Saturday, November 06, 2010

Bad Start to November

oh geez no!Bad start 2 November- a couple hours ago the laptop adapter I bought not long ago w/ motherboard died! :( Trying 2 contact seller- "synaptic-systems" on ebay. Don't know if/when I'll get a replacement from them...gonna try blogging from the pc when I have the chance which will not be often. wish me luck!

 on Monday November 1 at 11:21pm

Monday, November 01, 2010

(MW 2057) The Easiest Quiz You'll Ever Take... I Think


MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#2057 Wings Over The Mountains of Life

The World's Easiest Looking Quiz
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(Answers at the bottom. Hey - NO Cheating!)



1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?



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Answers To The Quiz

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

2) Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador.

3) From which animal do we get catgut?
From sheep and horses.

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur.

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.

7) What was King George VI's first name?
Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936, he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.

8) What color is a purple finch?
Distinctively crimson.

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New Zealand.

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?
Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.



MountainWings Note:
It's amazing how the simple is not so simple and the obvious is not so obvious.

Also, when you've been wrong nine times, you don't trust yourself anymore and even when truth is presented to you, because of past failures, you doubt the obvious







...you doubt you.

Don't let past failures convince you that you can't be right, that you can't do it, that success isn't destined for you.


We don't fail because we don't succeed,
we fail because we quit,
believing that we can't win.



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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Why Dogs Hate Halloween

Have you ever wondered why dogs get all loud and annoying on Halloween? Well, I think this could perhaps play a part. What do you think?


Hope you enjoyed this.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Top Halloween Movies Of All Time/Finish the Sentence

*Please note that these are just some well-known classics I think deserve to be on the list.*
Most are some of my favorites, some are recommendations based on imput from some of my fellow Xangans (see this entry).
  1. Beetlejuice 
  2. The Haunted History Of Halloween (History Channel original)
  3. It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
  4. Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp/Christina Ricci movie)
  5. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  6. Poltergeist
  7. Gremlins
  8. Ghostbusters
  9. Cape Fear (the original)
  10. Halloween H2O
  11. Halloween (the movie)
  12. Psycho
  13. Nightmare on Elm Street
  14. Frankenstein
  15. Dracula
  16. The Addams Family
  17. The Addams Family Values
  18. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  19. Friday the 13th
  20. Amityville Horror
  21. The wolfman
  22. Shaun Of The Dead
  23. The Decent 
What do you think, is this a good list? Did I leave off any great Halloween movies? What's your top Halloween movies?

FINISH THE SENTENCE 
You know it's Halloween when.... 

ex: You know it's Halloween when... that's all I've been blogging about this week!

*Be creative! If I like your ideas/sentences I'll post them in a later entry!*