"It was a cool party, Cool pool party, La la la la..."

*note to Scott, i thought i added you, but then i didnt think i did, so i added you again.  hopefully you dont get this twice now.  and sorry if this is your first*

 

*note to Erin, share these with David, if you would be so kind?  I think he'll enjoy it*

 

Don't forget to play Name That Band with my subject line.  I'm trying to diversify more, so be on the lookout for your favorite bands.

 

Hey everyone!  I'm writing this pretty late today, so some of you probably won't get it until tomorrow.  Which would be sad because then you wouldnt get to celebrate todays holiday, birthday, and other cool events.  Please read this today.

 

I have already written my complaint about job searching.  I will not type it again.  look here.  This is only my second post for this particular blog.  I will be including in this one things that I don't mention in my daily emails, or just random thoughts that cross my mind.  Hopefully I will update it frequently, and maybe if you check it out once in a while, you'll enjoy it.

 

Today is National Yo-Yo Day.  Have a yo-yo.  *imagine me giving you a yo-yo*  Now I don't actually have to be nice, but you still think I'm a great friend.  Isn't that wonderful?

 

I went online today and I checked out Half.com.  I then clicked on the little button to look for textbooks and I found "Universe" by Roger Freedman (some of you remember this book slightly less than fondly, I'm sure) and it was only $10.  Do you know how much I had to pay for it at the BYU Bookstore?  It was absurdly a lot, I don't remember how much exactly.  Too much.  So that's why I have decided to never buy from the BYU Bookstore ever again.  And also this is part of the reason I have decided to open my own bookstore to compete heavily with it.  I will destroy them.  It will be called thus:  Brian's BYU Bookstore-Battling Bearable Bargain Bookstore of Bliss.  And also on Half.com I found many many many books for under a dollar.  And not lame books either.  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (hehe, its British...) was there, and Maniac Magee, and each of the Lord of the Rings books were $0.75, and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is only $0.75 as well.  Ahhhh, I could live in a bookstore.  Thats my dream.  Maybe someday, I'll actually follow through.

 

Happy Birthday to:

Nikolaus A Otto, 1832 (creator of a motor engine)

Zbynek Vostrak, 1920

Maurice Sendak, 1928 (You all recognize the name surely?)

F Lee Bailey, 1933 (attorney in Sam Sheppard and OJ Simpson cases)

Brent & Duane Sutter (Chic. Blackhawks and NY Islander, respectively)

Tara Lipinski, 1982

 

Happy Deathday to:

Frederik I van Hohenstaufen, 1190 (A.K.A Barbarossa)

Mary de Guise, Queen Mother of Scotland, 1560

Bridget Bishop, 1692 (first witch to be executed in that whole Salem thing)

Giacomo Matteotti, 1924 (assassinated by the fascists)

Marcus Garvey, 1941

Sigrid Undset, 1949 (rockin cool Norse author)

Louis L'Amour, 1988

 

And famous things that happened today in history:

Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg, 1538

Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister, 1540

1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island, 1610  (I'm going to learn Dutch)

Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree, 1682 (I found out today that they actually do have tornadoes in Connecticut.  My friend in Maryland said there was a tornado warning, and I had no idea you could get tornadoes there.  Hm... I grew a new dendrite!)

Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!, 1752 (Don't blame me for the pun, I didn't make it up.  I found it already like that!)

1st public zoo opens in Paris, 1793

Washington replaced Philadelphia as US capital, 1793

Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of US (replacing Taylor), 1850

Girl Scouts founded, 1915

Great Arab Revolt begins, 1916

1st demonstration of artificial lightning, 1932

Norway surrenders to nazis, 1940 (I'm going to live in Norway someday)

PBS begins broadcasting, 1954

James Earl Ray escapes from prison (FIRST TO TELL ME WHY HE WAS IN JAIL WINS A PRIZE!!)

Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing, 1990 (first of all, why is this noteworthy?  don't ask me.  I do really like Newman's though... and I like Newman too.  He's a cool guy.)

Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games, 1996 (the game took 6 periods, and the Avs won it XD )

 

 

Today's nonsensical word that someone thought was real:  zzxjoanw.

He thought it was a Maori drum because he trusted some book called Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary.
"Kiwis of my aquaintance agree that zzxjoanw is not a Maori word, as there are no Z, X or J in the Maori language - and the the phonetics aren't right either." - Jeff Miller

 

And real words of the day:

Incipient: beginning to come into being or to become apparent
embrangle: To embroil or entangle.  (Nice combo)

ollycrock: a turban shell eaten as seafood and used as bait.

 

Quotes of the Day:

"I don't feel like finding quotes today.  Do it yourself if you care that much."

            Brian Harris (1985 - )

 

And now for that special time when I share things that are personal.  Not just this generic everyday stuff.  This is the time when I talk about things like Streamlined Cows, but that's already been done.  This is the time when I used to talk about all the crazy random places I slept, but I can't do that now that I'm home for the summer.  Ahh, the memories.  The vending machine was the best.  People would get in and would be halfway done getting their food before they realized that I was sleeping right above them.  I think I freaked a few guys out.  That was fun.  And also that night I talked the security guard into letting me stay under the staircase.  Good times, good times... Maybe I should go back to Provo just for the campus camping.

 

Oh, I didn't put Natalie Portman's birthday on the list yesterday.  Oops.  Hope she's not mad at me.  Mostly I hope Austin's not mad at me.  He's a hardcore Natalie Portman fan.  That's why I don't send him these emails.  And also the fact that his email doesnt work when I try to send him things.  Meh...

 

The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) makes me happy.  Just wanted to share that.  But to own it would cost me $1,500 unless I can find it offered by someone other than the OUP (Oxford University Press).  Half.com and Ebay didn't have any.  The problem is that no one wants to sell them.  Only Wordnerds buy them, and if they're willing to invest $1500 into them, they're not likely to decide they don't like the OED after all.  And 20 volumes would cost almost my entire "fortune" just in shipping.  So I'll wait until someone loves me enough to buy me the whole set for my birthday.

please?

 

And I've been sitting here FAR too long, and I have books to read and people to IM and dinner to eat.  Well, not dinner yet.  It's only 4:30.  But one of my friends online just got back from dinner and so it made me hungry.  And now I'm eating cheese sandwiches.  And you didn't even know that I got up, did you?  Didn't think so.

Catch you later,

Brian Harris

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