This technology will be used as a way to customize movies so if there’s a particular actor or actress that you like to see a lot of you will have an animation menu with tools and options to create characters real time in movies you watch. Movies like Casablanca, Disney’s Shrek, Educating Rita, enjoy your favorite stars in dvd format. When the adult film industry gets a hold of this people will never leave their homes. Any movie you want Marina to star in?
Calm down that software isn’t too the point that you can replace live actors with animated artificial ones and they look as to be real actors, its for fun stuff.
I don’t understand how that can’t be considered fun, it wouldn’t really be replacing it would be customizing an avatar to fit into a movie character role but I see what you’re saying, don’t want to be placing the cart in front of the horse. Heck, it will happen tho, look at how realistic gaming technology has become.
How sad can we men get???Of course i ‘ll have to admit that she is hysterically adorable but salivating over a u-tube persona and posting comments for her and making word requests…As if this very beautiful and above all CUNNING Russian vixen will ever read anything of what we post for her or that she even has the time to bother about all her loving fans.We as a species are so naive.
Stick around for a while. You will find that even though Marina is very busy and quite professional, she is also a caring young lady. Get to know her, first.
Right oh bsomebody. We hotforwordians know Marina is a lot more than just a youtube persona or a cunning sex vixen, we don’t degrade her in that manner with such generalizations and annoying cliches Cyndi Lauper says “girls just want to have fun” well, males of the species happen to enjoy fun also, and I say right here, right now I shall support the right to put GENT back into intelliGENT before going with any shallow opinionated view that I do not agree with.
I loved watching Transformers and G.I.Joe, plus GoBots. Then there was Scooby Doo and The Justice League, as well as The Incredible Hulk & He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Can’t forget Voltron and ThunderCats, too.
I liked Foghorn Leghorn the best, but Yosemite Sam, Goofy and Donald Duck were right up there. Some people might prefer Huckleberry Hound, but myself, I always liked El Kabong better (who happens to be starring on Utube right now). Snaggletooth wasn’t bad either. Special mention oughta be given to Gidney & Cloyd and their scrootch gun. Boris & Natasha are very cool. Felix the Cat and the Master Cylinder are not on my list, but deserve mention because they were so bad they were good. I forgot to mention Popeye, who called dogs, “dorgs”, for all you dorg lovers out there. Has anyone ever seen the Bosko cartoons? Bosko was a trollycar operator who liked jelly sandwiches and romantic picnics with his girl, Honey.
but animation has come a bit further since those days…witness the two-dimensional Christmas funny deer and, more particularly, the near-three-dimensional Evolution of Dance2…
but i daresay Marina could make anyone more animated than usual…
I enjoyed watching Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. But I later heard the guy who did Space Ghost’s voice is certifiably insane. (Don’t know if that is true or not.)
Bug report. Twice I have edited and twice after the successful edit message, it didn’t return to the blog and show the edited msg until I hit the back button. First IE7 shows “Error on page” and then it just sits there with “Done.” After using Back, it returns to the blog and everything looks normal. I have only seen this today and only on this lesson. Editing on Origami minutes earlier worked fine. The original posting of this msg was also OK, but an editing of it caused this problem for the third and fourth times, so it is repeatable. The edits themselves are OK; the problem is returning to the blog.
Hey to all the members that still have the monsters as Gravatars you can go to http://www.Gravatar.com or just click on your gravatar and it will take you to the site where you can upload an image that you want for your picture. Log in with the same email address that you signed up for on here and the gravatar will change to your new pic. If you have problems with it changing let one of us know and we will help you on that issue.
Last night I witnessed the greatest display of Christmas lights ever, picture yourself park in front of a huge house with ten matching windows, the front door, the edges of the house, trees & various dancing elements trimmed out in lights. You set the car radio on a certain frequency and rockin’ Christmas music blasts out of the speakers, all while the lights are dancing in sync to the music.
The intensity builds as the crescendo come towards the end of We Three King, fantastic!
Just when you thought it could not have gotten any better an electric guitar version of Tchaikovsky ‘s Nutcracker March plays, imagine every note is a difference set of lights blinking in rhythm.
I doubt that. Getting a license, even a temporary experimental one, involves a lot of technical work such as plotting the curves of radiated power on a map, etc. Using a device designed not to broadcast very far (low power — milliwatts), say in the range of a few hundred feet, even in the broadcast bands, does not require a license. Of course, one would be wise to choose a quiet frequency so as not tick off the neighbors by interfering with listening to local stations or even those of surrounding cities.
The FCC is not going to bug anyone over this unless you pump out a few watts smack on top of licensed station or offer competition to the big boys by establishing a more-or-less permanent station. (Money talks.)
Hi Marina
Your video teaches me many words and it’s very amusing. Your dog is also cute .Oh and I would like to request the origin of the word seminar since in Thai there is a word sammanar which comes from seminar.
I’ll be very happy to see your video about this word
Thank you
Asturias
Dust occurs in a even distribution, whereas dust bunnies are clumps of dust (or they would never be noticed).
speaking of dust, we have all seen many times on TV the archealogical layers in the ground. If you go back a certain number of years, you are at this depth and if you go back farther, it is even deeper. In order for this to happen, dust or dirt or something must be falling continuously to build up the earth. If this is so, then it must be so that the entire earth is slowly increasing in diameter. It also follows that if it is depositing in one place, it must be coming from another place. Where is that place and why are the places on TV always the ones where the deposition is taking place?
Hey propero811, it is nice to see you post here again… I don’t even know exacly why “Dec. 25th”. Most scholars like to argue about stuff like the dates of things, etc.
I think the “mas” part of Christmas is just kind of a religious mass type service, celebrating Christ’s birth & the “deck” thing is probably just short for decorate.
“Wassailing” not even a quess, as my unresearched other ones were, but I imagine cpt. Jack could take a stab at it, if given 1/2 a chance, as “sailing” is part of the word.
Santa Claus , Saint Nick, different all over the world, Sinter Klaus even. Would probably be good lesson for “M”
A sleigh is a fancier vehicle for riding upon. A sled is a simple vehicle, to which one might be strapped to for transport like a dead carp, a less desirable experience.
“Hare and Wolf” (also published under the title “Na, warte!”, “Wolf und Lampi” and “Nu Pagadi”) is one of the best known and most successful Soviet cartoon series, particularly in the former GDR states.
btw: превысокомногорассмотрительствующий –> sounds like melody..
Yes it is still in the animation series but its japanese. For example Naruto,Fruits Basket,Death Note,Inuyasha(dog demon like this ), and etc. There is a website on Anime called for some best source(and its a tv show too XD)^^.
I guess you are using some coloring effect to simulate the appearance of comic book printing, but it reminds me of using a film color negative, which I detest. Yuckkk!
However, your breaths are looking good.
Thank you for the edit! Don’t worry about the bozos who abuse it; we will bombard them with unceasing and merciless criticism and also poo-poo them.
Say, I wonder if I should grow a beard? What do you think? I’ve been told that women find that a beard makes a man look extinguished.
CK, I left you a reply down there (v) somewhere, but I am too tired to go on. I give up, you win, Thoreau was a … whatever you were saying. Peace to you and yours.
OK, that’s it. He found the flaws. By order of bsomebody, every recipient of the HFW calendar shall immediately destroy it and await the new one with a more correctish month-name arrangement.
There’s never enough time to do the job right, but there’s always enough time to do it over. —- Microsoft Corporation
March used to be the first month, way back in Roman times. July and August were Quintilis and Sextilis (5&6) before they were renamed after Julius and Augustus.
Which reminds me…the first Roman emperor had epilepsy. Hence the name, Julius Seizure.
I watched a lot of cartoons growing up. I can’t say what my favorite was because I liked different shows at different ages.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Darkwing Duck
X-Men
Batman
I can go on and on… lol
Anyways I have a word request.
