Guess My Nickname?

Origin for nicknames. Have you ever wonder why Peggy is a nickname for Margaret and Bill for William? There is an explanation on how the nicknames started. I have seen a more detailed site with more deep explanation, unfortunately I cannot find that site. I still hope to find that site. There was a really good information. But Wikipedia has part of the explanation that I was looking for under "Nicknames for People" The most unusual nickname that I find amusing is "Dick".... Even famous actors use it. The first two links below explain the origin of the nickname.

Onpedia
http://www.onpedia.com/encyclopedia/nickname

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickname

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Here are a few out of many lists around the web.

The White House Presidential Nicknames!
http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/kids/nicknames.asp

US List Of Presidential Nicknames
http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/List_of_U.S._Presidential_Nicknames

List of Baseball Nicknames
http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_baseball_nicknames

List of U.S. State Nicknames
http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/l/i/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames.html

Slang, Jargon, and Nicknames for Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/slang_names.htm

Soccerfile
http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/nicknames2.html

Criminal Nicknames
http://www.factacular.com/subjects/Criminal_Nicknames

NFL Names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_nicknames

Football Mascots
http://www.footballbabble.com/football/nfl/mascots

"As Seen On TV" - True Or False?

You know those annoying "As Seen On TV" commercials? Do you sometimes wonder if the product is the "real thing", or just one of those non-sense? Sometimes I see a product that says "not sold at stores", and I do see it at the store.

Anyway, for those who are curious about certain products, here are the results that of the reviews. I am not familiar with the site, but i hope the reviews are accurate.

As Seen On TV Reviews
http://www.as-seen-on-tv-reviews.net/

No Post Today Bec..

HELLO,


I prepared a post for today, but I'm having major problems with the script. I spent about 3 hours trying to fix it.. It's 2:44 AM now and I'm too tired to look for something else to post... Hopefully, I'll be able to fix it later on


Im hitting the ZZZ land now.


Note: This post got switched with the post below. the (list) post below should have been above this post, but I don't know how to fix it so far. I had just finished the "nickname list" post.

What Is Your Nickname?

Origin for nicknames. Have you ever wonder why Peggy is a nickname for Margaret and Bill for William? There is an explanation on how the nickname started. I have seen a more detailed site with a deeper explanation, unfortunately I cannot find that site. I still hope to find that site. There was a really good information. But Wikipedia has part of the explanation that I was looking for under "Nicknames for People". The first two links have explanations. The rest are some links that I picked up from the web. Pardon me if there are grammatical mistakes. It's after 2AM and my brain isn't exactly where it should be.

A day after, with the help of a friend, I was able to finally fix this post that I had intended to post yesterday. Yeah! This should be today's post, but it got switched with the post in which I said that I have problems with this post...So these two posts have been switched (I don't know how to fix that, but it's no biggie).
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Here are a few out of many lists.

The White House Presidential Nicknames! (funny)
http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/kids/nicknames.asp

US List Of Presidential Nicknames
http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/List_of_U.S._Presidential_Nicknames

List of baseball nicknames
http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_baseball_nicknames

List of U.S. state nicknames
http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/l/i/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames.html

Soccerfile
http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/nicknames2.html

Criminal Nicknames
http://www.factacular.com/subjects/Criminal_Nicknames

List of NFL nicknames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Nicknames

Football Mascots
http://www.footballbabble.com/football/nfl/mascots

Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/slang_names.htm

2005 Award for “Best Celebrity Nickname”
http://www.pr.com/press-release/1923

How The White House Was Built

The white house is in the news a lot these days, thanks to our new president Obama. I thought it would be interesting to see the history of the white house architecturally from the beginning to the present. You'll see more topics if you go to the main page, I started with the architecture because I thought it was an interesting topic. Among other interesting subjects that are in the main page are music and musical performances. I have never seen these type of information on the internet. . Most of the photos are too tiny to publish here.

