National Strawberries and Cream Day

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National Strawberries and Cream Day

Five Food Finds about Strawberries

• Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.

• The ancient Romans believed that strawberries alleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, all inflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, bad breath, attacks of gout, and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen.

• Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring.

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Oh. Oh, oh, oh! I got those babies growing in my garden. Hopefully, the squirrels won't get them first.

Places Where Ghost Stories Start

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Why is the basement always the scariest part of a building?

Okay, they are dark, they are dingy, but why would a ghost want to live in one?

Buildings, like the bluestone that belongs to Deaf Children Australia has an incredible basement, much like many of the old buildings have.  It is very large and I can see how it would be creepy, especially with the lights turned off.  

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Cool!

Tangled Sunset

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I finally was able to catch a sunset at the beach last night. We're getting our June gloom foggy weather already, which means sunsets are usually ruined. Lucky for me, last night the fog stayed off the coast just far enough.

This particular sunset wasn't anything too amazing. I felt like I should use a few apps to make it look more beautiful in my eyes.

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Nice!

Would You Trust Your Heart to Them?

I’ll Take Mine With A Bit of Salt

I’ve been researching some new topics for my WordPress class in Arlington and decided to focus on comment spam. I almost never look in my spam files (thank you, WordPress!) but a quick perusal has been amusing, to say the least. For example, I got a bunch of badly-written, congratulatory emails that all pointed back to a single dating website:

Your style is really unique in comparison to other people I have read stuff from.
I appreciate you for posting when you have the opportunity,
Guess I’ll just book mark this site.

Well, nice enough I suppose, for a site that links to other dating sites. I wonder what boiler room they’re all sitting in? Another lonely heart had this to say:

I am in fact grateful to the owner of this web site who has shared this fantastic piece of writing at
at this time.

And how long have you been learning English as a second language, dear? Still got those best dating sites, huh? You, realize, of course, that I’ve been married for 10 years? Of course you do! But this one spilled the beans on all of them:

Right here is the right webpage for anybody who wishes to find out about this topic.
You realize a whole lot its almost tough to argue with you
(not that I actually would want to�HaHa). You definitely put
a new spin on a subject which has been discussed for ages.
Wonderful stuff, just excellent!

Well, yes, I guess it is a “whole lot its almost tough to argue with you,” not that I have any idea what you’re talking about. Good luck with your dating site and I hope you don’t piss off any stalkers.

I have no idea what this one’s about. They must have used Google translate:

Hello, its fastidious article on the topic of media print, we all
be aware of media is a great source of data.

Um…yeah. The comment has a link to a YouTube video. I’m afraid to click on it. God knows what creepy thing might crawl into my computer from there. I don’t think it’s for a date. Ugh.

Now, listen: don’t any of you decide to try this remarkably ineffective way of selling something. If you do, I’ll come after you  myself and I don’t care where you live. It’s good for a laugh, though! Just remember: “be aware of media is a great source of data.”

National Chocolate Chip Day

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National Chocolate Chip Day

Five Food Finds about Chocolate Chips

1. Originally, chocolate chips were made of semi-sweet chocolate, but today there are many flavors. These include bittersweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, mint chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white and dark swirled chocolate chips.
2. Chocolate chips were invented in 1933 when Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in the town of Whitman, Massachusetts added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie recipe.

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Chocolate chips! Man, I dream about these at night!

Mother's Day: What NOT To Give Her.

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Here in the States, we have Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday.  I don’t know about you, but over here, many of the moms are hoping that their families will do something special for them this year.  What you do for your mom is up to you.  All moms are different, so how you celebrate Mother’s Day will be just as different. 

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Excellent advice. Thanks, Cimmy.

One of Those Days

There are days when life is good, the sun is out, the day is warm and world feels in balance again. Despite my schedule, despite the horrible events of the past few weeks, despite it all. I’m feeling spring coming into my spirit.