Miss Cellania's Blog Posts
This post is not about what the athletes eat while training, nor is it about food in the Olympic Village. It's not even about sponsored items. This is a guide to the most decadent and delicious carb-loading snacks you might enjoy while watching the Olympics! Pina coladas and pizza might not get you in shape, but they go good with hurdles on TV. Link -Thanks, Brendan!
Aren't they adorable? Jocelyn at Snack or Die has instructions for making your own Pacman Sugar cookies. Link -via Unique Daily
Ride Lust has a rundown of famous cars from movies and television, in no particular order. Take a look and see if your favorite is there. Link -via the Presurfer
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This bolt of lightning was shot in high speed video, then slowed way down for your entertainment. -via reddit
Since people don't spell very well, shouldn't we just give up and accept variant spelling?
Is "misspelt" even a word? I don't think we should give up so easily. Here at Neatorama, we often misspell words, but it's not because we aren't trying. If everyone spelled words any way they wanted, reading would be too difficult for too many people. What do you think? Link
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"Instead of complaining about the state of the education system as we correct the same mistakes year after year, I've got a better idea," Ken Smith, a criminology lecturer at Bucks New University, wrote in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
"University teachers should simply accept as variant spelling those words our students most commonly misspell."
To kickstart his proposal, Smith suggested 10 common misspellings that should immediately be accepted into the pantheon of variants, including "ignor," "occured," "thier," "truely," "speach" and "twelth" (it should be "twelfth").
Then of course there are words like "misspelt" (often spelled "mispelt"), not to mention "varient," a commonly used variant of "variant."
Is "misspelt" even a word? I don't think we should give up so easily. Here at Neatorama, we often misspell words, but it's not because we aren't trying. If everyone spelled words any way they wanted, reading would be too difficult for too many people. What do you think? Link
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How many times has someone tried to convince you that the attacks on 9/11 were an inside job, a government plot, or caused by someone other than the hijackers? Besides the conspiracy theorists, there are those folks who believe anything a friend forwards to them by email. The problem is that you don't have any facts at your fingertips to refute their arguments. A post at YesButNoButYes gives you the short course in responding to popular conspiracy theories with counterpoints. This may come in handy as we get closer to the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Link -Thanks, Johnny!
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A 12 minute short depicting the origin of "The Bat-Man" and introducing his amazing skills and abilities... Bob Kane and Bill Finger drew on a lot of silent films to create Batman, and I've always wanted to give the story a try using silent film techniques. What with that whole copyright/waste of time thing, you'll have to settle for this collage. Here are the original influences re-arranged to tell Bruce Wayne's story and his crusade against crime.
A quick two day collage by Andre Perkowski. Drone music by Palker & Perkowski, an outtake from "The Vampire's Tomb" sessions.
See part two here. -via Gorilla Mask
If you've ever wondered how old your favorite internet sensation is, or more importantly, how it got started, here's a fun interactive timeline deigned by BK Gupta. Zoom in with the + flags at the bottom to expand the timeline. Each meme listed has links and/or video to explain its history. Some links NSFW. Link -via Digg
Far above the madding crowd, those who can afford it have private green space to get away from it all. Flickr user jwilly has a set of photos featuring rich people's rooftops in New York City. Link -via the Presurfer
Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss tests your knowledge of Native American logos. Can you match the logo or mascot with the company, school, or product it is linked to? I knew two of them, and gave up on the rest. Maybe you will do better. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17251
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This public service announcement features Jeremy Call, who rides a bike embedded with suction cups. Too cool! -via Unique Daily
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