Sentences with phrase «amusing way of»

MacEvilly has an amusing way of bringing «Back To The Future» into this article.

Speed dating is a craze that has swept the nation and provides a an amusing way of making plenty of contacts and hopefully meeting that person with whom you really click.

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Even more amusing was the realization that the Quebec maple syrup industry maintains a «global strategic reserve» in much the same way that countries keep mass stockpiles of oil or grain.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

In an unusually scathing and amusing blog post, AT&T goes out of its way to gloat over its rival's struggles.

I find that degree of willful ignorance pathetic in some ways but amusing in more.

I find it all amusing in the same way that I find it amusing that someone is prediction the end of the world.

Now that little Hugh has squirmed out of the cycle of eating, sleeping and crying his eyes out, he is demanding to be amused and what better way to start than with a pile of parcels wrapped in shiny paper.

fishon: «I find it amusing [by some, not all] that I am taken to task for the way you discribe me, but the words and cartoons of the host are, at times, very sarcastic, combative, and accusatory against much that I believe in, but he is not accused and taking to task for the same.

I find it amusing [by some, not all] that I am taken to task for the way you discribe me, but the words and cartoons of the host are, at times, very sarcastic, combative, and accusatory against much that I believe in, but he is not accused and taking to task for the same.

Were we to read in a compartmentalized way, taking bits and pieces from here and there that amuse or ennoble us, ignoring the deeper implications of such a piecemeal commitment to a unified whole, we could happily sail along with boy and tiger.

Second, I'll just jump in here with Chad and say that I'm finding it amusing that lots of people are talking about «the Church» the way I hear «the Church» (yes, I know I'm doing it too) talk about the «Gay agenda» or «the atheists» as if there's some back room meeting that takes place between some group who decides things about what will and won't happen or how we'll all be (in any of those groups).

I remember my Italian workmates being very amused at my selection of a cafe lungo (approximately halfway between a short and long black in NZ), and discussions about the perfect way to cook pasta, with plenty of salt.

nothing can ever beat a good apple pie... it never seems to amuse and your version looks just the best way of having this dessert on a cold night....

Luckily this amuses the baby for a while too, but how is a baking - addict going to get by when trying to part ways with one too many spoonfuls of sugar?

So to soothe my soul because the boob - like shape of buttrnut squash no longer amuses me the way it did when it was fresh and new back in the fall, I decided to make one last ditch ever to find some love in my heart for this cancer fighting, immune boosting, fibre - tastic fruit that everyone thinks is a vegetable and turn it into something we all know and love.

There are no televisions in the room but instead you'll find water colours, paper and brushes, you don't need to be an artist to get creative, it's all about amusing yourself as a way of focusing on being in the NOW.

On the way there were plenty of amusing team radio messages, calling the lack of power «embarrassing, just embarrassing,» telling his engineer the race was «just a test», and saying that being passed by other cars «doesn't change my life».

Either way, Monday evening's show should be an amusing affair, in light of the weekend's thrilling contest at Old Trafford.

This otherwise standard sports bio offers little in the way of new information on the Houston Rockets All - Star but does engage in some amusing connect - the - dots.

Albeit it's understandable that the acquisition of Sanchez, and the subsequent changes in formation, hasn't helped matters for Rosicky, the 34 - year old would not be amused by falling way behind in the Arsenal pecking order.

Ian Poulter was not amused by the way he sliced his ball into the heavy gorse off the 16th tee at Gullane Golf Club on his way to a missed cut at the Scottish Open, but he has to earn style points for the way he stuck his over-the-head, behind - the - back club toss, complete with a sort of backwards Tiger Woods club twirl.

Mr Manfred's assessment of relief pitchers and their impact on the end of the game is, to put it one way, amusing.

I often get amused by the way some of us feel so passionately about Arsenal's glorious years after Wenger's departure.

The Tottenham survey is amusing, but I would guess that that question was automatically inserted by the programming as a way of getting information on the responder's demographics without asking them directly.

