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Lesson #1 - Don't Eat the Emergnecy Storm Food BEFORE The Storm!
Thursday 08-28-2008 2:51pm ET
This morning I took my teen-aged daughter into the orthodondist for a follow-up visit, and one of the staff there at the front check-in desk (Debra) informed me that she had just gone out and bought her emergency supplies in the event of a hurricane that could hit next week. Now granted, we a few more miles inland than our costal neighbors, but we have been known to have more than a few storms in our area complete with flooding and power outages.
Debra brought all of the supplies and the food home last night. When she woke up this morning to put it away, she couldn't find half of the food items. When she asked her husband if he had seen any of it, he said, "I had a little snack." Hmm. You know? I actually understand him, and we've never met!
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MacMan Musings for TUESDAY 8/26/08
Tuesday 08-26-2008 12:12pm ET
TODAY IS Exactly four months from today, we'll be hitting the after-Christmas sales.
Macaulay Culkin turns 28 today... one year for every time people ask him to put his hands up by cheeks, make that face, and scream "AGHHHH!"... every day. - Geraldine Ferraro turns 73 today. Years ago, she ran for vice-president. She was not only the first woman to do that with a major party but she was also the first to have a last name that sounded close to an Italian sports car.
Women's Equality Day -- We say forget all that stuff about gender equality. Men and women are different, and new studies show that women have the upper hand. Science proves what you always suspected, women are superior. They have stronger hearts and more robust immune systems. They also have better memories, more sensitive noses, more refined taste buds and they live longer. - Brain: Certain parts of the female brain linked to language have more nerve cells than a man's, giving women an advantage in reading and speech.
- Ears: A woman's hearing is more sensitive and she uses both ears when listening to a conversation, while guys tend to use only one. Also, men start losing their hearing earlier at age 32 compared to 38 in women.
- Eyes: Color blindness is less of a problem for women because the most common form of the disorder is hereditary and carried only in men.
- Nose: With flatter, smaller noses, women can discern the mere wisp of a smell.
- Mouth: Foods pack more of a wallop for women because female saliva enlivens the taste of sweet or spicy foods.
- Heart: Women's hearts beat faster than men's, 90 times per minute compared to 80 while awake, and 66 to 56 during sleep.
- Armpits: Perfume isn't the only reason women smell better. They perspire less because they have fewer sweat glands.
- Hands: Men are more likely to be left-handed, and that makes their lives more difficult since most tools and appliances are built for right-handers.
- Liver: Women process medication differently, often enhancing the effect. But they're slower to break down alcohol and so they get tipsy quicker.
- Joints: The hormone estrogen heightens the elasticity of women's tissue and joints.
- Lungs: Women don't get the hiccups as often as men, and they breathe slower at nine breaths a minute to a man's 12.
- Hormones: Estrogen boosts the good cholesterol and lowers the bad kind. It also prevents fatty build-up in the arteries and shields a woman's bones, heart and brain.
- Stomach: The female digestive tract works slower, giving the body more time to absorb the nutrients from food.
- Immune system: The hardier immune system of the female battles viruses, bacteria and parasites more successfully.
C'mon Wal-Mart-REALLY!
Monday 08-25-2008 3:36pm ET
With 6 people to buy for, we average about $230 a week there in groceries...so why is it this past Saturday, when I wanted to get my fragrance -- Halston Z14 -- I had to wait for an associate to unlock the cologne cabinet? Are you kidding me?
OK, OK I understand that this is STANDARD Wal-Mart proceedure. But, THEN I watched this associate hand deliver it directly to the check out person responsible for my line. Right. I am going to try and steal this $14 bottle of cologne. Never mind all of those CD's and DVD's that are not only more expensive, but much easier to conceal than my "cost effective" cologne (It sounds better than cheap). We must get a handle on all hard working people doing their best to smell better and make them feel as if they are a severe security risk!
Oh, and after going through all the popsicle and yogurt packages, I almost forgot to even remind the check out person that the cologne was even there waiting for me. Glad I did. Maybe that extra security was put in affect for the special limited edition Jeff Gordon carton? Maybe?
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