My Daughter came home with a riddle today and I thought it was cute enough to deserve a post. See if you can guess the correct answer to it? The first person who posts the correct answer will win a free 125×125 button ad here on my blog for one month. No cheating please, don’t Google it either. Ready? Here it goes… Billy lives on the 20th floor of his apartment building, everyday when he comes home from school he takes the elevator to the 15th floor and then he gets off and walks the next five flights of stairs [...] Read more »
Science & Popcorn
Who would ever have thought that Science and Popcorn could go together? Or they could be so much fun (at least eating the popcorn was fun). My Daughter had to do a science project for school so instead of the usual “potato makes electricity” we decided to do something more fun. How does temperature affect popcorn? We took 3 bags of microwave popcorn and froze one, refrigerated one, and left one out at room temperature for 24 hours. We then microwaved each bag to see how long they took to finish popping and if there was any difference in quality [...] Read more »
Happy Chinese New Year…
Happy Chinese New Year, this is the year of the Rat. Other Rat years have been: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996 and now 2008. People born in the Year of the Rat are noted for their charm and attraction for the opposite sex. They work hard to achieve their goals, acquire possessions, and are likely to be perfectionists. They are basically thrifty with money, are easily angered and love to gossip. Their ambitions are big, and they are usually very successful. They are most compatible with people born in the years of the Dragon, Monkey, and Ox. Read more »
How many days old are you?
Now I feel real old… After visiting the day counter page I found that I am 15,222 Days  — or –  2,174 Weeks and 4 Days old. :( That puts things into perspective no? How many days old are you? ~Phil Read more »
Simple home alarm…
This is a great idea that was sent to me via email today. I thought it would be good to pass it on to everyone else that may be reading this. If you have a car with an alarm that has a panic button on the keyfob, put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or the sound of someone trying to break into your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn [...] Read more »