I have a new Photoshop CS4 which I'm not used to yet, it took me a long time to crop this image! It is very different than the older ones. Instead of cropping and do what I want, it in 5 minutes as usual, it took me about 30 or so minutes! I need to study this new version asap!

If you writing an essay, I think this site would be an excellent choice for it. The photograph above is the first known photograph of the white house from 1846.

White House Historical Association - Architecture
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/05/subs/05_f.html

Pencils

This is interesting site. I've seen it about two years ago, but boy, could not remember the link. So I just finally found it. You'll find the history of the pencil and photographs of these pencil I guess you could call it the evolution of the pencil I hope I have not posted this already. It doesn't look like I have. The pencil above is the oldest pencil that is known off. The rest are regular looking pencils from different companies.

I wish that the gallery had the year of the pencils.

The Pencil Pages
http://www.pencilpages.com/gallery/oldest.htm

I Forgot the Cactus One

I forgot to add this one to my previous post. Pretty cool and creepy at the same time, eh?

Just Pure and Lovely blog
http://justpurelovely.typepad.com/justpurelovely/crafting/

What Was Your Pacifier Called?

Speaking of pacifiers, check out these 131 names for the pacifier... I never cared for this, but after reading the names list I thought some of the words were creative indeed. You wouldn't believe some of these names!

Baby Center - 131 pet names for pacifier
http://www.babycenter.com/0_131-pet-names-for-the-pacifier_3659111.bc

I'm taking a break from the pacifiers, lol. I see enough of it when I visit my sisters babies.

A Boney Pacifier

I just got Photoshop PS4 and I am still struggling with it. Takes me a long time to figure things out. It's very different from the older version that I Previously had (CS).. I finally finish the image for this post! Whew! Below is the url list for each image. The list start from the top left with the frog.

My sister has a baby, and I started to think about Pacifiers. I noticed on the web some weird ones. So thought I'd look at some and post them. There are more than the 9 I posted... There were a few that were obscene. I am not gonna describe them. You can use your imagination, ;-)


1.
Wabbanub Pacifiers (frog)
http://growingyourbaby.com/2007/01/26/wabbanub-pacifiers/


2.
Michigan
http://www.babyfans.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=587


3.
AlwaysClean Self-Closing Pacifier
http://www.bookofjoe.com/2008/02/alwaysclean-sel.html


4.
A lot 0 Tots - No comment
https://www.alototots.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=526&ccSID8643dd60547e611052421a6659ed64d2=fa52b41bda57c5857024bc0ceb5fd0c8


5.
3 Carat White Diamond Pacifier
http://www.shop5thavenue.com/prodView.asp?idproduct=215


6.
Thermo pacifier
http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/fm-huaan/product-detailgoWQmhkusfVc/China-Pacifier-WaterProof-Digital-Thermometer-DT-211A-.htmll


7.
Redneck Pacifier
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/recovery-follies/71227-redneck-photo-album.html


8.
Skull Pacifier
http://www.crazybabyclothing.com/girl-skull-onesie-pink-p-76.html


9.
Rainbow Brite Pacifier
http://www.blisstree.com/sheknowsparties/rainbow-brite-pacifier-an-original-baby-shower-gift/

My favorite is the "no comment" one.

blog - Old Picture Of The Day

"Old Picture of the Day" is a blog that concentrates on photography of the US early history. I browsed through the photographs and there are some that are quite interesting. According to the blogger: Each day we bring you one stunning of history of a historical photograph".

I think that for those who enjoy historical photography, that they'll find this site interesting. Note that some pictures from the Depression area and the war are depressing. However, there is a list on the left, so you can just skip those that might make you feel depressed. As a matter of fact, lots of pictures carry those themes early in this blog. Then the subjects have more themes some with technology of the 30's.

There are so many photos I am only in the "July 5" page. I don't know how many pages there are, but I liked many pictures.

BTW, if you haven't recognized the man under the beauties photographs yet, it is Mark Twain.

Old Picture of the day
http://old-photos.blogspot.com/