Pablo Picasso is one of the most celebrated artists in the world, and this amusing book shows his life in a remarkably original way.

They want me to entertain them, of course, but left to their own devices, without the TV, they find all sorts of ways to amuse themselves: playing with their building toys, making elaborate make - believe scenarios.

I find it both mildly disturbing and amusing that you think that the entire beef eating population, some of whom have died after eating pink slime by the way, should somehow feel bad for a handful of people who had no problem at all whatsoever pushing such a disgusting product onto an unsuspecting populace.

Our boys - now 11 and 9 - and Margaret were visibly surprised and amused in a positive way when I whipped these questions out over dinner the other evening -» t was a fun exercise, one that gave the four of us an opportunity to learn how each of us feels about the life we are creating together.

And just think of the various ways in which this tool (the technology, not the candidate) could be used to amuse your friends or torment your enemies.

Regardless of how useful a feature this is, I'm sure the VAN's programmers had fun with it... and keeping the techies amused is a good way to keep them working.

In that way it's more of an amusing lecture than a piece of stand - up brilliance or incisive satire, but nonetheless for those with a particular political disposition it ticks a lot of boxes.

«The normal incentive, the theoretical democratic check and balance doesn't exist; is tilted way in favor of the executive,» said a clearly amused Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

In contrast, applications like tumblr.com, which allow users to combine pictures, words and other media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickiness by amusing, entertaining and enlightening others — and engendering more of the same.

So he gets these exotic plants — and in some cases nobody has seen the pollinator — but he is able to predict what the pollinator is like just by looking at the structure of the plant; and this, in a way, is kind of [an] independent test of his theory and a very amusing one and is one that will also get him a lot of pleasure.

Whereas Chanel had no formal education but a great deal of experience of the ways of the world, Schiaparelli was from Italian upper middle - class academic stock, which gave her the assurance to make fashion not just amusing but outrageously so.

But, think of it this way: you can always tuck these deal breakers away as fodder for the amusing stories that will inevitably be told after your current date wonders, «I have to ask you, why on earth did you write please do not respond if you have any interest in ornithology, whatsoever!»

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In the treacherous, amusing and sometimes rewarding world of online dating, Donald Trump has become the newest way to find — or reject — a romantic match.

That might not sound like a big deal but if this was a real dating service they wouldn't go out of their way to tell you that it is a place built to entertain and amuse you.

This is probably one of the most amusing ways to find another person that leaves near you and is also interested in some casual online dating.

So big props to Anna for facing these idiots head on, and showing them what she thinks of them, in such a visual, amusing way.

These dating apps, though looked amusing and exciting, have impacted the social behavior and modifying the way of social communication.

A few little improved lines from Fey deliver laughs, and an extended bit where Ferrell summons the ghost of Brando - as - Jor - El to effectively teach Hal the ways of caped heroism is amusing.

In the end you can say the film lack entertainment, yeah there's enough to keep you amused for 100 minutes but the film uses all of it's tricks way too soon withou going deep into the themes it tres to explore.

The way the kids talk in a combination of proper English and Valley slang is amusing (the «Just Say Nay» campaign didn't reach the kids smelling incense in a carriage), but the humor drops off steadily from here on out.

Darwin describes the Tierra del Fuegan children's gleeful tossing of Western clothes and teachings in a way that suggests he's amused by the experiment's failure, and even draws some instruction from it.

But the way they start to explore with lasers at the ready, the dialog and the fact you know most of the crew are dispensable accept for the main three leads and the young cook is amusing.

What Levine does have is a gently gruesome way of amusing us, converting the uneasiness of a wooer from another species into the everyday anxieties of a young man around a girl he likes.

All of the elements come together in such a sublime way, the result is a film that amuses and entertains at an exhilarating, breakneck pace.

An amusing Jeffrey Dean Morgan is featured as a cowboy of an agent from a clandestine government agency, and Malin Akerman and Jake Lacy play the corrupt, brother - and - sister moguls who started this mess — and get what's coming to them in gruesome ways.