Snippets
It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams. Don Delillo, Americana
compiled by Gloria
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. . . . While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs: Apple CEO
The cat is back in the basement with answers.
An old cat will not learn how to dance.” – Moroccan Proverb
A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes.- Indian Proverb
Everything you ever need to know about your birth date.
even what the moon was like that night
(here is my moon)
Moon’s age (days): 24
Percent Illumination 30.38%
Distance (Earth radii): 63.66
Ecliptic latitude (degrees): 4.87
Ecliptic longitude (degrees): 77.0
Turn on your sound and click on Horses It will put you in a mellow mood: contributed by Brian Barratt
More Photos at http://friendsofirony.com
Following is a list of the 10 best first lines from novels as decided by the American Book Review, a nonprofit journal published at the Unit for Contemporary Literature at Illinois State University
1. Call me Ishmael.
2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
3. A screaming comes across the sky.
4. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
5. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. – Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
6. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
7. riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs
8. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
9. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair
10. I am an invisible man.
Here is a list of authors in alphabetical order and titles of their novels.
A Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
B Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
C Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
D James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
E Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
F Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
G Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
H George Orwell
I Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
J Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Try to match the first line with the book.
answers below
1 F 2 A 3 I 4 E 5 G 6 J 7 D 8 H 9 B 10 C
Adriel, Damian, Julian, Kirk, and Tony are on the 5th-6th grade after school basketball team. The height of the person playing each position is listed on the chart below.
Position Height
Point Guard - 5 feet, 2 inches
Shooting Guard - 4 feet 11 inches
Small forward - 4 feet 10 inches
Power forward - 5 feet 3 inches
Center - 5 feet 7 inches
Adriel is 59 inches tall.
Julian is 4 inches taller than Damien.
Tony is an inch taller than Julian.
Who plays each position?
- Answers at the bottom below the cat.
- (Oops, the cat is missing. The answers are below where the cat was last seen.)
- Those who start either at the top or the bottom know that the Cat is back
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This is what happens on your computer if you leave it on over night.
Leave the mouse alone, sit back and enjoy.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf
Here is a new one… for those not faint of heart.
http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-II-50891749
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,
take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations,
analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer,
cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
Robert A. Heinlein, writer (contributed by Peter Payan)
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. Dr. Seuss
Science is there to inform the debate, not replace it. Peter Cullen
Click on me. Let’s play.
Odds ‘n Ends ‘n Advice
A group of what is a what?
A group of rhinoceroses is a crash
A group of apes is a shrewdness
A group of ferrets is a business
A group of giraffes is a tower
A group of hyenas is cackle
A group of asses is a pace
A group of elk is a gang
A group of otters is a romp
A group of tigers is a streak
A group of cats is a clowder
A group of kangaroos is a troop
A group of porcupines is a prickle
A group of hippopotamuses is a bloat
http://www.bitoffun.com/brainteasers_horizontal_lines.htm
In this illusion the offset blocks cause the mind to perceive the lines as skewed.
They are perfectly parallel.
A few fun facts about plants:
A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.
Eggplant is a member of the thistle family.
Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.
Dr. Joel Poinsett, the 1st US ambassador to Mexico, brought the poinsettia to US in 1828. The plant, called “flower of the blessed night” in Mexico was renamed in Poinsett’s honor.
Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil.
In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip. http://www.bitoffun.com/fun_facts_plants.htm
Be careful when you visit the wolframalpha website. It is an absolutely addictive source of massive information…. math, statistics, socio-economics, sociology, science, health.
A few things to try:
enter any date (e.g. a birth date)
enter any city (e.g. a home town)
enter any two stocks / IBM. Apple
enter any calculation / $250 x 15%
enter any math formula / x^2 sin(x)
enter any food/1 apple + 2 oranges
enter any measurement / 45 mph
enter any chemical formula / H2SO4
enter any musical notes / Eb G C
Do not click unless you are prepared for a challenge
One Word Riddle from YouTube, contributed by Al McCartan
Read 763 front pages from 72 countries
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
What kind of shape are you? (not are you in?) What kind of shape are you?
Catch 22 is a novel by Joseph Heller, published almost 50 years ago. If you have not read it, time’s flying. If you have, take a moment and play Catch 33
FOR LEXOPHILES
A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.
She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
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Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in judging self.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.)
