Category Archives: Just Us

Fact: There are more card deck combinations than atoms on Earth. – Don’t blame your bad hand at the poker table on a stroke of bad luck; it’s just a matter of math, seeing as there are more ways to … Continue reading →

Fact: Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on TV. The sun rose; we rose, and the roses rose!  We looked at the calendar of events, and it was zero; we can do anything we want!  It is Friday! … Continue reading →

Fact: The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia.” Yesterday is gone.  Tomorrow has not yet come.  We have only today.  Let us begin. The cleaning folks came at 8:00 AM, which means we had to get up … Continue reading →

Fact: The inventor of Vaseline used to eat it. – Robert Chesebrough invented Vaseline in 1872 as a medicinal product.  Chesebrough discovered that oil field workers would use “rod wax” or residue from oil rig pumps on wounds and cuts.  … Continue reading →

Fact: The world’s longest concert by multiple artists took place from March 17 to April 5, 2017. – The concert was part of Canada’s celebration of their country’s 150th anniversary. Participants included the Epidemic Music Group. It lasted  for 453 hours, 54 minutes, and … Continue reading →

Fact: A group of porcupines is called a prickle. We were so lazy, we just took down Valentine’s Day and stored them away.   Our screen guy came by and measured the family room door for a screen.  Our back door … Continue reading →

Fact: You typically only breathe out of one nostril at a time. – You might think that your nostrils share the workload when it comes to taking in oxygen. And while they do, it’s not quite in the way that … Continue reading →

Fact: A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance. Today was a zip! We did nothing. We did jump in the swim spa at 7:00 AM and then had a small breakfast. We worked in the office for a while, … Continue reading →