tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:46:42 +0000~ A bit of <i>joie de vivre</i>, a comprehensive joy of life, with an occasional edge.http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-7411454504193093275Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:22:00 +00002009-10-28T22:22:46.378-04:00http://extrovertic.blogspot.com/2009/09/sometimes-way-to-peoples-hearts-is.htmlhttp://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2009/10/httpextroverticblogspotcom200909sometim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-8613644113572837365Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:19:00 +00002009-08-19T21:20:12.837-04:00words A very prim and proper British grandmother introduces a BBC show dealing with punk rock by previewing the off-color words that might appear in the program. “Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,” the sweet-looking granny begins, “I thought that you might like to know… in the spirit of punk rock, the following show includes, what we often refer to as language. So if, like me, you are http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2009/03/punk-granny-speaks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-7668577163064758016Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:24:00 +00002008-11-28T18:24:28.777-05:00LexidiemJargonTalkBuzznetshoppingIt's Black Friday. You're off of work today, so you get up a little late. Still in your pajamas, you take a few minutes preparing your coffee, as you want to enjoy it today. You grab a quick bite to eat, take a cup of your fresh coffee and head to the couch, where you turn the television on... and that's when you see that it's Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and one of the busiest http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2008/11/real-nightmare-before-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-2229223608055073182Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-11-05T07:55:42.508-05:00election 2008yes we canquotespoliticsI saw a candle of hope lit in Chicago last night, and witnessed something that I thought I might never see in this lifetime. Then I heard the words flow forth... If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is yourhttp://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-can.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-6579802227572697937Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:58:00 +00002008-02-16T02:12:34.609-05:00YouTubeJargonTalkblognewswordsvaluesWhat has happened to our sense of values? Was watching the news today and this evening, appalled by what I was seeing again, by history again repeating itself. On Thursday, Valentine's Day, Steven Kazmierczak, armed with three handguns and a brand-new pump-action Remington shotgun he had carried onto the Northern Illinois University campus in a guitar case, stepped from behind a screen on the http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2008/02/values.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-6703321909671481008Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +00002008-02-05T18:07:58.766-05:00WTFJargonTalkBuzznetweatherSaturday, February 2nd, 2008 - It's official: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so there will be six more weeks of winter! America's most famous groundhog emerged from his burrow his shadow shortly before 7:30 AM, saw his shadow, and that means that winter will last another six weeks. This occurred before a crowd of more than 30,000 people from as far away as Alaska and Texas, one of the http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2008/02/weather-prediction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JargonTalk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-6597771110409689843Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:49:00 +00002007-12-24T14:49:19.608-05:00YouTubeWTFJargonTalkBuzznetno pule zonenewswordsquotesEnvelope please... The Yale Book of Quotations is an annual list of memorable quotes that is compiled by editor Fred Shapiro, who relies on suggestions from quote-watchers, along with his own choices, and then searches databases and the 'Net to determine the popularity of the quotes.  The ten most memorable quotes of 2007 according to Shapiro are, in order, and the #1 Memorable Quote of the Yearhttp://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/12/2007-most-memorable-quotes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-4593644152860701736Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:28:00 +00002007-12-20T16:28:57.310-05:00Global OrgasmWTFLexidiemsexJargonTalknewsChristmas is coming... but that's not all. We know that in most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th. Less known is that the Winter Solstice is coming to all who reside in the Northern hemisphere on December 22, at 06:08 Universal Time (GMT), and is celebrated by various cultures, both ancient and modern. But that's not all that's coming... On Wednesday, Fox http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/12/solstice-day-is-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-2457478796620569196Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:59:00 +00002007-11-29T23:08:38.380-05:00JargonTalkMonty PythongiftsgeekThe holiday season approaches again, so now we have to all consider what's the best gift for those special people in our lives. But there are so many different gift lists and guides out there already that some may already have a good idea what to get. Instead, this year the focus here is going to be on a special group of individual: the geeks... Top Holiday Gifts for Geeks The Monty Python http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/11/season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-2623766225974034177Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:50:00 +00002007-11-11T16:05:24.458-05:00LexidiemUSMCJargonTalknewsMarinesNovember 10th, 2007 marks the 232nd birthday of the US Marine Corps. The Marines can be a mystery to those who weren’t raised in the military culture. History books state that they are an elite group, something different from other military branches, but what really makes them different? It's simple... a Marine earns the title. One can join the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy -- one earns the http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/11/few-proud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-297816771809286688Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:12:00 +00002007-10-13T08:12:15.710-04:00JargonTalkno pule zone Got your attention? Good, because... October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the world. Breast cancer is a serious issue, for all women are at risk for getting breast cancer. As you get older, your risk increases. Assuming you live to age 90, your risk of getting breast cancer over your lifetime is about 14%. That might sound scary, because it means that an average of about one out of http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/10/those-are-beautiful-breasts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-4506098269912334594Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:46:00 +00002007-09-18T15:46:50.695-04:00WTFJargonTalkno pule zonenews UF Student Tasered And John Kerry just keeps talking... A University of Florida student was tasered and arrested during a forum for John Kerry on Monday afternoon, September 17th. The student who was tasered by campus police is Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old telecommunication senior and former columnist for the Independent Florida Alligator.  He's been charged with a third-degree felony for http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/09/student-tasered-at-kerry-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-129595825434516505Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:29:00 +00002007-08-12T17:14:34.895-04:00WTFJargonTalkblogno pule zonepower outageA New Lie for the New Millennium Was on the 'Net last Wednesday evening, viewing the news, checking some blogs, reading and sending email messages, all the normal things we do with about eight or nine windows open at the same time. The television was on as white noise in the background. The air conditioner was on as the temperature had hit 97 late that afternoon, and due to the high humidity the http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/08/hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-5125859640498122062Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:23:00 +00002007-08-02T17:39:18.406-04:00JargonTalkCPSCno pule zonenewsMattelElmoFisher-PricerecallElmo and Friends Recalled! Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling Elmo and many of his friends, including the Big Bird, Dora the Explorer and Diego - 83 types of toys in all. It turns out that their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. Please note that the Elmo shown in the illustration here is a composite, and does not indicate that this particular mode is being recalled. The worldwide recallhttp://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-no-not-elmo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-7892313169197393304Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:51:00 +00002007-08-02T17:40:43.952-04:00JargonTalkblogno pule zonebicyclecyclingWawaHow many times have I said that that Monday mornings suck? How many have any of us said it? But do they really?Monday mornings are beginning to take a slightly different meaning for me, a time to try and see if it can't be as the time to set the pace for the entire week. Sometimes it takes a conscious effort to get up and out of bed on a Monday morning for some reason, probably because the http://jargontalk.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-mornings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RTFM)2