Win a lunch date with HotForWords
Follow @hotforwords on Twitter to enter into a drawing to have lunch with Marina Orlova (that’s me 
) at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge. I’ll even fly you to me and back if you live in the United States, Alaska or Hawaii!
All you have to do is follow me on Twitter and one of my followers will be chosen at random. So hurry up and follow me, I’m hungry!
Click here to go to my Twitter page and then select FOLLOW.
RULES: No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this lunch-date. You must be 18 years or older to win the lunch and airline ticket. I will purchase you a round-trip airline ticket from anywhere in the domestic United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. This is for a lunch date (I’ll pick up the tab) and air-fare only. I’ll also pick 10 additional winners for a 2nd place prize of a personally signed pic of me praising you for being such a great student, suitable for framing and making your girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, future-girlfriend, wife, ex-wife or future ex-wife jealous! Drawing will occur on a random date with the lunch date occurring a minimum of 2 weeks from then. In the event that the Grand Prize Winner does not qualify, the Grand Prize will go to one of the remaining 10 second place winners, chosen randomly.
Oh habe das vorherige von einem translator Programm übersetzen lassen, aber das verstehst du bestimmt nicht, als hier nochmal in deutsch meiner Muttersprache.
Hallo Marina ist es vielleicht möglich das du auch mal einen podcast in russisch für deine Fans deiner Muttersprache senden kannst. Ich bin zwar noch nicht lange auf deinem blogg, aber ich habe noch keinen in russisch gefunden. Ich weiß das dir kapitalistische sprachen mehr gefallen, aber vielleicht solltest du dich auch mal an anderen Gesellschafts Systemen orientieren. Vielleicht könntest du ja mal über die berühmte Matruschka oder das alte Zarenreich der Romanovs berichten. Du könntest doch auch mal über die berühmten Poltiker Lenin, wie Stalin, Krustschov,Breschnev, Gorbatschov, Putin, Medvedev etwas sagen.
Russische Witze sind bestimmt auch lustig
wie z.B.
Gesundheitstipps:
- Um die Verdauung anzukurbeln, trinke ich Bier, bei niedrigem Blutdruck – Rotwein, bei erhörtem Blutdruck – Cognac, bei Erkältung – Wodka.
- Und Wasser?
- So eine Krankheit hatte ich noch nicht…
Oder denkst du die Russen sind in Amerika immer noch unpopulär weil es den kalten Krieg gab.
… und warum genau schreibste das hier auf deutsch hin?
Привет Марина это, вероятно, возможно ты также однажды podcast в по-русски для твоих поклонников твоего родного языка мог посылать. Я еще не долго на нем blogg, но я еще никого не нашел в русский. Я знаю это тебе капиталистическое говорили больше упавшее, но, вероятно, ты должен был ориентироваться также однажды на другие Gesellschafts системам. Вероятно, ты мог бы сообщать однажды о знаменитых Matruschka или старой империи царя Romanovs. Однако ты мог бы говорить однажды о знаменитом Полтикер Ленине, как Сталин, Krustschov, Breschnev, Gorbatschov, Путин, Медведев кое-что.
Русские шутки также веселы определенно
как напр.
Здоровые указания:
-, Чтобы заводить пищеварение, я пью пиво, при низком кровяном давлении – красное вино, при услышанном кровяном давлении – коньяк, при простуде – водка.
- И воду?
- У меня еще не было такая болезнь…
Или если ты думаешь русских все еще непопулярны в Америке так как это холодную войну давал.
Hope i can have lunch with u soon….
Oh Яeally?
This is very much interesting indeed. Thank you for your valuable contribution, tribandunited.
Ann ounce ment…shortly!!
Quote 
“Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.” – Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971…full moon can not sleep….Stravinsky Rite of Spring – Young Girl’s Dance
[spring of iron]…Marina, take a stand and do [dance]
count-down 4 today,
20,067 followers, now you are ready.
aah, the dream of a man in his midlife…
Chosen at random?? That could be dangerous.
if i win the contest would we be able to make out
How do this contest not work?
[draw]
stuDents
RULES: No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this lunch-date. You must be 18 years or older to win the lunch and airline ticket. I will purchase you a round-trip airline ticket from anywhere in the domestic United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. This is for a lunch date (I’ll pick up the tab) and air-fare only. I’ll also pick 10 additional winners for a 2nd place prize of a personally signed pic of me praising you for being such a great student, suitable for framing and making your girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, future-girlfriend, wife, ex-wife or future ex-wife jealous! Drawing will occur on a random date with the lunch date occurring a minimum of 2 weeks from then. In the event that the Grand Prize Winner does not qualify, the Grand Prize will go to one of the remaining 10 second place winners, chosen randomly.
what happen?…U started in MAY…
twitter get the best of U?…I really do n’t care…the point of a BOSS!!
looks like she’s about to change the rules anyway. it’s … let’s say … uncommon to change them if the game already started and has been going on for quite a while.
I’ll pick a winner soon. I was going to add more lunch dates to make up for my falling behind.
with the new rules, only u.s. citizens can win. (unless, of course, you’d tour around the globe with your book.) that’s geographical discrimination, man.
