Some standardizations are good, some are bad. If you could standardize anything, what would it be? Here’s a funny list of humorous standardizations which will probably never come true but might just get you thinking!
June 5, 2009
June 11, 2008
How Tobacco Was invented
In honor of the upcoming fathers day. I thought I’d relate a story that Dad once told me about his idea for how Tobacco was discovered.
We start way back with the “Quest for Fire“. Most animals are scare of fire, early man learned to use it as a tool. However, they had been using fire for a fairly long time before they learned to how to actually create the fire.
So let’s say a bolt of lightening caused a tree to catch fire. Someone (aka: the firekeeper) would be resonsible for collecting the burning embers for re-use in campfires as these nomatic people moved from one place to another.
Now, if you’ve ever stayed near a campfire – and the smoke has blown into your face. You can imagine what life was like for the firekeeper. A lot of choking sounds, a bad taste in your mouth. They probably even had a lower life expectancy constantly breathing in the fumes from the burning embers, just so the tribe would have a warm fire for the night and tasy food to eat.
For the firekeeper to do his job, he would have to learn (probably passed down from the firekeeper above him) the various plants that would keep a long, slow burning ember. Some plants would do much better then others. [Can you see where I am going?]
It probably would not have been too long before these firekeepers learned to reconize plants that had a slow burnering ember, plus which caused them not to feel so bad when carring them around (in fact it was probably getting them high). The plants weren’t necessarily tobacoo but something similar or a related drug.
Assuming they were somewhat sociable, the firekeepers passed this information along to other firekeepers, to keep an eye out for these “magical fire plants”, possibly they eventually learned to grow them or mark the areas where they were commonly found wild.
I always thought this sounded like an interesting theory and at least somewhat plausable. In those days life expectancy was already low, and as I’ve said early the firekeepers life expectancy was even lower. So a plant that at least comforted the firekeeper during his duties probably did not cause all the health problems we see today with tobacco and marijuana and all of the others that have come along since. Of course, I am sure if you tried to explain to early mad the idea of “running for exercise” on a stationary treadmill or bike they would think you were the crazy one not them !
May 6, 2008
What ever become of CB Radio?
Is the CB Radio Dead?
Was CB Radio just podcasting that was “too early” for it’s time?
I am reminded of one of my favorite movies. A guy [Jack Burton] goes a
round chatting aloud on his CB Radio. He’s a trucker, and he likes to hear himself talk. It’s a bit like I feel each time I record these audio files in my car on the way to/from work.
There was a time, if you owned a CB Radio, you could turn to one of 35 or so channels and here all kinds of “interesting” information. Today CB Radio is dead. Yes there is a varient used by Emergency personnel, and maybe a few truckers, but if you by a CB and hook it up, mostly all you were heear is dead air.
So what has changed? Today, User generated content respresents the internet and the Web. It’s all about everyone shouting about everything in hopes of getting his/her 15 minutes of fame. Now, I don’t yet have a lot of listeners [please subscribe], but you don’t really need a lot of listeners, you just need to like to talk, after a wihle it even becomes a sort of personal “therapist”. Who knows who is out there, and who is litening, then, I start to digress, and I talk about religion, and some other interesting videos.
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March 14, 2008
I can read your mind
I just love these types of mind reading videos. Do you read the daily horoscopes? Do you find yours to be quite accurate, does this proove there really are psychics out there?
Here’s a cool video mind reading test. You might want a pencil and piece of paper. When you play the video you will be presented with a series of statements about yourself. Put an check for every statement that is true about you, and an X for every one that is false.
Then ask youself, how well did this video read your mind? If you are impressed, pass this video on the a few of your friends and see how they score.
Then you will know the true secret of horoscopes in the newspaper.
Have fun !/P
February 13, 2008
Tired of shoveling the snow this winter?
We’ve been having a lot of snow here in Fredericton lately and all the shoveling can be very overwhelming.
Does this happen to you? Sick and Tired of winter where you live? If so just print this and post it somewhere near you to look at when winter depresses you.
Now remember, whatever it’s like outside. It could always be worse ! You could have to be the guy responsible for shoveling in this picture/P
January 30, 2008
500 Mostly Useless Facts
From djtech.net: Here is a colleciton of 500 useless facts. Perhaps somewhat usefull if you are going on a trivia show or something. If you can make it all the way to the bottom, you may have too much time on your hands !
January 29, 2008
Top 12 Random Website Bordom List
Ever have one of those moments when you sitting in front of your browser, wondering what to do next. Here’s a list of 12 random page viewers you can bookmark or add to you home page. Get a different [interesting?] page every time./P
December 28, 2007
Double Delicious Fruit Cake
LOL…I love it, here’s a super funny recipe for Fruit cake…I wonder how many out there have actuall tried it !
December 20, 2007
Is this real? Hammering a nail with a lightbulb?
Check out this innovative new way of using a light bulb. Once we all switch for florescent bulbs, this might be the only use for these bulbs
December 17, 2007
Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.
