Here Come the Sprites!

Observe:

Please don't steal these sprites because I didn't make them and I'm typing in blue!

 

Anyways, feel free to posts any creative stories on how these Pokemon came to be. You might win some Eco-points!

Enter the contest and get excited because I have a special treat for you. *Drum roll, please*

Movie conspiracy theory Friday!

Townsend's Three Laws of Quantum Mechanics

Hello, blog buddies!

Prizes have been awarded, but it's not too late to enter the contest below, "Under the Sea".  In the meantime:

Townsend's Three Laws of Quantum Mechanics

1. If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't. If you think you don't understand it, you do. Either way, you'll never be right.

2.  If somebody asks you, "Is light made up of waves or particles?", answer "Yes." Nothing else, just "Yes."

3. A recapitulation of Murphy's law: If something can go wrong, it will. In another universe, that is.

So enter contests and have fun!

Signing off, Captain Townsend.

Happy County Schools presents:

Prizes!

Hobbyists get a full copy of the F-CAT theme song.

Beginners get the F-CAT theme song and a "Take your child to work day" form edited by me for humorous intent.

If you want Eco-points, enter the contest below!

By the way, this is my 50th post. Hooray! In honor of this magnificent event, Townsend Trading Cards Inc. has put out an exclusive Pokémon card.

 

Yeah, I made it.

 

Signing off, Officer Townsend.

New and Improved Contestamania

Hola, amigos!

Welcome to the new Eco-test of spectacularistics! This contest is called: "Under the sea".

Here's the rundown.

You have to create a marine organism (a living thing that lives in the water). It can be a protozoa, plant, animal, fungus, or a new kingdom of life (highly encouraged). It's your choice. The requirements are as follows:

Easy (earn up to 15 points):

Name:
Description:

Medium (earn up to 30 points):

Name:
Habitat:
Diet (What it eats):
Description:

Hard (Earn up to 45 points):

Name:
Kingdom (Animal, plant, etc.)
Habitat:
Location:
Predators:
Diet:
Size:
Description:

Master (Earn up to 50 points, enough to get you to Beginner rank):

Name:
Scientific Name:
Kingdom:
Habitat:
Location:
Niche (role in environment):
Predators:
Self-Defense:
Diet:
Size:
Weight:
Description:


Don't forget, you can still post in the earlier contest.

Hasta luego.

Penguin Falls

Here's a little video I made over the weekends. Tell me if it works!

F-CAT

Hello everybody, it's the F-Cat!

 

 

So, F-CAT, tell us about yourself.

 

"Most of you know me by my nickname, standardized test. I love coming to school to visit my human friends."

Really? I hear that you love to torment children.

 

"I only torment kids if they don't follow the law of the F-CAT."

 

And what is the law of the F-CAT?

 

 

 

"Umm.. something I made up. Basically, if you study, you'll be fine."

 

But what about all the children worried about the F-CAT?

 

"Let's just say my bark is worse than my bite."

 

 

I'll say.

 

"But remember to get a good night's sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast with protein."

 

Sure. Anything else?

 

"Yep! Here's my theme song!"

 

You have a theme song?

 

"I do. Dududududh!"

 

The F-CAT theme song:

It's the F-CAT!
Racing at the speed of light.
Enough to give a lion a fright!
He can cross the ocean in a night!

Can you tame him?
I can tame him!
Can you tame me?
Hee-hee-hee!

Math and reading
Sometime science too.
Double F-CAT means
F-CAT times 2!

The F-CAT only
feeds on fear,
so don't be worried
give a cheer!

For the F-CAT!
Racing at the speed of light.
Enough to give a lion a fright!
He can cross the ocean in a night!

Aaaaand....

Please stop singing.



 

 

 

 

Fine! But everybody that received Eco-points gets a full copy of the theme song. And if you don't have any Eco-points, enter the contest, which is located on an earlier post.

 

By the way, the role of the F-CAT was played by my wonderful cat Melissa. Thank you Melissa!

 

Goodbye everybody and Happy FCAT!

 

Welcome to X'org'gnorg'x

Are we alone in the universe? Or are there other people out there? This question has captivated humans for decades among decades. And now the answer is revealed!

Well... not really. But if there were life forms outside of our giant blue marble, what would they look like? What kind of planet would they live on? Today, I'm going to talk about these questions and more....

Astronomy: Okay, we've seen triple star systems. So, a planet with 15 moons and two suns in addition to a twin planet is not absurd. But, for life to flourish, a planet has to usually be in the "life zone" for the star, which depends on the type of star and its size. In other words, a planet is not going to be a few thousand miles from a star and support life. We can expect an astronomy similar to Earth, with our life bearing plant revolving around a medium size star.

