Cinco de Mayo

¡Hola amigos! ¡Cinco feliz de Mayo! Espero que sea todo bien y disfrutar de este el miércoles encantador. Celebraré este Día mexicano de Independencia trabajando. Sin embargo, cuando el reloj golpea cinco, disfrutaré de pastillas, salsa y un chimichanga. Porque cocina mexicana es ya mi favorito, yo utilizaré simplemente este día como un día para comerlo y beber un Strongbow. Si tengo suerte, yo también miraré "El Tres Amigos".

¿Qué es sus planes para este Cinco de Mayo?

(If you can translate this, you get a Cinco de Mayo prize!)

And the Winner Is...

The First Annual Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego Blog Game (TFAWITWICSBG, if you will) is officially over.

And the winner is.......


Matt (KiKi) Layton!!!!
Congratulations, my little Kikikens! You win!
This young man answered 9/10 correct. And he will get the prize. I'm so proud...


All the submissions were really close and I am super impressed with you all. Just in case you wondered, here are the answers to the TFAWITWICSBG:

1. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa

2. The Space Needle, Seattle, Washington

3. Washington Monument, National Mall, Washington D.C.

4. Bahai Temple, New Delhi, India

5. Reformed Latter-Day Saints of Jesus Christ Church, Independence, Missouri

6. Petra, in the Arabah, in Jordan

7. The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

8. Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia

9. Great South Gate, Seoul, South Korea

10. The Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey


Congratulations, friends. That was fun for me. I hope it was fun for you. =)

Reminder!

The Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego Blog Game (or TWITWICSBG, if you will) ends tonight at 5pm PST. If I head off to the Golden Steer to get my karaoke on and haven't received your submission... that's sad for you. 

Ok... that's the reminder!!

And also for you "Priscilla's Ponderings" readers, we'll be back with a new series this week. Just a heads up. =)

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Balderdash-ish Results

After tabulating the points where the correct definition was worth 1 pt and a humorous make-believe definition worth 2, the 1st ever Balderdash-ish game winner is: CANDACE JOICE WITH 7 points!!!!!!!

I will say that my two favorite made-up responses were:

"quondam • \KWAHN-dum\D. A condom quandary of preg-tastic proportions" submitted by Mr. Chris Maples

&

"Flack - a HomeStarRunner character that was developed but quickly discarded; the primary characteristic of this character and the one for which he went unused was the unpleasant flem that made it hard to understand his speech ;o)" submitted by our winner, Mrs. Candace Joice

Candace, send me your address and you'll get your prize!!!

Thanks for those of you that played. This was fun! It was almost like I was a teacher, grading her kids' papers. Except that I hope my teachers weren't as subjective with grades as I was.... although, that would make a lot more sense....

Yay games!!! Yay word-nerds!!! =)

Contest

**UPDATE**

I will be choosing a name on Monday, Sept. 22. That means you have until then to leave me more names for me to pick from! Yay! Thanks for the submissions so far! And don't worry - the prize is awesome! =)

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This is my new bamboo stalk. He or she will live at my desk at work for a little while.

However, I can't come up with an awesome name for my little friend. It would be super sad if it was just called "bamboo" forever. If you win, you will get a prize. Yay!

Names that are taken: Wallace, Deuce, Edgar, Beulah.

Good luck!

(And yes, this is a shameless ploy for comments. I thought my new "edgy" ~S~ signature would draw the masses. I was wrong.)

=)