9.03.2009

Wallets


Wallets are handy dandy portable storage devices for cash, credit cards, family photos, gift cards, ID cards, coins, and other assorted items.

Like Bankruptcy,
Kat&Corie

9.02.2009

My Life Is Average


MLIA is a humorous website in which people post their own stories of averageness.


Faster than average,
Kat&Corie

8.29.2009

Tanjung Sepat


Tanjung Sepat is a fishing town located in Selangor, Malaysia famous for its delicious seafood restaurants.

Tinier than dust,
Kat&Corie

8.24.2009

Jersey Shore


The Jersey Shore is a popular vacation destination for many North Jersey residents due to its whimsical boutiques, plentiful recreational activities, and yes, those salt-filled Jersey waves!

Smaller than sand,
Kat&Corie

8.22.2009

Hideki Matsui


Matsui is a 6'2" famous MLB player from Japan who plays for the New York Yankees and has 133 home runs in his career.



Quick as a bunt,
Kat&Corie

8.21.2009

Jewelry Thief


A jewelry thief is a special kind of robber who specializes in stealing only your favorite shiny jewelry, especially silver key necklaces.


Interested? (Surveillance vid!)

Short as a ring,
Kat&Corie

Blobfish

The Blobfish is a deep sea critter that resides off the coast of Australia; it is composed of a gelatin-like material that enables it to float rather than swim.


Interested?


Shorter than your little brother's attention span,

Kat&Corie

8.20.2009

Riverside


The location name Riverside is found in all US states except Hawaii, Alaska, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and it is the most common location name in the United States.

Interested?

.1 mm,

Kat&Corie

Gender Testing

Gender testing is currently in the news as a South African runner is under fire for possibly pretending to be a woman; gender testing involves the following: a physical exam, psychological evaluation, karyotype test, and an SRY Gene Test.


Interested? (BTW: This is by far the best site we've ever refenced.)
Teensy Tiny,
Kat&Corie

EVERYTHING IN A SENTENCE REVAMPED

BIG NEWS! We're in the process of redoing the entire site; you may notice changes for the next week or so. We will also begin updating more regularly again. If you notice something is wrong or isn't working, please email us at everythinginasentence@gmail.com. Thanks for being so cooperative as we go through all these changes!

6.08.2009

Carbohydrates


Carbohydrates are monomers and polymers of aldehydes and ketones that have numerous hydroxyl groups attached and are most commonly
known to be in bread and pasta.
Skinny Like A Diet,
Kat&Corie

5.04.2009

Twitter


Twitter is a social website allowing users to "follow" other users to receive 140 character or less updates.

Least amount of characters possibly,
Kat&Corie


don't forget to enter our pick a pair contest!

5.03.2009

Starbucks


Starbucks, whose name was derived from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, opened in the 1970's and has been serving happy customers coffee and sugary drinks since.

Sweetly Short,
Kat&Corie


DONT FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR PICK A PAIR ENTRIES!

4.23.2009

CONTEST: PICK A PAIR!


PICK A PAIR CONTEST!

It's your turn to pick a post topic for Everything In A Sentence!

We want YOU to think your verrrry hardest and pick two things that go together that you want to know about! Examples of this include salt and pepper, pins and needles, and Sonny and Cher. We will pick the best entry and feature it on a future Everything In A Sentence post.

So, get thinkin' of your favorite pairs, and post them in a comment below!

Quickest to be read,
Kat&Corie


Sprinklers


Sprinklers are a type of lawn equipment that allow water to be squirted all over to let the grass grow; they are also a summertime activity for young children to run through to cool off.


Short as the summer,
Kat&Corie

4.10.2009

Jay Walking


Jay walking is the act of illegally crossing a street in the middle as opposed to at a corner and it is derived from the old slang word "jay" which was used to describe an inexperienced person; ergo, inexperienced people do not know how to cross the street correctly.



HUMONGOUSLY (NOT!),
Kat&Corie

3.31.2009

Chicken Pox


Chicken Pox got their name in medieval times when people believed that this virus was caused from children who used black magic; "Chicken" came from the old english word "giccin", meaing itch, and "pox" came from the word meaning "curse".


Like a bird's brain,
Kat&Corie

FASHION NIGHTMARES: AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

We love this new blog, www.fashionnightmares.tk, because its everything we wish we could tell our unfashionable friends but don't have the guts to do so. You should be cool, kind of like us, and follow it too!
Growth Hormones Necessary,
Kat&Corie

3.20.2009

Zoey 101


Zoey 101 is a great show on The N! which features silly characters living at a boarding school named Pacific Coast Academy.
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Like a Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,
Kat&Corie

3.11.2009

Details in the Fabric

Details in the Fabric is a song by Jason Mraz with beautiful lyrics; it is also one of Everything In A Sentence's newest followers!

"If its a broken part, replace it
If its a broken arm, then brace it
If its a broken heart, then face it."

eeensy meeensy,
Kat&Corie

3.06.2009

Pickles


Pickles are really really old cucumbers that have been sitting in flavored liquid for a while.


Short like a haircut,
Kat&Corie




2.28.2009

Board Games

The first board game, entitled Landlord's Game, created in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie; now, we play similar games such as Hasbro's Monopoly (which was copyrighted in 1933 by Charles Darrow).
Pin like,
Kat&Corie

2.23.2009

YouTube

Youtube is a website where visitors may view thousands of user-submitted videos; it's original office was located above a pizzeria and a chinese restaurant.

