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Thursday, January 05, 2006
Mysteries Solved!
Brian and I were talking on the phone last night and I was tired, because I'm sicker than a dog, and after asking me a couple of questions, I realized (in my altered state - because in my regular state I probably wouldn't admit this) that I'm not a trivia queen. So, here's some stuff that I never knew and now I do, because I'm waiting for the doctor downstairs to call so I've been *google*ing stuff. So, here is some random trivia I've gleaned.
- The old maxim is "starve a fever, feed a cold" (not "feed a fever, starve a cold")
- The song 'Kiss From A Rose' is sung by Seal
- "Ms" should have a period after it since it's an abbreviation. For what? For the word "mistress".
- The Monkees' song 'I'm a Believer' was written by Neil Diamond (I know, I know, I cried when I found that out too).
- Lionel Barrymore (the bad guy in "It's a Wonderful Life") is not Drew's great-grandfather, he is actually her great-uncle.
- In mathematics, the symbols "<" and ">" are not a representation for an aligator eating the smaller number as we are taught in elementary school, but were actually created by a man named Thomas Harriot who was inspired by a tatoo he saw on a Native American. The tatoo was the two symbols on top of each other.
So, there's some random stuff for a weird, coldish day in January.
8 Comments:
Cried? Cried! Neil Diamond is so awesome I can almost not stand it. Oh Julie.
I just cried again.
Ditto.
*sniff*
Arrgh!
:)
Now I am going to go to bed singing a werid mix of Kiss on a Rose and I'm a Believer. It's gonig to take a while to get that mix out of my head!
NEIL DIAMOND ROCKS!!!
come on cuz!! you betta get with it...not only are waibels supposed to be huge Neil Diamond fans, but I know that Knudstrup's, for a fact, own his greatest hits album... and so you better start "cracklin' rose" and "Shiloh when I was young".
And can we forget one of the greatest songs ever??!! "Sweet Caroline" Come on! Any girl would melt when that song is sung...especially if it sung by one named... Brian??
:)
Jake: I'm not sure if you remember or not the time that Brian and I got into a shoving match in the middle Barnes and Noble (the one across from campus) because he said something about how he liked Neil Diamond. I am painfully aware that Brian and I do not have the same opinion on Neil Daimond. We're in therapy for it. :) Just kidding.
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