äläx, I did not change the rules to say US citizens only! I just can’t afford to fly nor can I deal with immigration issues. But anyone can win from outside of the United States.. they just have to get to the United States and then I’ll fly them to me. As for the book tour, I think I’m doing a tour through Europe.. not sure yet.
back in may…”I wanna get this done”…twitter twatter
dopes 
“I was.”
i know you didn’t change the rules to say u.s. citizens only. but … that’s practically what it comes down to.
europe sounds good. yeah. it doesn’t even matter if you do it in english. chomsky was here in my hometown in 2005. needless to say that i went to hear his speech … so fucking great. there were like 2000 people there.
you live in the United States, Alaska or Hawaii!
All you have to do is follow me on Twitter
[indigenous] or [indignant] or [indifferent] and [[[iMMaCuLaTe]]] dats where late cums of
Øn#+nn Кирk0роb? Yess very very much indeed… I can understand, see, hear, smell and analyze… Butt blimey, what can one see. Inject a puff of cimmonee into that mixture! SUBITO PRONTO CARAMBA! ¡ANDALE!
“I feel that I’ve grown up a little bit and I’m actually ready to settle down.”
– Petrus Ratajczyk (1962 – )
Hi Marina!
I have been thinking about the contest, and we all heard you again today on GoDaddy Radio where you mention it.
You have so many fans, and I’ve read here where some have gotten upset by the delay…I would like to offer a little different way to do it that might work out better for you, and make a lot more people happy!
How about something like this?
You are very, very busy – and you will be on your Book Tour all over the place in August and later?
Why not, instead of flying one person to LA to go to the BH Hotel for lunch…you arrange a winner in certain cities you will be visiting – or one special one in a particular city?
We all want to meet you, and it would be much easier to see you closer to home when you are there to sign all the books we want to buy!
It would sort of take the pressure off both You and Us a bit…I don’t even know what I would wear to the Polo Lounge – and I’d still be happy to feed you Oysters without all that pressure and travel!
Just a thought…
Jody
The problem I was trying to reconcile
is, what if I am one of the lucky
2nd place winners and Marina
becomes my girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend, or
future girlfriend or wife, or future wife or future ex-wife,
would Marina have to get jealous of herself because I have
a picture of her?
That’s a really good question Karl.
How would you reconcile that?
But more to the point – how would Marina reconcile that?
I would think she’s already got to be jealous of herself given all the things she’s accomplished, and perhaps being concerned that she may have trouble topping herself, especially if you two Marry and she sees the picture of herself on the bedstand and feels even more pressure!
Glad I’m not her!
Whew!
Congrats Karl
Isn’t that a paradox.
No, thats a place to put two ships
That’s actually a really good idea!
[peanuts]
i think it blows. :/
Is that what she said?
I try.
[chicago style policies] or HotForWords ..bovine smell(BS)
spend your brains out in every city 
AIRPLANE ride 
But what if she does a Book Stop in Wisconsin? Would that change your attitude with another lunch available?
Yeah, but who will do the pre-screening?
HELP WANTED: Personal Bodyguard/Screener to travel around the world with the lovely Hotforwords to protect her and attend to her every need. 24 Hour duty required. All expenses paid. Low salary, but the Journey is it’s own Reward.
Any applicants?
[BO]….body protection, goulashes for puddles and rubbers for your [shoes]…under-arm protection….[brAss]…..I SiGHN uP…haymaker speed, indeed or in need
I could do that. M would just lo-o-o-ve having me around 24/7.
(What she doesn’t realize is that how much she loathes me, it could quickly grow to, ughh, like
if we were together for any length of time. Seen it happen before)
There is a fine line between love and hate, pleasure and pain; and I like to get as close as I can
How about a Polo shirt.
You got me!!!
Marina, Busy preparing for the bar exam, an exercise in wordsmithereening, reducing everything to its lowest common denominator. Can we put off lunch until August? Cheers.
.
.
This is what I was afraid was going to happen to you with your increased [celebrity] and it is very very sad …..
It’s now all about YOU, YOU, YOU and you unfortunately are FORGETTING the very people that got you here.
If only you had skipped that breakfast or that tennis match or that party or that dinner or that brunch or that club and saved your [INTEGRITY]!!!
How MUCH better image you would have projected if you had only closed this contest as you originally stated and actually did what you lead believers to expect you were going to do and then started ANOTHER of the exact same if that was your desire! But now look …..
I notice you have changed the Rules and deleted the
>> Drawing will occur around the 27th of May, 2009
altogether! (did you think we would forget)
Oh well ….. hell with it!
I’m over it now and I imagine others are beginning to see the light as well …..
Farewell ….. glad you got what you wanted …..
.
“shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee” (Quran 19:25) The miracle is counterpart to the miracle of the Mihrab. In both instances, Mary is nourished by Allah, however, in the first case, the fruits come without her having to do anything other than remember God in the prayer-niche. Whereas, in the second case, she must have participated in the miracle by shaking the tree. [dates]…
Dear Marina, i would love to take a lunch with you, i’ll fly wherever you are.. just say Yes
Greetings, Kisses and Hugs
Marina, Not answering my Twitter inquiry speaks volumes. I suspect this lunch date thing is for a well calculated reason.
Hey it’s business, right?
Quote
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – General George Patton 1885-1945
Hello Marina Orlova , my name is Laurentiu i am from romania and i want to tell you> I like your site and you’re super ,,Keep it up
:* good luck
Date with teacher hotforwords, yes please! Contest should be extended to Canadians also, we’re hungry too.
