Category Archives: web

tight bodies & muscles

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

in response to a question from a previous post, here are some other examples of how to use the adjective tight when referring to the body or specific muscles or body parts. a search for the idiom tight bodies on-line will … Continue reading →

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u.s. lawmakers back down, withdraw

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

the on-line protest of the stop online piracy act (sopa) and the protect ip act (pipa), particularly wikipedia‘s blackout on january 18, was a success, at least for the moment.  wikipedia jan18, 2012 this article reports waffling by u.s. politicians using … Continue reading →

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glide

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

the robert noyce google doodle robert noyce, a co-inventor of the integrated circuit, was honored with a google doodle last week on what would have been his 87th birthday. intel founder robert noyce this article reports that when noyce was … Continue reading →

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growing up in the white house

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

the difference between the irregular verb grow and the phrasal verb grow up is a tricky one, and in fact frequently they can be used interchangeably. when there is a difference, grow refers to general expansion or increase in size … Continue reading →

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gina gershon

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

recently in a class we had a discussion about american actors doing british accents in movies. gina gershon in the unheralded movie kettle of fish, gina gershon is a british scientist who comes to new york to study the sexual … Continue reading →

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stepping up

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

in many recent classes and here on richyrocks english i have analyzed the famous hurricane katrina benefit broadcast video where kanye west utters the words george bush doesn’t care about black people. caught off guard, tucker urged americans “please, please, please, please do … Continue reading →

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f. lee bailey revisits the o.j. trial

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

f. lee bailey, one of the lawyers on o.j. simpson‘s legal defense team, has written a lengthy document that brought him into the yahoo! trending topics yesterday.  o.j. is currently in prison for a different crime.  this photo is from … Continue reading →

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macaulay culkin and mila kunis break up

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

i wasn’t the only one who didn’t know that mila kunis and macaulay culkin had some good lovin goin on. suite 101 reported it actually came as a surprise to many that culkin, best known for his cheek slapping role in the home … Continue reading →

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fred on thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

it was fun talking about fred on my thanksgiving show today, however, the fred video is not a reliable source for thanksgiving history and traditions because much of  the info that fred provides is  ridiculous.   lucas cruikshank of columbus, nebraska … Continue reading →

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kanye west’s today show interview

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

the beef between kanye west/george bush  may have finally come to an end via separate interviews with matt lauer of the today show last week.  however lauer’s interview with kanye triggered a fresh controversy the interview was recorded november 9 and aired november … Continue reading →

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