I Did Not Know That ...............

Guess what Australia's leading dictionary named 'word of the year' in 2007?
Not 2009 or 2008 but 2007???
Drum roll . . . . . POD SLURPING.

It has nothing to do with 7 Eleven convenience stores* and their icy cold slurpees and alien life forms.
From my 2010 WORD ORGIN Calendar for January 26 (thanks Rachel and Kyle):-

pod slurping: Downloading huge quantities of recorded material to listen to on a portable music device is a pastime of many a young person
The Australians, who are good at coming up with slang, gave the name "pod slurping" to the phenomenon.

Three years later and this is the first time I am hearing this term. Is it an age thing? An Australia thing? Had you heard the term before? If I ventured into a local middle school would it be present in the kids' conversations?
Or would they be too busy pod slurping to even converse with one another?


*Another little fact made known to me recently (thanks Corey and his marketing class):- 7 Eleven is the largest chain store in the world surpassing even McDonald's and Starbucks.

See, this blog attempts to entertain and inform.

With This Video I Now Pronounce You...........

I love weddings. The bride's dress, the bridesmaids' dresses, the flowers, the speeches, the bar, the cake........you get the idea.
Whenever I am in need of a little cheer, I watch these videos and instantly am grinning ear to ear. You need to watch to the very end. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqLyCTESjg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr2ao86ww0

WARNING: The following may offend some readers........

I want it to snow.

I want it become very cold: so cold that the air itself feels different - - - crisper, fresher, sharper. The kind of cold that slices through; your extremities feeling like lit birthday cake candles. Invigorating, exhilarating - - - the senses stimulated and enlivened.

And then, I want it to snow. Dry huge flakes descending from above. Feathering and then blanketing the earth like icing sugar on a freshly baked cake. Not just a dusting though but rather a luxurious canopy covering trees, shrubs, rooftops and lawns.


I want it to snow.

Random Idle Mindless Thought for the Day.........

Knuckles can sometimes resemble knees.

Is Ring Around the Rosie Still Legal?

Last night I dreamed four friends and myself were playing with hula hoops - - - one red, one blue, one green, one black, and one yellow.

By mid-morning I had been contacted by VanOc and told if I perchance experienced this as a recurring dream they would have me confined to a sleep clinic in a lock-down facility until March.

I am now concerned about my neighbour who likes to blow smoke rings........