A Cornucopia of New Word Awesomeness

Maybe its something I eat or maybe it is one of my brain and body's many mechanisms for dealing with stress but I have been on a new word creation tear lately. Most of these have come to me in the last couple of days and I've forgotten several more as my thoughts flit about inside my head.

But enough jibber jabber, let's get to the new words! As always, these words will be added to the Fictionarium when I have time (which is why the last post of new words hasn't made it over there yet). So here they are in no particular order.

Abracadaver - someone who makes dead bodies disappear says "Abracadaver" when he makes them vanish

Idloo - a small fortress of solitude made of snow for self reflection

Pornucopia - (almost) too much hawt pron. Almost because, really is there such a thing as too much porn?

Enditor - someone who edits suicide notes and obituaries

Opposocks - when the only socks you can find have the exact opposite colors

Propertoes - wholly owned (i.e. not rented or borrowed) toes

Brokeh - badly done bokeh photography

Cumputer - computer used solely for surfing porn

Togurt - the body cheese generated by a couple of hard partying days in a toga (don't pretend you haven't done the Roman-style lost weekend of partying)

Blottery - partying so hard after winning the lottery that you don't remember
winning it

Sticket - a ticket that feels like a stick shoved up your backside

Would Not Fly Now

This would absolutely not fly now. He'd pull this thing out of his gun shaped camera bag, put it to his shoulder and the cops would be there within minutes. Probably isn't helped that he looks like he could possibly possess Muslim sentiments (apparently that's not a good thing for some Americans these days).

The sad thing is that I bet it was a really comfortable and good way to get a good photograph. It would be very interesting to see a retake of this concept with today's digital technology. But I'd be too worried about some over-zealous person shooting me for using it.

Discovered at Modern Mechanix.

Side note, I also came across this rather spectacular example of skinning an iPhone 4. In this case, the artist modified an image of a Leica M9 Rangefinder camera to fit perfectly and integrate the camera and LED flash. Truly an outstanding end result.

I am working on recreating this design myself.

UFC 118 Predictions

Some pretty interesting fights on tap at this weekend's UFC 118. As usual, I've got some predictions to make. These are the same calls I entered into the UFC Fantasy game and I've now broken into the top 100 in the last two events so I'm hoping to continue the trend.

Let's get to the calls.

Frankie Edgar vs BJ Penn
Prediction: BJ by Submission
Reason: BJ might just tear Edgar's head off. He's coming into this fight pissed off and a pissed off BJ Penn is a damned scary sight on the other side of the Octagon. I am not dismissing Frankie Edgar but I think he got a little underestimated last time and I think BJ is going to leave nothing to chance.

Nerditude or Geekism?

I've added a poll to my sidebar because I need your help. I'm developing a post and potentially a product line dedicated to people like me who live, breathe and eat technology. Back before computers ran everything, calling someone a nerd was an insult just the same as calling someone a geek was an insult.

But, with the rise and ubiquity of technology, nerds and geeks pretty much rule the earth. Piss off your computer guy to your own peril. Sure is hard to get any work done when your computer won't work, eh?

But I digress, yeah, like that's never happened before. I'm curious as to which term you prefer regardless of whether you are a geek or nerd.

Please indicate in the poll which term speaks to you and feel free to leave a comment if you are so inclined. Or ask questions if you have any though all will be revealed in fairly short order.

Much appreciated.

Some People WANT To Step in Dogshit Apparently

There was a momentary scene over the weekend that's been kind of stuck in my brain since and I thought that maybe tapping it out into a blog post would excise it from my frontal lobe (or where ever persistent memories roost).

Victory and success!

My oldest son had his very first game of soccer ever this weekend. He's playing in a U8 league because he missed the U6 cut off by three days. So yeah, he's playing with boys who are generally quite a bit older and bigger than he is. But its all good, most of the players just chase the ball around and, every once in a while, the ball goes in the net. Fun for almost everyone.

Anyway, my wife, my youngest son and I were watching the soccer game but had noticed that some loser dog owner had walked his dog on the soccer field and then not picked up the sloppy ploppy after his dog crapped. So there was a rather liquidy poop just off the playing field.

