Monthly Archives: March 2022

Monday Has Arrived; The Week Can Now Start!

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Surprisingly, Mondays are the least rainy day of the week.  Although the exact science behind this is unknown, researchers believe it is due to the decrease in man-made pollution over the weekend. The morning was quiet as the morning … Continue reading →

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Sunday And Time To Dance With The Starlighters!

Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2022 by Paul

Fun Fact: The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518, was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518.  Somewhere between 50 and … Continue reading →

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Partee Til’ Dawn!

Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2022 by Paul

Fact: It was the night of September 15, 1787, and George Washington had many reasons to celebrate. Washington’s friends in the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, along with several other framers of the Constitution, decided to throw a celebration at the … Continue reading →

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The Guys Returned At 8:00 AM

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Electric eels can produce strong electric shocks of around 500 volts for both self-defense and hunting. Minding my own business at 8:00 AM, the doorbell rang.  Say what?  Our head electrician lives in Fountain Valley and was supposed to … Continue reading →

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Corned Beef and Cabbage Was an American Innovation – The meal that became a St. Patrick’s Day staple across the country—corned beef and cabbage—was an American innovation.  While ham and cabbage were eaten in Ireland, corned beef offered a … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week; Domi Comes To Visit!

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 by Paul

Fact: There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any American state name.  There’s a Z in Arizona and an X in Texas, but no Q in any of them. We were up at going early because Domi and her … Continue reading →

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We Get A Visitor Today! Yeah!

Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 by Paul

Fact: 7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. –  I know that seven percent doesn’t sound like a lot, but it works out at 16.4 million American adults.  So it’s an alarming fact when you think … Continue reading →

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Hello Monday

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2022 by Paul

Fact: Psycho was released in black and white because it was too gory.  Alfred Hitchcock kept receiving backlash for the 60’s slasher for its gory shower scene.  Refusing to cut the scene, Hitchcock instead released the film in black and … Continue reading →

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Time To Work! Time To Play!

Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2022 by Paul

Fact: The difference between nectarines and peaches is that nectarines don’t have fuzzy skins. You can graft peach branches onto a nectarine tree or nectarine branches onto a peach tree so you have both types of fruits. A day to relax does not come … Continue reading →

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I Hears The Dinner Bell!

Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2022 by Paul

Fact: The largest silver-service dinner party took place on 17 July 2008, when 16,206 people were guests at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Centennial Celebration Dinner hosted by the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (USA) in Washington DC, USA. We are planning dinner tonight, … Continue reading →

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