the Word for Tuesday

SEMORDNILAP



A word, phrase or sentence that makes sense when reversed, but is not the same as the original.

A string of letters that reads the same backwards as forwards is a palindrome (“Madam, I’m Adam”; “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!”; “Was it a car or a cat I saw?”). A semordnilap is closely related, but the reversed text must be different. For example, if you reverse “diaper” you get “repaid”, and if you invert “desserts” the word “stressed” appears. A more complicated example is “deliver no evil”, but you can probably invent better ones for yourself. As semordnilap is palindromeswritten backwards, it’s a self-referential word, one that encapsulates within itself the thing it represents. You could hardly say that it’s common, but many earnest palindromists have accidentally discovered it, and it has some small circulation among word wizards

SEXY VIDEO FOR THE LADIES AND A FUNNY VIDEO

HOW THE HECK WAS THIS DONE???

Naked and Drunk Driving..Death Resulting

Jessica Langford (right)

Australia

A PROBATIONARY driver's estimated alcohol reading and speed - and the fact that she was driving naked at the time - were used as evidence yesterday to commit the teenager for trial on culpable driving.

Jessica Maree Langford, 19, pleaded not guilty to the charge and to dangerous driving causing the death of her boyfriend at Hastings on November 29 last year.

Melbourne Magistrates Court heard that Langford's speed was calculated at 104 km/h in a 90 km/h zone and her blood alcohol concentration at .09 about two hours after the crash.

She and Daniel Andrew Glover, 19, had been ''skinny dipping'' at Shoreham around midnight and remained naked after using their clothes to dry off. Langford later told police they had been drinking at the beach and that swimming in the nude had been fun, but denied any sexual activity happened while driving.

In a record of interview, she said that usually when she drank she would get dropped off and someone else would drive home. ''But this time I was very stupid.''

Police from the major collision unit found that Langford's car rotated clockwise after she oversteered in Coolart Road before it collided with a wooden power pole.

Langford, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was found injured on the ground while Mr Glover remained secured by his seatbelt.

Defence barrister Dermott Dann argued at the contested committal hearing that a properly instructed jury at trial could not return a guilty verdict on culpable driving solely on Langford's alcohol reading.

He said there was no evidence of bad driving before the crash or that Langford was drunk and the issue of her state of undress was irrelevant.

It was wrong to ''lump'' the factors of alcohol, speed and undress together as amounting to gross negligence, he said.

In reply, prosecutor Stephen Payne submitted that the question of gross negligence was a matter for a jury and that the alcohol reading alone - given that Langford was on a zero limit - was sufficient evidence. Mr Payne said the evidence of speed and her ''state of undress'' were indisputable.

Magistrate Susan Wakeling found there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict Langford, of Balnarring, and she was released on bail. She is to appear later at the County Court.

the Joke for Tuesday

CONFESSION  A woman takes a lover home during the day, while her husband is at work. Unbeknownst to her, her 9 year old son was hiding in the closet. Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she puts the lover in the closet with the little boy.   The little boy says, "Dark in here." The man says, "Yes it is." Boy- "I have a baseball." Man- "That's nice." Boy- "Want to buy it?" Man- "No, thanks." Boy- "My dad's outside." Man- "OK, how much?" Boy- "$250."  In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the mom's lover are in the closet together.  Boy- "Dark in here." Man- "Yes, it is." Boy- "I have a baseball glove." The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?" Boy- "$750." Man- "Fine."  A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your glove. Let's go outside and toss the baseball back and forth." The boy says, "I can't. I sold them." The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?" The son says "$1,000." The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that. That is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church and make you confess."  They go to church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.  The boy says, "Dark in here." The priest says, "Don't start that sh*t again."

So much for packing a, um, rod

It's a lesson he should have learned from Plaxico Burress -- but this was worse.

A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy shot himself in the penis Sunday after fumbling with a gun that had slid from his waistband, authorities said yesterday.

Khamir Grant was then arrested for reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon -- the same charges levied against Burress, who shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub in 2008, law-enforcement sources said.

Grant told cops that he was walking home from Amersfort Park at East 39th Street and Avenue J in East Flatbush around 1:30 a.m., when the gun began to fall into his pants, sources said.

When Grant grabbed for it, he accidentally pulled the trigger, firing a bullet right through his penis.

Grant staggered home and told his mom what had happened, sources said.

They took a livery car to Kings County Hospital, where Grant was released after treatment and then arrested by police.

Tom Waits - I don't wanna grow up

 

Tom Waits/K. Brennan)
When I'm lyin' in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothin' ever seems to turn out right
I don't wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That's always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way
I don't wanna grow up

Seems like folks turn into things
That they'd never want
The only thing to live for
Is today...
I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don't wanna grow up
I don't wanna have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't wanna be filled with doubt
I don't wanna be a good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up

Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't wanna grow up
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb
On Grand Street

When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't wanna put no money down
I don't wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't wanna float a broom
Fall in love and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don't wanna grow up

TOM WAITS "Going Out West"

 
Well I'm going out west
Where the wind blows tall
'Cause Tony Franciosa
Used to date my ma
They got some money out there
They're giving it away
I'm gonna do what I want
Do what I want
And I'm gonna get paid

Little brown sausages
Lying in the sand
I ain't no extra baby
I'm a leading man
Well my parole officer
WIll be proud of me
With my Olds 88
And the devil on a leash
My Olds 88
And the devil on a leash