I got home from work tonight and we have a snow storm here in Colorado. So I turned on some Christmas jazz and made a cup of Hot Cocoa. After watching tonight’s HotForWords, I was wondering where the word Cocoa came from? I know chocolate comes from the cocoa bean but I would like to know the origin of the word Cocoa.
And, Marina, you can throw marshmellow in there, too. And, as we all know, marshmellows rise to the top and float on the cocoa, so that means you have do marshmellow first.*
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*Sorry, achsdu17, but you have been done in by physics, specifically, bouyancy. Bouyancy is that property which makes my words come before your words. Ask Captain Jack; he’ll tell you.
Your double-spacing set off my virus detector. You know the purpose of those things is to “read between the lines” of the software, and of course those were all blank. I received a letter of complaint from the little man in my PC, which was as cordial as can be, but he said he knew some very rude words, and if the spacing wasn’t stopped, I would be sorry.
As i watch your video i noticed you go through pronunciation and I’m wondering i have a dutch last name and i was just recently told I’m saying it wrong and no one can figure out how i should be introducing myself.
My last name is Goedhard
i have been saying it as Goodheart
And my favorite cartoon while growing up was the road runner and the coyote.
Definitely lol
It made it seem like ACME made everything in the world
now a really good question is with what ever currency that the coyote was using to buy all the T.N.T. and ACME things why didn’t he just order take out
ACME does seem to be a pervasive enterprise. However, you may not understand where the name comes from. It is not the word acme, which would put in the same company with paramount, zenith, paragon and the like. It is an acronym:
Hey HFW fans! Just got a brainstorm!
How about we make a list of “hot for words” in as many languages as we can think of?
I’ll lead off:
Spanish: “caliente para palabras”
Welsh: “poeth dros geiriau”
French: “chaude pour mots” (Someone check this for me.)
Russian: “goriachaya …” better let Marina finish this one.
Click on “Evan Owen” above, it’ll take you to my YouTube account & you can leave your translations there!
The French is right, Evan. At least, that’s the correct literal translation for a woman: I’m not entirely sure it would carry the same connotation, though.
Dobre vecher, Marina,
I checked out your Twitter page & again saw you in your mini-kilt. I keep wondering if you (as a Russian) are aware that the kilt is traditionally worn without underwear. Which makes the picture of you in a mini-kilt especially…umm…unsettling to those of us of “kiltic” heritage.
I’m not criticizing, mind you, just offering feedback.
Song Car-Tune-My Old Kentucky Home-1926.avi
click the “more info” on the right, if you want to get a little “bouncing ball” history lesson.
note: the song lyrics wouldn’t fly today.
Marina was born two days after John Lennon died, wonder if she got his soul in a reincarnation sought of way. She does have an attraction to the peace symbol & flashes the peace sign a lot. (singing well, some lesson would help )
Hola, el Che! I thought the attraction to the peace sign was her attraction to my (non holiday) gravatar. Whaddaryusayin’? Oh, BTW, I can use your help on the title for my paper. Check the post below. It will be easy to find if you look for the pink, M left a reply.
Foghorn Leghorn and the young Chickenhawk! ” Yer a chicken,and, I’m a chickenhawk” then He tries gnawing in Foghorn’s leg to no avail! So Foghorn sends Him on a mission to mess with the dog! Classic stuff.
@Chacha, this was my post down yonder that neuroway left a response:
It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals; they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world slowly transformed into a wilderness. I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
Like I mentioned, it is not originally mine, but it does mirror my feelings at times. Who wrote it?
Well, it doesn’t chill me at all. What she wrote is beautiful, even more when we think about the kind of world in which she was living. Although I must admit I tried once to read her diary, but couldn’t finish it (out of boredom I guess). But now that you make me think of it I guess I’ll go back in my library and open this book again. I think making fun of dead or living souls, or try to conceil the way they thought is a clear insult to their memory.
I could stand St Augustine’s confessions, though, although I didn’t like him a lot. Everybody is a product of his time. But sometimes it appears that there are some bugs on the production chain, and some people become kind of impermeable to the subliminal propaganda of the moment. Just like Augustine who wrote his confession and died while his city, Hippo, was besiedged by the Vandals. What he wrote, given the troubled times in which he lived, is simply remarkable.
Evening, everybody. That was a cool vid, Dear Teach! All the neat stuff you and many of the HFW family do here is mighty impressive, particularly when I sit here asking myself questions like, “Duh, what’s a thread?”.
My favorite toons were Roadrunner, because when I was a kid roadrunners were abundant in our area, and Mighty Mouse, because the music was so kick-ass.
Always.
My question is where does the phrase,” Fair to middlin’ “, come from? I know it means that things are a little better than average; just above okay, but how did it originate?
It’s middlin’ (short for middling). Fair to middlin’ means something (or oneself) is in a good state (said of health, etc.) as distinguished from poor/bad or extraordinary/outstanding. It is typically a rural phrase, and I feel safe in saying that it has not been uttered at a YouTube Live show.
Speaking of which, Marina, if anyone from the media gives you any lip, just say, “You’re slower than dial-up, aren’t you?” That’ll squelch ‘em. (It’s cool, it’s hip, it’s tech and you heard it here first.)
Hey Marina! I was wondering if you could do the word “Demonstrate“? I find it odd that it has the word “Demon” in it… Any correlation to the actual scary demon from hell? Hehe, thank you!!
Homework: Tom and Jerry; Dragonball Z
Ringtones: got a youtube account, won’t verify my e-mail, can’t subscribe. Is there any other way to get one? I would praise the heavens if I could get one.
PS: If any TA’s read this, please do me a favor and ask Marina for me, I will be eternally grateful! And as a bonus, I will give the edible comment of a sandwich……with spicy mustard. (Your choice of meats and cheeses, plus lettuce tomato, etc.)
Fossil you say you can’t login to You Tube? Have you tried to make a new account on you tube? Or it just want recognize your valid email address? Try the email address that you signed in on Marina’s site.If that isn’t what you need let me or one of us know and we will keep helping you.
Mike
Simply put, I’ve tried on many different occassions to make a youtube account, it sets it up, let’s me watch videos, but when I send the verification to my e-mail to get subscriptions, it doesn’t work. I don’t put videos on youtube, the main reason I recently tried was to subscribe to Marina’s vids, and enter the contest.
I don’t really care bout fixin it, I still watch her new posts, and I love how she does things here,so no youtube subscription ability is really no problem 4 me. I just wanted to pass a message on to her wonderin if she could still maybe find a way for me to b in the contest.
PS: Also, tell her not 2 be angry please, I just really want 2 be in the running 4 a ringtone, she has the best voice I ever heard. If u could just get her 2 read this and pass on an answer to me, it would be fine. Either in comments or at the end of her next post.
Gracias Capman, u shall get the edible comment sandwich, what u want on it
I emailed Marina about your problem with YouTube I know her answer back is slow, but she gets a lot of mail. She emailed this back for you to try.
He needs to use an email service other than msn (hotmail) as they block all my emails as well.
Tell him to set up a “gmail” account and use that for both You Tube and for HotForWords site..
A trollop was a lollypop given to each rider on the trollies and cable cars of San Francisco on occasion of the tenth anniversary of public transportation in that city.
Okay folks, I need some help for a title on my final paper for school. I argued that Thoreau’s ideas in his essay Civil Disobedience are very different from the ideas held in civil disobedience, today. I argued specifically that his ideas of violence, social change, and the ends justifying the means do not jive with today’s beliefs. My title is “Henry David Thoreau: Revolutionary or Misplaced Utopian,” but that sucks. I need a catchy title folks, and you have been nominated. Congratulations!
