Are you smarter than an 8th grade spelling whiz? Could you spell the winning word?
Kavya Shivashankar, of Kansas, correctly spelled the world “laodicean” for the win last night in the Scripps Naitonal Spelling Bee. You want to know something funny? The top Google search right now is “definition laodicean”. Well, here is what Dictionary.com has [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 29, 2009
kavya spells laodicean, wins spelling bee.
May 29, 2009
youtube clip of today: wearable towel.
The informercial madness continues.
WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT USING A REGULAR TOWEL?!
Honestly, people. How come everything needs to have arm holes now? Our blankets, our towels. What’s next? Are we honestly that lazy?
And what would you say to someone if you saw them wearing a towel as a dress/toga in public?
[Posted [...]
May 28, 2009
auditions are over. next week, vegas!
Hello, SWTCTW readers! Here is Chris’ weekly SYTYCD update!
Mallory brought up an interesting point – which is that some people may not be familiar with the summertime awesomeness that is SYTYCD. I’m not really sure how this could be the case and I’m too frightened to explore the deep dark world in which this scenario [...]
May 28, 2009
you say po-tay-to, i say po-tah-to.
I love Wonkette so much, as has been proclaimed many times on this here blog. Today, they helped me out by teaching me how to pronounce “Sotomayor” (who is Barry’s SCOTUS pick, by the way, since we were lazy and never posted about that). And then they wrote a fabulous article attacking some National Review [...]
May 22, 2009
this kid so schools his sister.
This video, much like the So You Think You Can Dance videos that Chris just posted, is strangely mesmerizing:
Right? Like…does this kid just watch a lot of music videos? Do his parents teach him this stuff? Was he BORN with these skillz? We may never know the answers, but I just [...]
May 22, 2009
i can dance, so i think.
If everything goes according to plan, we’re going to have a weekly guest blogger give us a delightfully snarky recap of the night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Meet Chris. He’s alright, I guess. Chris’ interests include interpretive dance, paleontology, a nice boxed wine (red, of course), lounging by his soon-to-be-open pool [...]
May 22, 2009
youtube clip of today: cat yodeling.
Cat people are SO WEIRD. But let’s face it, sometimes really weird can be funny. Happy Friday/start of a three day weekend, y’all!
[Posted by Kathleen]
May 21, 2009
youtube clip of today: julia dales.
OH. MY. GOD.
Whatever competition this girl is trying to win, I hope she wins it.
Question: How on earth do you realize you have that talent?!
[Posted by Kathleen]
May 21, 2009
meaty business cards for carnivorous people.
Let me preface this by saying this was passed on to me by one of the manliest men I know. RAWR! Okay, now we can begin.
Meat lovers, rejoice! Now you can integrate your carnivorous ways into the business world. How, you ask? BUSINESS CARDS MADE OUT OF BEEF JERKY.
I’m not making that up.
Here is a [...]
