Giant Popsicle Floods New York City

This is hilarious. Seems almost like an April Fool's Joke. I can just imagine people running for their lives as a giant tidal wave of kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid comes rushing towards them. Run for your life, it's Snapple!!!

Thanks Miriam, for sending me this link!

Giant Popsicle Floods NYC Park

I heart Huntington Beach

My First California Earthquake

I've been expecting this. Today I experienced my first earthquake since moving to California a few months ago. At approx 1:55 PM, while I was working at my desk, my whole desk shook and the desk drawer fell out. I've learned from the news that the quake was a 5.3 and was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego. The epicenter was near Big Bear Lake. It's a scary feeling having the ground move beneath you.

See L.A. Times article here.

Lost Puzzle

Are you a fan of the ABC TV series, "Lost"? I sure am! Check this out.

Click here: http://www.oceanic-air.com/seatingchart.htm

Then click on the row numbers in this order:
4 8 15 16 23 42

You'll see a secret teaser for next season!

Abbey Road

Check this out. You can watch the street and pedestrian traffic on Abbey Road 24 hours a day. The best part is watching when it's evening time in London and watching all the drunks stumbling home. If you're lucky, you may catch a fist fight. For those that don't know, Abbey Road was made famous by a Beatles album cover.

http://www.abbeyroad.co.uk/virtual_visit/webcam/


Also, if anyone happens to have a Mac with OS 10.4, Tiger, then you can download a fun widget for your dashboard that will display this webcam.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/slothcam.html

The Mother Tongue

Some may consider Herbie posts and Language Trivia posts to be subpar for Trevor's Stupid Blog, but I found this interesting, so I'm putting it up. :) I'm currently reading a book titled, "The Mother Tongue - English and How it Got That Way" by Bill Bryson. I'm fascincated by the origin of words and this book has been a fun read. Here's some interesting facts I've learned so far:

1. Gaelic speakers of Scotland have a word that doesn't have a match in the English language that is used to describe the itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey. It's called "sgriob". I've often wondered what that feeling might be called!
2. An oldie but goodie; Eskimos have 50 words for types of snow, but no word for just snow. To them there is crunchy snow, soft snow, fresh snow, old snow, but no word that just means snow.
3. The Welsh word for beer is "cwrw." It's pronounced "koo-roo."
4. There are more students of English in China than there are people in the United States.
5. And lastly, food for thought, how would you explain what the word "what" means to someone learning English? Hmmm.....