Year: 2006

A dictionary that searches for the last few letters of words

Let’s say you wanted to find all the words that end in “able.” The dictionary at onelook.com enables you to do that. Just type in an asterick before your search query. (Note, this will not work on dictionary.com or Cambridge Dictionary. And Merriam-Webster will only give you 10 results). To find all the words that …

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Ways to indicate laughter online

ways to indicate laughter online acronyms: lol (laughing out loud) lawl (pronounciation of lol) lolol (adds emphasis of lol) llol (literally laughing out loud) lolz (gangsta lol) rofl (rolling on the floor laughing) roffle (pronounciation of rofl) lmao (laughing my ass off) roflmao (combo rofl and lmao) other pronounciations: heh (a minor laugh) haha bawww-haw-haw-haw …

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2006 Chicago Kickball Champions

This fall my kickball team won the league championship! We went undefeated for the entire season therefore making us the undisputed the 2006 kickball champions in Chicago. If you want to dispute it, we dare you to bring the challenge onto the field. Granted, we won a league that was very poorly organized from Chicago …

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List of design and font jokes

Here’s a collection of fonts about jokes and graphic design found around the internet. (thanks to Tom Saaristo for emailing me this first joke) —– Four fonts walk into a bar. The barman says, “Get out! We don’t want your type in here.” —– How many designers does it take to change a light bulb? …

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SAMMY SOSA = SASSY AMMO

If you take the letters of “Sammy Sosa” you get “Sassy Ammo” Rather fitting.

The two best times to eat an apple

1) after working out Your body desires carbohydrates after a workout to repair the muscles and make them stronger. Otherwise, the muscles end up eating themselves to repair themselves. Apples have a good amount of carbohydrates. It tastes soooo good to have an apple after a workout, because it’s what your body is desiring the …

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Gallery of dice types

I’m a big fan of the Dice Collection on: http://membres.lycos.fr/arjan, so I made this chart as a sort of table of contents to the different types of dice shown on that site. Who knew there are so many different types of dice with so many sides! It would be fun to try out board games …

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The difference between huh and uh

“huh” and “uh” are often confused. Let’s take a look at these two words from dictionary.com: huh used as an exclamation of surprise, bewilderment, disbelief, contempt, or interrogation. uh used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause. ————– It’s too bad that they totally bashed up the definition of huh. It should totally be broken …

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All-time triples leaders for one season

Only eight players have hit 20 or more triples in one season since 1945: 23 Dale Mitchell 1949 22 Snuffy Stirnweiss 1945 21 Lance Johnson 1996 21 Willie Wilson 1985 20 Cristian Guzman 2000 20 George Brett 1979 20 Willie Mays 1957 20 Stan Musial 1946