According to Google Zeitgeist (tracking for search queries), the most common “define” query was for the word “promiscuous.” (You can enter “define: word” and it’ll give you the dictionary entry). I’m pretty sure Nelly Furtado is to blame/thank for this. What if artists threw one solid vocab word into the chorus of their hit song…we’d all be a little bit smarter.
Meat, Honk Kong, 2006. (astia)
At a food expo in Hong Kong, the mascot for a myopia testing booth gets harassed by some kids. The mascot is a device into which you look that lets you know if you’re nearsighted. Things must be a bit more advanced in Hong Kong–I found out that I was nearsighted by things appearing blurry far away…that’s a good test right? (3200tx)
Soon I’ll see this guy. (Astia)
I recently discovered Midomi via Techcrunch. It’s a website that allows you to search for a song by singing it. It also lets you create a profile, save your singing and share it with the world. I didn’t realize the humor in it until Jen pointed it out last night.
Working girls near Temple St. night market, Hong Kong. (400tx)
So I go in for surgery on tomorrow. Basically, I’m having this done. No big deal but I’ll be in one those huge orthopedic boot things for 3 weeks. None of it really scares me…I’m actually quite eager to have the surgery done. I think my brain creates some sort of mechanical analogy, and I think of it in that fashion. It’s like getting brake rotors resurfaced on your car when the run-out is out of spec. It’s like repacking a hub or bottom bracket on a bike with fresh grease and free-balled ball bearings (no retainer ring). Things work a lot more smoothly once it’s all over.
A Hong Kong street car, 2006. (400tx)
So you know the show Myth Busters? I had an idea and wanted to email them. Yeah sounds pretty lame. I know. Turns out, a lot of people have ideas, so the discovery channel hosts a discussion board to submit your ideas.
Unfortunately, most of the ideas/myths that people suggested are either submitted by 5 year olds, people obsessed with killing and death or people with no real grasp on reality. Here are some submitted myths (some aren’t even myths):
-if you eat a whole watermelon by yourself will you die?
-can you kill a human being with throwing knives?
- can you slide down an elevator shaft with 2 pistols?
- is organic food better than regular food?
- can mud actually block heat seeking devices? (maybe predator inspired?)
- can a man commit suicide with playing cards?
- can a man jump from one cliff to another?
- does size matter (if you know what i mean)?
- can a human body contain a hand grenade blast?
- “toaster in a bathtub”
- in world war I, were guns timed on a plane? (I don’t really think this is a myth…)
- can you make a pen into a deadly weapon?
- Is it true that if you put enough jello into your swimming pool, you’ll be able to walk on water?
Ok, you see what I mean. Here’s a quote from a poster regarding the toaster suggestion: “has any of [you] ever touched a electric cattle fence? i did. it was high voltage and had a hard time to get my hand to let go of the handle to the gate section.”
Hong Kong, 2006. I think I took this picture to use up the film…so that I could shoot with some 3200tx. What a mistake. (Astia)
What do you do when you’ve been going in the wrong direction for so long, you’re not sure it’s worth turning around?
I think I’m going to quit photography.
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