I do not think he was misplaced then, just later. Somehow King and Gandhi threw his name around and people associated their beliefs with Thoreau. The Revolutionary part in my title is the concept of non-violent social change, but Thoreau did not buy into that; he just wanted a simple life, extreme individualism. An anarchist utopian kind of thing.
Conservatives believe in conforming to existing law and then, if change is desired, changing the law. “Ends justifying the means” would be the opposite I would think.
He was not pacifist, either. I was really surprised when I read his work how misconstrued his ideas have become. He was a HUGE fan of John Brown, felt no desire to implement social change, and that any means necessary as long as your motives were pure.
“Mother Rapers,Father Stabbers,FATHER RAPERS,sittin right there on the bench next to Me marked,”Group W”,that’s where they put ya if ya may not be moral enough to join the Army after commitin Yer special crime”
Thoreau may not have been so different from the “dissidents” of the 60s n 70s. Just title it “Thoreau’s Restaraunt” and see if they make the connection to Guthrie and alices Restaraunt”.
Buzzword,,GREAT LINK! I never saw that version before!
Bsomebody,glad to be of service! Hope it all comes together for Ya.
Here in the Driftless Area We are getting POUNDED by snow,,no no,,not “LB’d”!LOL! Were getting pounded all night then blowing and drifting tomorrow.Possibly sleet/ice too,enough there are warnings that power lines might come apart!
What does filling a church full of garbage have to do with being a revolutionary? Oh-come-on-you-guys…
“what did you get arrested for, kid”
“litterin’” (and they all moved away from me)
“…and creatin’ a public disturbance”
(and they all moved back)
Bunch of insect politics….
ok- whatever makes you (feel) popular
I guess….
Try this…
Philosophy 101
- Survive, then conquer
First rule of the jungle:
Kill or be killed
Second rule:
Big ones eat the little ones.
Third Rule: ???
(I helped y’all with the first two)
Can you figure this one out?
From what I have read on Thoreau, violence was not a weapon he used. Nor does “ends justify the means” seem apt, either. In the few words you have used, you seem to make him out as someone who would fit right in with today’s terrorists. I gather he thought everyone should vigorously oppose big government, but not crash planes into buildings to do it. How about: Henry David Thoreau: Grow a pair.
Thoreau, himself, did not use violence. (He actually did very little. One thing he did, was to not pay taxes, that’s about it.) He was, however, a huge propenent of the use of violence. For example, he admired John Brown after the “Pottawamie Massacre” in Bleeding Kansas and after Harper’s Ferry. Brown used violence as a means to end slavery. I did not criticize Thoreau for his advocacy of violence, I simply contrasted his beliefs against those of Gandhi and King.
Thoreau did believe that whatever means necessary were okay, as long as the cause was just and the participant was worhy. He said, “The question is not about the weapon, but the spirit in which you use it,” and concerning Brown, “I think that for once the Sharp’s rifles and the revolvers were employed in a righteous cause.”
There are 7 girls in a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat, there are 7 little cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
I agree, but I need a number to finish the equation to open an xl file someone sent me. So I thought I would share the problem to see how good someone is going to be.
7 girls * 2 legs = 14 legs
7 girls * 7 packs = 49 packs
49 packs * 7 b cats = 343 b cats
343 b cats * 4 legs = 1372 legs
343 b cats * 7 l cats = 2401 l cats
2401 l cats * 4 legs = 9604 legs
14+1372+9604=10,990 legs
10,990 legs
ok you take 7×2=14 but then 14×7+2 i skip the backpack because what if the dont have legs? so take 14×7+4 since each cat has 4 legs which is 102 but 102×7+4 then get 718…. wow thats alot of legs
nathan19 commented earlier about the Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny opera. Does anybody have a link to a vid of that. I have not seen it for … uh… crikey! …. decades.
***WORD REQUEST***
Milaya Marina,
Did you get my Video Request you requested for “salary” (posted as a response to “Model”)? My technical advisor (read: 13-year-old daughter & YouTube enthusiast) assures me she posted it correctly.
Dobre vecher,
Evan
Hi Marina, you asked me to remind you to start doing ringtones again after I asked you about them. Well this is my reminder. And for homework, my favorite cartoon was always The Ninja Turtles.
I have always said. First rule of COBOL Programing is not to talk about COBOL Programing. Second rule of COBOL Programing is NOT to talk about COBOL Programing. Sorry COBOL make me crazy nuts so weird rats, like now. hahahahah.
Hummm yeah the quotes are random. Well sort of. There is no such thing as random on a computer. I think they are from a list that Marina found on the internet. Maybe its time to make a new list, hu?
hey doc, tell me what is up? It is not fair….that rabbit was my little buddy growing up. Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids ….cartoons and looney fun good job Marina and all the hotforwords efforts…..With all the mice, how different rabbits became stars? (not the monthly playboy )
Favorite cartoon, huh? I gotta say Tom and Jerry.
What about the word, Hoopla?
Or is that even a word?
This is cool, I’m actually learning. Sweet.
Shout out to Capman, u awesome.
“Felix the cat”,”Bullwinkle and Rocky”, “Underdog”, “Superchicken”, “Popeye”, this is just some of the animated shows I watched as a child. I Don’t watch so many anymore.
Some of my favies, too!… too bad they don’t make ‘em like that no mo’! They are a rarity on the tellie anymore They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, mate…
When you leave a comment the smileys will disappear until the 5 minute timer for the edit feature gets done. Then they will return. I thought I was having problems with my computer but it is the new feature that causes that problem. I am not sure about the edit feature yet.
I don’t know if it’s a bug. We will have to figure out how to manually put in our own smileys when they don’t show up. Do you know the codes for the different smileys or where I can find a page that will show me how to use the code to make the smileys?
< i never knew : -) was a way if doing a smilie if it messes up again i will feel then i will go to bed feeling but i will think of you then feel and wake up
Here’s a video on Duh that she did a while back. Maybe it could answer that same question for you. You can find more videos under the Word / Lessons section at the top of the page. Enjoy
My favorite cartoons growing up were the Wile E. Coyote v. Roadrunner ones. Such a beautifully simple premise: a fierce predator coming up with one outlandish tactic after another to catch as simple a prey as a roadrunner. Bugs Bunny was really good too, though. I especially liked the episode where he does a sort of opera thing with Elmer Fudd.
No it’s just you they are still small. Marina made them bigger and added an edit button to the comment boxes. It will last for about 5 minutes then when you refresh it will disappear. Cool HuH
Mine was or rather still is Tom and Jerry.
hello marina
I like to have a postcard of you
if it’s possible or a video for me
thanks
Tom and Jerry all the way!!!!
Oh cool, I Love Bugs Bunny too =D hmm and the rest on the Bugs and Daffy show but Bugs the most lol
I liked popeye and bugs bunny is my favourite too!
And Anime is a japanese type of animation too!(just so you know)
Marina, here is a cool animation used by navidia to highlight their software. Free software for the PC though
http://www.nvidia.com/object/gz_plush_life.html
Doesn’t Animare come from the noun Anima meaning soul?
This was awesome!
Thanks! I wish I could have animated it really, though!
Marina, Here check this out
http://reallusionchannel.com/VID/Product/ic3intro.html
That looks like fun because I downloading it. I seen the video and I love to animate things such as pivots!
Did you see the video over on Marina”s resolutions video post. I posted a link there as well.
This technology will be used as a way to customize movies so if there’s a particular actor or actress that you like to see a lot of you will have an animation menu with tools and options to create characters real time in movies you watch. Movies like Casablanca, Disney’s Shrek, Educating Rita, enjoy your favorite stars in dvd format. When the adult film industry gets a hold of this people will never leave their homes. Any movie you want Marina to star in?
Calm down that software isn’t too the point that you can replace live actors with animated artificial ones and they look as to be real actors, its for fun stuff.
