Definitions by Sid Barrett
emola
Emola is a highly infectious disease that spreads rapidly through humans and causes severe injury to those infected or even death.
Emola spreads quickly through humans although it strangely has a higher transmition rate in those aged 13 to 24. Anyone can come down with the disease but the elderly and young infants to toddlers rarely come down with it.
Emola is spread through shared needles, most bodily fluids including tears and in some rare cases emails or other forms of electronic communication such as MySpace, FaceBook, web sites promoting rock bands or online dictionaries that define terms in pop culture.
Symptoms of emola include uncontrollable crying, tendency to complain, tendency to inflict personal harm, tendency to cause property damage, addiction to social networking sites, addiction to the color black, addiction to rock music with high-pitched vocal ranges and heavy use of power chords, uncontrollable harsh criticism of anything for no apparent reason and may possibly lead oneself to committ suicide. Treatment includes many different options but mostly includes sitting in a nearly deserted room with no sharp objects colored with bright colors with a smiling psychologist from some big-name university or college sitting in front of you with just a table in between the 2 of you with a "mirror" on one wall and hidden cameras placed everywhere in the room.
There is no known prevention for emola at this time except staying away from people who have contracted the disease and cutting off all forms of communication with them.
Emola spreads quickly through humans although it strangely has a higher transmition rate in those aged 13 to 24. Anyone can come down with the disease but the elderly and young infants to toddlers rarely come down with it.
Emola is spread through shared needles, most bodily fluids including tears and in some rare cases emails or other forms of electronic communication such as MySpace, FaceBook, web sites promoting rock bands or online dictionaries that define terms in pop culture.
Symptoms of emola include uncontrollable crying, tendency to complain, tendency to inflict personal harm, tendency to cause property damage, addiction to social networking sites, addiction to the color black, addiction to rock music with high-pitched vocal ranges and heavy use of power chords, uncontrollable harsh criticism of anything for no apparent reason and may possibly lead oneself to committ suicide. Treatment includes many different options but mostly includes sitting in a nearly deserted room with no sharp objects colored with bright colors with a smiling psychologist from some big-name university or college sitting in front of you with just a table in between the 2 of you with a "mirror" on one wall and hidden cameras placed everywhere in the room.
There is no known prevention for emola at this time except staying away from people who have contracted the disease and cutting off all forms of communication with them.
I really hope Susan gets over her case of emola , she screamed at me last weekend because I wasn't wearing black and I didn't bring my pocketknife for her.
emola by Sid Barrett January 9, 2008
USAMRIID
USAMRIID (pronounced you-sam-rid) stands for the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases.
Based at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, the facilities of USAMRIID are used primarily for research on counter measurements for biological warfare. Along with the next-door National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and the nearby United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) they handle many of the biological threats that come up in regards to national defense. When a new infectious agent or biological threat comes up they are on the case to have the data on file regarding any incident that, again, may eventually pertain to national biological defense.
USAMRIID was featured in Richard Preston's best-selling book "The Hot Zone" which described the outbreak of the then-undiscovered Ebola Reston (which was discovered in Reston, Virginia but was not discovered by Preston since people say if you take off the P in Preston you have "reston" left). The book describes the events of decontamination of medical research facilities used to store imported monkeys from the Philippines. It was then discovered that Ebola Reston can't be caught by humans but the same virus has a 90% fatality rate in primates.
Based at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, the facilities of USAMRIID are used primarily for research on counter measurements for biological warfare. Along with the next-door National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and the nearby United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) they handle many of the biological threats that come up in regards to national defense. When a new infectious agent or biological threat comes up they are on the case to have the data on file regarding any incident that, again, may eventually pertain to national biological defense.
USAMRIID was featured in Richard Preston's best-selling book "The Hot Zone" which described the outbreak of the then-undiscovered Ebola Reston (which was discovered in Reston, Virginia but was not discovered by Preston since people say if you take off the P in Preston you have "reston" left). The book describes the events of decontamination of medical research facilities used to store imported monkeys from the Philippines. It was then discovered that Ebola Reston can't be caught by humans but the same virus has a 90% fatality rate in primates.
USAMRIID by Sid Barrett January 2, 2008
hang around
A "hang around" is the first of various levels of membership in the Hells Angels biker gang.
A hang around is described as friendly to the organization but is not an actual member yet. They typically go to parties, buy the t-shirts and try to make contacts within the organization to help boost their membership level. Hang arounds also ride with the group whenever there is a ride but otherwise they don't get involved in the organization; they never hold offices within the group and they typically do not participate in extreme group activities such as retaliation or gun trafficking.
A hang around is described as friendly to the organization but is not an actual member yet. They typically go to parties, buy the t-shirts and try to make contacts within the organization to help boost their membership level. Hang arounds also ride with the group whenever there is a ride but otherwise they don't get involved in the organization; they never hold offices within the group and they typically do not participate in extreme group activities such as retaliation or gun trafficking.
hang around by Sid Barrett December 29, 2007
Alice's Restaurant
Alice's Restaurant is a song by folk artist Arlo Guthrie which is second only to turkey and football when it comes to "Thanksgivin'".
The song serves not only as a satircal look on the judiciary branch of the US government but it also demotes the armed services for a good portion of the song. As the song was based on real events Guthrie really did get out of the draft by faking mental insanity at his evaluation.
The song serves not only as a satircal look on the judiciary branch of the US government but it also demotes the armed services for a good portion of the song. As the song was based on real events Guthrie really did get out of the draft by faking mental insanity at his evaluation.
Every single year it's eat a drumstick of the turkey, play football 'til you can't move your arms and listen to Alice's Restaurant after fiddling with the radio all day until you find a station playing it.
Alice's Restaurant by Sid Barrett December 16, 2007
Bad Company
1. A huge 1970's Blues Rock supergroup. Released a self-titled song which is played on classic rock radio to this day. They went on hiatus in 1982 but returned in 1986 and were active until 2002.
2. A song by the above band which has been covered so many times that Einstein couldn't come up with a mathematical equation to figure it out.
2. A song by the above band which has been covered so many times that Einstein couldn't come up with a mathematical equation to figure it out.
I went to the Bad Company concert last night and everyone went crazy when the song Bad Company came on.
Bad Company by Sid Barrett October 28, 2007
Associated Press
Commonly abreviated as AP, the Associated Press is an American news agency run by the media sources that contribute to it. It is the largest news agency in the world and has subscribers (people who pay a fee to use AP's material) in almost every free-market economy nation in the world.
The AP is made up of almost 2,000 American newspapers and about 5,000 TV/radio stations while its photo library has exceeded 10 million pictures of news.
Although the AP tries to remain unbiased some occasional yellow journalism and personal biases are included in media information.
The AP is made up of almost 2,000 American newspapers and about 5,000 TV/radio stations while its photo library has exceeded 10 million pictures of news.
Although the AP tries to remain unbiased some occasional yellow journalism and personal biases are included in media information.
I couldn't help but notice that almost every article about a national event was writen by the Associated Press in today's newspaper.
Associated Press by Sid Barrett October 27, 2007
Funeral Procession
When a driver drives so slow that they create a long backlog of cars behind them on a single-lane road. Little old ladies and soccer moms are notorious for these.
My mom made a funeral procession on Rt. 35 today; our car was the hearse and I was the dead man because all my buddies were driving behind me.
Funeral Procession by Sid Barrett October 25, 2007