Ephemeral,
Kat&Corie

2.20.2009

O-Town

O-Town is a band created from MTV's show Making the Band in 2000 consisting of Jacob Underwood, Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, and Dan Miller; this boy band is famous for hits like "Liquid Dreams" and "All or Nothing".


Interested?
Not in surplus,
Kat&Corie

2.11.2009

THE GREAT WHITE SHARK

The Great White shark is the largest predatory fish in the world and exists in all major oceans just off the coast; watch out because it could swallow you in one bite!

Interested?
Small enough for a shark's snack,
Kat&Corie

2.09.2009

Ticonderoga Pencils

In 1812, Joseph Dixon made a pencil that inspired him to mass produce "The Worlds Best Pencil" in 1813; by 1872 his factory was producing 86,000 a day.

Ant-like,
Kat&Corie

2.07.2009

Emma Wiklund

Emma Wiklund is a Swedish model and actress married to Hans Wiklund and began her acting career in the Taxi movies.
Tiny,
Kat&Corie


2.05.2009

Sodus Point, NY

Sodus Point is located in upstate New York in Wayne County on the shores of Lake Champlain; the town consists of approximately 1,600 people.

Interested?

Nosotros somos muy bajos,
Kat&Corie

2.03.2009

The Real Brian Engstrom

Brian Engstrom, lover of GoGhurt, departed his home in New Jersey 7 years ago bound for a home in another state; those who knew him have been searching for him ever since and have found numerous "other", or as we refer to them "fake", Brian Engstroms in their quests.


Do you think you might know the "Real" Brian Engstrom?


You could win the chance to be condensed into a sentence on our site if you find the "Real" one.

Happy Searching!


Barely visible,

Kat&Corie

1.28.2009

Hotel Carter

The Hotel Carter is a historic hotel in Times Square, NY, which guests describe as having bedbugs, grotesque rooms, drunk staff, burglars, terrifying elevators, smelly towels, poor tv reception, no view, no dresser, and was recently named by Elvis Duran & the Z100 Morning Show the "Dirtiest Hotel in the Nation".
Interested?
Momentary,
Kat&Corie

1.22.2009

Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a string instrument, in which a keyboard is used to pluck the strings.

Interested?
Daintily,
Kat&Corie

1.18.2009

AND THE WINNER IS...

After much deliberation, it our great pleasure to announce the winner of our contest:


Ellicott City, Maryland!


Ellicott City was founded in 1772 by three brothers, and it later became one of the top manufacturing companies of the Eastern United States.




Not the tallest,

Kat&Corie
Image Courtesy of Google Maps

1.16.2009

Apollo 11

On July 20, 1969, the first manned spaceship landed on the moon, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr. stepped out onto the previously unknown lunar territory.


Interested?

Little by Little,
Kat&Corie

****DON'T FORGET TO ENTER OUR CONTEST****

Like our blog? Digg it! Pleeeeease. :)

1.13.2009

Salt and Pepper Shakers

Salt production and ceramics improved, making salt able to be left in shakers to match the pepper in more visually appealing containment units; people now collect these whimsical and incredibly useful shakers as a hobby.
Interested?

Unprolonged,
Kat&Corie

PLEASE REMEMBER TO ENTER OUR CONTEST!

1.12.2009

Jump Rope!

The first jump rope was believed to have been invented in 1600 A.D. in Egypt; it was made out of a bamboo vine.

Interested?


Stoutly,

Kat&Corie

1.11.2009

Goldfish

These relatively low-key domestic pets came from China, and used to be green.

Interested?

Fleeting,
Kat&Corie


**PLEASE REMEMBER TO ENTER OUR CONTEST!**


Jo

Jo, the writer of one of this week's Blogs of Note, has a following of around 200 readers for her blog A Majority Of Two started in July 2008.


Interested?

1/2 The Prescribed Amount,

Kat&Corie

*****DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CONTES!*****

EVERYTHING IN A SENTENCE PRESENTS: WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT!

1.10.2009

Chopsticks

Asian people 5,000 years ago wanted to eat without touching the hot food with their dirty hands, so they constructed thin wood sticks to transfer the food from the fire to their mouths.

Interested?
Boiled Down,
Kat&Corie

**PLEASE REMEMBER TO ENTER OUR CONTEST FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!**


Everything In A Sentence Presents: Where do you live?

There's something unique in every town, village, or city all over the world. From urban dwellers to western cowboys, we all have something to say about where we live. Do you think your town is cool? Email us at everythinginasentence@gmail.com and we could condense your location into one sentence and share it with the world. Hurry up and email us! The contest ends at 12 PM on Janurary 17, 2009.




Miniature,

Kat&Corie

Popcorn

These kernels of dried popcorn have actually been turning themselves inside out since the indians started eating them 5000 years ago in mexico; this fluffy white snack even helped to invent the microwave oven!


Less than or Equal to,
Kat&Corie

1.02.2009

Arbor Day

Nebraska didn't have any trees, and J. Sterling Morton from Detroit wanted there to be some, so he proposed on January 4, 1872 that there be a holiday to plant trees.
Interested?
Curtailed,
Kat&Corie