Saturday, December 16

Lessons learned from Hallmark

  • Good always triumphs over evil
  • Bad guys smoke (usually cigars, but sometimes cigarettes)
  • The daughter of the bad guy will inevitably be used to frame the naive, attractive son/brother of the protagonist.
  • The protagonist will win, and the antagonist will admit he needs God.
  • The conflict will be resolved in 15 minutes
  • Bad guys always have an evil chuckle and use words like, "Sonny"
  • OH! But the daughter will return and cry and the Bad Guy will be hurt and surprised!
  • Young love conquers all
  • The Friend/Friend's Wife will go into labor within the last 5 minutes (Happy Addition)

Monday, December 11

Accent

Here are "my" results

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

The Midland
North Central
Boston
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have?
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But I embarrassingly have to admit that I took in really fast last night (and I KNOW that's why) and I came out...

Minnesotan!

NOooooo, oh, the horror!


What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

The West
The Midland
Boston
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Wednesday, December 6

Exactly.

Dennis Miller: So I see that Hilary has thrown her hat into the presidential ring for 2008.
Jay Leno: Yep
DM: Some People like her. I don't know. I read her book - I got to the part where she says she didn't know Bill ran around on her. Alright. Then I'm pretty sure you're not smart enough to be my president!
Because that was a Macy's-parade-balloon-sized tea leaf you couldn't read there!
With octaves of a mystic depth and height