Interesting Facts

1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
2. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
3. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
4. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
7. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
8. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
9. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
10. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
11. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
14. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
16. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (rumor)
19. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
21. Pearls melt in vinegar.
22. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
23. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
24. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
25. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
26. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
27. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
28. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
29. Butterflies taste with their feet.
30. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
31. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
32. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
33. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
34. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
35. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
36. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
37. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
38. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
39. A snail can sleep for three years.
40. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
41. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
42. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
43. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
44. All polar bears are left handed.
45. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
46. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
47. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
48. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
50. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
51. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
52. Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.

Green

To me green is.....

The brittle aftertaste on your teeth after eating a crisp apple or drinking Hawaiian Punch.
The mist shot from the bottom of a waterfall landing on your face on a hot day.
Feeling nauseous after a huge delicious meal at your favorite restaurant.
Cleaning the toilet(I'll just leave it at that).
A swarm of gnats around my head.
Blowing my nose into itchy scratchy tissue paper.
Needing to go while in line for an intense ride that you're nervous to go on.
A soar throat and a cough.
A math problem or concept that suddenly clicks in your head.
Feeling like nobody is there for you in a hard situation.
The raspy voice of an old lady who finally stopped smoking.
Irritated eyes from dust that's blasting through the air.
A nice clean haircut.
Mosquito bites all over your legs that itch like nobody's business.
A comforting hug from a friend or family member.

Forgetfulness By Billy Collins

The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel
which suddenly becomes one you have never read,
never even heard of,

as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor
decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain,
to a little fishing village where there are no phones.

Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye
and watched the quadratic equation pack its bag,
and even now as you memorize the order of the planets,

something else is slipping away, a state flower perhaps,
the address of an uncle, the capital of Paraguay.

Whatever it is you are struggling to remember
it is not poised on the tip of your tongue,
not even lurking in some obscure corner of your spleen.

It has floated away down a dark mythological river
whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall,
well on your own way to oblivion where you will join those
who have even
forgotten how to swim and how to ride a bicycle.

No wonder you rise in the middle of the night
to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war.
No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted
out of a love poem that you used to know by heart.

The Unexplained

I sat here thinking of something to post on my blog when I realized I never wrote anything about the picture on the top right of my blog. It shows a cartoon kid pulling out a book that never ends entitled "The Unexplained", but how do I explain what I think of the unexplained? Well first of all man is on a quest to discovering new things for good benefit or bad benefit. Examples as the nuclear bomb, iPod, geological and archeological discoveries, ancient people secrets, literature,anyything you can think of! All these things were once amongst the unexplained until we were able to push limits into many types of things. Today in math, Mr.Gilbert shared a great quote by Henry David Thoreau that says
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by concious endeavor." This quote is really helpful in my explanation, how I would take it is that we need to use the unexplained to elevate our lifes by concious edeavor. Break those barriers of question you have. In a metaphorical example, when you hit a wall, break down the wall then proceed through it.

Sorry For Grendel?

Grendel is an interesting character to read from his point of view. We most likely all agree that he's a complete mental car wreck. To me, he's a character that represents all human suffering and imperfections. He's always angry ( besides when he eats people he only gets temporal pleasure). He seems jealous of the creatures if you think of the meaning behind his excuses of hating all of the humans and animals because of their natural instincts. He feels unwanted and wants acceptance. In the book it says that at night in his putrid cave that eyes stare at him, but they aren't giving him attention, they just look right through him. He also can't even accept himself and he's afraid of himself. In the book he yells at the cliffs to take him and kill him but then acts like they can't cause he'll never let them. It says he's afraid of his voice in the dark too. At the end it says how terrible it is for his mom to cradle him in her arms. Anyways, I think you catch my drift, what I feel of Grendel is sympathy for him. He doesn't know what his curse is because his mother won't tell him but I think his curse is what I explained before.

Abraham Lincoln vs. John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.' (another president)
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

Is This The Job I'm Meant To Have?

A lot of us wonder "What do I want to be when I grow up?" Lots of us want a job where we can bathe in crisp dollar bills(if you know what I mean), some people want to serve others as a job whether it's voluntary work or paid service. Others want a dream job like an airplane steward or a garbage man(if you so desire). Then there's the average person who just wants to earn money for themselves or a family.
Well today in class (September 5th) Mr.Dye had bell write journal whatever thing on the board that said to write about whatever you want that's interesting about you. I wrote about a job I would like when I grow up. I've always been fascinated with rollercoasters since I was nine when I went to lagoon and rode the Colossus with my aunt(I was balling like crazy when the ride started). Also when I was eleven I went to California with my mom and we went to Great America. Great America is an all rollercoaster ride six flags type park. I had a blast there and went on all of the rollercoasters and some were really intense. Anyways, besides personal experience with real rollercoasters I also played a computer game series called "Rollercoaster Tycoon" with 3 editions of new and improved stuff each one. I loved designing and building the rollercoasters and having people ride them(sometimes I killed them on purpose). That's how I developed the idea of wanting to be a rollercoaster engineer. Don't worry I won't kill you on purpose if you ride one of my rollercoasters. So ya!
I would like to see any of your comments on what you want to be when you grow up! So please comment!