Tossy's New Writeups

gleek (thing)

2001-11-11T21:52:23Z

I am an experienced gleeker.

I will share my gleeking tips with you...!

First of all, yawning or anything like yawning has nothing to do with it, it's just that during a yawn it might come accidentally. What DOES need to happen, above anything else, is salivatory stimulation.

Salivatory stimulation is a must because you need your saliva glands going in order to produce the stream of saliva that will be ejected. How can this be accomplished? My favorite method is simply by tasting something. The stronger the taste, the more effectively the stimulation will go. Something spicy (some kind of hot sauce), sour (lime or lemon juice), salty (salt or seasoning) work best. Pop works well, too. But just about anything will work. In desperate times I have even stuck my finger in my mouth to stimulate saliva production.

Alright, so after a little taste of something to get the saliva gland working, you are prepared to gleek.…

SATP (idea)

2001-10-11T03:34:16Z

SATP is a term used in chemistry to describe the conditions of:

25°C (298.15 K)
100 kPa

SATP stands for Standard Ambient Temperature Pressure, and is used as a common 'standard' to avoid confusion in chemistry (such as with dealing with the chemical or physical properties of a substance, chemical reactions, and basic generalizations). Unless otherwise stated, an event or substance is assumed to take place or exist at SATP--that is, at 25°C and 100 kPa--usual room temperature conditions.

Compare with STP

BEDMAS (idea)

2001-10-07T18:55:24Z

BEDMAS is a mnemonic and acronym commonly taught in junior high math. Its purpose is to help you remember the order of operations in mathematics. It works like this:

Brackets - Do operations in brackets first
Exponents - Calculate Exponents/Powers/Roots before +, -, ×, and ÷
Division - Division and Multiplication are interchangeable--calculate in order as they appear from left to right
Multiplication - See above
Addition - As with × and ÷, addition and subtraction have equal priority--calculate in order as they appear from left to right
Subtraction - See above

month (idea)

2001-10-07T06:35:24Z

A year is divided roughly into 12 roughly equal portions called "months"

The order of the 12 Months of the year are as followed:

January (31 days)
February (28 days, or 29 on a leap year)
March (31 days)
April (30 days)
May (31 days)
June (30 days)
July (31 days)
August (31 days)
September (30 days)
October (31 days)
November (30 days)
December (31 days)

Fascinating, no?

Jake the Jailbird (person)

2001-09-16T00:40:33Z

Ah, yes, Jake the Jailbird, the poor sap featured in the board game Monopoly™ as the unsightly character you see "in jail". He was probably teasing the EDB or doing something equally naughty.

Who put him in jail? Why, Officer Edgar Mallory, of course.

Officer Edgar Mallory (person)

2001-09-16T00:22:00Z

You know that police officer guy in Monopoly™ (most commonly seen on the Go To Jail space, opposite of Go)? His name is Officer Edgar Mallory. Betcha didn't know that!

He's the one who locked Jake the Jailbird up.