LAZY BONES??

Here’s some fun for the day....

TRIVIA:  (Answer below)

Who was Liza Minnelli’s famous mother?

JOKE:   

I remember one time I told my doctor that I had a ringing in my ears.

His advice:  “Don’t answer it”

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

We have a two-fold problem with God.  We ask too little and we want it too quick.

QUOTE:

“I’ll tell you how to stay young: Hang around with older people.”
(Bob Hope)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

I was on the Kroger website the other day (you know me & my grocery store) & I was loading online coupons onto my Kroger card.  A product popped up.   It was spray-on Vaseline Intensive Care lotion.   I was like ‘oh my word, seriously?’.  So I guess now it’s too much effort to pump the lotion & rub it on.  That’ll wear someone out ya’ know.   Hey, for a non-exercise girl like me, that counts as one of my workouts.  If I start spraying my lotion on, I’ll gain 10 pounds.  The spray-on lotion got me to thinking about how we’re a bit of a lazy society.  I’ve figured out the root of the problem and what started it all.  It’s the TV Remote control.  When I was a kid we had 3 channels on the TV.  If we wanted to change it, we had to get up, go to the TV & change the channel.   Whew.  That’s a lot of work.  I’m worn out just thinking about it.  Nowadays, if I can’t find the remote, I’ll exert way more effort walking around the house looking for it than it would take to go to the TV & change it.  Of course, it’s not so easy to change the channel on a TV anymore, so I guess it makes sense.  There’s a certain bewilderment/lost feeling that comes with losing the remote.  It’s similar to losing your cell phone.  It’s kind of a ‘how can I make it now?’ kind of feeling.   I just stand there helpless hoping the remote will drop into my hands from the sky.  (I also always seem to not be able to find the remote when a commercial is on blasting my eardrums & I want to mute it.  This adds a frenzy to my remote search)  So, I guess I need to accept that it’s a spray-on, lazy bones type world.  I can spray on my lotion, spray on my tan and spray on my makeup.   Now, if I can just get spray-on food then I could sit on the couch and get moisturized, beautified, entertained, tanned & fed.   Wait a minute.......I’m still going to have to brush my own hair.   Wow......life is so hard.....

TRIVIA ANSWER:

Judy Garland

Until next time.....

GOOD FRIDAY MESSAGE

Usually my blog involves humor, jokes and trivia, but for today I want to go in a different direction in honor of Good Friday.   As I'm typing this, it is theThursday night before Easter.  I often contemplate about what was taking place through the night so many years ago as Jesus was taken from the garden to face his destiny.   I think of how people were sleeping through the night as he began to face such horrific trials.

I have a tradition that I've followed every Good Friday since "The Passion Of the Christ" movie was released.  I turn out the lights, shut the blinds, and watch "The Passion".    This movie really helps me to feel what Jesus went through for me.  If you don't have the DVD, the entire movie is usually available on YouTube.  I've attached the scene in which Jesus is flogged before being crucified.   Flogging on it’s own could have killed Jesus.  The usual procedure was to bare the upper half of the person’s body, tie their hands to a pillar and then whip them with a three-pronged whip with pieces of lead in the prongs.   This is just one of the many agonies Jesus went through for us.  This puts so much of my life in perspective.  Regardless of what I've been through, or what I'm going through, when I watch this scene It really helps me to see and understand what Jesus went through for me.   Anything I've gone through in life pales in comparison to what He experienced.

People often make fun of Christians, even more so in recent years.  Christians will get plenty of hatred from the world.  (John 16: 20 “.....Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you....”)   The world’s values are often opposite of God’s values.  This can cause Christians to feel like outcasts sometimes.  Believers can take courage from the fact that Jesus himself was mocked more than most people will ever experience.  Taunting may be hurtful, but we should never let it change what is true.  Keep the faith.

Jesus volunteered for this sacrifice and this torture.  He did this for you & He loves you.  Take a moment today to think upon this awesome truth.   Jesus’ sacrifice is truly the greatest act of genuine love in all of history.   

(Here’s the scene I mentioned above.  The part I was referring to takes place about 4 minutes into the clip )

http://youtu.be/FsEjSF84z4U

Until next time.......

SLEEPYTIME ROUTINES

Here's some fun for the day......