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
Frequent attacks of smiling. An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
WARNING: If you have some or all of the above symptoms, please be advised that your condition of inner peace may be so far advanced as to not be curable. If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only at your own risk. Author: Saskia Davis
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/176S44/www.thepictureofeverything.com/
Thinking:
~ How do I know what I think until I see what I say? E. M. Forster
~ Linus: Maybe we should think only about today.
~Charlie Brown: No, that’s giving up. I’m still hoping yesterday will get better. Charles Schultz
~Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
:More Thinking
Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep ~
Accountants don’t die – they just lose their balance.~
If you can read this, I’ve lost my trailer.~
If we quit voting will they all go away?~
Next to Snippets – even better than Snippets – the best trip I know.
http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf
Neutron Star NASA
Accepting the essential inscrutability of existence, in any case, is surely preferable to its opposite: capitulating to the tyranny of intransigent belief. Jon Krakauer from Under the Banner of Heaven
Although this image is technically and physically impossible, our brain interprets it as real. It does this even though in reality, we know it cannot exist. Scientists have long been puzzled at why the brain maintains two diametrically opposed perceptions of reality. It is often been chalked up to our brains trying to make sense of the world. http://www.bitoffun.com/brainteasers_watch_where_you_step.htm
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.
One says, “I’ve lost my electron.”
The other says, “Are you sure?”
The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive…”
The following are analogies and metaphors actually found in high school essays.
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife’s infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t.
From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you’re on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.
Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.
Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.
It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
More Odds ‘n Ends ‘n Advice
Knock-knock!
Who’s there?
Hatch.
Hatch who?
Bless you!
Can you see why this painting is called an optical illusion?
The cream spaces read the word optical; the blue landscape reads the word illusion.
My Shadow
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all. Robert Louis Stevenson
Advice:
The Importance of Exercise
I joined a health club last year,
Spent about 400 bucks.
Haven’t lost a pound.
Apparently you have to go there.
I like long walks,
Especially when they are taken
By people who annoy me.
My grandpa started walking
Five miles a day when he was 60.
Now he’s 97 years old
And we don’t know where he is.
I have to walk early in the morning,
Before my brain figures out what I’m doing..
If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
Start with a small country.
Shhh…. playtime
Put your mouse on the picture hold down the left button and move it around.
http://www.utah3d.net/SulpherCreek_swf.html
Shhhhhh !!! Playtime
• http://www.worteldrie.com/kids/dorp.html
• http://www.e4.com/game/rather-difficult-game/play.e4
• http://www.mamarocks.com/da_blues.htm
RU MUSICKED OUT… OR JUST PLAIN BORED?
http://www.ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/weblog.php?/weblog/2007/07/P0/
Back to Thinking: Who do you think you are?
This is not a hypothetical question!
Here is test that may help.
10 simple questions: grab a pencil and paper; keep track of your answers.
1. When do you feel your best…
A) in the morning
B) during the afternoon and early evening
C) late at night
2. You usually walk…
A) fairly fast, with long steps
B) fairly fast, with little steps
C) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
D) less fast, head down
E) very slowly
3. When talking to people you…
A) stand with your arms folded
B) have your hands clasped
C) have one or both your hands on your hips
D) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
E) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair
4.. When relaxing, you sit with…
A) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
B) your legs crossed
C) your legs stretched out or straight
D) one leg curled under you
5. When something really amuses you, you react with…
A) big appreciated laugh
B) a laugh, but not a loud one
C) a quiet chuckle
D) a sheepish smile
6. When you go to a party or social gathering you…
A) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
B) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
C) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed
7. You’re working very hard, concentrating hard, and you’re interrupted…
A) welcome the break
B) feel extremely irritated
C) vary between these two extremes
8. Which of the following colors do you like most….
A) Red or orange
B) black
C) yellow or light blue
D) green
E) dark blue or purple
F) white
G) brown or gray
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are…
A) stretched out on your back
B) stretched out face down on your stomach
C) on your side, slightly curled
D) with your head on one arm
E) with your head under the covers
10. You often dream that you are…
A) falling
B) fighting or struggling
C) searching for something or somebody
D) flying or floating
E) you usually have dreamless sleep
F) your dreams are always pleasant
POINTS:
1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6 (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e ) 1
10 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1
Now add up the total number of points.
OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should ‘handle with care’. You’re seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don’t always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.
51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who’s quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.
41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting, someone who’s constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding, someone who’ll always cheer them up and help them out.
31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you, realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.
21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn’t want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don’t exist. Some people think you’re boring. Only those who know you well, know that you aren’t.
Need someone to talk to?
Technology! Quite amazing!!!!!!!
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Advice? Get smart about Geography
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
Odds ‘n Ends
Relax and Bounce Back
(from www.bitoffun.com/brainteasers)
Same partitions, same grid, just rearranged. Where did the hole come from?
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The following is not Odds ‘n Ends ‘n Advice exactly, but I don’t know where else to put it
and it has to go somewhere.
http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/may-it-please-the-court/?em
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Juggling at the Beach
Free Thoughts . . .
~ A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. Benny Green – jazz pianist
~ It’s never just a game when you’re winning. George Carlin, comedian
~Have you noticed that whatever sport you’re trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? Dave Barry, columnist
~ The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen , writer
~ I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me. Anna Quindlen, writer
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A Penny for Your Thoughts . . . Share your favorite saying
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think there are two kinds of people in the world and those Who don’t.
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. John Steinbeck
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep. Robert Frost
Why can’t we all spell the same way?
You say eether and I say either,
You say neether and I say neither
Eether, either
Neether, neither
Let’s call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto,
Tomato, tomahto.
Let’s call the whole thing off.
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part and oh,
if we ever part,
then that might break my heart. lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
You spell aesthetics and we spell esthetics
You spell behaviour and we spell behavior
Aesthetics, esthetics
Behaviour, behavior
Why can’t we all spell the same way?
THE DESSERT PERSONALITY QUIZ
If you could pick only one out of all of these desserts which would you choose?
Angel food cake
Brownies
Lemon meringue pie
Vanilla cake with chocolate icing
Strawberry short cake
Chocolate cake with chocolate icing
Ice cream
Carrot cake
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Angel food Cake: Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm and fuzzy items. A little nutty at times. Sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the end of the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times.
Brownies: You are adventurous, love new ideas, are a champion of underdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip out your saber. You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and direction. You tend to be very loyal.
Lemon meringue pie: Smooth, sexy, and articulate with your hands, you are an excellent after-dinner speaker and a good teacher. But don’t try to walk and chew gum at the same time. A bit of a diva at times, but you have many friends.
Vanilla cake with chocolate icing: Fun-loving, sassy, humorous. Not very grounded in life; very indecisive and lack motivation. Everyone enjoys being around you, but you are a practical joker. Others should be cautious in making you mad. However, you are a friend for life.
Strawberry shortcake: Romantic, warm, loving. You care about other people and can be counted on in a pinch. You tend to melt. You can be overly emotional and annoying at times.
Chocolate cake with chocolate icing: Sexy, always ready to give and receive. Very creative, adventurous, ambitious, and passionate. You have a cold exterior but are warm on the inside. Not afraid to take chances. Will not settle for anything average in life. Love to laugh.
Ice cream: You like sports, whether it be baseball, football, basketball, or soccer. If you could, you would like to participate, but you enjoy watching sports. You don’t like to give up the remote control. You tend to be self-centered and high maintenance.
Carrot Cake: You are a fun loving person, who likes to laugh. You are fun to be with. People like to hang out with you. You are a very warm-hearted person and a little quirky at times. You have many loyal friends.
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Seattle author and book critic Adam Woog offers this eye-blinking sentence from an otherwise well-written novel set in upper-crust England: ‘Exactly,’ Mrs. Belmont agreed as she bit into a French éclair with relish.
How is your lateral thinking?
For example:
man
——-
board
= man overboard
You’re on your own. Answers are at the end.
1)
stand
——-
I
2)
/r/e/a/d/i/n/g/
3)
cycle
cycle
cycle
4)
0
——–
M.D.
PhD.
5)
knee
——-
light
6)
ground
—————
feet feet feet feet feet feet
7)
ecnalg
death ….. life
9)
ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb
Answers: (1) I understand (2) reading between the lines (3) tricycle (4) two degrees below zero (5) neon light (6) six feet underground (7) backward glance (8) life after death (9) long time no C
No one ever says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.
You probably read the word ME in brown …… but when you look through me you will see You!
