Pronunciation and short stories

There are so many annoying words that people pronounce weird. Below are just a few.

-Route
-Caramel
-Coupon
-Bag
-Data
-Envelope

Almost all these can be pronounced in two ways. When you point out the strange pronunciation to the person who said it, they'll reply with, "Tomato, Toe-motto." But honestly, who pronounces tomato toe-motto? Just another fluke in the English language I suppose. Talking about the English language makes me think of different accents. It would be so cool to talk in a different accent. Then again, most people would like to talk in the accent that doesn't belong to their country. Most Americans wish they could talk in a British accent, and British people probably wish they could talk in an American accent...maybe. But yeah, accents are cool, especially accents that we don't speak in of course.

Concerning short stories, I'm planning on actually posting a short story eventually. And the serangiffus i'm writing, I may post in parts. Which is kinda mean because it would keep you hanging. But, it's a bit heavy in text so posting it all at once would be rather difficult. So on an unrelated note, I realized this is yet another short post. So in the future, prepare for me to rant a bit more. Until then, I  *in Russian accent* will see you later.      

Baseball Probs

Well, it's Friday, so that means it's time for another doodle/comic! I hope you enjoy it!

Story writing and spell-check

      So as of late I've been writing a story. And most stories written by me involve manly elements such as action and epicness. Like most amateur writers, I want to add a little depth to the characters. I can't just have a bunch of macho guys walking around that are unfeeling and have nothing driving them! So, to solve such an issue, you have to add in a touching moment or two. Well, if you know me personally, then you can probably assume that touching moments are not my cup of tea. And if you don't know me well, then...touching moments aren't my cup of tea.
     So for me, it's difficult to come up with a heart touching moment that makes you think, "Wow, now I get what drives this guy."
     And as for the story I'm writing, I meant for it to be a short story, but I got a little carried away. Right now it sits at a sound 15,663 word count. It's too long to be a short story, and too short to be a novel. So I've just invented a new word to describe such a story. A serangiffus. Sarengiffus: Ser-in-gif-us: A story that is too long to be a "short" story, and too short to be a novel. Just you watch, that will be in the dictionary some day.

     Boy, spell-check does not like the word serangiffus. Spell check is so amazingly annoying. You have those moments where you're on a roll of typing, then you misspell something. Then you have to take your hands off the keyboard, move the mouse with precision to the exact word that was misspelled, and right click it, then hit the right word. Then you have to get back into the groove of typing again.
     What's even worse is when you consciously don't know how to spell a word, then you type (how you think it's spelled) into the program, hoping that it will fix it for you. You right click your butchered word to find that spell-check is like, "Sorry dude, I got nothing." You then rage, minimize the program, check Facebook, then bring the program back up and start the cycle over. It's a beautiful thing.
     And then, you have the two opposing factions of the internet. There are the Mis-Spellers, and the Grammar Nazis. These two factions have been fighting on youtube comments sections, and Facebook ever since the birth of these. There are some people on the internet that must think the red and green lines under their sentences mean, "Good Job! Keep it up! You're doing great!" There's a bit of irony in this post, however. There's bound to be multiple grammar mistakes within. But don't worry, the Grammar Nazis will tell me. ;)    

Weiny Race

What?! Two posts in one day? Yes. I told you I may post another doodle/comic today, and here it is!

Board Games and Bacon

So, last night, I had the opportunity to play perhaps one my *now* favorite board games. It was called "Forbidden Desert". It was unlike any board game I have ever played. Rather than being cutthroat and ruthless like in some games *cough* Settlers of Catan *cough*, all the players have to work together against the game. What a concept! I found myself planning strategic moves and actions with my fellow players. The antagonist of the game is the game itself, which I thought was really interesting. Unfortunately, my fellow explorers and I lost. Which was sad. But I got over it.
But it was nice for a change to play a game where you work together rather than ruining your relationships with people.

Also, last weekend I ate a bacon cheeseburger. That, in itself, is proof that God loves us. He put bacon on this planet. Bacon is glorious. I hate how there's this stuff that's trying to be bacon, it's called turkey bacon. It's more like a "meat" flavored fruit roll up. Definition of bacon: A crinkly crispy piece of heaven. Well turkey bacon certainly doesn't live up to that definition. So I think that turkey should just stick to Thanksgiving dinner, and let bacon be handled by the professionals.

