- recently, unbeknownst to me, i experienced saccadic masking while inspecting my eyes in the mirror.
- dispite my hatred for OTC drugs, their use may aid in recovery purely by symptom reduction. example: i used a nasal spray to be able to breathe during the evening, therefore keeping cold air from entering my throat and mouth throughout the evening, quite possibly agitating my sensitive throat.
- it is estimated that 100 billion people have died since humans began.
- rhodium is a noble metal; inert. Unlike 'noble gases' which are an allusion to the similarly unreactive noble metals, so called due to their preciousness and resistance to corrosion.
- sintering: a method of making objects from powder by heating it until its particles adhere to each other.
- shaking salt on your beverage napkin will keep the bottle or glass from sticking to it.
- every mammal can jump...except elephants.
- bombay is now called mumbai.
- there are 2 equinoxes, the vernal and autumnal. these mark the time when the sun crosses directly over the earth's equator and the day and night are of equal duration.
- L Ron Hubbard was the only US Naval Commander to bomb Mexico in the last 150 years. After accidentally doing practice bombing on a Mexico island during World War 2, he was relieved of command.
- The Soviet Union's total population as of its final census, in January 1989, was 286,717,000, making it the third most populous country in the world, after China and India. - now 16 years later and after the split up of the USSR - Russias population is a mere 143,420,309 w/ 1.1 % of the population infected with HIV. Thanks, Chris
- VI is a very powerful text editor that i should really take advantage of.
- earl grey tea is just a black tea blend with bergamot oil added for fregrance and flavor. the bergamot is a small pear shaped citrus fruit that is very sour.
- for the first 4 days of a babies life milk is not excreted from a mothers breast, but rather amino acids with proteins for building up the child's immune system to a tolerable level.
- mirrors in workout rooms aren't for gloating, they are for checking your form to make sure everything is in line and correct. huh...
- if you get into an accident and have custom license plates, take both of them off and keep them before the tow truck comes. you'll lose your right to them if you lose them.
- digitalis is a drug that strengthens the contraction of the heart muscle, slows the heart rate and helps eliminate fluid from body tissues and has been described in medical literature for over 200 years. it is derived from the foxglove plant.
- sony's blu-ray discs hold 25gb of data on one layer, while also having 2 extra layers to hold 8.5gb of legacy dvd data. very cool!
- an army salute is with the right arm, palm down. the british salute is with the palm facing out. if you want to piss off a jarhead, use your left arm.
- a glass bottle can be broken by putting a little sand into it and shaking vigorously. it's mainly the scraping action, not the weight of the sand, that causes the glass to break.
- the trip from rome to venice is about 5 hours (3 if you are a an italian driver). tuscany and umbria provinces are ideal places for a country-side house. going price for a medium size, restored farm house is around $400,000.
- bulls are color blind. if you were wave a yellow flag instead of a red one, you would find there is no difference.
- pus is nothing more than a mass of white blood cells
- duct tape was actually DUCK tape back in the day. the army used it for taping up boats. they now refer to it as '100 mile an hour' tape. it's crazy mad strong shit.
- Little ol' Spinochordodes tellinii or the hairworm. This little guy likes to find his way inside grasshoppers, crickets and other plant-eating insects. Once inside he feeds on everything there. What few organs the grasshoppers have S. tellinii will gobble up. He'll almost completely drain them of hemolymph and he'll chew away all of the meat underneath their exoskeleton. By the time S. tellinii is done there will be little more than a shell with legs and a brain.
But S. tellinii isn't satisfied, oh no, he needs water to reproduce so he turns his attention to the last remaining sweetmeat inside his host. S. tellinii begins secreting controlling proteins into the grasshopper's simplistic brain and remote pilots the poor host to the nearest body of water. Once there the bug gets one last order from S. tellinii to take the plunge and then without a thank you or a goodbye the creature erupts from the still-twitching carcass, by then grown to a size usually several times the length of its host.
- quartz movement in watches is totally fucking fascinating.
- how to have total disgust for this country. the hurricane katrina tragedy could have totally been prevented and so little casualties could have occurred.
- meatloaf tastes better the next day
- tif files can have multiple pages!
- i'm not getting any younger.
- do not forget to keep in contact with those who think of you
- black monday was october 19, 1987 and was the largest one day stock market decline in history.
- In 2002, ROBERT BUELL ordered his last meal before execution... A single black, unpitted olive. Actually, Buell was paying homage to to Victor Feguer, the last prisoner executed by the federal government until Timothy McVeigh. Feguer was hanged in 1963. His last meal--an olive with the pit still in it. He told prison officials that he hoped it would sprout from his body an olive tree -- a sign of peace. Feguer's body was unclaimed by family and was quickly taken away by a funeral home after the execution and buried. His unmarked grave in a barren corner of a public cemetery bears no olive tree.
- hiring movers is worth the money.
- microwaves and radio waves are at the far end of the light spectrum
- strawberries are the worst conventional (non-organic) food you can buy. they absorb pesticides like a sponge.
- being lazy makes you feel dead.
- i need to keep my drinking to an absolute minimum if i wish to remain happy.
- windows has favorites for filepaths everywhere...even in the open dialog!
- platinum is heavier than gold. gold is almost twice as heavy as lead.
- no one is ever really safe from terrorism. the war on terror cannot be "won".
- never ever fly southwest again
- calling before leaving for your flight to see if it's going to be on time is useless
- call before leaving for your flight to see if it's going to be on time
- to be very carefull of water changes and the temperature of the water in an aquarium
- death comes easy to tinfoil barbs
- Charles Bonnet Syndrome (hallucinations from a sane person during a clear state of mind)
- Sadam Hussain likes Doritos
