The following post is about words I have historically had a problem spelling.
Squirrel:
I have always had trouble with this one. Various errors I make are, squirell, squrriel, squerril, squiril etc....
Spaghetti:
Another bad one for me. Spagetti, spegheti, speghetti, spahgetti. Sometimes I just break down and and write Sgetti. Very aggrivating, thank god I am not Italian.
Cigarette:
I always attribute the difficulty I have with this one because I do not smoke. Cigarete, Cigerette, Ciggarette, ugh the list goes on and on.
There are others, but they are words that are not stuck in my mind as ones I always spell wrong. The 3 above are my nemesis.
Another thought... Does anyone else recite the Alphabet Song when thumbing through a phone book or anything listed in alphabetical order? Its such a catchy song... Oh that reminds me, the only way I was able to memorize the Preamble of the constitution was School House Rock... loved that show.
Oh well... thats all I have.
Monday Randomness
Monday, April 20, 2009
Just a few thoughts on this fine Monday
NBA Playoffs:
I love this game...... sometimes. A few good moments in the first round. But all in all a typical opening round. Derrick Rose was the big surprise. Tying Kareem Abdul Jabbar's rookie scoring record for first playoff game played. Rose was phenomenal to say the least, and made the Bulls/Celtics game 1 the best of the weekend. I still miss not seeing Kevin Garnett, I love watching him play. I was also happy the Mavs beat the Spurs. I am sick of the Spurs, its enough already.
My Magic found a new way to disappoint me by blowing an 18 point lead to lose by 2 points to the Sixers. I still think they will win the series... but confidence in my team is faltering. They seemed to have lost all momentum after Howard went to the locker room from an eye poke. Hedo starting hitting his shots late in the 4th, but by then the writing was on the wall... Great shot by Iggy at the end sealed it. No fault on the Magic, he was defended well, just hit a great shot.... bastard.
I have determined that if the finals are a match up between the Lakers and the Cavs, i will for the first time ever, root for Kobe and the Lakers. I hate Lebron. Great player, but i can not take his arrogance. During a halftime interview, King James listed HIMSELF in the top 5 players he admired while growing up. He comes off as such an arrogant moron at times... Everyone knows you are great Lebron, just have a little friggin' humility. Both Kobe, and Lebron have a tendency to speak of themselves in the 3rd person, which i feel should be grounds for immediate imprisonment.
Twitter:
This thing has turned into quite an obsession for me as of late. Its great fun. Although it can be a bit like high school in that at times you can get lost in the shuffle and ignored. Its cool interacting with people on the thing, and it is really becoming huge... which is good and bad. Oprah is now on twitter, which i believe is a sign of the impending Apocalypse. Ashton Kutcher and that whole 1,000,000 followers is just ridiculous. He follows like 70 people. He beat out CNN breaking news, which i follow. At least they give me news. I was always a huge Demi Moore fan, she is just kind of a shill for Ashton on twitter... which is wierd.. i mean she was GI Jane! And in A Few Good Men for christ sakes. Ashton had punk'd. They have enough fame... dont try and take over twitter now. There are far more deserving people on twitter that should have a million followers over that hump Kutcher.
Susan Boyle
This woman is EVERYWHERE now.. and you know what. Good for her. Its rare a reality show now a days will actually give a nobody a shot at fame. Idol certainly wouldn't put someone like her on the stage, god forbid. I would watch Britain's Got Talent, they do it right.
Hmm... thats about all that is on my mind at the moment... i need more coffee.
NBA Playoffs:
I love this game...... sometimes. A few good moments in the first round. But all in all a typical opening round. Derrick Rose was the big surprise. Tying Kareem Abdul Jabbar's rookie scoring record for first playoff game played. Rose was phenomenal to say the least, and made the Bulls/Celtics game 1 the best of the weekend. I still miss not seeing Kevin Garnett, I love watching him play. I was also happy the Mavs beat the Spurs. I am sick of the Spurs, its enough already.
