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Six-word Bible Verses on Twitter March 31, 2009
I have trouble memorizing long verses, but when they are six words long, it’s much easier. Not only is six words shorter, but you can break them up into a structure of 3×3. Or 2x2x2. They are handy little phrases…
FUN: Look up your initials on urbandictionary.com March 16, 2009
According to urbandictionary.com, the 2nd definion for my initials MPM is “Common typo for lol. Most of the time it happens when you don’t look at the keyboard or when you are typing really fast :p” Let’s all take in…
Hawaii gets a new name February 26, 2009
Hawaii is so cool, they should change the last two “i”s in “Hawaii” to exclamation points. HAWA!! or Hawa!!
Impactful is not a word? January 13, 2009
It’s highly dubious that “impactful” is not a word. There are no results on google for a definition search on impactful.
Most-read spudart.org posts made in 2008 January 1, 2009
The number in parenthesis is the number of hits the post got in 2008. Top 250 words spoken at presidential candidate debates (7,634) A timely post. Fun graphic. Caught fire on flickr. (there were four images, they each got 5441;…
1991-1995 Mix Tapes from Spudart December 30, 2008
In high school and college, I made mix tapes from recording the radio. Occasionally there might be a few songs mixed in from albums borrowed from the Oak Lawn Library. For context, I graduated high school in 1993, college in…
POEM: Walking in the snow of the cosmos December 22, 2008
OH HOW I LOVE WALKING IN THE SNOW! The cashier at Walgreens doesn’t think so, “All that cold makes me wanna die, y’know?” I encouraged her, “you need some good boots to go. They empower you to be oh so…
Convenience is not a convenient word to spell December 9, 2008
It’s ironic that the word conviencne, i mean convienence, i mean convenience, is not convient to spell. I mean convenient.
Librarything versus Goodreads: Book cataloging services comparison December 8, 2008
There are two great websites to post your book library and reviews, librarything.com and goodreads.com. Which service is better? The following is a feature-by-feature comparison between librarything and goodreads. Exporting Librarything allows you to export your data. Goodreads does not.…
My ten most recently acquired books December 5, 2008
I love librarything.com. You can see the 484 books I own. I just added 16 more books. I’m very thankful that we live in such an age where so many books are available on a wide variety of topics. It’s…
Does anyone have “Ninja” as their last name? October 31, 2008
Man, that would be so rock if you knew someone with the last name of “Ninja.” Try it with your own name. Here’s mine: Matthew Paul Ninja.
89 Good Podcasts October 30, 2008
Looking for some good podcasts? I have a bunch for you. How about 89 podcasts‽ 1) Download the list Right-click on this link: Spudart’s Favorite Podcasts and save as an OPML file. 2) Import the list into iTunes In iTunes…
Food menu wordplay with Barack Obama and John McCain October 13, 2008
Wembleyheads on 43things wants to prepare a dish for a politically-themed potluck. It needs to be named something like “Barack-oli casserole” or “Palin-guini” or “McCain-aroni and cheese.” There are awards for the best names! Here are some ideas: Barack Obama…
NEW WORD: Whow! October 8, 2008
photo by chi_cowboy Whow Definition: Interjection. Where “whoa” “wow” and “how?” meet together. Synonym: Whoat! Etymology: I was leaving a comment on Leigh’s incredible photo shot with redscale film, and I accidentally typo’ed out “Whow!”