I don’t understand how that can’t be considered fun, it wouldn’t really be replacing it would be customizing an avatar to fit into a movie character role but I see what you’re saying, don’t want to be placing the cart in front of the horse. Heck, it will happen tho, look at how realistic gaming technology has become.
How sad can we men get???Of course i ‘ll have to admit that she is hysterically adorable but salivating over a u-tube persona and posting comments for her and making word requests…As if this very beautiful and above all CUNNING Russian vixen will ever read anything of what we post for her or that she even has the time to bother about all her loving fans.We as a species are so naive.
She is not simply funny, she is a cunning linguist.
Stick around for a while. You will find that even though Marina is very busy and quite professional, she is also a caring young lady. Get to know her, first.
Not that there’s anything wrong with being a cunning sex vixen coz I’m not making it out to sound like a horrible thing
…hypnotic boobs!
Simpsons
I loved watching Transformers and G.I.Joe, plus GoBots. Then there was Scooby Doo and The Justice League, as well as The Incredible Hulk & He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Can’t forget Voltron and ThunderCats, too.
I liked Foghorn Leghorn the best, but Yosemite Sam, Goofy and Donald Duck were right up there. Some people might prefer Huckleberry Hound, but myself, I always liked El Kabong better (who happens to be starring on Utube right now). Snaggletooth wasn’t bad either. Special mention oughta be given to Gidney & Cloyd and their scrootch gun. Boris & Natasha are very cool. Felix the Cat and the Master Cylinder are not on my list, but deserve mention because they were so bad they were good. I forgot to mention Popeye, who called dogs, “dorgs”, for all you dorg lovers out there. Has anyone ever seen the Bosko cartoons? Bosko was a trollycar operator who liked jelly sandwiches and romantic picnics with his girl, Honey.
Mine would have to be Thunder cats. but my favorite one now is star wars the clone wars….
mine were Dragon Ball when goku was called “zero”, GI JOE, Voltron, Transformers and Thundercats
my favorite cartoons, besides the Looney Tunes, were Space Ghost and
Johnny Quest…
but animation has come a bit further since those days…witness the two-dimensional Christmas funny deer and, more particularly, the near-three-dimensional
Evolution of Dance2…
but i daresay Marina could make anyone more animated than usual…
omg…an edit function!…ty, Marina!
I enjoyed watching Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. But I later heard the guy who did Space Ghost’s voice is certifiably insane. (Don’t know if that is true or not.)
That Christmas Basket Case was pretty good.
Daffy Duck…he’s a selfish, greedy, opportunistic reprobate like me.
land line is ending…………break through bounce, early spirits….beet juice
Bug report. Twice I have edited and twice after the successful edit message, it didn’t return to the blog and show the edited msg until I hit the back button. First IE7 shows “Error on page” and then it just sits there with “Done.” After using Back, it returns to the blog and everything looks normal. I have only seen this today and only on this lesson. Editing on Origami minutes earlier worked fine. The original posting of this msg was also OK, but an editing of it caused this problem for the third and fourth times, so it is repeatable. The edits themselves are OK; the problem is returning to the blog.
I would like to know why someone is called a “Copy Cat” if they copy what you do. Do cats spend a lot of time coppying people???
No, that’s monkeys. Cats could couldn’t care less.
Yes, the Bugs Bunny cartoons are the best.
Hey to all the members that still have the monsters as Gravatars you can go to http://www.Gravatar.com or just click on your gravatar and it will take you to the site where you can upload an image that you want for your picture. Log in with the same email address that you signed up for on here and the gravatar will change to your new pic. If you have problems with it changing let one of us know and we will help you on that issue.
Mike
Reminds me of an Animaniacs episode.
Hi Marina!
Again I’m requesting a word, with high hopes this time!
‘Hector’ is a verb meaning to bully, and seeing as it’s my real name, I thought I’d ask how it came about. It would be interesting!
Thanks!
Hector
Please do not aggravate, agitate, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blow the coals, bother, bramble, brier, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, burr, cactus, catchweed, chafe, chivy, cleavers, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, embitter, exasperate, excite, exercise, fan, fan the flame, fash, feed the fire, ferment, fire, foment, fret, get, goose grass, gripe, harass, harry, heat, heat up, heckle, hector, hound, huff, impassion, incense, incite, inflame, instigate, irk, irritate, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pine needle, pique, plague, plaque, pluck the beard, pother, prickle, provoke, put out, put up to, quill, rally, rankle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, set on, set up, sic on, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir up, tease, thistle, thorn, tickle, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex, whet, whip up, work up, worry or yucca Marina. No tickling, either — that’s my department!
You what…?
you forgot the word, “bore”.
Hi, Marina!! Thanks for new lesson!!!
My favorites cartoons are Tom and Jerry , Ну, погоди! and South Park!! As for me, they are the best!!
OMG! I think I’ve discovered the TRUE cause of global warming – Our Dear Teacher!
Just look at this satellite thermal image map of NY!
Marina is so HotForWords she melted New York City!
{I really hope Al Gore doesn’t visit this site…}
I should have been clued-in when the owner of the internet cafe started making me use the computer in the walk-in freezer
i learned more from watching school house rock than i did in the classroom.
I still use that in my high school clas rooms. We ALL know the Preamble.
Notice that the cars are moving without the aid of an engine? I wonder if that video is on the level?
OK.
All caught up on my lessons.
My favorites cartoon was Mighy Mouse.
“Here I come to save the day”.
Try this:
http://www.toonopedia.com/
Wonder if there is a listing for HotForWords?
Last night I witnessed the greatest display of Christmas lights ever, picture yourself park in front of a huge house with ten matching windows, the front door, the edges of the house, trees & various dancing elements trimmed out in lights. You set the car radio on a certain frequency and rockin’ Christmas music blasts out of the speakers, all while the lights are dancing in sync to the music.
The intensity builds as the crescendo come towards the end of We Three King, fantastic!
Just when you thought it could not have gotten any better an electric guitar version of Tchaikovsky ‘s Nutcracker March plays, imagine every note is a difference set of lights blinking in rhythm.
Totally outstanding display.
See if this link works for Nutcracker March
These people went out and bought an FCC broadcast license just to entertain people at Christmas time, how nice is that
I doubt that. Getting a license, even a temporary experimental one, involves a lot of technical work such as plotting the curves of radiated power on a map, etc. Using a device designed not to broadcast very far (low power — milliwatts), say in the range of a few hundred feet, even in the broadcast bands, does not require a license. Of course, one would be wise to choose a quiet frequency so as not tick off the neighbors by interfering with listening to local stations or even those of surrounding cities.
The FCC is not going to bug anyone over this unless you pump out a few watts smack on top of licensed station or offer competition to the big boys by establishing a more-or-less permanent station. (Money talks.)
Hi Marina
Your video teaches me many words and it’s very amusing. Your dog is also cute .Oh and I would like to request the origin of the word seminar since in Thai there is a word sammanar which comes from seminar.
I’ll be very happy to see your video about this word
Thank you
Asturias
And while you’re at it, you could do the origin of the full nar.
Marina, one song from Babe just for you
You old romantic, that was sweet. I enjoyed that movie.
Yeah, I wanted to sneak in a message a day early without setting off an avalanche – heh heh!
How about the word Dust Bunnys why not just say dust.
In the Navy, we called them “ghost turds.”
Dust occurs in a even distribution, whereas dust bunnies are clumps of dust (or they would never be noticed).
speaking of dust, we have all seen many times on TV the archealogical layers in the ground. If you go back a certain number of years, you are at this depth and if you go back farther, it is even deeper. In order for this to happen, dust or dirt or something must be falling continuously to build up the earth. If this is so, then it must be so that the entire earth is slowly increasing in diameter. It also follows that if it is depositing in one place, it must be coming from another place. Where is that place and why are the places on TV always the ones where the deposition is taking place?
