Life is full of interesting things.  Amazing, wonderful, interesting things.  Other snidbits may be considered dull by some.  For instance....  "Watching paint dry" has gotten a completely brandish wrap.  I ask you.  What in heaven's name is wrong with watching the paint dry?  I find it very calming.  Some nights... I'll just paint a wall... then watch it... just to relax.

Some people think that relaxing is a waste of time.  There are things to be done, mind you.  Yet, sometimes it is simply better to put things on the back burner.  Take a cue from people who tend to procrastinate.  For instance....  The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called “Last Month’s Newsletter.”  I love this.

But... as it is... people relax in many different ways.  Some people take refuge in sweets.  They will belly-up to a big bowl of Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Dough-Icecream.... and watch reruns of I Love Lucy.  While this sounds like kaboodles of fun... it is not for Felines.  Cats cannot taste sugar. They do not have sweet taste buds.  But they think Lucille Ball is a riot.    


Speaking of Cats.... Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles.

This lets them do all the things they do.  Like wiggle and wriggle and squirm and such.  They are flexible.

But not us humans.... not so much.  Here is the thing.  No matter how flexible a person is, there is no such thing as being “double jointed." Most extreme contortionists suffer from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Yep.  We are all different.  Another interesting thing.... that we are all unique.  Look at your hand right now.  Our hands can tell us a LOT about our uniqueness.  Here is one...  The length of your ring finger in comparison to your index finger indicates the amount of testosterone you were exposed to as a fetus. Longer ring fingers, more testosterone.

My Mom must have been around TONS of testosterone when I was in the cooker.  She was probably watching a lot guys painting houses... with a bunch of cats hanging around.  That would explain a lot.
















Louis Armstrong played the trumpet so much that he got callouses on his lips so he cut them off with a razor blade.

Ohio is the only state without a traditional state flag. It has a pennant.

You get a new skeleton every 10 years. Bone cells are constantly renewed and a new skeleton is ready every 10 years.

According to a 2012 New York Times story, 1% of Americans still get on the Internet with an AOL dial-up connection.



During childbirth scenes in movies and sitcoms, infant actors are smeared with cream cheese and red jam for an authentic "just born" look.

To deter nativity scene theft, BrickHouse Security provides free GPS trackers that can be installed in Baby Jesus.

President Jefferson hated so much going to formal affairs that he would often greet foreign dignitaries while wearing pajamas.

The Baltimore Ravens football team of the National Football League is the only team in history to be named after the title of a poem: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.