Spelling Word of the Day: men bearing children, sort of

March 17, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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A Brief View Into What It is Like to Date Me

March 16, 2010

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Here is the original article.

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Spelling Word of the Day: foxy!

March 16, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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1 Sexy Stomach Rule

March 15, 2010

This was on an online dictionary website:

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I think I know what the sexy stomach rule is!

Try giving birth!!! And also being a completely different person!

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Monday Math Problem: Danica’s Endorsement Deals

March 15, 2010

Every Monday, I’ll be posting a math problem on this site; every Friday, I’ll post the answer to that week’s problem. Give this one a shot and post your solution in the comments!

This Week’s Math Problem:

Danica leaves her house and drives exactly 30 miles due west at 45 miles per hour before realizing that, as she is on her way to the racetrack to drop off her racecar, she really ought to be driving the racecar rather than the Prius. So she turns around and drives back home over the same route at the same speed.

When she arrives back home, she gets in the racecar and drives due west for 120 miles at 360 miles per hour.

After dropping off the racecar, she gets on a bus going due north and goes 202.5 miles at 15 mph, then gets off the bus and transfers to a Segway, on which she travels (also due north) 67.5 miles at 22.5 miles per hour. She then trades in the Segway for a pogo stick (only because of an endorsement contract from Northway Pogo) and travels 10 miles (also due north) at 30/19 miles per hour. She decides that, endorsement be damned, anything is better than traveling by pogo stick, at which point she transfers to the back of a tortoise traveling due north, and travels 15 miles at .6 mph. At this point, she is joined by her blind date, who, having noticed that both of their online dating profiles mentioned the movie Secretary, suggests she crawl due north for 18 miles at 1.5 miles per hour, which she does. The blind date doesn’t work out, at which point Danica looks up and sees that she could’ve been traveling by cable car this whole time. Fortunately, she is precisely at the cable car stop, and then travels by cable car (also due north) for 97 miles at 19.4 mph.

After getting off the cable car, she picks up the new car she will be endorsing. She has a bit of trouble with the new car’s speedometer, but ultimately travels back home via the shortest possible route, the straight line distance from her current position to home, at √1168 (the square root of 1168) miles per hour. What was Danica’s average speed for the journey, disregarding any time spent not traveling? Please submit answers in fraction form.

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Spelling Word of the Day: atomic weight 223

March 15, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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Spelling Word of the Day: moving forward-ly

March 14, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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Spelling Word of the Day: a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research

March 13, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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Monday Math Problem: The Answer to “Divisibility of Your Mom”

March 12, 2010

Every Monday, I’ll be posting a math problem on this site; every Friday, I’ll post the answer to that week’s problem. Give this one a shot and post your solution in the comments!

This Week’s Math Problem:

If m is your mother’s age rounded to the nearest integer, and there is a number n such that n is the square of m, and 45 < m < 65, what are all of the possible numbers of unique prime factors n could have?

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Spelling Word of the Day: starring Nathan Lane

March 12, 2010

Every day of 2010, I’ll be posting a spelling word here for those who would like some spelling bee practice. Photo at right is from the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, as photographed by Kimi Milo.

Start the audio file to hear the word, definition, and etymology. Once you’ve spelled the word for yourself, click “Read More” to see the answer.

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