Top Few Things I Want to Do Before I Die

I decided today on my way home from work that I would like to make and keep an up dated post about the top few things I would like to do before I die. I don't think I can list them in any particular order and I have accomplished a few of them already. But I will list them as they appear to me and I will try to update them.

• Go Skydiving - Yup I have always wanted to go. I just want to feel that free fall and the parachute feeling
  
• Get Married
• Give Birth
• Get a real job with a real salary
  
• Go to Paris
• Get a College Degree
  
• Go see an Italian Opera
• Go on a cruise to Alaska
• Write a Check
• Buy a car
• Buy a house
• Take a trip to Israel
• Get rid of headaches
  

Milk Does a Body Good

I was thinking about this today for whatever reason I was drinking coffee. I had another headache and needed some type of caffeine to get rid of the headache. Usually a coke or some sort of caffeine will take care of it. I have found that sleeping does not, any longer.

So I was thinking about coffee houses and what keeps them going. Well reverting back again, what keeps coffee going. Well coffee has been around for thousands of years. We all know this, it has been grown for many many years. But.. have we always put the usual in our coffee or tea. Milk cream sugar honey maybe.

Then AGAIN I got to thinking in the normal human round about way about milk. Do human adults normally drink milk in its purest form? Well, no not normally. Unless you are vising a dairy farm milking the cows. Do we need milk to survive? Well we need a form of calcium and it seems that milk or milk based products can provide the easiest solution to that.

In essential, human adults, that means you, do not need to drink or eat milk on a daily basis. We can HARDLY process the milk that comes from the cows in our bodies. Look at the increase in products that offer different types of milk. Soy Milk, homogeneous milk, even the same in cheeses and in ice cream. We do not need to drink milk, or use cow milk in our foods. Our bodies cannot process milk or cow milk at an adult level.

So again what is keeping these coffee houses in business? I would say its not the sugars or the doughnuts. Its not the coffee either. Milk is like part of the gear in a large machine to keep it going and going and going. It is part of the essential of the coffee house.

And Remember at the end of every universe exists a Starbucks!

Animal Suicide

I saw this recently in the news paper about a cow that ran off a cliff, or possible scared off a cliff.
Animal Suicide huh. Kinda interesting I think.

From ComTexNews:

Believe it: Cliff-diving cow hits minivan

WENATCHEE, Wash., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Michigan couple are happy to be alive after a cow fell from a 200-foot cliff and landed on top of their minivan outside Manson, Wash.

Charles Everson Jr., 49, of Westland, Mich., told The Wenatchee (Wash.) World Monday he never saw the incoming animal until it landed squarely on the minivan as he and his wife Linda traveled along Highway 150 last weekend.

"It was just 'bam' -- you just saw something come down and hit the hood," he said of Sunday's accident. "I'm like, 'I don't believe this. I don't believe this. I don't believe this.' "

Chelan County Fire District 5 chief Arnold Baker said the cow, which he estimated at nearly 600 pounds, had been reported missing by a local breeder.

Whatever caused the animal to hurtle off the cliff remains a mystery, but Baker told the World the couple was lucky to escape with only a heavily-damaged vehicle.

"It's funny because it was such a close call," Baker said. "Inches different and the couple in this car would have been killed."

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Copyright 2007 by United Press International.

Vince And Larry: The Crash Test Dummies

What ever happened to our beloved Crash Test Dummies? I am not speaking of the band folks, I am speaking of the two characters that we used to see on television during the late 80's and 90's. I did some research on them. The whole purpose was to get people to use their seatbelt. Did it work? Indeed it did. In 1994, the seatbelt usage went from 21% to 73%. Thats a big increase. But what ever happened to these two actors that worked to the Department of Transportation?

Seems too sad that they were retired in 1999. The new slogan is no longer "You Can Learn a Lot From a Dummy, Buckle Your Safety Belt. It is now: Buckle up. Always. Well does that still seem like a quick catch phrase? I would like to see the difference from the time they switched the slogan and retired Vince and Larry to possibly in 2001 or so. If there was a increase, decrease, or stabilization in persons wearing seat belts.

Anyhow, I saw a bumper sticker for these guys on the refrigerator today and wanted to give them a good woot shout out to them for helping our government succeed in a great campaign to help people protect themselves if a crash occurred.

Pubic Shampoo

Today As I was sitting in one of the rooms waiting for one of the persons to come by and log herself into the computer, I had a strange passage over me. What if they made a shampoo for pubic hair. Why this crossed over me I don't know. It's probabbly why I get most of my ideas or theories from out of the sky or out of the carpet even. Either way it was an interesting thought.

But, for a second imagine, that we do have shampoo for our hair, so why not our pubic hair. As gross as it sounds, some people could use this. Like for instance, itching, well would you use a Head and Shoulders product down there? Or say for instance, your going on a date, and you know whats going to be happening that night so you want to be completely prepared, (both men and women), so would you use and take extra care of that hair down there? Honestly, I think that it would be a great product to market. I know some of the other folks might cringe away at it or turn their head. They turn their head up to other things too. Best place to begin your little market, Wal-Mart. Gosh I love Wal-Mart.