Well I kno karate, Voodoo too
I'm gonna make myself available to you
I don't need no make up
I got real scars
I got hair on my chest
I look good without a shirt

Well I don't lose my composure
In a high speed chase
Well my friends think I'm ugly
I got a masculine face
I got some dragstrip courage
I can really drive a bed
I'm gonna change my name
To Hannibal or maybe
Just Rex
Change my name to Hannibal
Or maybe just Rex

I'm gonna drive all night
Take some speed
I'm gonna wait for the sun
To shine down on me
I cut a hole in my roof
In the shape of a heart

And I'm going out west
Where they'll appreciate me
Going out west
Going out west

Drive Thru Prayer Stand Opens

Matthew Cordell, left, prays with John Templeton as he operates a prayer stand along Hunt Highway in Queen Creek

Vendors set up along Hunt Highway in San Tan Valley Arizona to peddle turtles, mattresses, tamales and other items. But a newcomer to the scene doesn't have a ware to sell. Hand-painted fiberboards welcome motorists to Matthew Cordell's roadside stop with this message: "Prayer Stand, Drive Thru Open." Cordell, 38, has recently become a familiar sight to morning commuters on Hunt Highway east of Gary Road. He's there from 6 to 10 a.m. on most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, waiting for visitors with his "assistant," a friendly 5-year-old Chihuahua named Skye. People stop by to make requests for him to pray for things such as the healing of ailments and the safety of children going to college for the first time. "They pull in, I go up to the window, we can pray and they pull out," Cordell said. "And people know they can have their needs met. It seems to be a real blessing." One woman pulled in on her way to Urgent Care for chest pains. He said the pains subsided with prayer, and she went home instead. In another instance, Cordell said a man with a severe brain injury began improving following his intercession. Cordell doesn't look the part of a minister, nor does he want to be one. He's a former body-shop worker who felt God was calling him to missions work. A roadside fruit vendor was the inspiration for his prayer ministry. That was in the spring, but he said he wasn't ready. Illness and personal issues sidelined his plans until mid-August. But when his pastor began preaching a series about leaving one's comfort zone behind, Cordell said it was like "a kick in the head." "When it's something God wants you to do, you can't get away from it," he said. "You keep running from it, and misery is just going to follow you. Once you (accept) this is what you're called to do, you're going to realize that the blessings were just waiting for you all along." Most people drive past the white canopy erected at the entrance of an empty, fenced-in parking lot. Christian music pumps from car speakers, its volume competing with the din of passing traffic. On a recent morning, the first prayer seekers of the day began to show up about 7 a.m. Sergio Alvarez, 32, pulled up in a black Nissan Sentra. His wife had given birth to their first child, a girl they named Brianna Isabella, fewer than two hours earlier. Alvarez, who was still wearing a hospital band on his wrist, asked for a prayer of blessing. Cordell clasped one of Alvarez's hands in his own and closed his eyes. "Dear God, what an incredible miracle, God, the miracle of life, Lord," Cordell said. "I want to pray a blessing on this child, God, that she'll have a healthy life, she'll grow up knowing you, Lord, and God, that you'll give them the courage and strength and knowledge in you to bring her up in your ways." When the prayer was over, Alvarez thanked Cordell and promised to stop by a week later with his wife and the new baby. Pinal County Sheriff's deputies have stopped by, too, after passers-by called 911 to report traffic being backed up for miles near the prayer stand. Cordell complied with the deputy's request to move the stand down the road. The Sheriff's Office and county code enforcers have been clamping down on roadside vendors accused of obstructing the right of way and trespassing on private property in San Tan Valley. Pinal County district Supervisor Bryan Martyn said the county was exploring ordinances to manage them. "Right now, the rogue vendors, we need to control that aspect," Martyn said. "If you're in the right of way I'm going to have to ask you to move along in the interest of public safety." It's not clear whether the prayer stand falls in that category, but Martyn said he was intrigued by Cordell's mission and plans to visit. "As a Christian brother, I'm really interested in what he has to say," he said. "He wouldn't be out there if there wasn't a need in the community. Right now, a lot of people just need someone to listen to them." And Cordell does. He said people have been so open with him and quick to reveal things others might deem taboo. He notes each prayer request and often refers to the list when seeking divine intervention throughout the day. Cordell's goal is for people to hear about his prayer stand and start their own. A church in Chandler followed his lead by offering drive-through prayer one evening last week. His wife asked him if he was upset about someone else using his idea. "I said, 'What are you, crazy?' " he said, laughing. "That's what I wanted. It wasn't my idea, it was God's."

the Word for Monday

ERGOPHOBIA

Fear of work

Many people experience this as a chronic ailment that blights their weekends and accounts for much of that Monday-morning feeling or post-holiday blues. It is not a new problem: the word was coined by a doctor named W D Spanton, writing in theBritish Medical Journal in 1905. He did so in all seriousness, recognising that it can be a real medical condition, an abnormal or persistent fear of work and the workplace.

Notwithstanding this, the word spends much of its life as the butt of heavy-handed humor, on the assumption that it is a mere synonym for laziness. An early case was an article in the Bedford Gazette, Pennsylvania, in February 1910: “The tramp is in reality a sufferer from ergophobia, or fear of work, often complicated with aquaphobia and sapophobia, which make him shun the bathtub.” Most of its remaining appearances in books and newspapers are in lists of odd phobias, such asarachibutyrophobia for the fear that peanut butter will stick to the roof of one’s mouth.