Marina
You are from Russia and I am from Canada. Our countries hold the sport of (Hockey) with high regard. Where does the name (hockey) come from and secondly (puck) as in hockey puck.
roy64
Блин,круто устроилась,америкосов учишь))Мне безумно нравится твой акцент,такой грубый,во какие хреновые у меня комплименты))Жаль я не могу прокатиться до Беверли хилс да и возрастом ещё мал
Dear hotforwords!!
did I win!!
etc
OK considering that the contest is over and the winner selected, I think it’s kind of cruel to leave this post up for so long mocking the rest of us who didn’t win.
Who [won]?….belly cutting
I haven’t picked the winner yet.. and I am going to extend it to another winner as well… so don’t worry! I am not mocking anyone!
I wa wondering why we hadn’t heard anything about it yet. Though I guess you would want to keep the time and exact date of the date a secret just to keep someone from crashing it. I feel kinda bad now having said anything.
OK so when will the winner be chosen?
[break] or [brake]…poli-tic
The Veronicas @ ARIA
Government and agents are the rams! 
Ram us, elected authority! 
Booked and HookedThe Veronicas – Truth or Dare with CosmoGIRL! 
…Lets get it over with in about ‘two’ weeks(too-weak)…
my cat talking…..Quote
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.” – Walt Disney 1901-1966
Let see what is good to eat?…
Dangnabbit. the odds against me winning are 17,176 to one.
Ah well… there is always hope….
.
“As a consolation for waiting, I will keep the contest running for a while to allow someone else to win at a later date!”
What does that mean???
Our “consolation” for waiting longer is added competition by you keeping it running longer??? Sheeesh …..
.
right on!!!!
Marina, You’re the hottest thing since SUNBURN!
.
>> Drawing will occur around the 27th of May, 2009
So WHEN are you going to conduct the drawing???
.
as soon as it went down the memory hole.;)
Whats HOT in M*U*S*i C???
Soon.. I have just been really busy.. I will hopefully pick the winners next week.
[sweet]
but i’m a chicken 
hallo Marina, when will the winner be selected?
http://tinyurl.com/p8bl25
Greetings
A man who has a certain power over words is a natural leader, and succeeds overall if he but wishes it so.
Sorry for choice of forum.
Really, really, really NICE change of hair and pro cut.
It lets You to mark the male-side within You.
Makes You match totally combined – FEMALE in real.
I adore You, humour, intelligence, awareness, sensitive – pure in heart and mind.
You , in You, out You – are beautiful !
Вы найдете интересные Coh неоценимое значение вашего суверенитета и личные
Я хотел было закрыть, закройте, закройте!
Thomas_VIC (Veritatis Intelligentia Custos)
If you were words on paper, you’d be what they call FINE PRINT!
you missunderstand this totally,,,
FINAL PRINT
should be….
T_VIC
…actually “fine Print” is correct as the common term. The literal meaning refers to small or, “fine” printed words. The pick-up line application is when you use a word that is spelled the same but has a different meaing (a simile). Pick up lines however are like jokes in that, if you have to explain them they lose their appeal. Good luck with your English Studies.
I like your jokes.
WHO WON?!?!?!?! I WANTO KNOW IWANT TO KNOW.
Rules: [...] Drawing will occur around the 27th of May, 2009 [...]
She likes making up the rules.
eh, eh, not so quick handsome. the wordsmith said the “drawing” will occur on that date, however, there was no mention of when the actual “announcement” of who won the drawing will take place
Marina tweeted…photo shoot took up her time…argh..argh
[eat] or be b[ate]8
I know she likes to “keep us guessing”, but coooome oooon!
I’d put my money on Charles T. Como, 31
Oooh! Now there’s a turn-on! Lunch with M and her Website developer. That way, if there’s a lull in the conversation, they can always talk shop while you pick at your taco salad. Annnnnd, when it’s over, he will handcuff you to your chair until M has driven off. Perfect.
Thanks for proving the meaninglessness of internet “chat”.
WHO will [WIN]
the date is a lie …time past 
Whats the deal? WHO WON?!?!?!?!?!
A tweet going under the nic “georgecloonay” He’ll be sitting down for dinner soon with madame HotForWords.
lucky guy
just getting used to this page. so interesting and so funny all this, also, hope i win the match…
Dear Marina,
Well it’s the 29th and I’m very curious who was selected for lunch.
I wonder if I have the fortitude for it? I found out “Risotto Nero” is black rice. They make it black by including the ink sac from squid, calamari, or cuttlefish. I think I’d lose my appetite.
It would be enough for me to watch you slurp down fresh oysters on the half-shell. (So you won’t watch me turn green as you dine.) I need my oysters deep-fried, please.
Luckily, there are some items on the lunch menu at the Polo Lounge that I think I can handle.
I hope you have a great experience, whoever you choose!
Seesixcm6
I think you are wise seesixcm6. ““Risotto Nero” is black rice. They make it black by including the ink sac from squid, calamari, or cuttlefish. I think I’d lose my appetite.
” I loose with rice looking like maggets…I have uncle who will not eat rice(lost brother to Japs)…my dad ate eggs, flies and all and was in the old branch of your service of the corps…”walk, don’t run”…boil the whole fish, eggs and all…save shells for chickens
…[conch is better than oysters]
[zinc] i think and stink 
is eal fished?
whomever she chooses
is sure not to lose’es
& i’ve a hunch
it will be a memorable lunch
And the winner is…?
R drinks included?
Yep, drinks iz included. Guess I will be saving up for a rainy day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNGZ5Nnilvg
Wow. I’ve been resisting Twitter, but the prospect (dim though it may be) of having lunch with an erudite philologist is more than my poor brain can handle.