Signed,
I can’t believe the sky is falling.
A couple of the places from which ’stuff’ is originating:
-Mountains
-The Earth’s molten core
A couple of ways said ’stuff’ is being moved:
-Rivers
-Volcanoes (both on land and submerged underwater)
A couple of places the ’stuff’ is being deposited:
-River deltas
-The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
…just my speculation, but I think I’m on the right track…
Hi from new zealand how about the word KIWI or maori
A kiwi is a fruit used in the manufacture of shoe polish.How a green fruit produces a black polish, exactly, is a closely-guarded trade secret.
It’s true, I tell you.
Breakfast Club morning music.
Morning Guv’ner
G’morning, how are you today?
Bob and Doug
I brought bagels & some
hottiesum.. hot teack your email
late, but present. Okay, we can get started, now.
Hey – how about doing a few Christmas words:
Yuletide? Yule log? Yule? What does that have to do with Christmas?
Christmas? Where do they get the “mas?”
Sleigh? Why isn’t it a sled?
Deck the halls? Deck them? What the…? You deck someone when you punch them and knock them down – why are we decking the halls with boughs of holly?
Here we come a “wassailing?” What is that?
Santa Claus? Where’d that come from?
I’m sure that others know of some words that we use every Christmas, but have no idea why….
Mistletoe =
Missing a toe? 
Holly. Why not Holy?
catching the christmas spirit?
Hey propero811, it is nice to see you post here again… I don’t even know exacly why “Dec. 25th”. Most scholars like to argue about stuff like the dates of things, etc.
I think the “mas” part of Christmas is just kind of a religious mass type service, celebrating Christ’s birth & the “deck” thing is probably just short for decorate.
“Wassailing” not even a quess, as my unresearched other ones were, but I imagine cpt. Jack could take a stab at it, if given 1/2 a chance, as “sailing” is part of the word.
Santa Claus , Saint Nick, different all over the world, Sinter Klaus even. Would probably be good lesson for “M”
Yuletide was discussed recently here.
A sleigh is a fancier vehicle for riding upon. A sled is a simple vehicle, to which one might be strapped to for transport like a dead carp, a less desirable experience.
hey beautiful, im new here and i was wondering if i could request the word “Babe”. if not, its cool i enjoy ur videos either way.take care=)
Wow! I was just thinking about this when I saw your request.
(See above)
HI Marina,
Ну, погоди!- Ну заяц, ну погоди! –
I liked it!
“Hare and Wolf” (also published under the title “Na, warte!”, “Wolf und Lampi” and “Nu Pagadi”) is one of the best known and most successful Soviet cartoon series, particularly in the former GDR states.
btw: превысокомногорассмотрительствующий –> sounds like melody..
So long!
so , what about anime ?
Yes it is still in the animation series but its japanese. For example Naruto,Fruits Basket,Death Note,Inuyasha(dog demon like this
), and etc. There is a website on Anime called for some best source(and its a tv show too XD)^^.
Hi Marina
my favorite cartoon when i was little was Tom and Jerry…. come to think of it thats still my favorite cartoon now
hi marina, I would like to know the origin of the word etymology
thanks
I guess you are using some coloring effect to simulate the appearance of comic book printing, but it reminds me of using a film color negative, which I detest. Yuckkk!
However, your breaths are looking good.
Thank you for the edit! Don’t worry about the bozos who abuse it; we will bombard them with unceasing and merciless criticism and also poo-poo them.
Say, I wonder if I should grow a beard? What do you think? I’ve been told that women find that a beard makes a man look extinguished.
CK, I left you a reply down there (v) somewhere, but I am too tired to go on. I give up, you win, Thoreau was a … whatever you were saying. Peace to you and yours.
This is a joke, right?
• “too tired”
• “give up”
• “you win”
How un-Thoreau-ish.
Don’t you like russian vinipuch animation?
lithuanian?
Good guess. You too?
thank you so very much luke!
Yeah December should be the tenth month. October should be eight, and September, uh… I forget. Septa is seven? Our numbers are off!
OK, that’s it. He found the flaws. By order of bsomebody, every recipient of the HFW calendar shall immediately destroy it and await the new one with a more correctish month-name arrangement.
March used to be the first month, way back in Roman times. July and August were Quintilis and Sextilis (5&6) before they were renamed after Julius and Augustus.
Which reminds me…the first Roman emperor had epilepsy. Hence the name, Julius Seizure.
So I guess he was an old stick-in-the-mouth.
I watched a lot of cartoons growing up. I can’t say what my favorite was because I liked different shows at different ages.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Darkwing Duck
X-Men
Batman
I can go on and on… lol
Anyways I have a word request.
I got home from work tonight and we have a snow storm here in Colorado. So I turned on some Christmas jazz and made a cup of Hot Cocoa. After watching tonight’s HotForWords, I was wondering where the word Cocoa came from? I know chocolate comes from the cocoa bean but I would like to know the origin of the word Cocoa.
Thanks
And, Marina, you can throw marshmellow in there, too. And, as we all know, marshmellows rise to the top and float on the cocoa, so that means you have do marshmellow first.*
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*Sorry, achsdu17, but you have been done in by physics, specifically, bouyancy. Bouyancy is that property which makes my words come before your words. Ask Captain Jack; he’ll tell you.
I wonder if Ankh has the same etymology. It is the symbol of life. Hmm….
I would like to request the word solicitation. Thanks so much!
Hello Marina,
This show was very different- watch out Frank Miller!
Charles Schulz provided the Promethean spark
for my favorite cartoon- Charlie Brown.
I’ve always liked the music.
Marina, I just love how you analyze the word’s complete
ancestry and this past participle was fascinating
. Case
in point, “animare” meaning of to “give breathe to” is a great
analogy to what symbolizes animation. I just gotta believe
that is what every Disney, Warner Bros. animator were
thinking as they animated such classic characters like Mickey
Mouse, Donald & Daffy Duck, Porky & Goofy, and of course
your favorite wasically wabbit,Bugs Bunny
They were all
given their first breath of life by these dedicated caregivers of
who put a little of themseves into each piece of
animation.
This is why you are the Dean of Philology:
you have a gift of breathing life to every word you
investigate!!
Regarding my homework,
my trusty friend and professor, my favorite cartoon growing
up was Winnie the Pooh and the original Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Now as days my taste have a grown a bit more sophicated,
with South Park, being my favorite piece of animation. Still, I
will never grow tire of Pooh’s honey cravings, Piglet’s fears or
Tigger’s wild spirit.
P.S. Marina, I too will always love me some classic Looney
Toons and I wish I could have experience the joys you had
with “Nu Pogodi” but I bet it was an amazing animated
show
love, Doug
Your double-spacing set off my virus detector. You know the purpose of those things is to “read between the lines” of the software, and of course those were all blank. I received a letter of complaint from the little man in my PC, which was as cordial as can be, but he said he knew some very rude words, and if the spacing wasn’t stopped, I would be sorry.
As i watch your video i noticed you go through pronunciation and I’m wondering i have a dutch last name and i was just recently told I’m saying it wrong and no one can figure out how i should be introducing myself.
My last name is Goedhard
i have been saying it as Goodheart
And my favorite cartoon while growing up was the road runner and the coyote.
Remember how all the bombs, T.N.T., and assorted gizmos came from “ACME”?
Definitely lol
It made it seem like ACME made everything in the world
now a really good question is with what ever currency that the coyote was using to buy all the T.N.T. and ACME things why didn’t he just order take out
ACME does seem to be a pervasive enterprise. However, you may not understand where the name comes from. It is not the word acme, which would put in the same company with paramount, zenith, paragon and the like. It is an acronym:
All
Chinese-
Made
Explosives
It’s true, I tell you.
