Daily Twaddle

The Apogee of Bison Tourism

Jenn — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:08 +0000

What did I say about approaching wildlife? You get gored, that’s what. If you haven’t heard the recent news about a woman from Utah getting flipped by a bison, you can watch the CBS report by clicking the image below. It includes the video footage that these folks captured while standing so close to the buffalo.

There is speculation about these people throwing a piece of wood at the bison just before it started bucking. But you can see in the video that there is a white stick attached to the bison’s head that he shakes off onto his back. He got pissed when the stick hit his back and naturally he wanted to eat some humans to blow off some steam.

Would Dane Cook just punch that bull in the face?

You can view an awesome photo of some folks approaching buffalo that I took a few years ago when we visited Yellowstone in a previous post that I wrote.

By the way… apogee figuratively means “the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination of something.”

Amazon… Stop Suggesting PayPhrase!

Jenn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:27:59 +0000

Have you guys noticed the annoying notices asking to make purchasing easier by using a PayPhrase? I don’t care about that! I think that “1-Click” ordering is super easy. Why would I want to type three words and then enter a pin number instead of just clicking one button?

I decided to create a PayPhrase anyway just to get rid of the constant suggestion to do so. I created my own using a random word generator because I didn’t like “Jenn’s Forceful Impressions” or “Jenn’s Individual Courage.” But… I don’t plan on using this feature because I don’t know if I will be able to remember the pin number!

Here’s Amazon’s video explaining PayPhrase.

My Wii Works Again!

Jenn — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:59:31 +0000

One day my Wii stopped working. I couldn’t load a disk, I couldn’t even turn it on. No lights showed on the console. The remotes worked fine but they’re obviously useless without the machine.

I thought maybe we had a power surge and the console got electrocuted. But then, yesterday it just started working again. Whoo hoo!

Also… did you know that you can press the Control and the Plus buttons at the same time on your keyboard to make the font look bigger on your browser? Yes, indeed.

CTRL + (makes webpage larger)
CTRL – (makes webpage smaller)
CTRL 0 (zero – makes webpage actual size)

Teenagers Have Better Phone Manners

Jenn — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:59:31 +0000

Yes, yes, it’s true. I’ve crunched the numbers and it turns out that I’m right. Teenagers (more often than older folks) are more polite with their cell phones.

There’s probably more (or less depending on your point of view) but I thought this is an astute observation on my part.

I could speculate why this occurs – probably because teenagers grew up with cellular devices and know how to use them properly.

Adults commit the following phone-fouls. Teenagers? Not so much…

Forget to turn off their phone in theaters/meetings/everywhere.
Answer their phone to tell the person they can’t talk now. Wha?
Yell into the phone because that makes it clearer.
Don’t realize that it’s their phone making all the noise.
Say, “I’ve got to take this.”

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I’m in Hufflepuff not Ravenclaw

Jenn — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:59:29 +0000

I took an online test years ago to see which house I should be sorted in to. I thought it was Ravenclaw but I just took another one (and another one) and I seem to consistently be in Hufflepuff.

This actually works out for the best because my mom is in Gryffindor, my sister is in Ravenclaw and now I’m in a different house too. No one wants to be in Slytherin!

Visit the websites below to figure out which house you’re in (like you Harry Potter fans haven’t already…)