And this is the straw that broke the camel’s back… I’ve given in and am on twitter now.
OK, you got me…. I’m on Twitter now…
[ syzygy ] Thanks in advance Marina…….
P.S. Recently bought your calandar….love it and was delightfully surprised by the autographed picture you had enclosed.
Love ya,
Wayne aka meanmarine
Ill follow Marina anywhere iz Hungry too! i’m thinking Russian Caviar kholdniy Borsch and Cutlet Po Kievski with a fine wine and pirogi a la mode ya skuchaiu what’s your favorite dish?
I’ve looked over the posts on here, and the above mentioned rules, for this contest. No where have I seen it say the the lucky winner will be alone with Marina at lunch.
Not that this matters to me though.
cockpit
hi robert o, I assume that was a word request.
Marina has done a video here :
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/03/12/cockpit/
Hey Marina i have a question…
What if i live somewhere else, and i pay my own plane tickets…
Can I still win the lunch date?
Wish I could enter
I live in Australia tho 
I assume you can, if picked you will need to get across the pacific quick smart.
I want to win!
i love u
u dont mind ur lunch date being a girl right?:O<3
You know after reading some of these comments, I would think about having some sort of security personnel present at your Lunch Marina.
Чувиха давай встретимся…в Иерусалиме!я, ты и шаурма… ммм…вкусно…жду с любовью….
твой…
Sort of a synchronicity that the drawing is going to be on the 27th which is my 50th birthday. That kinda is a significant date being a golden anniversary. Since I’m in California already the airfare couldn’t be all that much.
I have been following Marina since the beginning on YouTube, her website, CoComment and Twitter, so I wonder how much of an effect on that random choice the influx of people just signing up and following for the contest is going to have on the odds.
I suppose it’s like when the lottery jackpot gets to a larger amount than usual, there are more people buying tickets so the odds increase.
why can’t you come to Italy?
I keep trying to follow on twitter but after I signed up i can’t get my password right. When I try to reset it it just says that they cant confirm I requested a reset. I just hope this doesnt interfere with my odds of winning.
This is the photo that ought to be on your “Win a lunch date with me” post!
I submit in following you on twitter for the lunch ocasion
I am from Eastern Europe–IncoSterios (Twitter NickName)
I have to fly 23hours to meet you
(hmmmmm…. k no problem)
i would like to be part of your crew, lunch would be great, I am available 24/7 at your pleasure.
Thanking you, I remain.
I follow you on Twitter and always have from the beginning. I would love very much to have lunch or dinner with you and see California.
I have never been that far west. With that many Twitterers how are you going to choose? Carefully I hope. 
Милая Марина,
Re your promo picture for this contest:
There’s a problem, in two words: “false advertising.”
It’s a terribly sexy picture, but you’re not advertising a sexual encounter. What lunch with you would be like, for someone with the brains to value what he’s getting, would be an intellectual encounter (with a side of sexual tittilation, to be sure.)
What would work better would be a pic of you wearing something like that lovely yellow dress you wore on O’Reilly’s show, and smiling directly into the camera as if giving your full attention to someone across the lunch table with you. Maybe even pose the pic over a lunch table. Show us what it would actually be like having a lunch date with you, Marina! That’s what will draw the right kind of contest entrants.
Evan
Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating than Intelligence. Intelligence has its limits, whereas Stupidity has none.
[bulls] and bullshit…run deep
I wonder if stupidity can be sexy?
I also wonder (but it has nothing related to stupidity or sexiness) how the incoming banana bubble predicted by some top-notch Wall Street business gurus and analysts is going to effect our daily lives in a not so remote future? Should we buy bananas now? Or should we wait? Or should we sell? How can we maximize our profits and minimize our exploitation costs?
I strongly hesitateted beafore posting my suxgesstion heare. But now I am quite strangly convinsed that Johnny boy should be chosen atta random for da lunch’n a date. Yeah, I do think J’ Boy will rock’n roll this Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, whataver and wharever it be. O’pen the beers and keep da o’ysters o’pen too!
If I win can I bring my banjo?
I think you should take Karl (PK) to lunch, he does some real work around here, Karl puts in many hours of dedication & hard work.
Hey Che, thank you for those kind words.
I was thinking you should win because you keep us laughing and you also help around here. I appreciate your presence as I appreciate all of you. I don’t want to slight anyone as each person brings to this site their own unique character and spirit.
Since I am fortunate enough to be close enough to Marina where I could have lunch with her at anytime, I think it would be neat to have one of the regulars here win.
Am I in the running for the lunch contest? I think I registered correctly…
Speaking of contests, whatever happened to that one where you asked us to help come up with a name of your friend’s dog? Did your friend already thought of a better name than what we suggested and you just said screw it, or what?
Good memory animalntaz,
I had forgotten about the naming of that dog.
I love that video and Marina holding the dog.
I’d be interested in hearing about the name also.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/24/bonus/
She came up with a name herself! I was so upset!
so what’s his name?
HotForWords students decided to name the dog “Disappointment”
come on, man. don’t be dissing the dog. it ain’t his fault.
i’ve been called worse
She called him Boomer.
Bummer!
Boomer is lovely!
As far as the competition is concerned and as someone who took part in the competition, I don’t see anything wrong in her not liking any of the suggestions on HFW site or on YouTube for the lesson Bonus and coming up with a non-suggested name. So it is OK if nobody won the prize. You have not done anything wrong in your relationship with the viewers of the Bonus lesson (unless it might be the delay in notifying us of the outcome).
