Lunches can be pretty boring when you’re a kid.  A creative father from Massachusetts wanted to liven things up a bit for his kids.  Graphic designer, David Laferriere started drawing cartoons on his children’s sandwich bags everyday.  He’s being doing it for a long time too.  Laferriere has been drawing a different design everyday since May 2008!  Since then he has created more than 1000 drawings and designs!

How cool is that! You can see more of his designs and the full story here.

Fun Fact for today … We can never run out of salt.  There’s enough in the oceans to cover the world 14 inches deep.

Word of the day … decimate (DESS-uh-mayt)
1: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
2: to exact a tax of 10 percent from
3a : to reduce drastically especially in number b : to cause great destruction or harm to

We’ve all seen at least one episode of The Simpsons. What do you think those characters would look like if they were real life?  Take a look.

Fun Fact for today … We can never run out of salt. There’s enough in the oceans to cover the world 14 inches.

Word of the day … force majeure (forss-mah-ZHUR)
1: superior or irresistible force
2: an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled

Yesterday we wrapped up the 2013 GX94 Airwaves for Health Radiothon.  All of the money raised is going directly to a new regional hospital!  Every year it is so exciting to see how the whole Sunrise Health Region comes together to make donations so we can bring in new equipment and now a new hospital.  Over the two day radiothon we raised $76,427.00!  That is amazing!

I was very proud to be able to present a cheque to Ross Fisher with the Health Foundation for $2000.00.  This money came directly from the proceeds raised with the GX94 Christmas Goodies cook book.

100% of the proceeds raised with the 2012 GX94 Christmas Goodies cook book is for local charities and initiatives. To date we have donated $7,500.  This money has gone to Secret Santas, Toys for Tots and food banks around the listening area, the Salvation Army, a Student Teacher Hockey Benefit and now to the Health Foundation.

Fun Fact for today … A snail breathes through its foot.

Word of the day … occlusion (uh-KLOO-zhun)
1: a shutting off or obstruction of something
2: the coming together of the surfaces of the upper and lower teeth
3: the front formed by a cold front overtaking a warm front and lifting the warm air above the earth’s surface

TRUE FACTS ABOUT EVERYDAY PRODUCTS:
✓ The ‘Super-Soaker was invented by a spacecraft systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
✓ ‘Q-Tips’ were originally named ‘Baby Gays’.
✓ The first ‘Nike’ shoes were made using a waffle iron.
✓ ‘American Express’ was a shipping company for 100 years before getting into the credit card biz.
✓ ‘Autotune’ was originally a signal processor used to interpret seismic data when searching for crude oil.
✓ ‘Lysol’ was originally marketed as a feminine hygiene product.
✓ ‘Kotex’ pads were developed to treat soldiers’ wounds during WW1.
✓ ‘Listerine’ used to be a surgical antiseptic as well as … a floor cleaner.
✓ ‘Heroin’ was first marketed by Bayer in 1898 as a non-addictive cough syrup.
– Condensed from Cracked.com

Fun Fact for today … Cockroaches can flatten themselves almost to the thickness of a piece of paper in order to slide into tiny cracks; they can be frozen for weeks and then thawed with no ill effect;and they can withstand 126 g’s of pressure with no problem (people get squished at 18 g’s).

Word of the day … surd (SERD)
1: lacking sense : irrational
2: voiceless — used of speech sounds

Last night on the voice, there was a powerful performance put on by two amazing singers.

I love the song “This is a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown.  These two ladies on the Voice in the battle rounds went head to head singing it.  And, WOW! Women rock. That’s all I have to say! We rock!

A kind of modern day Parent Trap story!  That’s what we are talking about today.  Anais Bordier from France thinks she may have found her twin sister Samantha Futerman from America.  The two girls were both born in Seoul, South Korea, both born on November 19, 1987 and adopted shortly after by two different families.  25 years later they find each other!

Check out their full story and their Kickstarter Campaign.

Fun Fact for today … in olden days some thought that the reflection of the body in a shiny surface or mirror was an expression of the spiritual self, and therefore if anything happened to disturb the reflection, injury would follow.  This was the origin of the superstition that breaking a mirror would bring seven years of bad luck.

