Kanye West Parody

"Laaaaa laaaaa laaaaa laaaa... wait till I get my money right "is the opening line to the popular jingle by Kanye West entitled "Can't Tell Me Nothing".

I ran across this piece of junk while searching for "cant tell me nothing" on youtube. Initially I was grossly disappointed to say the very least, and also quite confused. However, the video becomes really humorous as it progresses. The maker of the video Zach Galifianakis gives his "special" interpretation of Kanye's newest hit single. Unlike other, low budget (LOL) youtube parody videos, Galifianakis appears to put much thought and sweat into the production of this masterpiece (really now..).

His country flavored (flavoured for the English) spin is some what refreshing and light as the topics ranted on in Kanye's poetic tirade are far from shallow. But I've said too much. Have a look for yourself.

Pay special attention to the tractor with "hydraulics" and the video girls on the hill doing riverdance!

How to make a chocolate cake

Ever wondered how to make a chocolate cake from scratch? Probably not, seeing that you can buy one at your local pastry shop now for almost nothing. And if that fails you can buy the cake mix at the grocery store (mmmmm mmmmmm tasteeeee).
Well guess what? Today is your lucky day! Why?

It's Junk Food Day

Ingredients

1. I cup of milk
2. 2 cups of all purpose flour
3. 3/4 cup powdered sugar
4. 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
5. 1 cup of water
6. 1/2 cup of cocoa
7. 1 teaspoon salt
8. 1 teaspoon baking soda
9. 2 eggs

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 9" x 13" cake pan.
3. In a large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. Add eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes or by hand.
5. Pour into prepared pan. With a spatula distribute batter evenly in the pan.
6. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
7. Cool completely and frost with your favorite frosting.

-taken from wikihow

Junk words and language - English

English is considered to be one of the more challenging languages to learn as a second language, even more so if you're just learning it as an adult. Here are my pet peeves and fascinations with the english language:

Pet peeves:

• When to add a suffix, or prefix.
  For example, you can be disgruntled, but not grunlted. Huh?
  
  Another one, information and formation have completely different meanings? Why?
  
  However, you can be extraordinary one day, and ordinary the next.
  
  
• Words spelled the same way or pronounced similarly have different meanings.
  In other words, read is the past tense of read. (Think about it) But they're spelled the same way.
  
  "Yesterday I read time magazine" as opposed to " Tomorrow I am going to read newsweek"
  
  See vs Sea.
  You can see through your eyes but you cannot sea through your binoculars.
  You fish in the sea but cannot swim with the dolphins in the see. Why not? I want hangout with my friends by the seeside. (lol)
  

How really sat down and coined the diction, and spelling etc of english terms and words. Whoever is responsible must have had a lot of time on their hands because they surely succeeded in making it complicated.

How am Important but not PORTANT!!!! I just don't get it! But one can be both impotent and POTENT. Sigh..

Some fun words that are spelled the same way backwards as they are forwards:

racecar (actually two words), deed, level, pip, rotor, civic, madam, eye, nun and toot.
"A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota" - spell that backwards and see what you get.

These words and phrases are known as Palindromes

Junk Laws & Misconceptions

Its interesting how laws can vary as you go from state to state across America. Even more interesting is the contrast in lifestyle and culture as you venture outside the bounds of your country. Misconceptions and stereotypes are inevitable and contribute to very interesting conversation.

For example, Jamaicans are usually depicted as reggae listening, marijuana smoking, people of Rastafarian faith. However, the use of marijuana for non medicinal purposes in Jamaica is illegal. Additionally, dancehall a spin off from reggae has become much more popular than its parent genre reggae. Jamaica is a Christian country and has the largest number of churches per capita in the world (last time I checked). "Rastas", comprise a small but important population of the country


Here are some interesting American laws for the state of California:

1. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
2. Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
3. Women may not drive in a house coat.
4. It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
5. Toads may not be licked.