Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Who is trick-or-treating (or, the cooler way to say it is Halloweening) tonight??

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) begins November 1st (tomorrow)!!

Basically, it's a writing contest that challenges you to write a 50 000-word-novel in the one month of November.

See http://www.nanowrimo.org/ for details and/or to sign up, and I strongly recommend you to!

A Young Writer's Contest (for kids under 13) is also available at http://www.ywp.nanowrimo.org/.

The Quiet Place

An nice little app/webpage that helps you relax, take a break, etc...
http://www.amitaytweeto.com/thequietplace/

Gas Leak

Our school had an evacuation today!! It was because there was apparently a gas leak near our school.
660 News (http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/287197--northwest-schools-evacuated-due-to-gas-leak) says:
More then 1400 students are safe and uninjured after being evacuated from three northwest schools, late Tuesday morning.
Fire crews were called to an area near Queen Elizabeth Elementary, Junior and Senior high schools around 11:30 a.m. after receiving a call about a possible gas leak.
Elementary students were taken to Hillhurst community centre, while Junior High and High School students were taken to Crescent Heights High School.
Fire officials say someone digging in the area of 5th Avenue and 18th Street NW struck a 3-inch natural gas line.
There were no injures and the Calgary Fire Department's Brian Brian McAsey tells 660News it's not believed students were ever in any dancer, and the evacuation was simply done as a precaution. Which is totally accurate, except for the fact that the Junior High and High School people were actually also taken to the community centre (and I should know, because I was one of them!).
You can also view another (different) article here: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111011/CGY_gas_leak_hillhurst_111011/20111011/?hub=CalgaryHome
Isn't it cool that we were on the news? :)

Happy Birthday Google!!!

Congratulations Google, you are now officially a teenager and the #1 most popular search engine in the world, with over 34000 searches per second! Good job.

The Great Toilet Paper Debate

An article on which way a toilet paper roll should be hung.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664352/infographic-of-the-day-the-great-toilet-paper-debate
Oh, and by the way, did you know that August 26th was National Toilet Paper Day?

National Nose Hair Maintenance Day

I know this is a bit late, but...
September the Eighth is National Nose Hair Maintenance day.
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Make The Jello Jiggle!

http://www.jellotime.com/
The only thing you do here is wave your mouse around a large, animated, red piece of awesome-looking Jell-O to make it jiggle.
Silly, boring fun.

Funny (and sometimes insulting) Epitaphs

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/epitfs.htm

Pancake Creations

Hi there! I was looking for a pancake picture to put in my post 'How to Make Pancakes!' on Google, and I came across a lot of creative pancakes. So here they are!

This one's pretty easy to make.

Mini pancakes!

ROARRR!!!

Looks like my previous profile picture!

TOO COOL!!!

Whoa!

Made by the same guy that did the giraffe one.

Santa!

Cool!

Mickey Mouse pancakes! I have eaten one of these - they're not hard to make.

Not exactly a creative creation, but still cool, right???

AWW!!! I just had to put that in.
If you want to see tons more, go to http://www.jimspancakes.com/. They are very, very spectacular.

National Ice Cream Day/Month

Today is National Ice Cream Day for the USA!!! Apparently it's on every third Sunday of July.
And July is National Ice Cream Month!!!
Yay!
To see fun facts, and more about Ice Cream Day, read this fun article:
http://www.myplainview.com/news/article_c0e5a72e-b00a-11e0-9666-001cc4c002e0.html
And be sure to eat some!
I ate a soy-milk ice cream today. It tasted even better than actual ice cream, in my opinion.
Soy-milk tastes good as pretty much anything. Did you know they also make soy yogurt? It's called soygurt. Or soyogurt. Or yofu. Pretty funky names!

How to Make Pancakes

Since the Calgary Stampede ended today, I've decided to write a post about Cowboy Breakfasts, which are the most popular kind of meal at the Stampede (there are free Cowboy Breakfasts everywhere right now). But I'm writing one on making pancakes first, because that's one of the most important parts. Of course, you could just do it the easy way and buy pancake mix, but if you want it homemade, I got this recipe off http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/good-old-fashioned-pancakes/detail.aspx. It's a recipe for a plain, ordinary pancake: the kind we eat at Stampede.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 1/4 cups milk

1 egg

3 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.              

