Thought of the day
Jul 1, 2008 Grab Bag, Uncategorized
Putting on socks while your feet are still wet.
An inspiring story… but read closer. WHAT?
May 15, 2008 Current Events, Found Online
There was a story yesterday on Yahoo news about the worlds most obese man. Basically, he was going to try and also hold the record for the most weight lost by a single person. He has already lost over 500 pounds in the last 2 years!
So his birthday is coming up, and he hopes to get out of the house for the first time in a whiol. Check this out:
Now weighing 717 pounds — the size of three hefty men — Uribe is still unable to move his swollen legs but hopes to get out of the house next month for only the third time in six years to celebrate his 43rd birthday.
He will still be in bed, hauled onto a tow truck for a trip to the mountainous countryside outside his home city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. It will be a rerun of a failed attempt in March that was thwarted when his bed hit an overpass.
Wait. What? His bed hit an overpass? Does that give anyone a funny visual in their head like it does mine? O well, at least he’s ok!
14 Ways to Get Off Your Fat Butt at Work
Feb 14, 2008 Found Online, Health
As someone who a)works and b)needs to get off of my fat butt, this is article over at Dumb Little Man is a great read. From the article:
Take the stairs instead of elevators: If it is one or two floors, always take the stairs. If you need to go up/down several floors then take the stairs to two floors above/below and then take the elevator. As you get used to it, increase the number of floors you use the stairs for. If you park in a level parking lot, always park in one of the higher levels and walk down.
What a great idea! All of the ones given are small steps you can take to eventually have a more active lifestyle, even when you are at work and maybe not able to flt out exercise. I will report back after trying some of these. Good luck!
courtesy of Dumb Little Man (via Pandaemonium)
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Rambo’s Solutions to 5 Everyday Office Problems
Jan 29, 2008 Found Online, Humor
You might have read the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, and you might have picked up some good advice on there as to how to be successful. Well, when it comes to going to work everyday, there is another person who could get stuff done at work, and still be a total badass. You know his name.
From the article:
Rambo Gets a Poor Performance Review
Despite hard work on Rambo’s part, sales are down and the result is a poor performance review from his manager. The negativity triggers his memories of being a POW. Rambo’s snatches the review sheet out of his manager’s hands, shoves it onto an arrow, lights it, and fires it from the office, through the window, and into the boss’s new convertible. The car explodes with a fireball three-stories tall. As the car burns, Rambo mumbles to no one in particular, “I always like to take ownership of my work.” But Rambo will never get over the guilt he feels for living when so many of his friends died in ‘Nam.
Let’s start handling things like our friend Rambo. Life will be more satisfying.
THF - Why the Large Drink Matters
Aug 1, 2007 Uncategorized
Maybe you have been here before.
Whenever I go to a restaurant that offers different sizes of drinks, I always opt for the largest drink they have. And like clockwork, someone in my party will make the comment “You get free refills, so why do you need to get the large?”. I can’t stress enough how this comment sends me to a place I don’t want to be, simply because I feel like I am being judged for my plastic cup size preference.
There are many reasons to go for the large. First of all, it is usually only $.20 more then the small or medium, and the increase in available fluid space is well worth it.
But my number-one reason that I always fire back with when interrogated of my motives is quite simple. It is something I have given the term “THF”. “THF”, you say? Yes, THF. It stands for “Take Home Factor. Let me explain.
Take two people who both get fountain drinks during an evening dining at Chick Fil-A. Person A gets the small drink, person B gets the lovely large drink. Dinner goes great, both discuss the superiority of Chick Fil-A to any other fast food establishment despite the slightly higher prices. All is well. At the end of the meal, both parties fill up on their drink before leaving.
Assuming both people drink at approximately the same speed, person A will run out of beverage long before person B. Imagine if you go home afterwards to watch a movie. Person A will most likely have to get up during your movie for some water (or another beverage of their choice). Person A will be fully hydrated during the entire picutre. So, for around $.20 more, person B will have quenched thirst far longer than person A. Because the large drink was purchased, you have a longer period of time before you have to tap into your own supply. In effect, you are saving money by spending money.
So, next time someone accosts you for ordering the large drink, make sure you inform them of the THF.
3-year-old boy found running on Indiana freeway
Jan 2, 2007 Uncategorized
From the article (emphasis mine):
The 3-year-old, wearing only a diaper and T-shirt, was found running in the middle of the slow lane of northbound I-465 Saturday morning…“Oh, he got out again,” Merritt said she told him after hearing about her son’s escape.
MAYBE I can understand your 3-year old getting out. Maybe she was doing something for a second, and her attention was not on him. I can MAYBE understand that. But to have your son get out of your home and make it all the way on to a freeway, and to not know it until the someone wakes you up? And then, to say that this has happened before?
Come on, people. If you are going to have children, you should probably expect to have a certain level of responsibility for them. This is just rediculous!
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Interesting Facts
Dec 19, 2006 Uncategorized
Here are some interesting, random facts to amaze your friends with:
1) Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
2) It is impossible to lick your elbow.
3) Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
4) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
5) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
6) Question: If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter “A”?
Answer: One thousAnd
7) In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase… “goodnight, sleep tight.”
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
9) Believe it or not, you can read this…
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amazing huh?
