Yearly Archives: 2011

Hard Rock Cafe X Winter Rock Showcase (via Ernie and the Berts)

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So, vote for Ernie and the Berts n’at…

You should vote for Ernie and the Berts in the Hard Rock Cafe X Winter Rock Showcase.  Click the link, listen to all the bands (or just some of them), and click the vote button to vote for us! … Read More

via Ernie and the Berts

What do you call this hat?

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I don’t think any other article of clothing causes so much confusion or has so many names.  I’d guess the official name is “tuque“, but we always called it a “beanie”, “skullcap”, or “tossle cap”.

Tuque

What do you call this kind of hat?

Wikipedia lists all these alternatives under the tuque entry…

  • knit hat
  • knit cap
  • sock cap
  • stocking cap
  • watch cap
  • skull cap
  • skully
  • snow hat
  • snow cap
  • ski cap
  • tossle cap
  • woolly hat
  • chook
  • beanie
  • toboggan

I had a friend on Facebook recently call it a “snooki”.  How many nicknames is Wikipedia missing?  I was always annoyed by calling it a “toboggan”… isn’t that a sled?

At any rate, what do you call it?

School Board/Food Allergy Obsurdity in Illinois

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This is ridiculous and an outrage on many levels.

http://twitter.com/#!/AllergyEats/status/24449565625163776

Please read the article at Allergy Eats (originally from Kelly the Food Allergy Mama), and let them know what you think.  I’ll be commenting later most likely, after I’ve had time to gather some thoughts.

Apparently these people didn’t hear or care about Katelyn Carlson, who is in their own state.

I too, balk at government legislation on allergy issues, with the possibility of reaching too far… but really… all this legislation is calling for is a policy covering some instruction on food allergies, and maybe having some epi pens on hand.  I would guess that these programs could be subsidized by pharmaceutical corporations looking to get their name out there and possibly better their image.

Lionize / Ernie and the Berts + More @ The Smiling Moose – Mon. 01/20/2011

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Apparently Lionize was supposed to play across the street at Diesel, but that got canned… so they’re rocking out at the Smiling Moose with us and a couple of other bands.  Yeah, it’s a Monday, but it’s an early show… starts at 7:00pm and we’re most likely on 1st.  So, take out your Monday work day frustrations by rocking out with us:

The Bands:

The Venue:

The Details:

Younz / Yunz / Yinz

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So, I saw a tweet this morning that grabbed my attention:

http://twitter.com/#!/AiXeLsyD13/status/23021991858544640

I’m always fascinated by Pittsburghese or Yinzer-Speak, so of course I had to check out this article:  Expert says fewer folks use Pittsbughese? Git aht!

I always felt like I was saying “younz” more than “yinz”, but then again, I grew up in the ‘burbs, not the city proper.

I know I’ve heard that it was a contraction of Scottish/Irish origin… a merging of “You ones” (…or “you’uns” neither of which is exactly proper).   I think when I was little “Younz” just seemed like a better differentiation between “You” plural, and “You” singular.  With “you’unz” there was no confusion!

Other fun Yinzer-Speak websites:

And, you need to see this if you find the accent at-all amusing:

What are you feeding the birds?

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No, this isn’t about those birds that just fell out of the sky for no apparent reason… but that is quite shocking/interesting.

I’m just wondering what the hell birds are eating lately.  I think today a pterodactyl took a dump on my windshield.  One day not long ago, we had a rental van at work that looked like someone dumped a pretty full spittoon all over the side.  What are birds eating that makes it look like tobacco spit?

I mean, I’m no expert but I’m used to 2 varieties of bird poop.  I’m talking white bird poop, and the “oh, the bird ate berries” poop.  All the bird poop that I’ve ever seen can pretty much clearly fall into one of those categories.

I even remember owl poop from elementary school science class.  I know it’s a gross hairball that would have (hopefully) bounced off of my windshield.

Is this bat poop?  Is someone just spitting tobacco on my car or the work van?  Are the birds eating tobacco?

I demand an answer.