Some times I just want to eat him up, and other times I want to slap the stupid right out of him.
The other day before school I reminded Andrew he needed to brush his teeth. He went to the bathroom, shut the door and turned on the water. About three minutes later he came out of the bathroom. Occasionally I do spot checks. This was one of those days. Andrew gave me a half smile. I told him to come closer, he did. I did not smell toothpaste on him. I told him to show me all his teeth.
That’s right….he did not brush them.
My question is why? Why would he go to the bathroom and turn on the water and stay in there for several minutes and not brush his teeth? Why? I do not understand what he was thinking. Why would he not want to brush his teeth?
Of course, I marched right back to the bathroom.
Picture shown was taken with brushed teeth and half a smile.
“Be who you are and say what you feel…
Because those that matter… don’t mind…
And those that mind… don’t matter.”
~Dr. Seuss
What is Generation Y?
I’ve always wondered this myself. Now I know.
-The Silent generation, people born before 1946
-The Baby Boomers, people born between 1946 and 1959
-Generation X, people born between 1960 and 1979
- Generation Y, people born between 1980 and 1995
Why do we call the last one generation Y?
I did not know, but a Quebec, Canada cartoonist explains it eloquently below…Learned something new today!
Thanks James
Wow! Talk about having faith. I know for a fact I do not have this kind of faith.
HAGERSTOWN, MD – Woman leaves $40,000 at Md. shrine for safekeeping.
A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
Operators of the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg thought they had been blessed with a big donation when a groundskeeper found the two plastic freezer bags filled with gold and silver while raking leaves.
But Shrine Director William Tronolone said the woman approached him after a noon Mass Sunday, six days after the discovery, to ask whether anyone had found some coins she had hidden beneath fallen leaves at the site on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University.
“I said, ‘Why did you leave it there?’ And she said, ‘Well, I had to go away and I was afraid to leave it and I wanted the Blessed Mother to watch over it for me — and evidently she did because you found it,’” Tronolone said.
The 100 Best Quotes from the Wire
Kottke has the 100 best quotes from The Wire. I don’t know if these are really the best, but watching the 10 minute clip was a lovely trip down memory lane. For the uninitiated, The Wire is the best drama to grace television in the history of TV. If you’ve never seen it, go add it to your Netflix queue. If you don’t have a Netflix queue and you’ve never seen The Wire…well, then, there’s really no hope for you.
“Indeed” –Omar
Thanks again James
I was watching this commercial and it made me stop and think, is it really the lowest calorie nut?
Here are some interesting facts I learned about Pistachios in my quest to find the truth.
- Pistachios have more antioxidants than green tea.
- An appetite suppressing compound called oleoylethanolamide was recently discovered in monounsaturated FAT. Fifty-five percent of the fat in pistachios is monounsaturated fat.
- Pistachios offer more cholesterol fighting phytosterols than any other nut..
- Pistachios have more potassium than any other nut. One serving of pistachios has more potassium than half of a large banana?
- The green color in pistachios comes from a compound called lutein which helps to prevent the most common form of blindness in older adults.
- Pistachios has 3 grams of fiber, more than any other nut. I would have to eat three plums to get the same amount of fiber as in one serving of pistachios.
- February 26th is National Pistachio Day
- Pistachios have the largest serving size of all nuts. One serving is about one ounce, which is 49 kernels and only 160 calories. The lowest calorie amount of all nuts and tied with cashews. The difference is it only takes 18 cashews to equal one ounce.
With all that goodness, and especially the appetite suppressing compound, I will be getting pistachios on my next trip to the grocery store. 
Thanks James
Danvers, Mass: Principal bans students from saying ‘Meep!’
Who knew “Meep!” was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of “The Muppet Show” has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Principal Thomas Murray said the word was part of a disruption planned using Facebook.
The Salem News reports that parents recently got an automated call about “Meep!” from Murray. He warned them that students who said or displayed the word at school could be suspended.
Murray says the warning was needed because students didn’t heed his “reasonable request” to stop the meeping.
Danvers High sophomore Melanie Crane says it doesn’t mean anything in particular.
I searched for Beaker from the Muppets and found this video, it’s all Meeping.
Thanks James
Do you have paraskavedekatriaphobia? (Pronunciation Tip: Treat this as 5 separate words: para skave deka tria phobia… Now try to spell it!) I do not. I do, however, think I have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – the fear of long words.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia is a fear of Friday the 13th. Different from triskaidekaphobia, which is just fear of the number thirteen.
21 million Americans are afraid of Friday the 13th.
- Many will postpone travel
- Not go to work
- Not cut their hair for fear that someone in their family will die
- Avoid conducting meetings
- Some will not even get out of bed until Saturday the 14th
Fear of the number 13 is seen throughout our society
Many high-rises do not have a 13th floor.
- Many airports skip the 13th gate.
- Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
- Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13
- Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
- The explosion of Apollo 13, took off at exactly 1:13 p.m. (1313 military time) on 4/11/70. (Digits that add up to 13… 4+11+70=85, 8+5=13)
I’m sure most of you have heard this clip. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Just a reminder, don’t give lottery tickets for the Holiday’s unless you are willing to accept that the recipient could win.
I’m not sure how we came across this show on Comedy Central, but it is freaking crazy.
… viewers get the chance to star in the weekly series, “Secret Girlfriend,” a unique comedy shot in the first-person format from FremantleMedia North America. Based on Atomicwedgietv.com’s ground-breaking comedy series, ”Secret Girlfriend” breaks the fourth wall with a first person format that makes the viewer the central character in the irreverent life of a 20-something single guy, his two best friends and roommates, “Phil” (Derek Miller) and “Sam” (Michael Blaiklock), and the two women in his life he’s trying to keep secret from each other – psycho ex-girlfriend, “Mandy,” (Alexis Krause), and new girlfriend, “Jessica,” (Sara E.R. Fletcher). Each episode of “Secret Girlfriend” contains two back-to-back 11-minute scripted mini-sodes.
A little on the naughty side and totally directed at the male population. If you can get past the half naked chicks it is stupid funny. If you take life to seriously, you will not like this show. On the other hand, if you are not too serious and need something crazy to watch to get your mind off of the rat race we call life, then you will get a kick out of it. This show is not for everyone. I think it is one of those shows that people will either love or hate, there is no in between.
