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something cool I found on the internets

RBG Game

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A very cool simulation puzzle game sort of like Conway’s Life or a sharks-and-fish simulation.

You make these simple creatures out of red, green, or blue beads, and they eat the color that grows on a field… you try to get the largest number of them living over the greatest amount of time.
Web link of note: RBG Game
(At http://www.rgb-game.com)

Today’s Peeve

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Can someone explain to me why it seems to be so difficult for people to spell the word “lose” correctly?

It follows the normal spelling rules of English- no one pronounces “moose” as “mooz”.

  • loose – “loos” – the opposite of “tight” or “tighten” if a verb. Rhymes with “moose”. The noun “looser” people have created is not a person who doesn’t win; if anything it would be a person who untightens things like bolts or jar lids or something.
  • lose – “looz” – the opposite of “win” or “find”. Sounds close to “muse.” This is NOT the same word! Note the different sound of the vowel and the last consonant.
  • loss – “lahss” – the thing created when you lose. If you are confusing this with “lose” then you just don’t speak English!

Okay I’m done now.

Lasater Grasslands Beef

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As described in Fast Food Nation, the Lasater Ranch represents the future of American Beef: sustainable agriculture. It’s healthier for the cows, healthier for the consumer, and healthier for the planet. In the long run, it is also cheaper for the ranch, the consumer, and even the economy.

Lasater Ranch doesn’t use herbicides to control weeds, instead importing weed-eating bugs and using goats to crop the grass. They do not poison predators, and even use them to improve the breed of their cattle. As neighboring ranches have failed, they have persisted… plus they still dry-age their beef for a superior product.
Web link of note: Lasater Grasslands Beef
(At http://www.lasatergrasslandsbeef.com/)