TRIVIA: (ANSWER BELOW)
What is the world’s fastest dog?

JOKE:

Q:  Why are all the frogs around here dead?

A:  Because they keep croaking.

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

God’s delays are not necessarily God’s denials.   We have to learn that there is a big difference between ‘no’ and ‘not yet’.

QUOTE:

“Housework can’t kill you but why take a chance.”
(Phyllis Diller)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I was pondering on sleepytime routines the other day.  We all have them.  You know, things like whether or not we need noise to go to sleep.  I’m a ‘noiser’ as I call it.   Silence drives me crazy when I’m trying to go to sleep.  There’s lots of options for the ‘noisers’ of the world.   Fans, television, music, someone humming the theme song to “Friends”....ok, maybe not that last one.   My noise of choice is a Humidifier.  I can make it soft, or I can crank it up to sound like an airplane is flying in the room.   Growing up, I would listen to my radio.  My selection of choice was “Mystery theater”.   I had one of those ‘first’ digital radio clocks.  The type where the numbers flipped down each minute.  I always liked the sound of the numbers flipping too.   If you are too young to know what I’m talking about, google ‘flip clock’.  I also used to have to leave my door open just slightly so a little bit of light could come in.  Or have a nightlight.   I’m not as beholden to the door open now and I’m the opposite on the light.   I need it pitch black and cover up my alarm clock so that light is covered.  Hotel rooms can drive one crazy because you can never seem to get those curtains completely closed and there’s that little crack of light coming in.  It can drive those that like total darkness crazy.  (that’s where sleep masks come in handy)  Last , but not least,  I have to have chapstick, lotion, and water on the night stand.  Those are must-haves nowadays.  So ponder a moment today on your own sleepytime routines.  Here’s hoping that everyone has a great night’s sleep and as “Motel 6” likes to say.....‘we’ll leave the light on for ya’.......( or turn it off....depending on your preference)

TRIVIA ANSWER: 
The Greyhound

Until next time.....

EGG-CUSE ME

Here’s some fun for the day

TRIVIA: (ANSWER BELOW)

What novel did Universal Studios pay Michael Crichton $2 million for before it was even published?

JOKE: 

Q:  What day do eggs hate most?
A:  Fry-day

TRICIA TWEET OF THE DAY:

Let God work in His time & in His way to do something big.  Too often we get impatient for a response & we aim too low for an answer.

QUOTE:
“When my mother would have to get dinner for 8 she’d just make enough for 16 and only serve half.”
(Gracie Allen)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

The other day I suggested that people of America switch Easter Egg hunts from hunting hard-boiled eggs & plastic eggs to hunting scrambled eggs.  This method would make the hunt much easier.  Well, I got lots of letters & emails from other styles of eggs all expressing to me that they felt left out.  Omelets, Poached eggs and Over Easy eggs were upset with me.  Even Snow White’s cousin Egg White wanted to be included.  He was an Egg-stra in the Snow White movie.  He tells dozens of yolks, he’s always cracking me up.  So, I figure, these eggs should be in the hunt too.   Hey, the more the merrier, so let’s turn the backyard this into a bevy of eggdom.  Add them all. Little kids could carry frying pans instead of baskets to collect their eggs.  Those kids on the poached egg quest could carry an English Muffin, a slice of cheese & some Canadian bacon and they’d have their very own Egg McMuffin.   The stores these days may have some pretty fancy plastic eggs with their glitter, cartoon characters & such, but for this year’s Easter Egg hunts.....let’s all kick it up a notch & give the cooked eggs of the world a chance to join in the fun.  So.....fire up the frying pan......and remember to always keep your Sunny Side Up.

TRIVIA  ANSWER:

Jurassic Park

Until next time.......

ALARM CLOCK WOES

Here’s some fun for the day......

TRIVIA: (ANSWER BELOW)

In which comic book did Galactus first appear?

JOKE:

Q:  What did one snowman say to the other?

A:  Do you smell carrots?

