Friday, March 20, 2009

March 20

today is...


first day of spring
the vernal equinox which means both day and night are of equal length

world storytelling day

quote of the day: "A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying." — B.F. Skinner

Word of the day: hubbub
Loud noise; din.
Confusion; tumult.




today is also the
20th anniversary of super soakers

IN
1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings

1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville KY of $14,000

1899 At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place is sentenced to become the first woman executed in an electric chair.

1920 The first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)

1954 Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania)

1987- The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT

1997 Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive

1999 Legoland California opens in Carlsbad, California.


Today is also my Birthday hence the Blog about today :)




This was the sunset from space last year on this day!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Floating Eggs


Did you know?
in order to tell if an egg has gone rotten without cracking it open and exposing the horrible smell you can put it in a glass of water?

if you put it in the water and it lays on it's side it is still fresh
if it is pointing up it means it is older
if it floats (yes floats) then it is bad

interesting....
an egg (fresh) will also float in salt water so try this...

take a glass and fill it half full of salt water then carefully pour plain tap water into the glass being careful not to mix the two the egg will sink through the tap water and then stop at the salt water so it will be suspended in the middle of the glass awesome!!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

polar bears

Did you know?

if you eat a polar animal especially the liver...

That you will die of vitamin A toxicity.

CRAZY!!!

Amazing the things that you learn at school!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Friday the 13th


so i thought because it is Friday the 13th i would do a post on Friday the 13th!

I never really understood why the number 13 was supposedly "bad" or Friday the 13th was an unlucky day so i thought hm good thing to look up!

well Friday the 13th can either be associated with a lucky day or an unlucky day! It can occur once to 3 times in a year.

The number 13 is said to be irregular because it follows in numerology 12 the number of completeness.

one superstition says that if you have 13 people seated around a table for dinner it will result in the death of one of the diners. this came from the last supper and Norse myths. Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.

And for some reason Friday is considered an unlucky day. black Friday when the stock market crashed, some say it is because Jesus was supposedly crucified on a Friday, and other such disasters since the 1800s that have occurred on Fridays.

Here is one myth behind it: Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and
fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil - a gathering of thirteen - and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as "Witches' Sabbath.

Pagans used to believe that Friday the 13th was a lucky day but with the efforts of Christianity attempting to degrade all things Pagan, they promoted 13 as an unlucky number, with Friday also being considered a bad day of the week

One study found that $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people are afraid to do anything. An estimated 17-21 million people in the US are afraid of this day.

The 13th of the month happens more on Fridays than any other day of the week. This year it is on 3 Fridays. Feb 13th, march 13th and Nov. 13th. Only about every 11 years does Friday the 13th happen 3 times in a year so this year would be considered very unlucky!
Many hospitals have no room 13, some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals skip Gate 13.

After all the research that i did on Friday the 13th some studies show that it is one of the safest days of the year (because a lot of people stay home and do nothing therefore are off the roads) or it has the most accidents of the year (mostly in women because they are afraid and therefore psych themselves out)

Honestly it is just another day nothing to exciting or scary! most people do not even notice that it is Friday the 13th! however a black cat did run across the road in front of me last night maybe i should be careful today :)

here are some sites that i thought were interesting about the subject:

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Survey please help!!

For school i made a servey for my project! if you could please help me out and fill it out and send it to others if possible!?
It's completely anonymous! thank you!!

It's 2 parts so make sure you do both parts
Part 1
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fhc1CU8gr1oVySXcs_2bZWIQ_3d_3d

Part 2
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vl3v3ya9iWNp_2baC5T1CJtA_3d_3d

Thank you so much
if you would rather fill it out and email it to me it's posted on my other blog and email it to jessikanelson@rocketmail .com (my school email)