Top 250 words spoken at presidential candidate debates September 27, 2008
View the hi-res version. View full word frequency count. View full transcript. View the hi-res version. View full word frequency count. View full transcript. View hi-res version View transcript BARACK OBAMA SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 Unique words:1379 Total words:7828 317 THE310…
Have you ever typed the word “woe”? August 25, 2008
While instant messaging someone, I said: spudart: WHOA IS ME spudart: how do you spell whoa? spudart: woe spudart: WOE IS ME spudart: i don’t think i’ve EVER typed out that word in my entire life (By the way, I…
My niece’s first steps happened during the Olympics August 15, 2008
My niece took her first steps yesterday! Here’s a poem I wrote for her to commemorate this event: During the 2008 Olympics Livvy started her walking kicks Olivia so full of pep, took three small steps! With those three paces,…
The phrase “space cadet” is now officially “space tourist” August 6, 2008
The 2008 edition of the Maldre dictionary points out that the phrase “space cadet” is more accurate to be “space tourist.” Instead of saying, “I’m such a space cadet today,” you should now say, “I’m such a space tourist today.”…
IDEA: Etymology book of words coined in 20th century July 30, 2008
I’d love to see all the words that have origins in the 20th century. All the entries would be sorted by year. Random House’s little online section is cute, New Words: Sixty years of new words. It lists a handful…
The word “update” was invented in 1948 July 29, 2008
Update. That’s a weird word when you look at it. Up. Date. It’s like a day that’s up in the air. Even weirder, according to etymonline.com the word “update” has only been around since 1948. Oooooh, I’m so curious what…
Quotes by Matt Maldre July 22, 2008
Please visit the new quotes page with more quotes. spudart.org/quotes Everyone should have their own collection of insightful quotes they have said. Thanks to the age of the internet, I’m able to go back to previous blog posts and comments…
Whoat‽ There’s an interrobang character‽ July 18, 2008
Can you believe that there is an actual character that you can type that is a question mark and exclamation point all mashed up into one‽ And can you believe that this character was invented in 1962‽ Are we allowed…
WORD FUN: Include the letter “h” in every word you type July 10, 2008
Image courtesy from mouse via creative commons license Hi there, leht’s puht the lehtter h hin hevery wohrd. The lehtter h rohcks. Silehnt in nahture, buht alwahys there.
The coolest character to use in your email signature June 27, 2008
When you want to separate a bunch of information on one line, what do you use? Let us look at some options. The pipe Your Name | Fancypants Title | Acme Widgets Classic, although it’s essential to use two spaces…
NEW WORD: Whoat! June 22, 2008
whoat definition: Interjection. (used to express surprise or confusion. a combination between “whoa” and “what”). example: as in, “Whoat! You must be kidding!”
NEW WORD: Rock-n-cherry-rocky-road June 20, 2008
Rock-n-cherry-rocky-road definition: Interjection/Slang. (used to express delight or joy). example: as in, “Rock-n-cherry-rocky-road! That bicycle is incredible!” first usage: Andertoons Cartoon Blog: “Parts of the Tribune Tower remind me of this cube. Too bad our actual cubes don’t look like…
2008 Presidential Candidate Anagrams June 18, 2008
Barack Obama (democrat) A boar am back John McCain (republican) Jam Inch Con Ralph Nader (independent) Harder Plan Chuck Baldwin (constitution) Wild Cab Chunk Bob Barr (libertarian) Barb Orb ———————————————— Dropped out: Ron Paul (republican) Our Plan Hillary Clinton (democrat)…
New word: Kamino June 4, 2008
New word: Kamino definition: to disappear Ok. Not so much a new word, as a new definition for an existing word. Kamino is the planet in Star Wars that was erased from the official library records. The planet virtually disappeared!…
The world needs more acronyms for D.U.M.B. May 28, 2008
We all know that D.O.R.K. means Dynamite Outtasight Radical Kid. But what’s the acronymal comeback for D.U.M.B.? Acronymfinder only lists three items: ‚Ä¢ Duke University Marching Band ‚Ä¢ Deep Underground Military Base ‚Ä¢ Disasters Usually Motivate Backups (BTW, D.O.R.K is…
If the IBM Building were a person, what would his name be? May 5, 2008
Chicago’s IBM building. It’s a classic. Very simple black box. And now he has a good buddy across the street from him, Trump Tower. Of course IBM traditionally stands for International Business Machines. But here we are talking about two…
Highest scoring word on Scrabble: SINGHIOZZEREBBE, 2118 points April 29, 2008
Facebook’s Scrabble application, Scrabulous keeps track of the highest-scoring words ever. The number one word: SINGHIOZZEREBBE, scoring 2118 points. It runs the ENTIRE length of the board touching on THREE triple letter squares. WOW. But that’s 15 letters! How can…