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY

People tend to become like those they spend time with.  Choose people with characteristics you would like to develop in your own life

QUOTE:
“When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.”
(Gracie Allen)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
Most people aren’t overly enthused when their alarm clock goes off in the morning.  Here’s a situation that’s never fun in regards to alarm clocks.  It’s when you wake up before the alarm goes off & you’re convinced it’s the middle of the night.  You’re all cozy & you adjust your pillow thinking you have hours left to go.  Then you happen to glance at the clock & it’s 20 minutes before you’re supposed to get up.  Oh my word, what a kick in the gut that is.  There’s not enough time to go back to sleep, but you don’t want to get up 20 minutes early either.   So you just lay there stewing & checking the clock every couple of minutes & thinking how you got ripped off of 20 minutes sleep.   On the other end of the spectrum are the mini-gift alarm clock moments.  Those occur when you wake up and think it’s almost time to get up then you glance at the clock and it’s the middle of the night.  You’ve still got hours to go. Yippee!  What a nice mini-gift.  It’s the little things in life....

TRIVIA ANSWER:

The Fantastic Four

Until next time......

EASTER EGG HUNTS

Here’s some fun for the day.....

TRIVIA: (Answer below)

(True or False) - You can cook an egg in its shell in the microwave.

JOKE:

Q:  How did the egg leave the highway?

A:  Through the eggs-it.

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

Don’t let what’s wrong with your circumstances keep you from worshipping what’s right with God.

QUOTE:

"Sometimes I talk to myself fluently in languages I'm unfamiliar with."

(Steven Wright)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

It’s that time of year where kids around America will soon be hunting Easter Eggs.  When I was a little kid, I would get so stressed out over the hunt.  My brother Trent & my cousin Bobby were extremely competitive & would always get the majority of the eggs.  They’d have basketfuls & I have about two.  As years passed, my parent’s tried to help me out by secretly pointing out the hidden eggs.  Trent & Bobby caught on to that quickly & would watch my parents & then beat me to the eggs.  Sometimes they’d let me get almost to the egg and then zoom in like a hawk and swipe the egg right as I was about to grab it.   I was an easy target.  In honor of all the timid, sheepish children of the world, I have an idea.  It’s a new kind of Easter Egg hunt.   Instead of hard-boiled eggs and plastic eggs, let the kids hunt for scrambled eggs.  Take a huge batch of scrambled eggs, color them & then put them in a fertilizer spreader & spew them all over the yard.   Tons of egglet pieces everywhere.  This gives kids who are similar to me a better chance.   They’re are bound to get a couple of pieces.  I think is an ‘egg-ceptional’ idea.

TRIVIA ANSWER:

False

Until next time.....

Casual Friday

Here’s some fun for the day.....

TRIVIA: (Answer below)

What is the other name for the card game Patience?

(I should have used this trivia on Wednesday’s “Got Patience” entry)

JOKE:

Q:  What kind of flowers are on your face?

A:  Tulips.

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

An important choice you make every day is your attitude.  Your internal attitude is more important than your external circumstances.

QUOTE:

"When I was born the first word I said was 'quote' so that right before I die I could say 'unquote' "

(Steven Wright)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

Friday is approaching, or here already, depending on when you read this.  Tgif & Happy Friday to you.   Many places of business have what they call “Casual Friday”.  This is where the employees get to dress casual for the day.  I started thinking about different versions of “Casual Friday”.  What if “Casual Friday” was a day that you talked casual?  I imagined going to the grocery on this version of "Casual Friday" 

(I obviously spend a lot of time there)  I thought of what the scene would look like in “Casual Friday” talk when I go to the deli to buy sandwich meats.  I think it would sound like this.  I’d say “Yo.  Wassup.  Buff Chick, thick, pound.”  (deciphered - “Hello, I would like Buffalo Chicken breast slicked thick. One pound please”)  The deli worker would cut a sample slice, show it to me & say “Ite?” (“Is this thickness alright?”)  I’d tilt my head & do a cool, casual nod without saying a word.  When the deli worker had my order complete, they’d toss it casually like a frisbee directly into my shopping cart.  I’d say “T.K. to the U” ( “Thank You”) Then the deli worker would reply “No probs. That’s how we roll” ( “Happy to help.  That’s how we do things here at this grocery”)  I’m liking this version of “Casual Friday”......I may have to explore the concept & versions in the future.

TRIVIA ANSWER:

Solitaire

Until next time.....

Slooooww Motion....

Here’s some fun for the day.....

TRIVIA:  (Answer below)

What sense is most closely related to memory?