So I was just curious enough to see if they have anything available like this, if it existed. I actually found a real video on it. Take a look below


New Shampoo - Watch more amazing videos here

Now with a lot of searching online, it seems there is a pubic lice treatment. It is treated with a medicated prescription shampoo only. Well what do we know about lice, well its a six legged creature, commonly known as "crabs". Hey They got a shampoo for this, so lets get a general shampoo for ourselves!

The 15 Minute Nap...

I think during every part of a normal business day, everyone needs a 15 minute nap. It will help rejuvenate the mind, the body. It will give you some time to think back on your work on your day and give you that extra boost that everyone I know needs.

The 15 Minute nap will allow for workers to come back, ready to engage in their work and work related issues.

Did you know about Trains?

From Wikipedia

• ...that the first two steam locomotives used in present day Oregon for construction of the Northern Pacific Railway arrived there in 1870 by way of a ship that sailed around Cape Horn?

• ...that one of the most famous live steam miniature railroads was Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific Railroad, which inspired Disney to surround his planned Disneyland amusement park with a working narrow gauge railroad?

• ...that the meter gauge Schafbergbahn in Austria began operations in 1893 and operates today using both steam and diesel locomotives?
  

• ...that an interlocking makes it impossible to give a clear (proceed) signal to a train if the switches are not aligned properly so that the train movement can be completely accomplished?
  

• ...that VIA Rail still operates a few combine cars in revenue service behind freight trains in far northern Manitoba which carry passengers, baggage and supplies for villages en route?
• ...that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, large coal piers for transloading of coal from trains to ships were erected by railroad companies at ports on the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes in the United States?
  

• ...that the Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) train safety system in use in Germany and Austria can automatically stop a train if certain conditions are not met?
  

• ...that examples of train ferries, watergoing ships designed to carry railway vehicles, can be found worldwide?
  

• ...that the collection of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, includes one mile (1.6 km) of track that is considered the most historic mile of railroad track in the United States?
  

• ...that the first electrically-operated Norwegian railway signals using lights were manufactured by AEG in 1924?
  

• ...that although several different companies comprise the Frankfurt Transit system, they all use the same fare schedule enabling passengers to purchase a single ticket for a journey that may include different modes of transport?
  

• ...that U.S. Patent 1 (under the new numbering system adopted in 1836) was awarded to John Ruggles on July 13, 1836, for a type of driving wheel designed to reduce the adverse effects of the weather on the track?
  

• ...that the Seaton Tramway features reduced-scale (1:2) replicas of classic British tram cars from various cities?
  

• ...that in the mid-20th century, the Čierny Hron Railway was the most extensive forest railway network in Czechoslovakia with over 130 km (81 miles) of track?
• ...that Melbourne's 4D was the only double decker train used in that city?
  

• ...that in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand, tank cars are called cylinder wagons or tank wagons.
  

• ...that the Class 120 electric locomotives operated by DB Fernverkehr were the first electric locomotives with three-phase motors?
  

• ...that before he began the Pullman Palace Car Company, George Pullman worked as a gold broker in Colorado?
  

• ...that because so many of the 2-6-4 type of steam locomotive were used in Austria in the 1900s and 1910s, the type is often called the Adriatic type in honor of the Adriatic Sea, which bordered Austria-Hungary until 1918?
• ...that when Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway inaugurated the City of Denver in 1936, it was the fastest long distance passenger train in the world, traversing the 1,048 miles (1,687 km) between Chicago and Denver in as little as 16 hours, an average of about 65 mph (105 km/h)?
  

• ...that announcements of upcoming stations on Seoul Metropolitan Subway trains are made in both English and Korean?
  

• ...that the DeWitt Clinton was the first steam locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of New York?
  

• ...that when the electric locomotives of British Rail Class 77 were sold to Nederlandse Spoorwegen in 1969, they all retained their assigned names?
  

• ...that railroadiana refers to artifacts of currently or formerly operating railways, including datenails, timetables, brakeman's lanterns, locomotive nameplates, dining car linens and china, or items as big as speeders or even complete passenger cars?
  

• ...that the first 6-2-0 steam locomotives in the United States in the 1840s were designed to burn coal instead of wood, necessitating a much larger firebox than was used on other contemporary locomotives?
  

• ...that after passengers complained of uncomfortable pressure changes when entering tunnels at high speed on the LGV Atlantique, the TGV Réseau sets are now pressure sealed?
  

• ...that Fruit Growers Express was originally the produce-hauling subsidiary of Armour & Co. until 1919 the United States Federal Trade Commission ordered the company's sale for anti-trust reasons?
  

...that the report Richard Beeching issued in 1963 that has come to be known as the "Beeching Axe" recommended closing 6,000 miles (10,000 km) of Great Britain's nearly 18,000 miles (29,000 km) of track?

Did you Know

Did you know:

The movie "The Perfect Storm" was based on a weather event that did occur in late October, 1991. The remnants of Hurricane Grace joined forces with a strong disturbance coming down from the north. The result was one of the mightiest storms ever over the North Atlantic with winds to hurricane force. What made the storm even worse is that it was blocked by high pressure to the north. So its strong circulation had three full days to build waves into monstrous proportions. The waves shown in the movie were no exaggeration. A ship buoy south of Nova Scotia recorded a wave over 70 feet high, though the average was 30 to 50 feet. In New England, the storm will always be remembered for the huge waves that battered the coastline and for the fisherman who were lost at sea