Thursday, February 27, 2003

Oh what a sad day...Mr. Rogers died. Yep, that Mr. Rogers. I wonder if they'll ever put together a DVD collection of his show. It would probably take years to acquire all the episodes since it's been on tv since the 60s.
Well, since I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, I'll post two facts for the paranoid in all of us but first, let me tell you about rugby. Yesterday it was rainy and while it did stop raining just before practice, the field was soaked and there was fog. And people got muddy including me. There really was no way to avoid it but I did manage to only get my left side muddy. I'm glad I bought cleats for flag football since they work great for rugby.
And now for today's thoughts:
1. A remote keyless entry device lets you unlock your car door at a distance with the click of a button, but someone with a receiver can pick up the signal your keyless remote sends, record it, and resend it later to unlock your car. Who else has the keys to your car?
2. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Today's thoughts brought to you by the letter Z and the words, Zealous, Zillion, Zoogeography, and the number 110020348385938595839205849275
~me~ at 8:53 AM

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Okay, after an initial period of panic about the dismal variety of dresses to choose from, I managed to find an affordable dress and an expensive dress. The expensive dress was fun because it was all glittery (and all that glitter is still stuck in my hair) but my good friend Christina, who is stylisticly more inclined than I, found the cheaper dress and said it was more flattering to my figure (okay...) and since she's not one to say things just to please others, I believe her. It's this cool purple-teal combo and fun. Then we found cool shoes to go with it and they actually had my size! Now I need to find an evening bag to match.
Now onto other matters...For two days, I've been trying to help my friends downstairs set up a wireless network because mine was relatively simple to set up. Frustration after frustration occurred and so last night, I emailed my brothers and kevin gave some tips that we'll try out today. And in my dreams last night, I dreamt of something we didn't try but I noticed on my router settings. Of course, my dream also showed it didn't work but I'm hoping that won't be true.
And now, for you paranoid folks out there, I've got today's scary thought: 1 in 6500 Americans will be injured by a toilet seat during their lifetime. Most will be men
Today's thought brought to you by the letter Q and the words Quack, Qindarka, and Quarantine and the number 18937482914723810049372245323144
~me~ at 8:47 AM

Sunday, February 23, 2003

Here's a scary thought. Everytime you brush your teeth, you have a 25% chance of developing bacteremia (bacteria in your blood). Normally this doesn't matter cause your body can kill off the bacteria but if you have existing issues (damaged heart valves, hip replacements, etc), this could be devastating. And every 6 months when your friendly dentist is cleaning your teeth and doing other stuff, you have anywhere from an 18% to an 85% chance of developing bacteremia. So even though your teeth look clean, there's hundreds of thousands of bacteria swimming over the surface. This concludes today's issue of freaking out family and friends. For more disturbing thoughts, tune in tomorrow. And now a word from our sponsors...
~me~ at 3:15 PM