My Magic found a new way to disappoint me by blowing an 18 point lead to lose by 2 points to the Sixers. I still think they will win the series... but confidence in my team is faltering. They seemed to have lost all momentum after Howard went to the locker room from an eye poke. Hedo starting hitting his shots late in the 4th, but by then the writing was on the wall... Great shot by Iggy at the end sealed it. No fault on the Magic, he was defended well, just hit a great shot.... bastard.
I have determined that if the finals are a match up between the Lakers and the Cavs, i will for the first time ever, root for Kobe and the Lakers. I hate Lebron. Great player, but i can not take his arrogance. During a halftime interview, King James listed HIMSELF in the top 5 players he admired while growing up. He comes off as such an arrogant moron at times... Everyone knows you are great Lebron, just have a little friggin' humility. Both Kobe, and Lebron have a tendency to speak of themselves in the 3rd person, which i feel should be grounds for immediate imprisonment.
Twitter:
This thing has turned into quite an obsession for me as of late. Its great fun. Although it can be a bit like high school in that at times you can get lost in the shuffle and ignored. Its cool interacting with people on the thing, and it is really becoming huge... which is good and bad. Oprah is now on twitter, which i believe is a sign of the impending Apocalypse. Ashton Kutcher and that whole 1,000,000 followers is just ridiculous. He follows like 70 people. He beat out CNN breaking news, which i follow. At least they give me news. I was always a huge Demi Moore fan, she is just kind of a shill for Ashton on twitter... which is wierd.. i mean she was GI Jane! And in A Few Good Men for christ sakes. Ashton had punk'd. They have enough fame... dont try and take over twitter now. There are far more deserving people on twitter that should have a million followers over that hump Kutcher.
Susan Boyle
This woman is EVERYWHERE now.. and you know what. Good for her. Its rare a reality show now a days will actually give a nobody a shot at fame. Idol certainly wouldn't put someone like her on the stage, god forbid. I would watch Britain's Got Talent, they do it right.
Hmm... thats about all that is on my mind at the moment... i need more coffee.
Thrilla in Manila - Review (HBO)
Monday, April 13, 2009
I used to be a huge boxing fan. Not so much anymore. Now a days, it lacks the spectacle and the magic it once held. My love for the sport began while watching the Larry Holmes/Gerry Cooney fight in the early 80's. Holmes dominated, pummeling Cooney without mercy. I was hooked.
I was too young to have seen the great matches of the 70's. But thanks to documentaries like "Thrilla in Manila", they come to life in a fantastic way.
Thrilla in Manila, currently playing on HBO, documents the brutal 3rd installment of the fabled Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier fights that defined an era. What is so intriguing about the documentary,is that it plays as a testament to what being humiliated on a world wide scale by (at the time) the worlds most famous man, can do to a proud strong man. Ali was known for antagonizing his opponents. But in Frazier's case, it became a practice in humiliation and racism.
There has been so much written about Ali through the years that it is difficult to come up with anything new. This documentary does a great job of painting a slightly different picture of the boxing icon. It also shows how Frazier's life was forever changed by the bitter rivalry.
I highly recommend this film. Especially if you are a fan of boxing history.
I was too young to have seen the great matches of the 70's. But thanks to documentaries like "Thrilla in Manila", they come to life in a fantastic way.
Thrilla in Manila, currently playing on HBO, documents the brutal 3rd installment of the fabled Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier fights that defined an era. What is so intriguing about the documentary,is that it plays as a testament to what being humiliated on a world wide scale by (at the time) the worlds most famous man, can do to a proud strong man. Ali was known for antagonizing his opponents. But in Frazier's case, it became a practice in humiliation and racism.
There has been so much written about Ali through the years that it is difficult to come up with anything new. This documentary does a great job of painting a slightly different picture of the boxing icon. It also shows how Frazier's life was forever changed by the bitter rivalry.
I highly recommend this film. Especially if you are a fan of boxing history.
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