This morning, while standing in line at Cumberland Farms, a pen caught my eye. There is a saying on it:
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way." Booker T. Washington
I bought the pen. Hmmm I wonder if it works.
Thursday, January 22, 2004
More Junk Email
You know those really dorky survey type emails that run ramped from time to time? The ones that ask you if you like chocolate or vanilla, and what your favorite color is. I think it's time for a new one. One that asks the daring questions we really care about the answers to.
Notice I used the work "we". That means I need your help. Think of a question or two you think should be included in the New And Improved Survey and send them to me ( suz@divamind ). I wont make public who sent in what questions, but I'll put them all together and send them out.
Just think, five years from now, when you're bored enough to read junk email, and the New and Improved Survey has found it's way to you for the seventy ninth time, you can say to yourself "Hey, I wrote that question."
Notice I used the work "we". That means I need your help. Think of a question or two you think should be included in the New And Improved Survey and send them to me ( suz@divamind ). I wont make public who sent in what questions, but I'll put them all together and send them out.
Just think, five years from now, when you're bored enough to read junk email, and the New and Improved Survey has found it's way to you for the seventy ninth time, you can say to yourself "Hey, I wrote that question."
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Random Things To Waste Brain Power Thinking About
Can anyone disprove any of these facts? They showed up in my email box, and there must be at least a couple that aren't true.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Back up - and almost running
The new puter is home, and connected. Much left to do to get it 'running', but it's nice to be back in touch with the outside world again.
Saturday, January 10, 2004
Don't Worry, Be Happy
I always wondered what they looked like from behind. Actually, I hadn't given it a second thought, but I couldn't think of anything else to say.
Friday, January 9, 2004
80's Music Quiz
My sister sent me this fill in the blanks 80's Music Quiz. I haven't completed the quiz yet (it's 100 fill in the blank questions), but I was rather surprised by how much came whirling back into my mind. I need to go now. I need to dig out some old tapes and get a few songs out of my mind.
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
It's Intro Time
My Zoo:
Tom, a Border Terrier, is our newest addition.
Baby + Big Boy Bandit are the resident pains in the butt.
Sam the Sucker.... I'm not sure what he is.
Nick - the worlds lamest turtle. We love him anyway.
Sammi Snake - every boy needs a snake.
Scabbers - left over Sammi Snake food.
It's a cute story for another time.
And finally, the human zoo, er... I mean family.
A Mom, a Dad, their kids, and their kids' kids.
There is another addition since this picture was taken.
Tom, a Border Terrier, is our newest addition.
Baby + Big Boy Bandit are the resident pains in the butt.
Sam the Sucker.... I'm not sure what he is.
Nick - the worlds lamest turtle. We love him anyway.
Sammi Snake - every boy needs a snake.
Scabbers - left over Sammi Snake food.
It's a cute story for another time.
And finally, the human zoo, er... I mean family.
A Mom, a Dad, their kids, and their kids' kids.
There is another addition since this picture was taken.
Monday, January 5, 2004
Tracy and Suz watching hockey
Sent to me by Tracy
There are benefits to having friends that don't 'do' hockey. One night while Tracy and a few other friends where over hanging out, a Bruins game came on. Tracy being the wonderful friend she is, decided rather than beg me to turn off the game (and watch me pout all night), she'd make it fun for all of us. Tracy made up a drinking game to go along with the hockey game. I picked a players name, and every time the commentators said the name, we all drank. As we all got into both the drinking and hockey games, we began taking turns picking players names. Everything was going along fine until it was Tracy's turn to pick. Being a complete non hockey fan, the only name she knew was Ray Bourque. There is a reason most non hockey fans know the name Ray Bourque. He was just that damn good. This also means he touched the puck (therefore having the commentators say his name) every few seconds. The game ended with a bunch of drunk people trying to remember how many drinks they still had to take. It was fun.
There are benefits to having friends that don't 'do' hockey. One night while Tracy and a few other friends where over hanging out, a Bruins game came on. Tracy being the wonderful friend she is, decided rather than beg me to turn off the game (and watch me pout all night), she'd make it fun for all of us. Tracy made up a drinking game to go along with the hockey game. I picked a players name, and every time the commentators said the name, we all drank. As we all got into both the drinking and hockey games, we began taking turns picking players names. Everything was going along fine until it was Tracy's turn to pick. Being a complete non hockey fan, the only name she knew was Ray Bourque. There is a reason most non hockey fans know the name Ray Bourque. He was just that damn good. This also means he touched the puck (therefore having the commentators say his name) every few seconds. The game ended with a bunch of drunk people trying to remember how many drinks they still had to take. It was fun.
Sunday, January 4, 2004
Have a tissue handy
Just before my late brother was moved from the funeral home to the church, the funeral director, Dennis, read a couple poems to a small group of family. This was one of them.
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, 'There she goes!'
Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says, 'There she goes!' there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts 'Here she comes!'
Corey did some quick looking and discovered there is one more line to this poem:
And that is dying.
She also discovered the author is Henry Van Dyke
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, 'There she goes!'
Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says, 'There she goes!' there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts 'Here she comes!'
Corey did some quick looking and discovered there is one more line to this poem:
And that is dying.
She also discovered the author is Henry Van Dyke
Saturday, January 3, 2004
Oh Crap These Guys Are Big
(Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee)
Maple Leaf Bryan McCabe is held back by linesman Kevin Collins as he goes after Bruins Martin Lapointe.
I wonder if Kevin Collins in questioning his decision not to wear a helmet?
Baby's First
It seams a good idea to make the first picture on this blog be a picture of "my" baby enjoying his first Oreo on the first day of the new year. He seams to have figured out exactly what to do with it!
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