Word of the day … indissoluble (in-dih-SAHL-yuh-bul)
: incapable of being dissolved or disintegrated; especially : incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken : permanent

FEMALE FASHIONS WE MOST MISS FROM THE ‘90S:
(OR DO WE?)

✓ Butterfly Clips: We had them in every color, so we felt the need to wear them all at once.
✓ Scrunchies: OK they were handy, but could they possibly be the worst fashion idea ever?
✓ Slap Bracelets: These were among the most dangerous of accessories. Ouch! (I forgot about these! These were fun.  I want one now!)
✓ Light-Up Sneakers: For kids who needed to be entertained head-to-toe, emphasis on toe. (I had a pair of these growing up and they were SO cool!)
✓ Frosted Tips: Thanks in part to Justin Timberlake during most of his *NSYNC career.
✓ Lip Smackers: From kiwi to cotton candy, it took determination not to eat these lip balms.
✓ Mood Rings: Without one on, it was completely unclear how you were feeling on a given day. (Definitely had myself a couple of mood rings)
– Adapted from HerCampus.com

Do you remember trolls?  I had so many of these!  Trolls were cool too!

See the birthday one?  I still have that troll!

Fun Fact for today … During London’s Great Plague of 1665, smoking tobacco was thought to have a protective effect.

Word of the day … kiln (KILN)
: an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying

Did you catch the ACM awards last night?  It was pretty good.  I liked Hunter Hayes performing with Stevie Wonder, so glad Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year and Luke Bryan was pretty darn cute as he got all teary eyed after winning Entertainer of the Year.  But out of all of it, The Band Perry’s performance was the best of the night!  If you missed it, you have to watch the video.  These guys can rock!

Fun Fact for today … In Japan you can rent a dog as a companion for $20.00 an hour.

Word of the day … convalesce (cahn-vuh-LESS)
: to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness

Have you thought about what you want to have happen to your body after you die?  Not something people usually want to think about.  I was reading an article though about unusual dying wishes.  I found it dark, but really interesting.

One man, Leon Wesley from Louisiana was hardly ever seen without a red solo cup in his hand.  He died last year from prostate cancer.  His last request, a custom made coffin decked out with the Budweiser logo.

Another man, an osteology professor at Washington State University, offered his bones and the bones of his Irish wolfhound, Clyde to the Smithsonian for display.  He thought they would be good teaching specimens.  The picture below shows them, arranged to mimic an old photograph of Clyde on his hind legs in the professor’s arms.

You can read the fill article on George Stroumboulopoulos’ website.

Fun Fact for today … Clams can live as long as 150 years.

Word  of the day … redbrick (RED-brik)
1: built of red brick
2: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century

I have to admit the greatest thing about being off of our diet, is getting to say YES to whatever we want to eat! Chad Mikals hosted his annual Blue Jays home opener get together last night and we feasted on a gourmet hot dog smorg!  It was fabulous! Below is a picture of my supper!  Sorry, the picture is fuzzy, but I was just so excited to eat a loaded hot dog that I was kind of shaky!

I had cheese sauce, homemade chilli, homemade sauerkraut, ketcup and mustard on that baby!  And it was delicious!  But after one, my stomach said NO MORE FOOD!  So I stopped.

The dreaded spring cleaning … it’s back again.  I thought these quotes were pretty funny.  Everyone hates cleaning, just like me!

CLASSIC SPRING CLEANING QUOTES:
• “My second-favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk-bed until I faint.” (Erma Bombeck)
• “Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?” (Phyllis Diller)
• “I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes … and 6 months later you have to start all over again.” (Joan Rivers)
• “I’m not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on.” (Roseanne Barr)
– “Psychology Today” March 2013

DEFINITION OF ‘JUNK’:
Trying to clean up the junk in your house? According to professional organizers, if it’s broken, outdated, lost its mate, ugly, useless, dead, or moldy, then it’s ‘junk’ … and you should toss or recycle it.
– “Clutter’s Last Stand”
(How much JUNK do you have in your house?  I know I have a lot.)

Fun Fact for today … Only pharaohs were allowed to eat mushrooms in ancient Egypt.

Word of the day … boulevardier (bull-uh-vahr-DYAY)
: a frequenter of the Parisian boulevards; broadly : man-about-town