In regard to your friendship with her, whether she was obligated to discuss the names with you or whatever, I have no say; you might be justified in being upset with her. You would also be justified if she came up with a name and never told you till recently (unless she gives you some good reason for the delay).
Since we are catching up on competitions, the 200,000th subscriber on YouTube was to get a calendar; who won?
wha…?
dictionary gives me this:
boomer (Aust.) [coll.] — großes männliches Känguru (’large male kangaroo’)
boomer [tech.] — der Tieftonlautsprecher (’woofer’)
boomer [cine.] — der Tonassistent (’sound assistant’)
uh. i don’t know …
boomer (’large male kangaroo’)
yep, that’s him alright! (lmao)
BITCH…..or boy dog?….
WOW! Took you long enough to reply! That was like almost 2 months ago since I posted. I thought you might have overlooked this or something, and just moved on to recent lessons.
Marina,
Five people on YouTube came up with the name Boomer! They are all in this image, from oldest (1) to the newest (5).
Did I offer some kind of prize? That would be perfect!
Since the loveable puppy is named Boomer may i suggest foam boomerangs that light up at night
http://www.toys-b2b.com/b2b/pics/plastic_boomerang_and_frisbee.jpg
She was to give an iPod Shuffle, and you were going to:
Here’s your tweet for the 200,000th subscriber: Who is going to be my 200th subscriber? Hurry up!!!! I will send you my love with my signed calendar!!!!! http://bit.ly/MLFPX 6:16 PM May 6th from TweetDeck
Girl, you need to remember your promises!
peace is pretty…lucky and tight to sleep
I think I did the calendar already. How do you know the one your chose is the oldest? I had Jester as being older, but my list might be wrong.
Nevermind.. you are correct. I’ll send him an iPod shuffle right now.
I could be wrong about “oldest” “newest”: I looked at all 7 pages of comments; YouTube says pages to the left are oldest and pages to the right are newest. However, page 7 has the “I am first to comment” comment!
Just to be sure, I checked YouTube’s “oldest” “newest” page-label with today’s lesson also — page 1 marked as oldest begins with comments 7 hours ago and ends with comments 2 hours ago; but it is page 2 marked as newest that has the “I am first” comment!
So YouTube is all messed up about chronological ordering of comments among pages.
By the way, I manually opened up comments marked as “spam” to see if they suggested Boomer. Some of these “spam” were actually name suggestions! However, none of them suggested Boomer.
So I am confident that only those 5 people came up with Boomer. But I am not confident about their chronological order.
PS: Just to be clear, it was your friend who promised the iPod Shuffle; you were just to add a calendar. However, irrespective of the applicability of any legal mumbo-jumbo about “jointly and severally” I would be uncomfortable not giving the prize even if my friend reneged. So I appreciate your action! Kudos!
My name is curledmoss…I think…
No matter how cute or attractive, following someone leads nowhere!
Unless the person you are following is going somewhere
Good joke; and good as a joke, but not good as real advice. There actually are foolish businessmen who blindly follow (imitate) what the leading business in their field does! They have no idea that the leading business is leading because it is considering facts, is judging them, has goals, and is being creative in its pursuit. Blind following will get one nowhere (even if what one follows is going somewhere).
PS: but then one (dictionarygirl?) can also say that “to follow” means to really understand the principals that explain why the person ahead is succeeding (such as consideration of facts and independent judgment) and to implement those principles by oneself. This type of following (is not blind imitation type of following and) is a good way to learn from others (living or dead). With this meaning, your remark is a good joke and good advice!
God knows you’re going somewhere, Marina!
Great reply.
No disrespect intended, but I must say anybody following Marina will have a delightful view!
Hope I win the lunch date, since I have been called the sexiest rock and roll geezer in the world. Marina, you can watch me play on two DVD’s: “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004,” and “To Tulsa and Back: JJ Cale Tour 2004.”
-Rocky Frisco
@Marina
Indeed. It is very hard for a trained pair of eyes, when recognizing an outstanding silhouette, not to follow it, at least for a moment.
Why do you have to be 18?!
NO FAIR!
I think there are legal reasons.
Oh okay, I think I get it now….. minors not being accompanied by an adult when traveling, right?
Hi Marina,
I am having a contest too… “The future x-wife contest!” No purchase necessary. Just fly up here to Canada and we’ll get married at lunch time… after the afternoon honeymoon… you can file an annulment and leave me by dinner time. I reckon this to be a win-win, micro-economic “stimulus package!” Are you game???
I’m a Bad Bad Boy
Man I have got that Candy Man song playing in my head for a few days now.
Man I have got that Lisa Loeb song playing in my head for a few days now.
LunchWithWords!!!
*cry*
Why do I absolutely have to be a canadian
Sometimes Marina, I regret living in the UK.
Probably just as well. After enjoying such an idyllic date with you, returning to an ordinary life in London would be too drab by comparison. For all too brief, would the winner’s heart soar with the birds, but the bee sting of parting would just linger.
Would it have been worth it? Oh Yeah!
I have also heard that some citizens of the U.K. don’t want to leave the States after they see the amazing advancements in dentistry we Americans enjoy.
watch out for that Bee sting
Before you play the “birds and the bees” game, use pots of honey and flowers to keep the little stingers at bay.
