Today's Word: "Italy" The name of the nation of Italy comes from the Latin word, "itallus,", which means "to lean, slant or fall over." there are several theories as to how this became today's "Italy". *picture of the leaning tower of piza* One theory asserts the name stuck as a descriptor of the country's architecture *picture of a man tripping* Another theory suggests that ancient cartographers noticed italy's resemblance to the leg of a man tripping on the island of Sicily. Whatever the origin, there is modern usage of "itallus" that has survived, and that is in the name of the slanted font-stle used for emphasis: italics wow, crap, guys. does that sound real? I totally just made that all up.Here's Incorrect Etymology 1
Justin Boyd (aujustin) on TwitterI was hanging out with a room full of talking people.I went away for about 10 minutes and came back.Now it's a room full of sleeping people.7 hours ago
Drew Mokris (drewmo) on TwitterIf you have recently received your FRIDAYNOSAUR TSHIRT, please email me a photo of you in it, if you want. drewmo at spinnerdisc dot com.8 hours ago
Drew Mokris (drewmo) on TwitterI missed Adventure Time?? I thought the latest commercials said it was premiering in April! Aarrgh.9:16 PM Mar 11th
Justin Boyd (aujustin) on TwitterFridaynosaur shirts will be hitting the LHT store at midnight tonight eastern timezone for all you non-preordering/new-reader guys and gals.4:56 PM Mar 11th
Justin Boyd (aujustin) on TwitterAll preorders are shipped! Soon, everyone will be enjoying their preordered Fridaynosaur shirts.4:50 PM Mar 11th
I feel pretty sorry for this guy. He took on a hard job of making some violent idioms nicer, and it made him feel feelings inside. Here are the ones he couldn’t muster:
Please make these nicer, won’t you? Leave your best revisions in the comments. Some may become illustrated.
-Drew
UPDATE: You guys are amazing. That is way more nice metaphors than I expected. I drew some of them just now, and put them into comment-replies. If I haven’t drawn yours yet, I’m sorry. There are far too many for ME to muster.
I did a guest comic for ChannelAte! You can check it out using this link right here. I’ll link this smiley too if you prefer clicking on smileys: =)
In other totally cool news, it looks like the Fridaynosaur shirts will be arriving tomorrow. Woooo! That means that I’ll begin shipping our everyone’s pre-orders very soon. If you missed the pre-order, I’ll be putting the extra shirts up in the store on Friday, so you’ll be able to pick one up then. Man, we can’t wait to get those shirts out to everyone!
We have given our shirt order to our screen printer! They estimate they will be done with them around Friday (how fitting!) and will ship them to us as soon as they are done. Once we receive the shipment, we will begin shipping out the shirts to everyone who pre-ordered.
Also, due to the number of pre-orders we received, we we able to get some extra Men’s AND Women’s shirts. So if you missed out on the pre-order or are just discovering LHT and would like the shirt, you will still be able to get one!