CAN YOU SEE TEN FACES IN THE TREE?
knock knock
whos there?
maida
maida who?
maida force be with you
CAN YOU SEE THE KISSING COUPLE?
CAN YOU SEE THE BABY?
Snippetionary
ADULT
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
BEAUTY PARLOR
A place where women curl up and dye.
CANNIBAL
Someone who is fed up with people.
CHICKENS
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they die.
COMMITTEE
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
DUST
Mud with the juice squeezed out.
EGOTIST
Someone who is me-deep in conversation.
HANDKERCHIEF
Cold storage.
INFLATION
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
MOSQUITO
An insect that makes you like flies better.
RAISIN
Grape with a sunburn.
SECRET
Something you tell to one person at a time.
SKELETON
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.
TOOTHACHE
The pain that drives you to extraction.
TOMORROW
One of the greatest labor-saving devices of today.
YAWN
An honest opinion openly expressed.
WRINKLES
Something other people have, similar to my character lines.
Looking for news around the world?
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the day’s headlines pop up…
Double click and it shows the whole front page.
About 580 newspapers from over 80 countries.
~~~
Have you no time to doodle?
Let Snippets do it for you.
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COFFEE FILTERS? Not just for making Coffee …
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter..
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?? Use strips of coffee filters.
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, french fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom.They make Great Razor Nick fixers
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Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?
As shown above: open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together—back to back. Then open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb tip to tip.
Your thumb represents your Parents
Your index finger represents your Siblings
Your middle finger represents yourself
Your ring finger represents your Life Partner
Your last (pinkie) finger represents your Children
Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing your parents) they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong and have to leave you sooner or later.
Please join your thumbs as before and separate your index fingers (representing your siblings) they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.
Now join the index fingers and separate your little fingers (representing your children) they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own someday.
Finally, join your little fingers and try to separate your ring fingers (representing your spouse). You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT, because husband and wife has to remain together all their lives—through thick and thin!
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Sheep Dash!
HOW FAST ARE YOUR REACTIONS?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/
The Spinning Woman Right Brain Left Brain Test
Look at the spinning woman. If she is turning right the right side of your brain is working. If she is turning left the left side of your brain is working.
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Hans!
Hans who?
Hans off my cat!
Answer:
Julian Point Guard 5 feet 2 inches
Adriel Shooting Guard 4 feet 11 inches
Damien Small Forward 4 feet 10 inches
Tony Power Forward 5 feet 3 inches
Kirk Center 5 feet 7 inches
Explanation:
Since there is one player that is 59 inches tall and Adriel is 59 inches tall, Adriel must be the Shooting Guard. There are two pairs of players that have a difference in height of 4 inches. Only one set works with the last clue.
Position Height
ft. and in. Height Inches Player
Point
Guard 5′ 2” 62” Julian
Shooting
Guard 4′ 11” 59” Adriel
Small
Forward 4′ 10” 58” Damien
Power
Forward 5′ 3” 63” Tony
Center 5′ 7” 67” Kirk
The Rat - Gentle yet firm, cool and always in control, the Rat’s gift is charm – he or she is lovable to others.
The Ox – Known for his or her tenacity, perseverance and natural leadership qualities. A noble animal.
The Tiger - Constantly seek challenges and new adventures, and detest routine. Passionate and sensual.
The Rabbit – Loves peace and tranquility, and his or her presence has a calming effect to others. A natural diplomat.
The Dragon - Fearless, strong, dominant and dependable. He or she is always ready for adventures and fun!
The Snake – Philosophical and very intelligent. He or she loves making new friends and adores beautiful things.
The Horse - Energetic and always up for excitement, the Horse may be reckless but he or she is also known for integrity. The Goat
The Goat - is wise and a truth-seeker. He or she is a lover of the arts and nature, and is a sexy beast!
The Monkey - Quick-witted and sharp, the Monkey loves mayhem, excitement and has a huge capacity of joie de vivre.
The Rooster - well-known for his or her impeccable fashion taste, and is very sociable. A hard worker.
The Dog – Honest, cheerful and very fun to be with, the Dog constantly looks out for loved ones and is true best friend material!
The Pig – just loves to party, and is humorous and fun to be with. He or she is also known for generosity and kindness.
The Cat – to be continued
