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Most Recent Posts Benjamin Franklin: Don't worry about your job, your careerPosted Oct-02-08 10:38:24 PDT Worried about your job? Fretting about what step to take next in your career? Benjamin Franklin's advice: don't be. During his 84 years, Franklin had a whole bunch of jobs. He was a scientist, inventor statesmen, printer, philosopher, musician, economist, soldier, environmental activist, fire company organizer, library founder, postmaster, cartographer, author - and a whole bunch of other things. Franklin believed that wealth should be rightly be attained by hard work - the idea behind the "American Dream" So if you take Franklin as an example, don't worry about your job - just work hard and you can do a lot! Goose BumpsPosted Sep-29-08 12:46:47 PDT The stock market is a little crazy right now - enough to give a person goose bumps. Have you ever wondered where goose bumps come from? Goose bumps are caused by the contractions of small muscles at the base of hair follicles - often caused in response to cold, or fear. Back when humans were a little more furry than we are now, goose bumps caused hair to stand on end. This was advantageous in the cold because extending one's fur helps maintain warmth. Goose bumps also were good to have when times are scary, because extending one's fur makes you seem bigger...and perhaps a more imposing figure to anybody that is trying to eat you! Talk Like a Pirate DayPosted Sep-19-08 12:18:49 PDT Yar Har! Avast Ye Matees! Did you know that today is the official talk like a pirate day? I don't know about you, but I love talking like a pirate. YARG! Sabotage!Posted Sep-18-08 11:32:23 PDT It is generally agreed that the word "sabotage" is French in origin - coming from the French word for shoes: sabot. There are two theories. The first is that during the railway strike of 1910, French workers disabled the wooden shoes, or sabots, that secured the rails - thereby rendering the railway inoperable. The other theory describes how during the industrial revolution, disgruntled workers threw their shoes into the works of the looms they were working on - as a way of protesting working conditions. The Mayflower SailsPosted Sep-16-08 17:11:40 PDT September 6, 1620 - a date that will live in bonnets, if not infamy. It was September 6, 1620 that the Mayflower left Portsmouth, England bound for Plymouth. The ship left Portsmouth with 102 passengers and around 30 crew. After a grueling 66 day voyage it reached Cape Cod on November 11. Interestingly, the pilgrims were using the old style Julian calendar - so the actual dates on the calendar we use now are September 16, 1620 and November 21, 1620. Which means today is the 388th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. |
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