Category: Random Thoughts
Man, I have a headache; the spots look like marshmallows. So I came home this evening, with my head throbbing, and discovered that my dog is a bit under the weather. I’m actually not sure what her problem is, but there seems to be a sensitive spot on her side …
A full standing prime rib is 7 ribs, about 15 pounds, and large enough to feed up to 14 people. Prime rib is “standing” when the bones are included in the roast, allowing the roast to stand by itself. It’s important to keep in mind that just because you have …
I would love to list all the different hours for all the different stores open on Christmas Day, but that would take far too long and quite frankly, I’d rather sit on my couch and watch Scrooged with Bill Murray – my all time favorite Christmas movie.…
Christmas is 3 weeks from today (Thursday), which means after Christmas sales start 3 weeks and 1 day from today. Some of the absolute best deals in retail are the after Christmas sales. You can buy stuff that you didn’t get for Christmas, or be an early bird and stock …
There are museums with weird stuff, and then there are museums of weird stuff. The folks over at Mental Floss have a great list of “12 Oddly Specific Museums Preserving Our History” (here). Here are a few weirder of the weird museums: National Museum of Funeral History It’s pretty hard …
For those of you who don’t know, I spend the daylight hours as an Office Manager and Transaction Coordinator for a real estate company in Northern California – that’s where my title ends, but my duties go way beyond, ultimately landing me as the all around “go-to” person; when all …
Q: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter? A: Pumpkin Pi. Q: How do you make a witch stew? A: Keep her waiting for hours. Q: How do ghosts begin their letters? A: “Tomb it may concern…” Q: What happened to the …
Christopher Columbus was commissioned by the Queen of Spain to go to India. He missed his target – by a lot. And now we have a day in October when we observe that mistake. Ahh, America; there’s nothing like rewarding idiots.…
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News Oct. 10, 2008 — The first documented virgin shark birth seemed like an odd miracle, but now a second female has become pregnant sans daddy, adding to the evidence that female sharks don’t always need a male to conceive, according to a new study.…
Yes, that kind of human waste. SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.…
And I thought Americans were insensitive….. Italians are expressing outrage over published photos that show beachgoers near Naples going about their day as the bodies of two Roma girls lay on the shore. The girls had drowned earlier in the day, but the tragedy draws attention to what one group …
Happy Hump Day! Eighth Place In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys. Seventh Place A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who ‘totally zoned when he ran,’ accidentally, jogged off a …
Hi, my name is Hilary and I have road rage. Nothing reckless or dangerous, mind you, just loud and vulgar. I have come to the conclusion that 90% of drivers get in their cars, get on the road, and tune out the world.…
How to Make an Origami Jumping Frog from an Index Card from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Origami can be a fun activity for people of all ages. This easy-to-make jumping frog can be made in about three minutes and can provide hours of entertainment.…
I’m going to share a secret with you. When I wake up on Monday mornings, I hear Dolly Parton. Seriously. I’m the first person to admit there are many voices in my head; and on Monday mornings, Dolly Parton is one of them.…