I heard that drivers, when blinded by the sunlight reflecting off smiling people, cause most traffic accidents
That sunlight is actually being reflected off of cell phone screens. Idiots out there texting and driving are causing the accidents. Here. In the U.K. its because they drive on the wrong side of the road!
You’re a smart individual succeeding in making my life a living hell, so tell me; why do Americans drive on the right and English on the left?
BTW do you see any birds in my name?
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
On the question about Americans driving on the right, etc. Here’s the answer. Coaches used to have a guard next to the driver. In England the coaches passed on the left so the guard could use a sword to defend the coach. I guess most of them were right-handed. Then, at a later time in history, in America, the guard used a shotgun to defend the coach, holding it on his lap, pointed to the left.
Thanx Hotrocky.
I heard pretty much the same. In England, the knights used to pass on the right(you’re probably right about the RH thing), and that carried over to autos.
In America, when you had a team of horses, you would put the strongest(draft or block) on the right. Due to the poor condition of the roads(And narrowness), when travelers passed, you would need the strongest and heaviest to help pull you through the muck and mire. Interesting how different stories filter down through time. If you think about it, they’re probably BOTH correct.
How am I making your life a living hell? (Make links to where I have done so by clicking on the date). Anyway, I’ll buy HotRocky’s explanation to your question.
No I don’t see any birds in your username, but a spellchecker would probably suggest… beaver
What about my explanation? Do I get no love?
BEAVER!?
as 2 more torpedoes slam into the hull of the ship that is my self esteem
BTW you know I don’t know how to do links. you’re just making fun!
Ok, I’ll buy your explanation too – only because I’m too lazy to find out. You and Rocky will have slug that one out.
BEAVER!? – didn’t you know “birds” have beavers.
Spellcheckers are the new mystical divination tool. It’s called spellcheckamancy. 
the drawing’s on my b-day……
Guess my cousin can handle Marina….
Aww, screw it, I’m signing up.
Hmmm… gonna have to dress up for the occasion. I’ll need to buy new sneakers, iron my shirt, and use my fancy pocket protector… may even need a tie… old school… a bow tie. I need a backpack too, in order to carry the Nerd-to-Russian Brainiac tome of translation that will be required to communicate with Marina.
You won’t need that. Marina speaks far better English than almost anyone in Oklahoma, Arkansas or Texas. Have you noticed that she pronounces ‘Students” correctly, while very few Americans ever do? “Styew-dents.” I just love that.
This is like a vote for palimony/alimony being allowed to be a garnishment collected in the state of Texas. Fuck this there is no alimony awarded in Texas.
Texans are gonna have to put a northern border up soon. All of the Americans who still believe in limited govt are finding that is the only place left!
For Now.
Yep. I say,
“Come and Take It.”
(some will understand)
IT’S ALMOST HERE ?
?
??
I wouldn’t be worthy of such an honor…
I think I’m actually more terrified of winning. I’d be nervous to meet Marina, still be cool to win though.
Don’t worry, she probably already has a few better random choices in mind.
wow that wat be AWESOME IF I WON!! BUT MARINA arent you afraid of strangers? do you have body guards?
She is always accompanied by a HUGE white dog that could eat your leg for lunch.
You mean a terrier-leg-off?
I’m sure she would have some sort of protection… but in your case, she probably would be accompanied by FOOT soldiers!
YES the things i would do to her soles =) and toes
Show me a woman who doesn’t like getting there toes sucked, with or without condiments; and I’ll show you a liar!
At least, that is what I’ve heard
Careful, you might get athlete’s tongue! Obviously not from Marina, but it’s a danger with the others.
I don’t know…check out them eagles talons shes got in the picture for “REM Sleep”.
I mean, I’m just sayin’…
What a great offer!
Your’e the best philologist
and tweet +5
picking one person for lunch is probably a good idea. if you got all of us together there might be conflicts.
200,000 subscribers!!!
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!!!
My Dearest Teach, I am absolutely thrilled for you. One more time, for one more milestone, congratulations!
You are an amazing lady, Marina.
Always.
The Insanity and the >a>”>;HORROR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
I am sure Marina has thought out the possibilities for this contest. The restaurant is a public place, and having a close friend of hers at a near by table is definitely possible, not to mention whatever security the place has.
Her biggest concern should not be for her safety, but having a really boring time.
You’re going to make the winner paranoid looking for all the suits with big lumps under their armpits.
good.
There are a good # of girls (females) who follow M’. They have as great a chance of winning as anyone else, (unless they have two or more accts) think about that
She’s so flippin’ hot- she’s like a currie… If one of some of these guys wins, they gonna’ think they’s the “Boom King”
As long as they’re not boom-sing!
I’m already in 12th place
.
If she flys in the winner, the least she could do is
put him up for the night….
maybe, work in breakfast before his flight out?
.
Good luck to all who enter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6LLo9wSp5c&feature=related
I should get a lottery ticket
I’d rather be lucky, than good…
I was thinking just hire an entire carnival for a day, maybe it would cost around $30,000, I dunno, but then we could all go on carnival rides and cool stuff like that
What do they call the inflatable blow-up room with all the plastic balls; the one they make for little kids?
See if they make one for grownups – heh heh!
(Marina in the rubber ball room… )
yeah, I think those are called “ball pits”. if it was an all grown ups event then it could be for grown ups, sure…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBqrbQuF68&feature=related
BTW, did you really choose that top to be flesh colored?
Oh, never mind, silly question. 
{Che will now take a seat at the front of the class, the scent I am wearing is Rose Oil.}Che also clears schedule for the end of May and following two weeks, will also not seek any new girlfriends during this time.