JOKE:  

Q:  Who does Pharaoh talk to when he is sad?

A:  His mummy

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

Every person we meet today is either a demolition site or construction opportunity.  Our words make a difference.  Will we tear down or build up?

QUOTE:

“If you fall, I’ll be there”

(I heard my floor say this the other day)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

Have you ever noticed how many movies & TV shows use slow motion to add that touch of dramatic flair?  I was thinking how it would be cool to have that effect in everyday life.  My trip to the grocery would have so much more panache.  First, there would be my dramatic slow motion walk into the grocery from my car...my hair slowly blowing in the breeze.   Then, things are normal until I get to the soft drink area & I grab a 12-pack of Coke.   Slow motion kicks in as I lift of the 12-pack and toss it in.  I do a dramatic slow motion glance up at the imaginary camera as I push the cart down the aisle with some slow motion swagger.  All is normal again until it’s time to pay.   The dramatic musical score slowly begins...the slow motion camera starts as I open my wallet...(drama is added as the imaginary audience wonders if I have my credit card) I add a knowing glance to the camera & slloooowwwlyy take out my........expired card......

(cue dramatic music here).........oh my......I guess it's back to the car with some slow motion style.

TRIVIA ANSWER:

Smell

Until next time.....

Got Patience??

Here’s some fun for the day.......

TRIVIA: 

Who became the first person to become a billionaire for writing books?

JOKE:

Q:  What did the traffic light say to the car?

A:  Don't look, I'm changing.

QUOTE: 

“Better to be patient on the road than a patient in the hospital.”

Anonymous

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

A person without conviction is at the mercy of circumstances.  If you don’t determine what’s important, other people will determine it for you

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

Do you know any ImP’s?  (rhymes with ‘chimp’)  An ImP is my made-up nickname for an Impatient Person.   There’s all type of areas to talk about in regards to patience.    As my Hub likes to say “I’ve got plenty of patience because I’ve never used any”.   Today, I’m looking at the impatience of drivers and what I’d like to call an “Impy Second”   This deals with traffic lights and when the light turns red.   There’s lots of Imp’s that completely run the red lights.  Since there are so many red light runners, I tend to pause a second before going when my light turns green.   An ‘ImPy Second’ is that minuscule amount of time between that moment the light turns green & the moment the person behind you honks their horn.   An “Impy Second” is quicker than a regular second and almost impossible to measure.   Next time you’re at a light and it turns green, pause for a moment and then try to measure how long it takes to hear the horn.   If it’s under 1 second, it’s an "ImPy Second" & there’s an ImP behind you.  If you’re the one honking....well.......  

TRIVIA ANSWER:

J.K. Rowling

Until next time....

Superstitious???

TRIVIA:  (Answer below)

What building first appeared on the back of a $20 bill in 1928?

JOKE: (in honor of the forgetfulness blog of yesterday)

A patient walks into the doctor's office and says:

"Doctor, I have a serious memory problem."  

The doctor asked, 'When did it start?'   

The man replied, "When did what start?"

(Thanks to Jane Zaluski for today's joke)

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

It’s our past problems that prepare us for future opportunities.

QUOTE:

“What would men be without women?  Scarce sir.....mighty scarce.”

Mark Twain

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

So, a lot of people have various superstitions.  There’s so many:  Broken mirrors, walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors....just to name a few.  When I was a kid, I would never step on a crack when walking on a sidewalk (didn’t want to break my mother’s back) and I had a thing about crossing a black cat’s path.   Didn’t want to do it.....bad luck.   Thankfully, I’m no longer superstitious, but I did ponder on this the other day.  I was driving in our neighborhood & had to stop for a black & white cat to cross the road.   So what does it mean if I cross a black & white cat’s path?  Moderate luck?  Good & bad luck?  Could it mean that I’ll find a coupon at the grocery.....that would be good luck.  But then it will be expired....so that’s bad luck.   Maybe it means I’ll finally win a radio call-in contest....that’s good luck. But the prize will be a year’s supply of Chick-o-sticks....that’s some pretty bad luck.   If you don’t know what a Chick-O-Stick is, google it.   It’s a gross looking candy that I’ve yet to ever seen anyone buy in my entire life.   I used to think it was chicken flavored, but it’s not.   Who’s eating these things?   Inquiring minds.....or maybe superstitious minds want to know.  (ok, so now the Elvis song “Superstitious Minds” will be stuck in my head the rest of the day)

TRIVIA ANSWER:

The White House

Until next time....