Wayyyy back when,who was that little old cartoon dude that stuttered real bad when He sang?
porky pig
This is one of my favorites
Nope,was an old dude with a long moustache.
The singers name is Bob Rivers, but i still like it
you mean this guy?
Somebody shaved His moustache and stole His horse! Song sounds familiar tho!
OK, one more before bedtime…
Did y’all know the “successor to the thumbtack” was invented by a Russian poet? Aleksandr Pushpin!
Good point!
well my favorite animated serie is saint seiya, and Marina is my personal goodness
Hey HFW fans! Just got a brainstorm!
How about we make a list of “hot for words” in as many languages as we can think of?
I’ll lead off:
Spanish: “caliente para palabras”
Welsh: “poeth dros geiriau”
French: “chaude pour mots” (Someone check this for me.)
Russian: “goriachaya …” better let Marina finish this one.
Click on “Evan Owen” above, it’ll take you to my YouTube account & you can leave your translations there!
The French is right, Evan. At least, that’s the correct literal translation for a woman: I’m not entirely sure it would carry the same connotation, though.
You have to make sure, though, that in the other languages hot also refers to passionate interest vs. merely temperature.
Dobre vecher, Marina,
to those of us of “kiltic” heritage.
I checked out your Twitter page & again saw you in your mini-kilt. I keep wondering if you (as a Russian) are aware that the kilt is traditionally worn without underwear. Which makes the picture of you in a mini-kilt especially…umm…unsettling
I’m not criticizing, mind you, just offering feedback.
I would like to know the origin of the words debauchery and debacle. Thankyou
Why did Santa’s Helper go to a psychotherapist?
Because he had no elf-esteem.
Not Claus-trophobia?
Very good!
You sleigh me.
I got a Christmas card from my solicitor last year which asked the question, “What do you call Santa’s little helpers?”
Answer: Subordinate clauses.
That’s a first. An animated video? Sweet!
&Donde esta mi amigo, Che? No tengo vente dolares por la PayPay.
I know, I know, but that was the best I could do. “Ats sum Carolinian, Suthron Californy Spanglish, richair. Yup.”
Been out looking at Christmas lights, boy I saw the most extravagant display of lights ever. I’ll tell you at the Breakfast Club.
Left you a title for you paper below.
Dear Marina,
Here is wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY a little early
Song Car-Tune-My Old Kentucky Home-1926.avi
click the “more info” on the right, if you want to get a little “bouncing ball” history lesson.
note: the song lyrics wouldn’t fly today.
Marina was born two days after John Lennon died, wonder if she got his soul in a reincarnation sought of way. She does have an attraction to the peace symbol & flashes the peace sign a lot. (singing well, some lesson would help
)
Hola, el Che! I thought the attraction to the peace sign was her attraction to my (non holiday) gravatar. Whaddaryusayin’? Oh, BTW, I can use your help on the title for my paper. Check the post below. It will be easy to find if you look for the pink, M left a reply.
Got my (our) calander today… now the argument starts, where to put it up… & cool bonus I forged your signature, I can sign cheques now too.
Foghorn Leghorn and the young Chickenhawk! ” Yer a chicken,and, I’m a chickenhawk”
then He tries gnawing in Foghorn’s leg to no avail! So Foghorn sends Him on a mission to mess with the dog! Classic stuff.
Those 3 rule!
It sure is fun watching cartoons in class all day/night. Maybe next we can go on a fieldtrip.
Marina, To wish you a Happy Birthdays and a Merry Christmass I found you an animated video of another sort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ldG1zYtzBk
Tell me how you like the horses?
The little girl says at the end “I know where a dead armadillo is wanna go see it’?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM95mahlsm8
Same song
http://tinyurl.com/3e4y4k
http://www.cmt.com/videos/kenny-rogers/58638/planet-texas.jhtml
Tell me how you like our Father’s horses?
The little girl says at the end “I know where a dead armadillo is wanna go see it’?
@Chacha, this was my post down yonder that neuroway left a response:
Like I mentioned, it is not originally mine, but it does mirror my feelings at times. Who wrote it?
Oh yeah, I still need a title for that paper below.
Very interestiing point you raised here, bsomebody.
I already read Tolstoi’s “War and Peace”.
But now I thing I need to read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Kamarazov”
Guys, I really think Marina is great. She’s the one dudes… Stick with her!!!! And let’s see what happens!!!
You are on the right track, but this is much more … straightforward reading.
Okay, you deserve to know. It was Anne Frank. When I think that a fifteen year old girl wrote that, it chills me.
Well, it doesn’t chill me at all. What she wrote is beautiful, even more when we think about the kind of world in which she was living. Although I must admit I tried once to read her diary, but couldn’t finish it (out of boredom I guess). But now that you make me think of it I guess I’ll go back in my library and open this book again. I think making fun of dead or living souls, or try to conceil the way they thought is a clear insult to their memory.
I could stand St Augustine’s confessions, though, although I didn’t like him a lot. Everybody is a product of his time. But sometimes it appears that there are some bugs on the production chain, and some people become kind of impermeable to the subliminal propaganda of the moment. Just like Augustine who wrote his confession and died while his city, Hippo, was besiedged by the Vandals. What he wrote, given the troubled times in which he lived, is simply remarkable.
Actually, you do observe the rules
of the jungle (you just don’t know it).
Rule #3 – Move with the herd.
(safety in numbers)
Oh, I do know it, but I also know that I can make choices.
Evening, everybody. That was a cool vid, Dear Teach! All the neat stuff you and many of the HFW family do here is mighty impressive, particularly when I sit here asking myself questions like, “Duh, what’s a thread?”.
My favorite toons were Roadrunner, because when I was a kid roadrunners were abundant in our area, and Mighty Mouse, because the music was so kick-ass.
Always.
i watched this cartoon as a kid, probably conditioned me to study anthropology.
Never saw that one as a kid. But I do remember Topo Gigio
That got me thinking of Grape Ape.
Hey Marina
I really liked this one, very creative.
My question is where does the phrase,” Fair to middlin’ “, come from? I know it means that things are a little better than average; just above okay, but how did it originate?
Thanks!
Ironwolf,
Your gravatar looks great, man. Well, at least, it has the “wolf” embedded in it, which is a good start!!!
But your gravatar is not as great as Marina’s, of coarse!
Good question of yours. Perhaps Marina can answer that?
“Fair to middin’” What does that mean? Mein Dame???
It’s middlin’ (short for middling). Fair to middlin’ means something (or oneself) is in a good state (said of health, etc.) as distinguished from poor/bad or extraordinary/outstanding. It is typically a rural phrase, and I feel safe in saying that it has not been uttered at a YouTube Live show.
Speaking of which, Marina, if anyone from the media gives you any lip, just say, “You’re slower than dial-up, aren’t you?” That’ll squelch ‘em. (It’s cool, it’s hip, it’s tech and you heard it here first.)
the russian cartoon marina mentioned in the video.
Heh heh – good find!
It is not just fight or flight. Ah Grasshopper, we the Third Way.
we HAVE… sry
I have the DVR all set to record the Marina Birthday Special on the Factor this Wednesday on Fox, a must see
no shoes, no shirt, no service.
wheres your shirt ? Do we need a shirt in the privacy of our own homes?
Hey Marina! I was wondering if you could do the word “Demonstrate“? I find it odd that it has the word “Demon” in it… Any correlation to the actual scary demon from hell?
Hehe, thank you!!
- Taylor J
Demons aren’t always evil. There are good ones mentiond in Shakespeare’s writings and also in the book “The Golden Compass”.
Eh, no matter what side they’re on, I’m still quite curious
Me too
Kinda sounds like a demon that isn’t gay.
Geez.. I am dealing with .. “Miuras” here? Of course you realize that this means…
¡War!
