Story #674
I came across onesentence.org, a website "about telling the most interesting or poignant story possible in the least amount of words." All of the stories are user submitted, so as you might imagine, many of them are really lame. Today, I'm going to break format a little bit to give you some that I think are pretty good. If you decide to write a story like this, please let me know. |
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1. Scripps National
Spelling bee fever is sweeping the country. This year's big competition was won by "home-schooled" Evan O'Dorney. Here he is attempting to defend his title against Jimmy Kimmel |
2. This is Your Life
So now let's take a look at the most memorable moments from spelling bees of yore, including a badass kid who passes out on stage, and then gets right up and spells his word correctly. |
3.Maryalnd
And here, in a single photo, is definitive proof that the 12 and 13 year olds competing in the bee are smarter than the organizers. |
4. The E is Not Optional
Not to mention all the Web 2.0 millionaires that haven't even been able to correctly spell their own domain names. |
5. You Spelt It Wrong
And finally an easy method for taking advantage of bad spellers in order to get a good deal on used, stolen and/or reconditioned products. |
1. Boris Yeltsin: Dead
The man considered most responsible for bringing capitalism to Russia, former president, Boris Yeltsin dead at the age of 76. |
2. Oll Korrect
This detailed history of how the term "OK" came to be a legitimate part of the English language boils down to basically one thing: people in the 1830s and 1840s has some really weird ideas of comedy. Next, the author is working out the history of the term "my bad." |
3. Where There's Smoke
How to make smoke appear magically from your fingertips using only a bathtub and a box of matches. |
4. Import/Export
I finally moved over to Firefox. It took me a while to do so because I didn't want to lose all of my bookmarks. Luckily importing them from your old browser is pretty easy. |
5. Visuwords
An online graphical dictionary which creates diagrams consisting of related words and color codes them based on parts of speech.. |
1. Chill Out
I know winter is pretty much over now, but this has been sitting in my "to-list" box for quite a while now. It a pretty interesting report about the birth of the wind-chill factor, hw it is totally bogus, and why we should stop talking about it. |
2. Dirty Dancing
TV fisherman, Bill Dance has a lot of bad luck, as well as a laugh track. More and more. |
3. The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy
One thing I hate is when people look at old photos and laugh about the hairstyles and clothes they used to wear. Another is when people argue about what to call a sugary, carbonated, soft drink. If you want to avoid this type of discussion it looks like you should move to North Dakota, Montana or the southwest, where there seems to be the smallest amount of cross-over. |
4. Charles Has A Licking Problem
One word: euthanasia. |
5. Fashion Before Function
A new kind of crocodile skin belt which doesn't require the crocodile to be killed. |
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I was at this nature preserve on Monday. There were thousands and thousands of large herons and egrets. They were pretty far away, but thankfully, the park has an observation area with a public telescope. Too bad their website sucks.
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Dr. Grammar may be dead, but his website lives on. Listing common grammatical errors and how to correct them, the Dr. keeps a healthy attitude about the evolution of languages. My favorite: The subjunctive case.
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