The Top 5 Strangest Things I’ve Learned While Blogging
Speaking of projects, Darren Rowse at ProBlogger Blog Tips throws caution to the winds by kicking off yet another one, and this time it looks like a pretty freewheeling sort of thing. Everyone is welcome to participate, but you’d better hurry; the deadline is Thursday, May 10. And, just to make things interesting, one lucky randomly-chosen entry will win $1001! That means everyone has an equal chance at winning. Pretty cool, Darren!
The topic is “Top 5″… and well, that’s it.
Well, there’s no way I could let that particular gauntlet (sound of gauntlet being thrown down) go unanswered, so I began to think (sound of grinding gears) about what kind of list I’d want to create for posterior posterity. Hmmm, let’s see now…. (picture of me, pacing back and forth – which is quite a trick in a 3-foot by 3-foot cubicle)
After approximately 8.79 milliseconds, it hit me (sound of dull thud); why not focus on things I’ve learned from the Internet? But, as is par for the course here at the Middle Zone, it can’t be just anything. I mean, c’mon – I’ve only learned about a bazillion new things in the 10 ½ months since I started. So, the question before the jury is, how do I filter it down to just 5?
All right, how about this? Among other things, the Internet is certainly a humongous repository for all kinds of knowledge, right? Some good, some bad, some actually quite profound, and some… er, not so much.
So after a further 5.18 milliseconds, I naturally chose to list the Top 5 strangest things I’ve learned (you knew that was coming didn’t you?) from the Internet. Now that sounds like a list to be proud of here at the Zone, don’t you think?
OK, here goes; but it means I’ll have to access my external memory banks for this one (sound of automobile engine fruitlessly turning over). And now, without further ado (because as you know, a further do would make no sense whatsoever) I present, in no particular order and for your edification…
The Top 5 Strangest Things I’ve Learned While Blogging
Have you ever awakened one morning and thought to yourself, “Aarrghh! I wish I could just blow up the whole world”? (Well, if you have – then I don’t want to know!) Then you may want to check out Sam Hughes’ exhaustive How to Destroy the Earth page. Sam provides a veritable A to Z of everything on the subject you may want to know, from your choice of methodology (a technical term favored by consultants everywhere meaning method) and its efficacy, to related subjects such as a handy list of things to consider should you choose destroying the Earth as a, er, career path.
Then, from the BBC News UK, there’s how to calculate the “beer-goggle effect”, which as you know, is the measure of how the cumulative consumption of alcohol affects the perceived attractiveness of your current date. Some crazy college kids researchers at Manchester University actually worked out how to quantify it.
Oh, and from “100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year” (in this article the year referred to is 2005), I can’t let you go without mentioning this little tidbit (scroll down to #79 on the list): that 1 out of every 18 people have a third nipple. (Although where they keep it is anyone’s guess.)
And speaking of vocabulary (huh?), I also expanded mine by leaps and bounds when I learned, among other things, what dasypygal, gynotikolobomassophilia, and abscotchalator mean. I can’t wait to get to SOBCon ’07 this weekend where I might be able to use them in casual conversation! (But then again, you may simply flossify that.)
Finally, no Top 5 list of this nature would be complete without this one:
The strangest and/or silliest things pass for entertainment. Now, I could probably list countless examples here (and you could probably list countless more), but how about this one: www.cheddarvision.tv, where you can join over a million others in watching, live and in living color, a cheddar cheese as it ages to perfection. But don’t worry, you still have time to catch the show – there are approximately 134… no, 133… no, 132 days left before it gets shipped out.
Ah, the Internet – ain’t modern technology something?
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Whew! I was afraid that might be something about me on that list. . . . Nice to know I’m not that weird after all.
No worries, Liz! This post was about the Top 5 strangest things, not the strangest people! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
(But not to worry – you wouldn’t have made that list either. Now, a list of the Top 5 nicest people…)
What did we ever do before the internet? My regular TV doesn’t even have cheese on it.
Sarakastic, that’s the question, isn’t it? But this story proves the old adage that putting cheese on anything makes it a hit!
Cheddar Vision indeed. Nice to see there’s another blog meme going around. You’ll see my contribution tomorrow.
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Ha! Your Top 5 is hilarious–I admire you for being able to whittle “the strangest things” down to a mere 5!
Now, I’m off to watch some cheddar age and plot how I might destroy the earth (just for fun, mind you–not that I’d want to do that!).
Markk, looking forward to it!
Sharon, the beauty of this subject is, I can never run out of “Top 5″s! Oh, and good luck with your chosen career path!
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Just hilarious….cheddarvision?!! Wow, never heard of that before. Quite original.
Thanks for the laugh Robert, good luck in Friday’s drawing!
JoLynn
JoLynn, thanks for dropping by; I appreciate the (cheese) toast!
well, there goes my chance at $1001. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading this (really weird) post. ::sound of me stomping out of the room with one stiletto heel broken::
Seriously, This was hilarious. Glad I found it.
Hey, Susan, the winner is randomly chosen, so you still have an equal chance! Thanks for the kind words, though. (Weird is GOOD)
Sorry ’bout the heel!
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I really dig this. added you to my review of this contest
good luck with your strange visions in the future 
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Sven, thanks – but… what’s so strange about the future? It’s the present I find strange!
The strangest thing I learned was about barnacle genitalia. Unfortunately, I learned it AFTER we ate all the barnacles.
My boys learned a lot about music and rock festivals this weekend. Check it out…
Hi Anne! Barnacle genitalia, huh? Uh, good luck with the cuisine… and thanks for dropping by!
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This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”
Jaron – I like that! I’m going to have to add that to the next “Great Quotes” edition. Cheers!
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“Ah, the Internet – ain’t modern technology something?”
Things like this do make me wonder what people did before the Internet, which seems to be the source of most amusement these days. It’s so interesting to see what different people, companies and sites blog about. I remember when blogging used to be mostly people talking about their own thoughts situations, but today you can find everything from cheddarvision to jobs!
Jen Carpenters last blog post..Chicago Green Jobs Help Plant Reopen
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