Homework: Tom and Jerry; Dragonball Z
Ringtones: got a youtube account, won’t verify my e-mail, can’t subscribe. Is there any other way to get one? I would praise the heavens if I could get one.
PS: If any TA’s read this, please do me a favor and ask Marina for me, I will be eternally grateful! And as a bonus, I will give the edible comment of a sandwich……with spicy mustard. (Your choice of meats and cheeses, plus lettuce tomato, etc.)
Fossil you say you can’t login to You Tube? Have you tried to make a new account on you tube? Or it just want recognize your valid email address? Try the email address that you signed in on Marina’s site.If that isn’t what you need let me or one of us know and we will keep helping you.
Mike
Simply put, I’ve tried on many different occassions to make a youtube account, it sets it up, let’s me watch videos, but when I send the verification to my e-mail to get subscriptions, it doesn’t work. I don’t put videos on youtube, the main reason I recently tried was to subscribe to Marina’s vids, and enter the contest.
I don’t really care bout fixin it, I still watch her new posts, and I love how she does things here,so no youtube subscription ability is really no problem 4 me. I just wanted to pass a message on to her wonderin if she could still maybe find a way for me to b in the contest.
PS: Also, tell her not 2 be angry please, I just really want 2 be in the running 4 a ringtone, she has the best voice I ever heard. If u could just get her 2 read this and pass on an answer to me, it would be fine. Either in comments or at the end of her next post.
Gracias Capman, u shall get the edible comment sandwich, what u want on it
Capman911 Replied:
I emailed Marina about your problem with YouTube I know her answer back is slow, but she gets a lot of mail. She emailed this back for you to try.
He needs to use an email service other than msn (hotmail) as they block all my emails as well.
Tell him to set up a “gmail” account and use that for both You Tube and for HotForWords site..
Marina
Hope this works for you.
Mike
Any of you “fossils” ever read the old Tom Swift series back in the day?
Doubt anyone would know what a Swifty is anymore
“People are more interested in quickies these days.” I said hastily.
Fossil I sent an email to Captain Jack and Marina to see if they can help you with that problem. Marina may be the on for the task.
Mike
I think the ringtone promotion is over. I tried many months ago and had the same issue. Let me find out if the ringtone promotion is truly over.
The recent comments list is out of whack. Do posts not list over there until the edit has expired?
I just checked it out also. It seems you must have hit on another little quirk.
I would like to request th word: briefcase
Thanks… ;P
editable comments!?
and no i did not say edible comments.
Yes, they are edible. I’m doing all I can to help in this world economy
cheesecake.
mmm…yummy.
Cream-cheese-frosting bikini!
hi could you please investigate the word trollop!
word request: trollop
Looks like you’ve been doing your reading bsomebody!
A trollop was a lollypop given to each rider on the trollies and cable cars of San Francisco on occasion of the tenth anniversary of public transportation in that city.
It’s true, I tell you.
Lickety split!
Okay folks, I need some help for a title on my final paper for school. I argued that Thoreau’s ideas in his essay Civil Disobedience are very different from the ideas held in civil disobedience, today. I argued specifically that his ideas of violence, social change, and the ends justifying the means do not jive with today’s beliefs. My title is “Henry David Thoreau: Revolutionary or Misplaced Utopian,” but that sucks. I need a catchy title folks, and you have been nominated. Congratulations!
I want to come up with something col, but the pressure is making me draw a blank!
But was he misplaced at the time?
Hmm, is it revolutionary when you say stuff like the end justifies the means… or is that conservative?
I do not think he was misplaced then, just later. Somehow King and Gandhi threw his name around and people associated their beliefs with Thoreau. The Revolutionary part in my title is the concept of non-violent social change, but Thoreau did not buy into that; he just wanted a simple life, extreme individualism. An anarchist utopian kind of thing.
Conservatives believe in conforming to existing law and then, if change is desired, changing the law. “Ends justifying the means” would be the opposite I would think.
henry david thoreau: one bad ass motherfucker.
That is the problem, buzz. I do not think he was badass at all. That was my argument. Maybe HDT, one pusillanimous mo-fo.
henry david thoreau: one pacifist motherfucker.
How about a rather fucker. He would rather fuck your whole family instead of your mother.
He was not pacifist, either. I was really surprised when I read his work how misconstrued his ideas have become. He was a HUGE fan of John Brown, felt no desire to implement social change, and that any means necessary as long as your motives were pure.
“Mother Rapers,Father Stabbers,FATHER RAPERS,sittin right there on the bench next to Me marked,”Group W”,that’s where they put ya if ya may not be moral enough to join the Army after commitin Yer special crime”
Thoreau may not have been so different from the “dissidents” of the 60s n 70s. Just title it “Thoreau’s Restaraunt” and see if they make the connection to Guthrie and alices Restaraunt”.
arlo guthrie, alice’s restaurant
I like where yer comin’ from, tyrant. I might be able to do something with that.
Buzzword,,GREAT LINK! I never saw that version before!
Bsomebody,glad to be of service! Hope it all comes together for Ya.
Here in the Driftless Area We are getting POUNDED by snow,,no no,,not “LB’d”!LOL! Were getting pounded all night then blowing and drifting tomorrow.Possibly sleet/ice too,enough there are warnings that power lines might come apart!
What does filling a church full of garbage have to do with being a revolutionary? Oh-come-on-you-guys…
“what did you get arrested for, kid”
“litterin’” (and they all moved away from me)
“…and creatin’ a public disturbance”
(and they all moved back)
Bunch of insect politics….
ok- whatever makes you (feel) popular
I guess….
Try this…
Philosophy 101
- Survive, then conquer
First rule of the jungle:
Kill or be killed
Second rule:
Big ones eat the little ones.
Third Rule: ???
(I helped y’all with the first two)
Can you figure this one out?
The bigger they are, the harder they fall?
henry david thoreau: one anarchist motherfucker.
extra credit for pun:
Thoreau nickname around the power elitist: Pond Scum
How about, “Conceptions of Civil Disobedience Then and Now: A Thoreau Examination”.
That just might work! I knew I came here for a reason! Kewl beenz. I will pencil that one in right now. Thnx nathan.
extra credit for the thoreau pun.
No problem. Let me know if you end up using it; if you do, it will probably be the only thing I accomplish all week.
Typed, saved, and printed. Thx mate, I think it is gonna be killer. {somebody puts a 20 into nathan’s PayPay account.}
“Conscience Revisited”
The key is to say a lot with as few words possible.
alot
@tryant
??
(abundant, adequate, a lot of, ample, complete,)
From what I have read on Thoreau, violence was not a weapon he used. Nor does “ends justify the means” seem apt, either. In the few words you have used, you seem to make him out as someone who would fit right in with today’s terrorists. I gather he thought everyone should vigorously oppose big government, but not crash planes into buildings to do it. How about: Henry David Thoreau: Grow a pair.
Thoreau, himself, did not use violence. (He actually did very little. One thing he did, was to not pay taxes, that’s about it.) He was, however, a huge propenent of the use of violence. For example, he admired John Brown after the “Pottawamie Massacre” in Bleeding Kansas and after Harper’s Ferry. Brown used violence as a means to end slavery. I did not criticize Thoreau for his advocacy of violence, I simply contrasted his beliefs against those of Gandhi and King.
Thoreau did believe that whatever means necessary were okay, as long as the cause was just and the participant was worhy. He said, “The question is not about the weapon, but the spirit in which you use it,” and concerning Brown, “I think that for once the Sharp’s rifles and the revolvers were employed in a righteous cause.”
When I was younger, I was partial to the action cartoons. I liked the Super Friends, Spiderman and Fantastic Four.
I liked the road runner
UMM …marina, do you know the origin of ornament?
Ok riddle me this.
