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Something New Learned - Disney World
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%
See Molly we aren't the only ones.
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Showing posts with label Something New. Show all posts
Something New Learned - Snoring Law
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
In Massachusetts - Snoring is prohibited by law unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
So if I open a window Hubby has to stop snoring or face jail time.
Hmmmm...... What would you do for a good night's sleep?
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Something New Learned - Baseball and the Moon
You should learn something new everyday then I guess you can go back to bed.
The power of words is amazing.
In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.
So watch what you say and say what you mean because once it is out there - there is no taking it back.
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Something New Learned - Eating Spiders in Your Sleep
You should learn something new everyday then I guess you can go back to bed.
MYTH: You swallow an average of 5 spiders every year as you sleep.
This tasty little myth came up at Easter dinner yesterday. Yum! After a little research it appears that it is possible to swallow a spider in your sleep but not probable. Spiders, while not ranked among the most intelligent of animals, are apparently thought by spider experts to be smart enough not to take refuge in the dark, humid and breathing hole we call a mouth. Though no one can totally discount the possibility it does appear to not be as pervasive a problem as 5 spiders eaten per year per person. I guess that makes me feel somewhat better.
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Something New Learned
You should learn something new everyday then I guess you can go back to bed.
After this one though please don't go back to bed. Go out and learn more.
After this one though please don't go back to bed. Go out and learn more.
There is an area of the Pacific Ocean that is estimated to be twice the size of Texas called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is a gyre of marine debris or more accurately a floating patch of trash, mostly plastics. And most frighteningly it is growing. All plastic ever created still exists in our environment in one form or another. It never goes away, ever. Some you can still recognize as the baby doll from your childhood or the milk jug from breakfast. Others have broken down to microscopic size bits ingested by plankton then fish and other marine life and then in many cases you!
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1) Research these terms Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Eastern Garbage Patch and North Pacific Gyre
2) Watch this video The Garbage Patch
Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
The economy sucks and the government is thinking give money away, tax less, tax more and of course creating committees. Basically same old ideas just being thrown out there with no real idea of their ability to turn things around. Time to think outside the box as American Airlines apparently did in 1987.
Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000
Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is the fear of long words.
"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is the fear of long words.
I love irony. Don't you?
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Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
A housefly spends its entire life within a few hundred feet of where it was born.
That really sheds a new light on the shooing vs swatting debate.
Doesn't it?
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Doesn't it?
Something New Learned - Facebook vs Privacy
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
We've all seen the news reports in recent days like MSNBCs article by Bob Sullivan Didn't You Know? Facebook is forever . Don't be so quick to dismiss its message. Basically it says that even if you delete Facebook items or your whole account for that matter the information may survive and is the property of Facebook. Just think of your future employers or worse yet future teenage sons and daughters getting ahold of those questionable yet currently hysterical tagged photos or Wall posts. Today who cares but what will tomorrow bring? Don't be so quick to give up your Privacy without at least knowing your options. This particular MSNBC article references another article by Nick O'Neil that you should definitely check out 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know.
Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
I never know when or where I'll be exposed to some new kernel of information that rounds out my perspective on this vast universe of ours. Keeping an open mind, I can learn something new from anyone at anytime. My most recent acquisition in the Something New Learned category came when Steve and I were out on a romantic dinner date this past weekend for Valentines Day. The subject of this "something new" should give you a glimpse into the type of sweet nothings my lover boy is man enough to whisper in a crowded restaurant. Here goes (ladies pay particular attention):
The Drop Kick is still a legal play in the NFL rulebook. The what? (Picture as I say this my head shaking with palms upward and eyebrows knit tightly together in an obvious display of my shocked incomprehension.) A drop kick is when someone drops the football then kicks it as it hits or just after it hits the ground. On January 1, 2006, Doug Flutie, playing for the New England Patriots, was the only player to successfully score using a drop kick since 1941. WOW... I guess.
Not only was this non sequitur a bizarre addition to our Valentine's date conversation but I was inexplicably intrigued and Steve spent several enthusiastic minutes making sure all of my questions were answered. I know ladies you're jealous. Who wouldn't be? Talking little known football rules at a romantic dinner; could it get any better? Sorry, but this sweet talker is all mine.
Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
Some people can, in fact, sneeze with their eyes open and, no, their eyes do not pop out. Wow!
Closing your eyes while sneezing is a bodily reflex whose purpose mystifies the scientific community but it is not, as rumored, done to keep your eyes from popping out of your head. Some people just don't have this reflex but do have eyes so... You do the math.
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Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
Yellow Post-It Notes can be used like White-out but are not so permanent. Tear or cut Post-It to correct size. Place Post-It over areas you want covered then photo copy page. On the copy you will not see where the Post-It Note was and after removing Post-It your original is still intact.
Something New Learned
You should learn something new every day then I guess you can go back to bed.
I learned this one from one of those dreaded Fw:Fw:Fw:Fw: emails. I usually never read them but this one was chock full of useless information that just cried out for a read. I forget everything except one tidbit of info that has changed my life as I am sure it will yours.
Peel your bananas from the bottom and you will not get those annoying strings.
The email said that is how monkeys do it in the wild. I don't know about that but it does work. I will never peel a banana from the stem again. Give it a try and let me know how it works.
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