Daylight Savings and Star Wars VII

So, it's come to that time of the year where we move the clocks ahead and lose an entire hour of sleep. Why is daylight savings always set to start in the middle of the night? Wouldn't it make much more sense to put it on a Monday afternoon? Or even better, a Friday afternoon so as to get to the weekend quicker.
But alas, no. We must go through of a week of trying to get our bodies adjusted to the grueling task of Daylight Savings. We should really just call it "Fun Size Jetlag".

Although it's kinda old news, you've probably heard about how Disney bought Star Wars and is planning on making VII, VIII, IX (For all ya'll who can't read them there Roman numerals, that's 7, 8, and 9).
I can see it now, Tinkerbell and Luke Skywalker go on a fantastic journey to reclaim the stolen gold Mickey ears. I'm just joking around, I'm sure they'll make them *hopefully* good.
But I also heard that they're getting all the old original actors back... Just let that sink in... I'm not sure Harrison Ford can do another action movie. But I may be wrong, he was in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. And we all loved that, didn't we? Right? ... ;)
I'm just pokin' fun at it. In reality, I'm looking forward to the new Star Wars just as much as the next Star Wars enthusiast.

Oh and by the way, I may actually post a doodle/comic tomorrow as well. And in the future, I'm going to try to make posts a tad bit longer. They've been short as of late (good writing material is hard to come by).  

From the notebook of RhinoA3096

When you open a notebook, you will no-doubt find a doodle or two. Well, my notebooks are no exception. Within my *many* notebooks, you can find a plethora of comics and doodles. So I took it upon myself to scan one of them in and digitally re-master it in Gimp. I may start somewhat of a series. Maybe every Friday I'll share with you guys a comic or doodle "from the notebook of RhinoA3096". I'll see. But for now, enjoy this satirical doodle of a popular app game.

Once I've posted a few more, I'll probably add another page dedicated to doodles and comics.

American Idol and more randomness

Hey guys! Well here it is, another post! *cheers*
So lately, I've been watching American Idol. This year (as far as i know it's this year, I didn't watch last year), around the perimeter of the stage and seating area, are giant lit up pictures of all the contestants. Well, when a contestant gets voted off, they turn off their picture/light thing right then and there. They might as well sound a cannon and flash their name in the sky!
On that note, Hunger Games elements in American idol would prove for very captivating shows. Imagine when after a contestant sings, Ryan Seacrest comes out and says, "Now it's time for your sword duel! Good luck!"   ...  I would watch that...  Oooooh, and the judges could be like the game-makers! That would be cool. A giant fireball gets hurled from the audience, and Keith Urban would be like, "My bad."
So yeah.

If you've gotten to this point in the post, that means you haven't groaned and x-ed out the page. Thanks for that. Now that I've talked about American Idol, it's time to get on to the random stuff. Hmmmmm, what's on my desk? Aha, a mini Rubik's cube. Have you ever tried to solve one of those things? It's impossible, don't try it. Once I saw a youtube video that was titled "How to solve a Rubik's cube in 3 moves". The purpose of the video was to show that you can solve any Rubik's cube in three repeated moves...over....and over...and over.
I'm pretty sure that guys Rubik's cube was in fact, rigged. I tried his theory. I repeated the three simple moves...over...and over...and over again. It didn't work (surprised?).

So the moral of the story, American Idol could be so much cooler, and Rubik's cubes are impossible.

Knights, dice, and randomness.

Congratulations, if you're reading this, then you're probably one of the first people to visit this blog! That's a huge achievement, no really, it is.

This post is more of a "welcome to my blog" sorta post. Posts in the future will be primarily humorous and random.

You probably read the title of this post and thought, "Oooh! This is going to be interesting!" No such luck. The title literally comes from the contents of my desk. But don't worry, there's an upside to this. Knights, dice and randomness would be really cool aspects of a board game. Maybe I'll invent such a game.

So the moral of the story is, welcome to my blog.