Friday, July 23, 2010
There's a word for diarrhea of the mouth!!
Scarily enough, the word even LOOKS like the word "diarrhea": logorrhea. It sounds like something a lumberjack would experience, doesn't it? Anyways, here's what Wikipedia has to say:
"In linguistics and editing, logorrhoea or logorrhea... is an excessive flow of words. The spoken form of logorrhoea (other than in the medical sense) is a kind of verbosity which uses superfluous (or fancy) words to disguise an otherwise useless message as useful or intellectual. Logorrhoea is also known as "verbal diarrhea"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea_(linguistics)
I can't wait to whip THAT out on my lesser half. ;-)
"In linguistics and editing, logorrhoea or logorrhea... is an excessive flow of words. The spoken form of logorrhoea (other than in the medical sense) is a kind of verbosity which uses superfluous (or fancy) words to disguise an otherwise useless message as useful or intellectual. Logorrhoea is also known as "verbal diarrhea"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea_(linguistics)
I can't wait to whip THAT out on my lesser half. ;-)
Monday, July 19, 2010
Cascadian Farm giveaway
The fine folks at Cascadian Farm and MyBlogSpark sent me the following:
"Are you a fan of FarmVille? Then hop on your tractor (or the Internet) and join in Cascadian Farm´s newest FarmVille initiative to help make a positive change for a healthier earth!
Cascadian Farm, a pioneer in the organic food industry, is blazing yet another new trail as they become the first official branded - and organic - crop to be offered in Zynga´s popular online game, FarmVille. Joining forces, Cascadian Farm and Zynga will provide an innovative gaming experience for FarmVille fans, breathing virtual life into real world organic farming within the largest online agricultural space.
Beginning July 19 through July 26, Cascadian Farm will provide FarmVille players with a variety of benefits including, coupon offers, organic farming and green living tips, as well as the opportunity to build up their farm quickly. During the week-long partnership, branded Cascadian Farm organic blueberry crops will be the most profitable FarmVille crop offered in the game, to beginner and expert FarmVille players.
The brand has also recreated the real Cascadian Farm, located in the Upper Skagit Valley of Washington's North Cascade Mountains. The virtual Cascadian Farm will carry out the brand´s mission to grow good and honest food by encouraging FarmVille users to harvest crops that are free from synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of their online fruits and vegetables will be planted with the same ideals and values found in organic culture, while also sharing the rewards from playing the game with Cascadian Farm´s online fan base.
To further connect with other FarmVille users, Cascadian Farm has created an avatar farmer called "Farmer Joe Cascadian," who was inspired by the brand´s real-life farmers. "Farmer Joe" will serve as the "virtual" tender to the brand´s own FarmVille farm and users can request to be his neighbor by "friend-ing" him online at
www.facebook.com/farmerjoecascadian
and by using the FarmVille application to become his neighbor in-game.
For more information, please visit
www.cascadianfarm.com "
They also sent me a "Cascadian FarmVille Fan" prize pack that includes Cascadian Farm Fruit & Nut Granola and Harvest Berry Chewy Granola Bars (and that's some SERIOUSLY tasty stuff, I had to fight my husband for it), a Cascadian Farm coupon for a free product, and a game card containing FarmVille currency. They also provided me with an additional prize pack to give away to one of YOU!! The person who sends me the best essay on why they want to eat organic foods will win; I'll post the winner in a few days.
"Are you a fan of FarmVille? Then hop on your tractor (or the Internet) and join in Cascadian Farm´s newest FarmVille initiative to help make a positive change for a healthier earth!
Cascadian Farm, a pioneer in the organic food industry, is blazing yet another new trail as they become the first official branded - and organic - crop to be offered in Zynga´s popular online game, FarmVille. Joining forces, Cascadian Farm and Zynga will provide an innovative gaming experience for FarmVille fans, breathing virtual life into real world organic farming within the largest online agricultural space.
Beginning July 19 through July 26, Cascadian Farm will provide FarmVille players with a variety of benefits including, coupon offers, organic farming and green living tips, as well as the opportunity to build up their farm quickly. During the week-long partnership, branded Cascadian Farm organic blueberry crops will be the most profitable FarmVille crop offered in the game, to beginner and expert FarmVille players.
The brand has also recreated the real Cascadian Farm, located in the Upper Skagit Valley of Washington's North Cascade Mountains. The virtual Cascadian Farm will carry out the brand´s mission to grow good and honest food by encouraging FarmVille users to harvest crops that are free from synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of their online fruits and vegetables will be planted with the same ideals and values found in organic culture, while also sharing the rewards from playing the game with Cascadian Farm´s online fan base.
To further connect with other FarmVille users, Cascadian Farm has created an avatar farmer called "Farmer Joe Cascadian," who was inspired by the brand´s real-life farmers. "Farmer Joe" will serve as the "virtual" tender to the brand´s own FarmVille farm and users can request to be his neighbor by "friend-ing" him online at
www.facebook.com/farmerjoecascadian
and by using the FarmVille application to become his neighbor in-game.
For more information, please visit
www.cascadianfarm.com "
They also sent me a "Cascadian FarmVille Fan" prize pack that includes Cascadian Farm Fruit & Nut Granola and Harvest Berry Chewy Granola Bars (and that's some SERIOUSLY tasty stuff, I had to fight my husband for it), a Cascadian Farm coupon for a free product, and a game card containing FarmVille currency. They also provided me with an additional prize pack to give away to one of YOU!! The person who sends me the best essay on why they want to eat organic foods will win; I'll post the winner in a few days.
