Woe is me!  I have bloggers' block...  I've been waiting for something extraordinary--who am I kiddin'--even ordinary to happen... Something that I could glean anything from to blog about--and....nada!  So I am going to leave you with a few interesting facts--and if you have any good blogging ideas for me you creative bloggers, please... PLEASE leave them in the comments. Anything at all--you name it, I'll blog it. (Well, almost anything...) I would blog about the trials and tribulations of visiting family, but the famdamily reads my blog :)  (Eh hem...check back in a few days readers...)

Here goes--these incredibly interesting facts came from InterestingFacts.org  For many more kinda interesting, totally irrelevant facts, check them out...

LYING: Lying is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of "ums" and "ahs," overly defensiveness, lack of eye contact.  Lying is stressful; liars will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.  You can also check if someone is lying by "norming" their responses.  Where do their eyes move when they are telling the truth about something--ask a few questions about past memories. Watch where the eyes go... If your subject is lying, his or her eyes will move in the opposite direction than when telling the truth.  My fail proof method not to get caught lying is  simple: DON'T LIE...

FACEBOOK: Facebook was originally named TheFaceBook and it was developed by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg. The first use of the FaceBook was on the Harvard campus and it was limited only to Harvard students. Soon the FaceBook spread like wild fire around the other major U.S. Universities. Mark Zuckerberg dropped the Harvard and pursued his facebook dream to become one of the 4th most-trafficked websites in the world with more than 90 million active users. The FaceBook website is built on PHP-MySQL technology, and it is probably the most popular PHP website ever built. Interesting fact is that the facebook.com domain was purchased for $200,000 and FaceBook has more than 24 million photos uploaded daily.  How do you feel about FaceBook?  I'm scared I'd get too addicted, so I haven't signed up yet...

Equine Mating:When a female horse and a male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and a female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny. When a male zebra and a female donkey mate the offspring is called a ‘zedonk’ or ‘zebrass’. All of these resulting offspring are sterile (can't have babies).   Hmmmm.... Too bad--was wonderin' what would happen when a hinny and zedonk mate...

Warning:  This blog post may be removed at any time if a more interesting or random post comes to mind (doubtful...don't hold your breath).

Thank you readers for being so loyal and humoring me during my times of sheer blogging anxiety--love ya!

 


Comments

frogmama

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:08:25

I have a fun little book called "The Writer's Block" by Jason Rekulak. I randomly opened to one page and the prompt was "Describe your most embarrassing on-the-job experience." Surely you've got to have one from teaching?

(I like the Facebook facts--even though every day I think about quitting it!)

 

Nicole

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:19:13

I need that book! And I totally have one of those--only it's actually on of my friends most embarrassing on-the-job experience--I'll do that one--she'll love me for it!

I just can't do the facebook thing--not yet... If I give up blogging, maybe...

 

Matt

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:51:40

Nicole, I live in a constant state of bloggers' block (except during political season). Right now I am debating posting some rather harsh but VERY funny stories I got in emails (just afraid of offending some people with the language). Otherwise, I have a couple of maybe/maybe nots, but nothing firm. So at least you're not alone. ☺

 

Nicole

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:31:45

Hi Matt,

Thank God I'm not alone! And I know how the language think can be questionable... If I think it's too much, I just blank it out--or whatever... If it's funny, I say go for it! I certainly wouldn't be offended :)

 

Elizabeth

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:31:47

You're right about lying. It's so much easier not to do it.

 

erin

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:40:09

LMAO! Love the word zedonk! Totally interesting.

And, uh, I have to read your contest descriptions more carefully. I thought I was getting ONE candy bar. LMAO at two packages. And here I thought I could lose those three extra pounds I packed on the past few weeks. LOL.

 

E.L.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:59:20

Must say I'm a bit surprised you've got blogger's block, you always seem to have something interesting to share. Sorry, don't really have any ideas myself, but I wish you luck in your experience with the visiting family.

 

Anne

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:46:48

I like the embarrassing work story idea. You can also tell us how you met your husband, talk about a pet, or something cute that Katie did. Hopefully, you will be prolific for a while.

 

Davida

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:10:17

I think you pulled it off just fine. We wouldn't have known you were blocked if you didn't tell us. The post was humorous and educational, as usual.

Davida

 

Stacy

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:16:34

Sometimes it's hard to focus when you're visiting family - I know when I was in Seattle last year visiting my family, it was tough to keep up with my weekly updates for my web design clients...I can't imagine how adept I would have been at keeping up blog posts on a regular basis the 2 weeks I was out there...(grin!!) You always seem to have something to blog about - and do it very well! :)

 

Nicole

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:46:12

Hi all,

I'm headed back to the desert in just a few days--you're right Stacy, I think that family is messin' with my focus. I'll be back on my A-game soon--love ya all--thanks for stoppin' by and giving me great ideas, too!



 



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