Monthly Archives: March 2022

Good Bye Week; Hello Weekend!

Fact: Mr. Bean has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. – Rowan Atkinson has made generations laugh at his goofy antics as Mr. Bean. However, the Englishman is actually quite intelligent, and most people don’t know that Atkinson has a Master’s … Continue reading

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The Race Has Started And We Are On The Back Stretch!

Fact: Eukonkanto is a wife-carrying contest.  Originating from 19th century Finland, this wife-carrying contest is exactly what it sounds like: Competitors race each other while carrying their spouses.  Traditionally, the winner gets his wife’s weight in beer as a prize.  The cuckoo … Continue reading

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Hump Day; A Day To Relax!

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

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Tuesday Was A Busy Day

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

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This Is Another Fine Mess You Got Me Into!

Fact: It’s Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose. – Try it! We woke up early to go planting, and when we looked outside, the wind was blowing so hard the anemometer was spinning, and smoke was coming out. … Continue reading

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Sunday Has Arrived And We Are Ready To Rock N’ Roll

Fact: A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance. We had breakfast this morning, and we got to use our new waffle-making machine; it was a lot of fun.  We wrote the settings down on the box, and this time … Continue reading

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A Day To Visit!

Fact: Why are school buses yellow?  The color is officially called “national school bus glossy yellow,” and it’s standard across the United States.  Back in 1939, at a conference funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, transportation officials from all of the … Continue reading

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We Were Invaded!

Fact: Fact: A one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway involves crossing 3,901 bridges – Not only is the Trans-Siberian Railway the longest railroad in Russia, but it’s also the longest one in the world.  The journey takes seven days, during which time passengers … Continue reading

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Busy Day But That Is Good!

Fact: A narwhal’s tusk reveals its past living conditions.  Much like the rings of a tree can tell you its age and provide clues about the life it has lived, so too does the long tusk of the narwhal.  Recent … Continue reading

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Wednesday Is Here; Goodbyes Are Neear

Fact: Rednecks have manners: 1.  Never take a beer to a job interview. 2.  Always identify people in your yard before shooting at them. 3.  It’s considered poor taste to take a cooler to church. 4.  If you have to … Continue reading

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