Geology: This is where it gets fun. NASA has found crazy planets, with compositions ranging from diamonds to lava. Most of our planet is covered in some liquid bi-hydrogen oxide which supports all life on Earth, a.k.a. water. Do all life bearing planets need water? Absolutely not. (In my opinion at least.) I'm not kidding. We're so used to our carbon based life forms, we're stuck in the mindset that aliens have to have the same living requirements that we have to have. The possibilities are endless.

Weather: For all we know, our imaginary life-bearing planet could rain rocks. I'm serious, its physically possible to rain rocks (and it does on a recently discovered planet). The air currents don't necessarily have resemble ours, and consequently, they could have totally different weather patterns, e.g. giant El Nino, or sandstorm hurricanes. What's really fascinating to me would be a different version of the Coriolis Effect, which would affect the lifestyle of all alien life on that planet.

Life forms: Finally, we're going to look at the life itself. Most people imagine extra-terrestrials that share a resemblance with life here on Earth. But the truth is, if we find alien life, we're probably not even going to acknowledge it as life at first. The term "carbon based life" DOES NOT APPLY. How about silicon based life? Boron based life, anybody? And throw away "the five senses". Our little space buddies are going to have conceptually impossible sensations, like radio wave detection, dimensional perception, air pressure detection, you name it, while at the same time lack our senses. To us, life is so defined and specific, but if we discover a life-bearing planet, the life is going to blow us away. Expect the weirdest, the strangest, and the craziest when you're dealing with aliens.

Thank you for your time and procrastination!

Inklewriter

Hello, faithful listeners.

It's now April! Did everybody have a great Easter? As some of you people know, I am developing a math theory. It's going quite well, except for technicalities! Technicalities are destroying my theory, so hang on tight, people. If I had a dime for each technicality I am confronting, I could buy 50 packs of Pokémon cards.

<O)
  (V)                                                  
 WW

This is Mr. Eagle a.k.a. America! Help America (and Mr. Eagle) by entering in the contest a few posts down! It will help the World Health Organization, a.k.a. Mrs. Ostrich. This is Mrs. Ostrich.

<0
  !
  !
  !
 ((((((
   I   I
   MM

If you like birds, countries, national personification, letter and symbol art, blogging, symbols, acronyms, technicalities, math, or pretty much anything else, enter the contest!

Now you may wonder why I titled this post, "Inklewriter." You may know I like "Choose Your Own Adventures." Currently, I am using a free website called Inklewriter to create interactive fiction where you can choose what the main character can do next. If you have any requests, please comment. Thank you!

Goodbye, and here's a song to listen to: Morpheus, the song I'm playing in band

Pokemon Card State Championship

Hello, everybody.

Thanks for waiting a loooooooooooooooong time for my next post. I was actually at a Pokémon Card State Championship, and I had a great time. I learned a lot of tricks and tips, and today I'm going to give you a mega-post on everything I learned.

My deck:

My deck used Cobalion ex as my main attacker, had Victini ex for its energy accelerator, and had Darmanitan, Simisear, and Infernape as secondary attackers. I had a mini Hypnotoxic Laser strategy going, but my main goal was to hit for at least 100 damage each turn consistently.

What I learned:

I got a lot of positive feedback from my deck and I learned a lot about how in-depth the game can go. These are the modifications that fellow players suggested (in addition to my thoughts afterwards).

More Cobalion ex
More Victini ex
Add Klinklang evo line
Remove Darmanitan, Simisear, and Infernape lines
Add Victory Piece Ace Spec
Add Super Rod

Here are some card reviews:

Cobalion ex - This card surpassed my expectations. Cobalion was my best attacker and really easy to energize with Victini. It can hit for 100 damage each turn negating resistance or any other effect.

Victini ex- This is the ultimate energy accelerator. I could potentially set up in ONE TURN with this guy. I definitely recommend this for any fire deck that needs energy acceleration big-time (or a pretty good ex tech)

Hugh - Hugh was more than helpful in my deck. It helped my draw power while limiting my opponent. This helped almost every game I played.

Bicycle - Boo! Not that I have anything against bicycles, but all this card did was take up space in my hand. Unless you desperately need cards and you got hit with an N, this card is useless.

Hypnotoxic Laser - Absolutely amazing! This card was in every deck I played, and it really makes a difference. Believe me, its more than a gimmicky PlusPower. When combined with Virbank City Gym, you have at least a 30 damage boost for your attack. This card makes a difference.

Well, if you have any questions about my deck, or you want to start playing the Pokémon card game but don't know where to start, feel free to comment. Thanks!

