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Large malignant maypoles jumble violent swollen ducks
Low magenta mathematicians judge vacant spiny dumplings
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Minor Prophet books of the Old Testament
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
Hands jumble artists once jovial moving notes hide zealous hairy zesty men
Hands jumble artists once jovial moving notes hide zealous hairy zesty men
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Mature defense mechanisms
Vaillant's defense mechanisms classified as mature:
Altruism
Anticipation
Humor
Identification
Introjection
Sublimation
Thought suppression
Allergic athletic horses identify impossibly stupid tigers
Arbitrary airborne houses improve icy swirly thoughts
Altruism
Anticipation
Humor
Identification
Introjection
Sublimation
Thought suppression
Allergic athletic horses identify impossibly stupid tigers
Arbitrary airborne houses improve icy swirly thoughts
Monday, May 16, 2011
Ways to improve electronic devices
Increase reliability, & toughness.
Decrease size, weight, power consumption, operating voltage, & heat.
Iguanas rub trumpets.
Delightfully stiff witches power outdoor hamsters.
Inchworms race tigers.
Drab squishy wolves produce odd hummingbirds.
Decrease size, weight, power consumption, operating voltage, & heat.
Iguanas rub trumpets.
Delightfully stiff witches power outdoor hamsters.
Inchworms race tigers.
Drab squishy wolves produce odd hummingbirds.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Hardness of gems
The Mohs scale rates the hardness of materials, and is based on these minerals (from softest to hardest):
Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond
Trumpets give chilling forms after frigid queens twirl crimson dice
Tacos grab complicated foreigners after friendly questions train creepy dietitians
Tall gleeful careless fantastic architects flail quick tiny cyan doilies
Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond
Trumpets give chilling forms after frigid queens twirl crimson dice
Tacos grab complicated foreigners after friendly questions train creepy dietitians
Tall gleeful careless fantastic architects flail quick tiny cyan doilies
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Bones of the lower extremities
Femur Patella Tibia Fibula Tarsals Metatarsals Phalanges
Famous plaid trees flatten tiny mean parsnips
Furry putrid tonsils filter toxic mad potatoes
Famous plaid trees flatten tiny mean parsnips
Furry putrid tonsils filter toxic mad potatoes
Friday, May 13, 2011
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
1. Be Proactive
2. Begin with the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-Win
5. Seek First to Understand, then to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
You could almost make the phrases into a sentence:
Proactive beginnings mind first things first when winning understandings synergize sharp saws
Or:
Blue beautiful pastors test steep swirly schedules
2. Begin with the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-Win
5. Seek First to Understand, then to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
You could almost make the phrases into a sentence:
Proactive beginnings mind first things first when winning understandings synergize sharp saws
Or:
Blue beautiful pastors test steep swirly schedules
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Elements & Principles of Art
I'm going to have two mnemonics today. No extra charge!
Elements of art: Line Shape Space Form Color Value Texture
Long shaped spaces form colorful valuable textures
Limp swirly spaceships flatten careless vacant toenails
Principles of art: Rhythm movement balance proportion unity variety emphasis
Rude melodious bathrobes praise unoriginal voluptuous earthworms
Rhythmic moving balls post united variable emphasis
Elements of art: Line Shape Space Form Color Value Texture
Long shaped spaces form colorful valuable textures
Limp swirly spaceships flatten careless vacant toenails
Principles of art: Rhythm movement balance proportion unity variety emphasis
Rude melodious bathrobes praise unoriginal voluptuous earthworms
Rhythmic moving balls post united variable emphasis
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Steps in a manicure
Remove polish, Soak, Shape, Cuticles, Base, Tips, Designs, Top
Ravens scrape smart chefs before trolls destroy tuna
Rakes slap slimy chains because turtles dunk tigers
Ravens scrape smart chefs before trolls destroy tuna
Rakes slap slimy chains because turtles dunk tigers
Monday, May 9, 2011
Five kingdoms of life
Monera Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
mad pseudopods flog perky artists
You could just make that second word "Protista" if you like to think of single-celled organisms as aggressive and not supportive of the arts.
mad pseudopods flog perky artists
You could just make that second word "Protista" if you like to think of single-celled organisms as aggressive and not supportive of the arts.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Functions of skin
Or, more generally, the Integumentary system:
Regulate temperature
Store blood
Protect deeper tissues
Detect sensation
Excrete substances
Synthesize vitamin D
Red soft pandas defend extreme sweatshirts
Radioactive secretaries pluck ecstatic sunflowers
Regulate temperature
Store blood
Protect deeper tissues
Detect sensation
Excrete substances
Synthesize vitamin D
Red soft pandas defend extreme sweatshirts
Radioactive secretaries pluck ecstatic sunflowers
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Dicarboxylic acid
These are a type of organic compound. The first six are:
Oxalic Malonic succinic glutaric adipic pimelic
The "common" mnemonic is: Oh my, such great apple pie!
We also came up with:
objective mean sponges grab athletic pajamas
odious mad shepherds gulp airborne peas
Oxalic Malonic succinic glutaric adipic pimelic
The "common" mnemonic is: Oh my, such great apple pie!
We also came up with:
objective mean sponges grab athletic pajamas
odious mad shepherds gulp airborne peas
Friday, May 6, 2011
Geometric translations
Three main things you can do to a shape:
translation reflection rotation
I can't believe translation really counts as a change, but okay.
Trees reduce religions
Trolls require ranges
Trucks ruin roadblocks
translation reflection rotation
I can't believe translation really counts as a change, but okay.
Trees reduce religions
Trolls require ranges
Trucks ruin roadblocks
Thursday, May 5, 2011
SI Prefixes for numbers less than one
Just in case you want to think about really tiny numbers:
deci centi milli micro nano pioc femto atto zepto yocto
Distasteful cyan moral messy nuggets prune full allergic zealous youths
"Yocto" is 10 to the -24th power, aka one quadrillionth, aka 0.000000000000000000000001. So small, yet still not zero.
deci centi milli micro nano pioc femto atto zepto yocto
Distasteful cyan moral messy nuggets prune full allergic zealous youths
"Yocto" is 10 to the -24th power, aka one quadrillionth, aka 0.000000000000000000000001. So small, yet still not zero.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Five social institutions
Again, there's not total agreement that there are only five social institutions: mechanisms of social order that effect the behavior of individuals. There might be infinity. But at least there are these:
Family Education Religion Economic Political
Fallen elements record educated paperclips
Family Education Religion Economic Political
Fallen elements record educated paperclips
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Layers of sediment in the Grand Canyon
From the bottom up:
Tapeats, Bright Angel, Muav, Redwall, Supai, Hermit, Coconino, Toroweap, Kaibab
Tall broken mad robots strangle huge chilling toxic killers
Tainted boring malodorous ravens smoke horribly creepy thin kitties
Tapeats, Bright Angel, Muav, Redwall, Supai, Hermit, Coconino, Toroweap, Kaibab
Tall broken mad robots strangle huge chilling toxic killers
Tainted boring malodorous ravens smoke horribly creepy thin kitties
Monday, May 2, 2011
Seven sins of memory
From the book The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter
Fading, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistence.
Fast abstract batteries manipulate shadowy boring potatoes.
Filthy amusing bulldogs move square boring peanuts.
Fading, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistence.
Fast abstract batteries manipulate shadowy boring potatoes.
Filthy amusing bulldogs move square boring peanuts.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Four Bases of DNA
Guanine Thymine Cytosine Adenine (otherwise known as G T C & A).
Great trains crash accordions
Gentle tractors comb anteaters
Great trains crash accordions
Gentle tractors comb anteaters
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