Stephen's Untold Stories

How are you celebrating?

NPD is celebrated in schools and businesses throughout the world with activities, games, programs, and contests. It has inspired people to pay attention not only to their p’s and q’s, but also their commas, semicolons, and ellipses. NPD reminds us of the importance of proper punctuation for communicating clearly at home, school, or at work.

NPD has received worldwide media attention since former newspaperman Jeff Rubin founded the holiday in 2004, with newspaper coverage from Manila to London and from Seoul to Seattle, in addition to broad radio and TV coverage in the United States—including a short segment on Regis and Kelly in 2008.

Read more here.

This is the final of three Google logos celebrating the anniversary of H.G. Wells’ birthday.

More information here.

Today’s logo.

Anybody know what’s going on? Ten days ago we got this one.

Are they preparing us for the invasion??

Interesting logo.

Say it isn’t so!!

Steve Miller is not agoraphobic and has not got Swine Flu. So why is he under virtual house arrest? The answer, strangely enough, is because he’s allergic to WiFi. No, really.

Although not widely publicised, nor understood by many in the medical profession, Electrical Hypersensitivity (ES) is said to cause symptoms including sleep disturbance, headaches, concentration problems, limb and joint pains, impaired balance and hearing loss.

Steve Miller knows all about it, because he has the thing and it is keeping him trapped inside the 18 inch thick granite walls of his remote detached house near Falmouth in Cornwall, UK. When he ventures out he feels sick, dizzy, confused and suffers from agonising headaches.

A trip down the local high street is a nightmare, and most pubs are out of bounds for Steve. As are, for that matter, airports and hotels. He can no longer travel by train because of the pain and suffering his condition causes.

And it’s all caused by WiFi.

Read the rest here!

Okay, this looks like a lot of fun….NOT!!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/05/25/nat.uk.cheese.rolling.itn

I’ve started using it again, and I will continue. But this is annoying.

If you’re not reading xkcd, you’re really missing out!

Some of these are just plain weird. This one is called Floyd of Rosedale, and it goes to the winner of the Iowa/Minnesota game.

Here is the complete list.

Yes, it’s a real word, and it means “fear of long words.” Here are a few other ones to fear:

• Honorificabilitudinitatibus
• Floccinauccinihilipilification
• Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Here is a longer list for your perusal.

It’s always been Coke to me.

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Bravo!!  Be sure to say for the end!

Okay, this is one of those videos that just makes me smile. A guy named Matt has travelled all over the world and taped himself doing a silly dance. When he gets the locals involved, it becomes nothing short of awesome!

And I love that song.

[display_podcast]

You can watch the high quality version at YouTube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY#

If that link doesn’t work, try going here.

Okay, I must admit that I’ve never really had a need to generate some white noise, but it’s good to know that this is available if I ever do.

• http://www.simplynoise.com

I took this quiz a while back and scored 79% Dixie. I just took it again andf scored 96% Dixie. I can’t decide if that’s good or bad, ya’ll.

• Take the Yankee or Dixie Quiz (It’s a short one)

At least they are interesting to me.

• Madrid, with summers so blazing hot that most people take a long break from work every afternoon, is about 10 miles farther north than Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Portland, Oregon, where it rarely snows, is about 130 miles farther north than Toronto, and over 200 miles farther north than Boston.
• The entire country of England, with over 50 million residents, is a wee bit smaller than the state of Louisiana.

Here is the complete list.

Who will win?

Thanks, Rick!