japanese myself, but I enjoy it too since it’s both delicious and healthy. Personally, I don’t exactly consider myself a master chef by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m a practical guy and will cook according to ingredient availability, nutrition, taste and of course, time efficiency. I’m not too fussed about what I cook an eat as long as it is nutritious and delicious.
and .. will the population of this site lose its twitter users? … or at least, be less frequent visitors?
I’m pretty sure if you get involved with twitter it’s a great way to keep communicating with a bunch of people .. but .. doesnt it eat into your existence?