Check
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Need to search Limo service & Florist
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{...and a small chewy gift for Gorby}Check
Don’t be giving all your classy ideas away just yet.
The phones at Beverley Hills Limousine are blowing up at this very second! 
Dude, that stuff is making my eyes tear up.
{Somebody gasps and chokes, blindly stumbles to the back of the classroom with Capman.}
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Милая Марина,
OK, I’m going into Dad mode on this one. Choosing a date at RANDOM?!! You’re worth far more than that. Pick someone you know, someone with whom you’ll be safe. Someone who obviously cares about you, has shown that he’s genuinely interested in your work and not just your looks (read: your body), with whom you can connect on an intellectual level. Someone like, um…ME!!!
May as well, because if you pick someone at random, I’ll be coming along as a chaperone and bodyguard. 
(That’s a “ещё разз.” 
)
Seriously, PK lives in your area; you could save a bundle on airfare. Or Chemikal, he might be worth the extra airfare.
But some random fan? There are some real crazies following you. A random lunch date could turn into an experience NEITHER of you would care to recall! 
BTW, I do background checks as part of my work. If you insist on going through with this, do drop me a note & I’ll see what I can find out about your “random” picks.
Oh, gad, I’m going to catch flack from everybody for only suggesting three of us by name…Seriously, scads of us regulars would be a suitable lunch date, genuinely respectful and fond of Marina and interested in both philology and new techno-gadgetry. Sorry guys, I was in tirade mode, didn’t mean to slight anyone.
Hi Evan,
I will admit it, I wouldn’t be a suitable lunch date. I’d be too busy hogging the caviar.
Hey EO, there you are! From your recent return to the classroom I can only assume you finished writing something or you cracked the random code you typed up in order to stay away!
Ether way, good to see you. 
Background check? Excellent idea.
I would welcome a background if I were picked, as anyone who is picked should.
I’m also right there with ya on reducing the size of the hat from which names are drawn from.
I “cracked the code.” Couldn’t stay away!
Marina even honored my initial request not to send me a replacement password! Sweet of her…
BTW, what DOES your dad think about this sort of thing?
Hi Evan, thank you for the kind words and mentioning me.
Interestingly, I thought about those same things and pandion above had an interesting comment where he said, “the biggest concern should not be for her safety, but having a really boring time.” Ouch!
So, it’s settled, I should win and you can be my bodyguard
as can be seen in some videos, Marina has some deadly kicks and punches. Or, you can be the winner, and I’ll help with cleaning the dishes. 
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CONGRATS MARINA!!!
do you have to be 18 to get a signed pic of you
DAMN I WISH I WAS 18
I don’t think the lunch includes sleeping with her.
I’m really not much of a twitterer, is this a good time to try it out? I mean, I’ve gotten the impression that people only talk about irrelevant things on twitter. But nothing is really going on in my life that I don’t have much to talk about, whether it is relevant or irrelevant.
I personally think you should wait until May 28th to try it out. I think that would be best for you.
Hhhhhmmmmpppppfffff…..
(sulking ever so slightly….lower lip wobble…)
am excluded from both….out side of US, as for the other well, that’s cool…..but more…hhmmmmpppfffff as not best prize ever
So…. should I win …..I would be happy to raffle the ‘winning first prize’ for a charity of HotForWords’ choice….
Maybe, one day when you are in the UK we could then go for lunch Marina, after, spend the afternoon in town whizzing around seeing the sights on a open top red bus, eating ice cream
Good luck everyone
Only the first place winner need be 18.
If you Twitter, you could be eligible for one
of the second place slots – there will be ten
of those. As for myself? I don’t Twitter
(That gives you one extra chance…)
Can Mrs. Somebody come along, too?
Otherwise, I would have to record the entire encounter on video with a time and a date stamp 
. (Like she would seriously have any reason to worry… 
)
Marina,
I have never cheated at anything in my life. I swear.
But…
PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO CHEAT IN THIS!!!!! PLeeease!!!!
Aw, I wouldn’t cheat. I don’t think. Well…
Be careful with who you meet on twitter!
Screw the date Marina, I know I am meant to be saving for driving, but how about I fly you to London and I take you for dinner at the Ritz (
I will do this, but need to book Ritz 2 weeks in advance).
Even if I was to win this, I would pay my own way. It wouldn’t be a date, but a great time for me to go to the US and meet an amazing person.
James, you naughty birthday boy!
Well well—I,m back…I got hacked…Marina is the BEST
Do they have an extensive menu? Sometimes, what I want to eat isn’t in the menu…
Interesting. I joined Twitter yesterday and started following Marina before the contest was even announced. It’s because I wanted to give Twitter a second go now that my lo fi CD is done. Still not sure how to best make use of Twitter, but it seems to be another online outlet for publicity and social networking.
My favorite thing about this contest is the typo in the ‘disclaimer’, namely that second prize is a ‘personally singed’ photo of Marina, as if she is so hot that she singes any photos that come in her proximity. Makes sense to me!
Personally, I’d rather ‘win’ a date with Marina by other means (I’d sing for my supper… literally!), but I am more than happy to follow her on Twitter regardless. Best of luck to you with this contest, Marina! And good luck to all the entrants.
Peace, Errin : )
Exactly.. I am sending a burned picture! Cute that you caught that!
What can I say… I have an eye for wordplay.
