Showing posts with label Mental Floss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mental Floss. Show all posts
Monday, March 20, 2017

We're Back from Hibernation.....Roanoke Times Comic Strips Dialogue (2 of 4)

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This is our first entry since September of last year, and the only reason we have come back is that there is a loyal blog reader in Riga, ...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Potluck Quote of the Day (9 of 10): Dorothy Parker

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It has been three full days since Dorothy Parker (1895-1967) would have celebrated her 123rd birthday, and we were planning to quote her b...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

10 for 10 (10th entry): Three Hip Urban Slang Defintions............Defining Hottish with Tori Spelling

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Greetings to our blog readers in the Netherlands, Argentina, and Burkina Faso.... We will be the first to admit that we should be at the...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Little Thinker Quotes (12 of 16): We're Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

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"You cannot find peace in by avoiding life." Ironically, this is a quote from Virginia Woolf, who alas committed suicide. SI...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Presidential Quotes (11 of 16): Rutherford B. Hayes, a Forgotten Man

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If one takes the Mental Floss "Name All 43 Presidents Quiz," we have a feeling Rutherford B. Hayes, a one-term Republican presid...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Presidential Quotes (6 of 16): Franklin Pierce, the Only President from New Hampshire

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Greetings to our blog-readers in Canada, The Bahamas and Peru. When one plays the "Name All the Presidents" trivia game on the...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Before We Take a Week Off: Top 10 Embarrasing Ways to Die

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Greetings to our friends in the Netherlands, Turkey and Mexico. We went back and forth on this, but we decided it would provide reli...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Highlights from The Bucket List: Going to Seattle Anyone?

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Yes, even though I'm only 43 years old, I actually made a bucket list of 100 things to do before I die. Some things are a bit more...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Presidential Quotes (8 of 8): John Quincy Adams

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We finally wrap up our quotes from American presidents with an ironic quip from John Quincy Adams, the sixth American president. JQA wa...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Greetings from Mister Frog

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Even though none of us are biology majors here at "The Daily Vampire," we were startled to learn that frogs are not reptiles, bu...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Reptile Week Cont'd_ The Alligators

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Yesterday, we started with the turtles. We forgot to mention that the Minnesota-based folk/rock band Trampled By Turtles will be performin...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

10 People Who Will Decide Who Becomes Prez (1 of 10): Rock and Roller in Seatlle Suburb

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Name: Steve Nichols Age: 48 Reisdency: Bellevue, Washington. Job: Rock and Roll Guitar Player Will Likely Vote: Obama ***_Notice...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Top 10 List- Obscure World Capitals, Africa Edition

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We learned from the ever-hip magazine "Mental Floss" last year, that apparently a man-eating crocodile named Gustave (not the one ...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Quote of the Day- Mike Schmidt

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Today, I thought I would go with two baseball legends who were stars when I was avidly watching baseball as a little boy (I actually rarely ...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Status Update_ Today, I Learned About Blue Lobsters

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Of course, when one mentions the word lobster, you either think of an overrated American chain restaurant (Red Lobster), Maine or the '8...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Beers of the World (#45)- Chang Beer from Thailand

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Today, we are featuring world beers that we learned about through a Beer Geography Quiz that we took on mentalfloss.com on both of our blogs...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Status Update_ I'm Getting Hungry Here

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First of all, our apologies to our friends in Karachi and Islamabad for forgetting to put Pakistan in our links section yesterday as we ment...