Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
The Seventh Day of Christmas
On the seventh day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
In ancient China and certain parts of India, mouse meat was considered a great delicacy.
A giraffe can go [...]
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
The Sixth Day of Christmas
On the sixth day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
IT SNOWED!!!
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
The Fifth Day of Christmas
On the fifth day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
Some researchers in Applied Cognitive Studies have come up with a new method of measuring personality that is supposed to be an evolution from the standard Myers-Briggs. This new method, called The Big Five, can be tested out by anyone by going to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Advent/Christmas by Daryl
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
The Fourth Day of Christmas
On the fourth day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
Gimbal fans can give a hovercraft complete control over its movement, in all four directions.
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
The Third Day of Christmas
On the third day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
Boston is home to the United State’s first
public park (The Boston Commons 1640 )
public library ( 1653 )
and first subway ( 1897 )
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
The Second Day of Christmas
On the second day of Christmas my brain pointed out to me:
Two Canadians, Harry Wasyluk and Larry Hanson, are responsible for the invention of the plastic garbage bag as we know it today.
(Other Canadian inventions)
4 Comments » - Posted in Advent/Christmas by Daryl
Monday, December 25th, 2006
The First Day of Christmas
My brain was trying to figure out how to best go about celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas. After much grinding away inside my head, and having to stop the fire alarm from going off due to all the smoke, it figured out that the best way to do this on its blog was [...]
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
The Joy of Angles
Christ is born!
Glorify Him!
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Time Is a Funny Thing
I just realized how little time I have left with my wife before we have to part ways for 2 months. I also realized that I won’t see people until well after Christmas. (Even the Twelve Days of Christmas will be over.) This seemed very weird to me. How could there [...]
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Quite an Ordeal
I’ve come to realize that laundry pretty much sucks up my entire day. While this is the one chore that has always been “mine” it is not a chore that I have ever -or will ever- become accustomed to. Perhaps it would be different if we had in-suite laundry, but it will probably [...]