Interesting enough, I was just emailing you in further detail as regards to your music request when I got this comment notice via email. Just had to pop in and reply. Thanks for having me as a follower on Twitter, and I hope you’ll get a chance to follow me as well. I’m not sure what that all entails, but mutual followship sounds like fun to me.
Peace, Errin : )
What is your twitter name?
ErrinFamilia
Thanks, Marina! You’re the coolest!
[Bungalow] is a nice sounding word.
Makes you feel all cozy.
Bun-gallow is a hanging tree for lynching those who have impregnated innocent maidens with extra-marital coition and left them with a bun in the oven.
It’s true, I tell you!
belief is occured; depreciate mercy on my soul
CampKohler, see what you’ve started!
A dozen pink Roses for you my dear.
Hi, I just joined the site. Looks good!
Dear Marina,
If I wake up at 4:00 AM, I could put on my best suit and drive down to Beverly Hills by Noon. Then, I’ll look like I’ve driven for seven hours, my suit would be messy, and I’d have no appetite for lunch! BTW, I saw their lunch menu, and lunch for two would cost more than I spend on groceries for a week!
The better plan would be to drive down the night before, stay at a cheap motel, and wake up to shave, shower, comb my hair and put on a clean suit to meet you by Noon.
Lunch at the Polo Lounge would be a reminder that I’m not wealthy enough to be your boyfriend, but I’ll tell you lots of jokes and funny stories, anyway!
I’ve already been following you on Twitter for months!
Seesixcm6
I wanted to pick a nice place, since I’m buyin’! If you win, we could always have the lunch at Wendy’s if it makes you feel better
That would be kind of fun anyway!!
Dear Marina, There are names for men who let the woman pay for a date, and they’re not very nice names, either! I’d make myself happy to be with you, even at Wendy’s. (Although I haven’t been to one in years.)
Allow me to pay for the food bill. Later, we can discuss other costs; for instance, for repair of torn clothing!
Seesixcm6
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Marina,
You are one tough cookie! If I lose, I will be gracious in my lose and agree to chaperon you. As a responsible chaperon, before the lunch, I will demonstrate to the winner all the things he may not do (such as hold hands, touch you, kiss you etc)! But if I win, we will not need a chaperon because before I do anything, I will demonstrate to you in full detail exactly what I would like to do and do it only if you permit it.
The lunch is at the polo lounge, and polo involves horses … now, we don’t want to have any more Lady Godivas, do we? So, for lunch-time entertainment, you and I can play this game for two (if that link does not work try this starting from 4:25). Since this game for two is “a little game especially made for two“, if I am not the winner, the winner can just enjoy himself as the spectator!
–Hs4Mm
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I can’t even remember that last time I ate at Wendy’s. I think I only ate there once as a little kid. The rest of that time I grew up mostly eating McDonald’s (as a fast food choice). But for years now, I have been eating Subway sandwiches almost on a daily basis.
I always wondered about that mascot, like if there was a real Wendy or is that Pippi Longstocking
Sorry, but, I cannot follow you on twitter. My doctor has put restrictions on my diet because I have high cholesterol. I can only eat vaja-jay… and he has forbidden me from doing this in the Beverly Hill’s Polo Lounge and a whole list of other places.
Ah yes the luncheon conversation.
Marina, “Hello my Dear Student.”
Us, “Ah Bah Ah, Wow Wah Wee Wah…”
Waiter, “What would you like to eat?”
Us, “Wow Wah Wee Wah..”
Sauve Waiter, “PB & J, good choice sir.”
MCD Trained Waiter, “You want fries with that?”
Cal. Waiter, “Duuude, Totally.”
Whew! I think I’m caught up now. Ok I’ll tweet/ff/fb you all later. Oops wrong SNW…
TweepMe.com adds “everyone follows everyone else” “feature” to twitter for an annual fee!
You don’t know tweet. You’re preaching to the minster. First off there are many bots that follow back anyone that follows you. They are free to use. I use a few bots myself. I can take a week off and comeback to with little house keeping work to do. Secondly many people use bots to find an follow everyone else. Example MrTweet is a popular one. There are many others that you can make a custom search for common interest. Third it’s not a NUMBERS race. It’s about getting a large number of quality/like minded/engaging followers. That’s when the true power of twitter or any other SNW pays off. With that said I think it is important just to get 1,000 plus to get some realistic activity. Even if you have to follow dead beat marketing tweeters. Some actually will be engaging. Participate in #followfriday. I have found some of my best followers from this activity. There are many websites that explain this further. Now that you have that many you need to be engaging your followers. Twitter is a two way street for it to work best. If you just sit there and listen your not going to get much out of it. Don’t just be a consumer of the Internet but also a producers. Meaning talk. Socialize like you would when your at a formal party.
That’s the inside basics. People use twitter for many different things. Even what I have said here doesn’t apply to all uses of twitter. But in general it works for many of them. Enjoy
Sorry if that reply came across as “preaching”. Yes, I would say that I do not really “use” twitter. I just happened to see the ad for TweepMe on this page, and thought I would share it with you; the sharing was not meant to be the advocacy/preaching of any position by me; just an “in case you missed it” FYI.
Thanks for your insight into techniques applicable to the usage of twitter.
how bout you just cruise up to Pismo with your baby Gorby?
I can always fantasize a lunch date with Marina, even in my sleep. I wish I could head west out there to meet her. I work 5 days a week and I have not missed work for 7 quarters. I’m using my vacation days wisely.
Weekends!
I will pray and hope for…