Monday, October 30, 2006

If Letterman only knew...

Ireland’s Top Ten

10. Bacon.
9. Garages.
8. Rain.
7. Distant relatives.
6. Mount Errigal.
5. Guinness.
4. Baby Guinness.
3. The rule of Vegas.
2. Roundabouts, Road signs, Road trips, Flashers and Mrs. M. Mobile.
1. Nippers.

when in Ireland, drink like it. !slancha!

I refer you to the best blog ever for pictures.
Below are just a couple I took from the Cliffs of Moher. Random fact: The Cliffs of Moher were filmed as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride.

Matt preparing to climb the cliffs.

From the hoods of Silicon Valley to the dangerous slopes of southwest Ireland.

Lauren and Bill.


Meg and Matt.

O'Brien's Tower.

Walking along the edge of the cliffs.
Looking over the edge of the cliffs.


Monday, October 23, 2006

For everything else, there's Mastercard...

Walk to the tube...

(and the subway...)

6 minutes.

Drive to work...
19 minutes.

Drive to work in a world without speed cameras...
14 minutes.


Entryways that look, and, eerily, smell like New Quincy...
1.


Number of the sweetest (and only) apartment in London...


Sweet pieces of decor in the living room...
Depends on your definition of sweet I suppose.


Walls that will fit my 72" flat screen...
Don't worry Stearns...I think 20" may be pushing it.


Number of meals that will be cooked in here next year...
Depends on how fit George is.

Number of meals that will be eaten here next year...
Depends on how unfit I decide to become (duece...duece and half)

Pieces of clothes that fit in this washing machine...
4.

Water pressure found in this room...
I think this might have something to do with pascal, but whatever it is, it's not a lot of him.

Number of daddy-long-legs found in this room...
4.


Killed...
3.
(getting over your fear of spiders....yeah right)

Number of square feet in this closet...
10.


Number of boat races held here next year...
1.
(that's the Thames River looking at Fulham from Putney Bridge for those scoring at home)

Number of boat races held here next year...
47.
(That's my patio, b*tches!)
Not coming to visit me...foolish.
There are some things in life money can't buy...
a plane ticket isn't one of them.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

And that has made all the difference.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

Friday, October 13, 2006

www.dictionary.co.uk

Rubbish. n.
Worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash
“Let’s talk about your vocals…rubbish.” –Simon Cowell – X-Factor

Bin. n.
Where you put your rubbish of course.

Nick. v.
to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus.

Cheeky. adj.
Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
From ad copy I looked at this morning: Has this cheeky rascal nicked a bloom from a vase in the sitting room.

Dodgy. adj.
chiefly British.
Risky, hazardous, chancy.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
“Oh and that’s a dodgy ball across the back.”

Pissed. adj. slang (vulgar)
No, not off… well, maybe, if you’re an angry drunk.

Daft. adj.
Senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Someone who likes the Yankees, for example.

Cheers. interj.
Used as a toast or valediction. See salutation.
Hello, goodbye, thanks, what’s up, peace out…very versatile. better with mate and -io

Mate. n.
friend; buddy; pal.
the verb is cool too.

Knackered. adj. British slang.
Exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.

Lorry. n.
Chiefly British. A motor truck, esp. a large one.
Warning: if you use the word truck in normal conversation you will stop it in its tracks – and be looked at as if you suddenly sprouted a third eye.

Biscuit. n.
Chiefly British.
a. a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; a cracker
b. a cookie
As seen advertised: Oreo – the world’s #1 biscuit!

Blimey. interj.
British informal. Used to express surprise or excitement.

Minger. n.
Definition: an unattractive person; a smelly or ugly person.
Etymology: ming ‘human excrement’ or ‘unpleasant smell’ + -er
Usage: UK slang; minging, mingy, adj
Saturday night can’t miss. Sky One. 10pm. Celebrity Mingers.

Way out. n.
If you’re searching for an exit, you won’t find one here.

Sandwich. n.
Two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
Etc - the key word in that definition. Some recent Sainsbury selections: egg mayonnaise and cress; egg mayonnaise and pork sausage; egg mayonnaise and bacon; cheese ploughmans; cheese and spring onion; cheese salad; and, last but not least, tuna and sweet corn.
PB&J…forgetaboutit.

Git. n.
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
Answer in a newspaper interview to the question: What do people think about you that isn’t true? “People think I’m a real git, but actually I’m quite bright.”

Bloody hell. expletive.
1. this blasphemous expression may be used to voice one’s incredulity about something just said. This is equivalent to the American phrase “Why, Gosh. Who would have thought!”
2. it may also be used to express disapproval of something said, as in the American phrase “I’m sorry, but I simply cannot agree with you!”
NEWS FLASH: One month, 8 days, six hours, 36 minutes and 4 seconds, and I’ve for the first time found an instance where the British version is better than the American equivalent.

Petrol. n.
Apparently three times better than ‘gas’ at 98p/liter.

Quid. n. One pound.
Stone. n. 14 pounds.

Footie. n.
As in the game England can’t seem to master. 4-5-1 maybe?

Form. n.
When Rooney finds it he’ll let us all know.

Chav. n.
David Hasselhoff.

And, last but not least,

BRILLIANT. Adj.
No definition necessary. I’m exponentially increasing its use in my vocabulary. You should too.

Right. I’m off. Pub at half 7. Ring me on me mobile. Cheers.

Until then, long live apple pie, the big apple, country music, little miss sunshine, Brad Pitt, the grundig radio, obesity – yet the weakening pound, Walmart, and Matt Effin TourGuide Nielsten.
Peace.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

A very special shout out

to my *mum* on her birthday today! Another year, another year younger.
Hope you have a great day!


Now, I was going to post dictionary.co.uk today, but I ran out of time compiling; hopefully I’ll get that up tomorrow or Thursday. Simmer down Effin.

In the meantime, cheers to the youtube guys. Wish I would’ve thought of that.

In honor of their $1.6bn payday yesterday, the youtubes of the week. …uh, I mean blind. Oldies but goodies. Thanks bortz.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K1Y6PchDYfw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJdCglISowo


And lastly, a congrats needs to go out today to all Britons…fattest country in Europe…well done I say, well done. Not quite yet to American standards, but still, headed in the right direction.