FABULOUS FORGETFULNESS

Fabulous Forgetfulness

Here's some fun for the day....

TRIVIA: (Answer at bottom)

What is tattooed on on Popeye's arm?

PHRASE FUN:  (what phrase is represented by the following?  Answer below)


STAND

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JOKE:

Q:  Why did Cinderella get kicked off the softball team?

A:  Because she ran away from the ball.

QUOTE:

“I remember when the candle shop burned down.  Everyone stood  around singing ‘Happy Birthday’”
(Jack Handey)

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA TWEET OF THE DAY:

Prayer is less about changing our circumstances and more about changing our perspective.

FABULOUS FORGETFULNESS

I thought I’d write something about forgetfulness...but sadly I forgot what I was going to say.   Haha.   

Do you find that with time you are increasingly more forgetful?  I sure do.  I think technology is part of the problem.  Ok, maybe age has a part to play too.   Technology has spoiled me though.   When I was a kid, I had to actually remember something I planned to do in the future.   Eventually I had to start writing things down and making a list.  Now I just put it in my iPhone and it reminds me.  Awfully nice of my iPhone to do that for me. 

I have a great app called “Alarmed” and I’d be lost without it.  Either lost or possibly standing in the middle of the grocery store wondering where I was supposed to go next.  If there’s anything I need to do, I put it in my app.   Here’s the sad part.   Half the time I forget what it is I’m going to put in the phone before I get to the phone.   It’s about a 1/2 minute interval from my mind to the phone and I still forget?  So I guess I need a mind-reading app that reads only my thoughts on what I need to be reminded of.   Then, the second I think of something, this magical app puts it in my phone before I forget it.  Now that would be great.   

My other problem is that I have way too many reminders in my phone.    They go off now about every hour with a new one.   So now I'm so accustomed to them going off that I ignore them.   My "Alarmed" app always has a bunch of numbers showing on the outside.   Like '12' reminders waiting for me.   Then I forget to look at them.   So, I'm thinking it's time to go back to the paper list that I can see.   It feels nice to scratch something off a list anyway.   I like seeing that line through something as opposed to checking it off the phone and it disappearing.

So, why did I title this entry Fabulous Forgetfulness?   Well, I don’t remember.   I guess there’s some things that might be fabulous to forget.  You know, like.......dang it......I forgot.

TRIVIA ANSWER:

An Anchor

PHRASE FUN ANSWER

I understand

Until next time.......

Are you a Heat Miser or a Cold Miser?

Well, I think I figured out the email problem I was having....on getting these sent to you if you sign up.  I was in some other time zone, I think Czech Republic or something.  Long story short.....that was the issue, and no....I didn't blog at 3:00am yesterday.   I get up early, but not that early.  You may receive 2 of these today because of the delay, but now we are in motion.  Or at least I think we are.....we shall see.    


Happy Saturday everybody.  

Here we go.......

TRIVIA: (Answer below)

What does the ZIP in ZIP code stand for?

JOKE:

Q:  Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided?

A:  Both crews were marooned

QUOTE:  

"Get your facts first; then you can distort 'em as you please."

Mark Twain

TRICIA'S TWEET:

If you’re going to reach your goals in life, sometimes you have to delay gratification & do the tough thing instead of the fun thing.

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS:

Are you a Heat Miser or a Cold Miser?    I think we all tend towards being cold all the time or hot all the time.  I've always been a Cold Miser.  I remember visiting Arizona in July once and it was over 100 degrees ( I just said that in my mind the way the Heat Miser sings it).   I was still wearing long sleeves about and such.   The only time I got hot was laying out in the sun.    For some reason the place we stayed had black towels.   Go figure.   The towels got super hot when you walked away from them.    The towels would get so hot, I'd have to pour water over them to lay down on them.   For all you cold misers out there.....here's a few tricks.   Always wear more than one shirt.   Ok, makes sense enough.  Here's the real treat for Cold Misers like me.  Get an electric throw for your couch.    It's like an electric blanket but the size of a couch throw.   Heaven.    As I approached that 'older chick' time in my life, I'd hoped for hot flashes so I could morph into a Heat Miser, but alas, it was not to be.   Now....cue the theme music for whichever miser you are........