The good thing is that you don't have to be exact at all with pancakes. So it doesn't really matter if you accidentally pour in a bit too much flour, or use 2 tablespoons of butter instead of 3.
And it doesn't really matter how to cook the thing, as long as the result looks more or less like this.

YAHOO!

The Calgary Stampede, the 'greatest outdoor show on earth' (while West Edmonton Mall is the 'greatest indoor show on earth'), ends today! Every year it runs from July 8 to July 17.
The Calgary Stampede is a world-famous 'volunteer-supported, not-for-profit community organization that preserves and promotes western heritage and values'. Basically it's a ten-day event with lots of farm animals, pancakes, and cowboy hats.
This year, Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine Middleton and Prince William) came on July 8 to officially start this year's annual Stampede Parade!
Awesome, huh? To see more about it, go to http://news.calgarystampede.com/News/Latest-News/Release-Details/2011/Stampede-Parade-to-highlight-Royal-Couples-Tour-of-Alberta/default.aspx.
Go to http://cs.calgarystampede.com/basics/general-info/about-us/ for much more detailed information.

SUMMER VACATION!

Summer Vacation is here!!!Now I have entire days free, which means I'll probably post more often (if I get enough ideas, that is)!
Yay for summer!
Except for mosquitoes and the hotness and that kind of stuff.
I'm going to miss everyone at school...

Cenesthetic Hallucination

You have got to try this!!! It's so freaky... and cool.
Instructions:

1. Go to http://www.neave.com/strobe/
2. Click on the "Click me to get trippy" button
3. Stare at the screen (after the page loads) for at least 30 seconds
4. Stare at the back of your hand

!!!

BOOHOO!

I have sad news.
Betty Fox, who was the mother of Terry Fox, died today. Sadness. :(
Terry Fox was a Canadian cancer patient who started on a journey running across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He started on the East Coast of Canada, at the shore of St. John's, Newfoundland, and was planning to run all the way to the West Coast. Unfortunately he died in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
However we still celebrate his legacy today, and every year many people and organizations (including our school) hold a Terry Fox Run in his honour. People are still raising a lot of money every day to help fund cancer research.
Go to http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1011084--betty-fox-terry-s-tireless-champion-dies?bn=1 to read about her.
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox to read about Terry Fox.
Go to http://www.terryfox.org/ to see the Terry Fox Foundation website and see events that are being held, as well as news related to Terry Fox.
Long live Terry Fox!

GREEK MYTHOLOGY!!!

Greek Mythology is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Awesome!!!
I have made a new website for it! Go to http://www.ilikegreek.weebly.com/
I know it's a lame name (rhymes!), so if you have any suggestions please give them to me by commenting! Thanks!!!

National Doughnut Day

Today is NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY!!! Unfortunately it's only an official holiday in the US (boohoo!). I envy all of you Americans (well, technically I am too since I live in the continent of America... but you know what I mean). Still, I heard it on a radio station here in Calgary, so we might as well celebrate it too.
There's actually a Wikipedia article on this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doughnut_Day
...Where it says that many US stores offer free doughnuts on this day. LUCKY!!!

Funny Stuffs

Three really funny sites with random sayings, quotes, anecdotes, etc. Check them out!

http://dearblankpleaseblank.com/

http://grouchyrabbit.com/

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee is a game we're playing at recess at school right now. It's pretty fun if most of the players are good at throwing frisbees. Otherwise, it's a waste of time.
How to play:

1. Find a playing area
2. Near the two ends of the area, use two markers (sweaters, rocks, etc.) to mark an invisible line which will be the goal (the frisbee can go anywhere as long as it passes over the invisible line)
3. Divide into equal teams (well doesn't really have to be equal but that would be fairest in most cases)
4. Decide which team has to start
5. That team starts with one of the team members with the frisbee in the center of the playing area and tries to pass to other players on his/her team.
6. Once you are in possession of the frisbee, you cannot take any steps.
7. When someone on your team catches the frisbee (without dropping it, of course) behind the invisible line your team wins a point

If someone drops it, it's the other team's frisbee
If someone from the other intercepts the frisbee, it's theirs
Whoever touched the frisbee last before it dropped, the other team gets the frisbee.

Tell me if the instructions are unclear or incorrect. This is how we play it, do you have any variations?