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Thursday Humor - Revenge of the Roomates. QuietWrite. SPECIALE BATTUTE DI GROUCHO. 9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs. As we have demonstrated before, the English language has some grievous holes in it.

9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs

We're talking about everyday phenomena that we have all noticed, yet don't have terms for. Fortunately, while we were busy fumbling with hand gestures and illustrations like cavemen, other cultures just made up the perfect words and phrases to encapsulate those little everyday moments filled with ... uh ... je ne sais quoi. #9. Shemomedjamo (Georgian) Means: To eat past the point of being full just because the food tastes good. Here is a word that describes such a quintessentially American phenomenon it's shocking that another culture came up with it first. As absurd as that may sound, keep in mind that America has a holiday devoted entirely to shemomedjamo in November. GettyPatriotism comes breaded and deep fried. The literal translation for shemomedjamo is "I accidentally ate the whole thing," which is a charming way of saying "Oh my God, why isn't somebody stopping me?! " Which neatly brings us to ... #8.

3d video showing how to fold an origami peace crane. PicMonkey - Photo Editing Made of Win. The Photocabine. The Photojojo Store! - the Most Awesome Photo Gifts and Gear for Photographers. Inception Explained - An interactive animated infographic. Non disponibile. Coolest Grow Valley. The Most Awesome Waste of Time - Snail Art. What happened in my birth year? A mnemonics and memory improvement resource / Diary. If you are a busy person, who’s average week is crammed full of appointments, meetings with business associates and a variety of social gatherings etc… Or even if you are just someone who gets out a lot.

A mnemonics and memory improvement resource / Diary

Then I believe that you will benefit greatly from reading through the rest of this chapter. For in this chapter, I intend to outline a system that will allow you to commit to memory (with relative ease), a full weeks schedule, in just a few short minutes. The system is a straightforward one, which makes good use of the link and the peg systems, which were outlined earlier on in the course of this book.

If you do decide to learn the following system, then you will soon find that you will no longer have any need for an appointments book, an Outlook Calendar or even a filofax. The system is known as ‘The Mental Diary.’ The Mental Diary For example you could assign each day of the week with its own peg number. Days of the week Some alternative peg images This is how you do it. The System Examples. Online Alarm Clock. E.gg Timer - simple online countdown timer.

Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style. Modern Web-building technologies allow designers to realize their most daring and creative ideas.

Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style

Enhanced interactivity and a remarkable visual appearance can be achieved by means of such tools as Flash, JavaScript and Papervision3D, to name just a few. These strengths usually impress and entertain visitors and thus are often used for conceptual artistic presentations and promotional campaigns. In this post, you’ll find a collection of amusing websites that, by combining unconventional (and sometimes bizarre) ideas and clever JavaScript and Flash effects, will entice you to play on them for an embarrassing long time. Bizarre and Beautiful Websites Link Record Tripping1 Record Tripping is a nifty experimental game by Bell Brothers. Sound of Hamburg3 Here is one of the most creative and unconventional Flash websites we’ve seen lately. Echogenesis5 Echogenesis is another interactive brainchild of Bell Brothers.

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