These are words that contain a "Q" that is not followed by the letter "U."
| qadi - a Muslim judge | |
| qanat - an irrigation channel | |
| qasida - an Arabic or Persian poem | |
| qawwal - a qawwali devotional singer | |
| qawwali - Muslim devotional music |
These are some terribly stupid ideas that actually made it big time. Know any others?
| 1. | Million Dollar Homepage |
| 2. | SantaMail |
| 3. | Doggles |
A friend of mine sent this to me after I related a story to him about how once during an extremely delicate prostate exam, I told the doctor "Your'e my Daddy, Your'e my Daddy! and he didn't laugh much.. very weird situaiton, all quiet and all afterwards... .. So anyway this came today in the email.. Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies: I like the last one.. .
| 1. | “Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!” |
| 2. | "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" |
| 3. | "Can you hear me NOW?" |
| 4. | "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" |
| 5. | "You know, in Arkansas , we're now legally married." |
"300" spoofs are the new fad for homemade YouTube videos. These are the best of the best. Have you seen any other great ones?
| 1. | Super Smash Bros Brawl Online Videos by Veoh.com |
| 2. | Cats 300 Trailer With Cats - Watch more free videos |
| 3. | United 300 |
| 4. | see the rest of the top 10 here |
If you are married or dating, and you get in a fight, you are most likely at one of these places:
| 1. | Store |
| 2. | Restaurant |
| 3. | Mall |
| 4. | Kitchen |
| 5. | TV Room |
The desperate market for Superbowl tickets causes die-hard fans to do crazy things - and offer even crazier trades in an attempt to get tickets. Here are some of those insane offers:
| 2 Superbowl tickets wanted. Will trade a cosmetic smile makeover valued at $10,000 plus for two tickets to the Superbowl. No reasonable offer refused. | |
| Die-hard Giants fan in position to offer garage cabinetry/floor coatings in exchange for Super Bowl tickets. Work to be performed in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic or Rockland counties. Exchange to be comparable in value. | |
| will pay $20,000 -- CASH -- for 8 tickets. | |
| I want to send my father to the super bowl. I have Yankees season tickets and will trade any games in exchange for 2 super bowl tickets. | |
| I own 2 tickets for all Redsox games lower box seats $105.00 face value each if you cant use your Superbowl tickets and want to trade | |
| An accountant will do your taxes and other financial work for two tickets. | |
| Cold Stone Creamery owner is offering free ice cream for life in exchange for tickets. |
Places you'd think would not have that many germs compared to others.
| 1. | The kitchen sink - especially that sponge you've been using for months to clean dirty pots and pans |
| 2. | The toilet bowl - well, you might expect this, but you should buy toilet seat wipes for the restrooms you share with guests |
| 3. | The garbage can - especially if you don't use trash bags in them |
| 4. | The refrigerator - think about the old moldy foods that sit inside forever in an area that is rarely cleaned |
| 5. | The bathroom doorknob - stats say that most people don't wash their hands after, and this is the first thing they all touch |
| 6. | Phone recievers - if someone in your home is sick, this is the easiest place to catch those contagious germs |
| 7. | Desktops - people never seem to wipe down desktops, though you spend 8 hours everyday touching it |
| 8. | Keyboards - keyboards can be infested with boogers and germs over years of fingering |
| 9. 10. | The flush handle on the toilet bowl - I take that back, this is the first place people touch after going to bathroom, even before they have a chance to wash hands YOU! |
If you can tell anything from the buzz around a person, these American Idol Season 7 contestants may very well have the best chance at winning this season. These are the current American Idol favorites (according to the number of web searches on their names):
| 1. | Chris Watson |
| 2. | Kayla Hatfield |
| 3. | Brittney Davis |
| 4. | Alexis Brown |
| 5. | Katie Admire |
There were few surprises but a solid list of choices was nominated for the Oscars which are going to be revealed on February 24th, 2008:
| Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: | |
| George Clooney, Michael Clayton | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis, There will be Blood | |
| Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah | |
| Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises | |
| Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role: | |
| Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | |
| Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War | |
| Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild | |
| Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton | |
| Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: | |
| Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age | |
| Julie Christie, Away From Her | |
| Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose | |
| Laura Linney, The Savages | |
| Ellen Page, Juno | |
| Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: | |
| Cate Blancett, I'm Not There | |
| Ruby Dee, American Gangster | |
| Saoirse Ronan, Atonement | |
| Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone | |
| Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton | |
| Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: | |
| Persepolis | |
| Ratatouille | |
| Surf's Up | |
| Achievement in Art Direction: | |
| American Gangster | |
| Atonement | |
| The Golden Compass | |
| Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Achievement in Cinematography: | |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | |
| Atonement | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Achievement in Costume Design: | |
| Across the Universe | |
| Atonement | |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | |
| La Vie En Rose | |
| Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| Achievement in Directing: | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
| Juno | |
| Michael Clayton | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Best Documentary Feature: | |
| No End in Sight | |
| Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience | |
| Sicko | |
| Taxi to the Dark Side | |
| War/Dance | |
| Best Documentary Short Subject | |
| Freeheld | |
| La Corona (The Crown) | |
| Salim Baba | |
| Sari's Mother | |
| Achievement in Film Editing: | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
| Into the Wild | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: | |
| Beaufort | |
| The Counterfeiters | |
| Katyn | |
| Mongol | |
| 12 | |
| Achievement in Makeup: | |
| La Vie En Rose | |
| Norbit | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | |
| Achievement in Music (Original Score): | |
| Atonement | |
| The Kite Runner | |
| Michael Clayton | |
| Ratatouille | |
| 3:10 to Yuma | |
| Achievement in Music (Original Score): | |
| Once | |
| Enchanted | |
| August Rush | |
| Enchanted | |
| Enchanted | |
| Best Animated Short Film: | |
| I Met the Walrus | |
| Madame Tutli-Putli | |
| MÊme (sic) Les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven) | |
| My Love (Moya Lyubov) | |
| Peter & The Wolf | |
| Best Live Action Short Film: | |
| At Night | |
| Il Supplente (The Substitute) | |
| Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) | |
| Tanghi Argentini | |
| The Tonto Woman | |
| Achievement in Sound Editing: | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| Ratatouille | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Transformers | |
| Achievement in Sound Mixing: | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| Ratatouille | |
| 3:10 to Yuma | |
| Transformers | |
| Achievement in Visual Effects: | |
| The Golden Compass | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | |
| Transformers | |
| Adapted Screenplay: | |
| Atonement | |
| Away From Her | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| There will be Blood | |
| Original Screenplay: | |
| Juno | |
| Lars and the Real Girl | |
| Michael Clayton | |
| Ratatouille | |
| The Savages | |
| Best Motion Picture of the Year: | |
| Atonement | |
| Juno | |
| Michael Clayton | |
| No Country for Old Men | |
| There will be Blood |