There are 7 girls in a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat, there are 7 little cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
a bus load
I agree, but I need a number to finish the equation to open an xl file someone sent me. So I thought I would share the problem to see how good someone is going to be.
I guess if there two legged girls,70?
dah 70
Nope sorry on the 60 and 70.
Yessir!
A bus load. That’s more than enough!!!
thats a lot of pussy any way you look at it!
1582
1768 !
Sorry no correct answer so far.
1492!
Hey Cap, Ya’ll forgot the bus driver! 10,992 legs
7 girls * 2 legs = 14 legs
7 girls * 7 packs = 49 packs
49 packs * 7 b cats = 343 b cats
343 b cats * 4 legs = 1372 legs
343 b cats * 7 l cats = 2401 l cats
2401 l cats * 4 legs = 9604 legs
14+1372+9604=10,990 legs
10,990 legs
Dude,
Even the harem of Montezuma didn’t have that many legs.
Very, very good!
Extra star for showing your work!
I see you went back and gave it
some thought after your first try.
That’s a solid “A”
You got it Bob congratz.
You are definitely a leg man! Good Job!!!!!!
12859 or 12855?
We have a winner. Bsomebody you figured it out.
Congratz Bob. 
Woohoo! {somebody frolicks around the room, throwing off garments in his joy}
2758?
I need a zanee
Bsomebody figured it out 10,990 legs.
What about the bus driver???
10992
Oh hell no,,He’s lookin in the back door window from outside hoping for a sneak-peak higher up the girl’s legs.
There bus was not specified to be in motion, so a driver is not necessary. However, you get an A in thinking.
Hi Marina,
Please, bring back the bloopers at the end of your lessons! They were always a highlight and always amusing!
nathan19 commented earlier about the Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny opera. Does anybody have a link to a vid of that. I have not seen it for … uh… crikey! …. decades.
Holy-black-and-white-tv! I am gettin’ old, mates.
Cool! The smileys are back full-time. I missed them.
I just posted a link to it back down where it first came up, but here it is again to watch it on YouTube.
Coolness!
thanx, mate. 
Gee, that’s a good one. I like the Wagner music, “Ride of the Walküres”. Reminds me of the movie “Apocalypse Now”.
***WORD REQUEST***
Milaya Marina,
Did you get my Video Request you requested for “salary” (posted as a response to “Model”)? My technical advisor (read: 13-year-old daughter & YouTube enthusiast) assures me she posted it correctly.
Dobre vecher,
Evan
PS My YouTube account is CantwrCymreig (pronounced “KAN-toor KUM-reig”, meaning “Welsh Singer.)
Click the link, it will take you to video requests for “Salary” and “Halogen”. (Yes, I know, the words are related.)
God bless and Happy birthday—MARINA you are no cartoon…I liked the beatles cartoons
Hi Marina, you asked me to remind you to start doing ringtones again after I asked you about them. Well this is my reminder. And for homework, my favorite cartoon was always The Ninja Turtles.
Tom & Jerry !!!
True and almost crippled the world in the new millennium (99 vs 00)
I studied COBOL. We called it the language of writers’ cramp.
I have to wonder, why this quote? It seems so (as my daughters would say) “random.”
I have always said. First rule of COBOL Programing is not to talk about COBOL Programing. Second rule of COBOL Programing is NOT to talk about COBOL Programing. Sorry COBOL make me crazy nuts so weird rats, like now. hahahahah.
Hummm yeah the quotes are random. Well sort of. There is no such thing as random on a computer. I think they are from a list that Marina found on the internet. Maybe its time to make a new list, hu?
win 2k
My favorite cartoon growing up was definately Tom and Jerry. I used to watch it for hours!
late but, back
hey doc, tell me what is up? It is not fair….that rabbit was my little buddy growing up. Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids
….cartoons and looney fun 
good job Marina and all the hotforwords efforts…..With all the mice, how different rabbits became stars? (not the monthly playboy 
) 
I like Yosemite Sam and the Roadrunner. Oh, and Elmer Fudd…and <a href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdf-pUuP1fg < Foghorn Leghorn and the Chicken Hawk.
With the edit feature, you can do a cleanup when the HTML special characters get typoed. The beauty is, WYSIWYG
I love the bigger Gravatars. You can see more definition in each character.
How about Sagacious, seems like a good solid request, and as far as cartoons go, I’d probably say DragonBall Z or Biker Mice from Mars
Kamehameha Wave
Man, that SNL skit “Jizz In My Pants” is so funny.
Favorite cartoon, huh? I gotta say Tom and Jerry.
What about the word, Hoopla?
Or is that even a word?
This is cool, I’m actually learning. Sweet.
Shout out to Capman, u awesome.
PS: Don’t worry Marina, I’ll be good!
“Felix the cat”,”Bullwinkle and Rocky”, “Underdog”, “Superchicken”, “Popeye”, this is just some of the animated shows I watched as a child. I Don’t watch so many anymore.
John did you get the twitter thing to work for you?
somewhat I will have to wait and see if anyone twitters me.
Some of my favies, too!… too bad they don’t make ‘em like that no mo’! They are a rarity on the tellie anymore
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, mate…
huh your N.Y. times video doesn’t work with this google browser nomaterme…
opened it in a second window then it worked
“Does this outfit make me look gay?”
ROFLOL!!!!
Thats frickin’ funny!
Marina! The smileys have gone again
Let me try typing one
typing works then……
When you leave a comment the smileys will disappear until the 5 minute timer for the edit feature gets done. Then they will return. I thought I was having problems with my computer but it is the new feature that causes that problem. I am not sure about the edit feature yet.
So if you comment you lose the smileys for a while. I guess this is a bug atm right?
I don’t know if it’s a bug. We will have to figure out how to manually put in our own smileys when they don’t show up. Do you know the codes for the different smileys or where I can find a page that will show me how to use the code to make the smileys?
i hope this works
: mrgreen: : neutral: : twisted: : arrow: : shock: : smile: : ???: : cool: : evil: : grin: : idea: : oops: : razz: : roll: : wink: : cry: : eek: : lol: : mad: : sad: : !: : ?:lol at my poor edit….
It did James. I can read all of what you typed in my email. It came out in word form. Thanks
You’re not saying that there are no smileys in the screen when you edit, I hope! The smileys are a totally different plug-in from the edit thing!
Anyway.. I think I fixed it if that anyway.. they just don’t exist when you go to edit.. let me try
You fixed it there back now after we comment.
hi! (jak sie masz?)
where does the expression “dah?” come from?
Here’s a video on Duh that she did a while back. Maybe it could answer that same question for you. You can find more videos under the Word / Lessons section at the top of the page. Enjoy
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/01/duh/
Da is a Russian word and means “Yes”
Hey Marina,
My favorite cartoons growing up were the Wile E. Coyote v. Roadrunner ones. Such a beautifully simple premise: a fierce predator coming up with one outlandish tactic after another to catch as simple a prey as a roadrunner. Bugs Bunny was really good too, though. I especially liked the episode where he does a sort of opera thing with Elmer Fudd.
Oh yeah! I love the opera! I am going to post again at the top to see if anyone knows where (if) that is on YT. Yeah!
You can watch the cartoon here if you like, bsomebody.
‘Foghorn Leghorn’ I say I say I saaaaaaaayyyy
That’s a funny cartoon character, makes me think of Capman for some reason.
Thanks pal
Guess who Captain Pugwash makes me think of.
“Pay attention, son”
When I get my own computer, I’m thinking of doing some of my own animation.
Hey, is it me or do our gravatars look slightly bigger?
No it’s just you they are still small.
Marina made them bigger and added an edit button to the comment boxes. It will last for about 5 minutes then when you refresh it will disappear. Cool HuH 
HOMEWORK: Some of my favorites were…
Robotech
Voltron
Thundercats
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