Smashing Strawberries

Yesterday, I went to a science convention at Railroad Square. I measured the salinity of water, held sea urchins, looked at fruit flies under a microscope, created fake clouds, and more. But the best part was extracting DNA from a strawberry. That's right. I have a picture below.

Here's how I did it. First, I smashed the strawberry into a clumpy bumpy juice. Then, I used detergents to break the cells apart. Then, mixing it all together, I filtered out the large particles. Next, I put pure alcohol in the mixture to clump the DNA together. The picture below shows me holding condensed DNA, of course. If it was stretched out, it could go to the sun and back. Isn't that wild?

Remember to enter my contest below to win Eco-points and help the world.

On Contest Entries and Spring Break

Howdy everybody,

Townsend here with some info! In case you were confused, to submit an entry to a contest, click the button below the post that show the number of comments. It will lead you to the comment layout and you can comment (Yay!). If you don't have a blogger account, you can put your name or nickname or something like that in your comment.

Now that spring break is here, I'll have lots of time to work on projects and exciting blogger posts, so check here often. I already know what my big blog presentation is going to be. Mwahahahahaha!

Post what you're going to do over spring break. I might go to a Pokémon Card State Championship. Yippee!

Goodbye folks, and keep those contest entries coming!

Pi-mania

Happy Pi Day, people! March 14, 3.14, see the connection? If you don't, please write the first million digits of pi for punishment. Just kidding!

If you knew about my blog in 5th grade, you would remember my prize-less contests. Inspired by the Indian caste system, I have come up with a brand-new contest format.

Click here for more information on the caste system.

Basically, I will give you a certain number of Eco-points for each contest, depending on how well you did. I will then add this to your Eco-point total. Based on your point total, you will be put in a certain "caste". Every once in a while, I will send prizes to everybody, the prizes based on your caste. Now, in addition to motivation to get Eco-points, submitting an entry to any contest will help the world. Each contest is oriented in some fashion to making the world a better place, so even if you think your entry is a bad idea, it will benefit everybody. Therefore, any submission will be helpful!

I will also have different difficulty levels for each contest, so depending on how involved you want to get, your needs will be met.

If you have any questions, ask me.

Here are the castes:

0 points - Hobbyist
50 points - Beginner
100 points  - Rookie
150 points - Amateur
200 points - World hugger
300 points  - Advanced
400 points - Expert
500 points - Master
1000 points - Eco-Ultimate

Here's the first contest:

The year is 2020. You are a parasitic disease expert that discovered a parasite that will threaten the entire world. It is spread by blood-sucking insects and is infecting 300-500 million people each year. The death rate is 33% and you can barely treat anybody in time before they die. You have a decent treatment, but there are too many people to treat. The biggest problem is that the blood-sucking insects are almost impossible to get rid of and can't be controlled.  Come up with the most outrageous solution to cure this disease.

For people who want to get more in-depth:

This parasite multiplies itself in red blood cells and infects them. This parasite makes the victims tired and weary, and then makes them drowsy, vomit, and potentially kills them off.  This disease is transmitted only by these blood-sucking insects, which bite humans at night. Unfortunately, poor countries are the most infected, and they don't have the resources to treat it. People don't have shelters or protection, so they are greatly exposed.

For the people who really want a challenge:

This disease has evolved to cause brain infections, kidney and liver failure, and the destruction of blood cells. The countries infected don't have enough money to pay for treatment and the vaccine is still developing due to the complexity of this virus.

Again, you are looking for an creative but effective way to treat this disease. Thank you for your help!

Remember, I want clickies! Click!

Hello, Once Again!

Hello, folks! It's Townsend! That's right, I'm back with a whole new boatload of surprises.


(Duh, duh duh!) So, I'll first start out with the fact that I have had a great middle school experience. Juggling homework, piano practice, horn practice, writing a novel, trying to start a tutor business, developing a math theory, and playing Pokémon has been a bit difficult, but that's life.



I'll tell you the math theory I'm working on, so if you have any suggestions, you can send them to me.

Disclaimer: If you steal this idea and embarrass yourself in front of public television, I hold no responsibility.

That was a joke, if you didn't pick that up.

Here's the general idea: You know how when you divide a number by 0, it becomes undefined? Well, my "theory" states that the number can be defined by a branch on the number line. Again, I'm just developing this, so I haven't worked out the details yet.

Last of all, I need clickies! All you have to do is click on the link below, click on my Pokémon or Pokémon eggs, and interact with them! Thank you for your clickies! All clickies are appreciated. I like clickies!




Pokefarm