TRIVIA ANSWER:   Zone Improvement Plan

Until next time.....

St. Patrick's Day is approaching

It's day 2 of my blog.   Wow....and they said it wouldn't last.   "They' say a lot.  Maybe I'll meet them someday and then people around the world can say ...."They" said that "Tricia' said....(input whatever I would say)  When someone comes up to me in the future and says ' 'they' say oil & water don't mix'....I'll get super excited and say 'yes! You're right.   I met 'They'  last Friday and they told me that very thing.   Then everyone will be all a flutter trying to ask me what 'they' look like and how many of them there are.   Ok, moving on....I thought we’d have a little St. Patrick’s Day fun today since it’s approaching this Sunday.   Btw-that cute pup in the pic is my dog Maddie.   Maddie O'Grady on St. Pat's day.

Here we go.....

ST. PAT JOKE

Q:  Why did the Shamrock cross the road?

A:  Because it was stuck to the chicken's foot.

TRIVIA:

Ireland is the _______largest island in Europe and the _______ largest in the world.

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:

Storms of life are not an option, but fear of them is.

QUOTE:

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” 

(Jack Handey)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

So yesterday was my first attempt at this world of blogging.   I'm a newbie, but hopefully I will get better and a bit more fancy smancy with my page.    Taking the pic for the blog from my computer yesterday was quite an experience.   It's like a reverse mirror image.   If I turned my head right, in front of me on the screen it turned left.   When I lifted one arm, the image looked like it was the other.   It was quite mind boggling and felt like walking and chewing gum at the same time while also trying to jump hopscotch and yell out tongue twisters.  Or maybe it was more like trying to do a math problem an hour after taking Nyquil.  Eventually,  I just started having fun and taking pictures of my eyeball and trying to do dances with my hands as I watched it all in reverse.   If you're bored today, take a picture of yourself on the computer, or at least watch yourself move in reverse.   Maybe it’s just the blogger camera, but it's a trip.  

TRIVIA  ANSWER:

3rd; 20th

Until next time......

Hi, hello and how are you?   This is my first entry of my first blog.  I’m excited to get started.   First, a bit about me.   My name is Tricia Beard and have been married to by great hub Harold for almost 25 years.   We have a daughter named Tristen who is 23 years old.   All three of us graduated from UK and are big fans and part of the “Big Blue Nation” as they call it.  I moved to Lexington when I was one and have been here for 48 years. I’m a Christian and love the Lord and lean on Him everyday.   I was drama director at our church in Lexington, KY for 12 years.   During that time I acted, directed and pretty much wrote the majority of our scripts.  Because of the drama experience, I became an avid observer of life and people.  I would put various happenings I observed into skits.   I’ve retired from my drama gig, but miss random observations of people.    My blog will be a mix.   I love humor, so there will be some of that.   There will be quotes, my morning tweet and trivia too....and of course random observances of life.  I’m excited to get started.   Hope you join me on this journey!   

Here we go.....

TRIVIA:  (answer further below, so don’t scroll down yet)
What year did the 40-hour workweek go into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act?

TRICIA’S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Worst days can be best days if we learn the lessons God is trying to teach us.   See bad experiences through the good we have gained from them.

QUOTE:
“I think it’s wrong that one company makes the game Monopoly”   (Steven Wright)

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
Growing up, I always had a quest for information.   I was obsessed with the World Book Encyclopedia.   I would sit in my bean bag chair and just thumb through them learning random things.  (showing my age there)   Ours were the old red and blue World Book Encyclopedias with great pictures.   My favorite pics were the ones of dogs and the ones of fashion through the ages.   I still love dogs and I still love fashion.    What’s cool these days, is the modern day Encyclopedia of googling.    Anything you want to know or learn is right at your fingers.   For instance, I just googled fingers.   Did you know that the wrinkling of fingertips is thought to have been an adaption when humans frequented swamps and sea shores.   Turns out it’s easier to handle wet objects with wet fingertips.   Who knew?  I just always thought it was fun to stay in the water forever when I was a kid and then pretend like I was really old when my fingers shriveled.   Ah....the things that entertain us as kids.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
1940

Until next time......