How to Remove the Speck iPhone 4 Fitted Case

I got my Apple giveaway fix for the antenna problem with my iPhone 4 today. Instead of the plain bumper option, I chose a full cover with the credit Apple gave me. My purty little 4 is now safely enclosed within a Speck Dark Tartan case with a Zagg Invisibleshield on the front glass. In just a couple of moves, my phone is now pretty darned secure.

The only mistake I made in the process was trying out the Speck case before fitting the Invisibleshield on. And it wasn't really a mistake once I figured out how to open the Speck iPhone 4 case. It took some doing and I even Googled how to do it without any luck which is why I'm posting this quick post about how to do it.

No pictures for now, maybe I'll snap some later.

1. Put the iPhone down turned so the volume buttons and mute slider are away from you.
2. Slide your finger under the edge of the Speck case closest to you.
3. Slide a second finger and then move both fingers to the right corner.
4. The corner should pop apart but you may have to hold it with a finger from your other hand.
5. Move to the next closest corner (the one above the mute slider) and pop it away from the iPhone.
6. Continue down that side until the case comes completely off.

There now, wasn't that alot easier than getting really pissed off at the stupid thing? Like I did for a little while until I got it figured out.

Tuesday Morning Wrap

Sully cheers me on to the finish!

The more things change, the more things stay the same. This grey MondayTuesday morning I find myself at my old desk in the bowels of a big cement box. And I now find myself trying to gather up the threads of projects I started months ago and had to put down when my contract ran out.

Lots of upsides to starting a new contract, like benefits including retirement stuff, vacations, sick days and the ability to go to the doctor to see if we can figure out what's up with my knee and how to cure this annoying Adderall acne-like crap (which is ridiculous since I haven't in taken Adderall in three months!). But hey, I'm all about the good side today.

Obligatory Triathlon Experience Write Up

I took part in my second triathlon today, the Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon. It consisted of a 750 meter swim in the Monterey Bay (kelp and all), a 12.4 mile bike ride and a 3.2 mile run. Nope, not even sniffing at the kind of distances the Ironmen do but its a start. Plus, its alot more feasible for me to train for and enjoy a sprint tri than much of anything else at this point.

Let's Wrap The Weekend Up

Because the weekend was the present and the present is a gift. And what did we make of our gift?

I played poker (badly) on Friday night with my pals. Stayed up too late and slept in on Saturday until almost 9 and did not get woken up by a little boy's face right all up in mine, that's what parents call a bonus! The best part of the night was cheering for the Giants with three other fans and seeing them take the first game of three from the Dodgers (who suck!).

We harvested our first zucchini from the garden, a whopper at more than 8 inches long and rather girthy. It also tasted pretty darned good and we were able to get Sully to eat some because he'd helped grow it. I knew the vegetable garden was a good idea. Now we just need to get Grady to try some but he's a picky, picky eater. He doesn't like sesame seeds on or in his inari, he doesn't like pepper (yes, the tiny little black bits) in his mac and cheese. He's got a rather complex set of eating rules that are very easy to break. Strangely there are zero rules on the sweets he'll eat and he requests dessert after every meal regardless of the meal itself. Yes, he wants desert after getting pancakes that have maple syrup on them. He doesn't get dessert but he asks for it.

New Word Blowout Friday!

That is right, friends, neighbors, porn bots and loonies, it is time for a New Word Blowout! I've been gathering them up for a couple of weeks now and probably forgotten three times as many as I've remembered. But, without further ado, here we go with the new words. As always, these will be cross-posted to the Fictionarium.

And, if one or more words, particularly tickles you then please leave a comment, rate the post or otherwise let me know. Feedback feeds the blogger's soul, dontchaknow?

Adgitate - agitated by advertising

Attirude - rude attitude

Campire - campfire for vampires

Constituition - paying your way through college through trying employment (constitution) or using the Constitution to pay for tuition

Cumpaign - a campaign of sexual conquest

Powervty - poor in power

Tempty - empty temptation


Tutirials - tired tutorial or possibly a tutorial delivered by a tired out presenter

Twuth - Twitter truth, something you cannot handle

And that, folks, is all he wrote for this post. Happy Friday, Happy Lincecum Day, Happy Orange Friday and...... BEAT LA!