Friday, November 20, 2009
Fingers
Have you ever really looked at your hands and fingers? I did the other day and was surprised by what I saw.

It all started with a nail tech mentioning something when she was doing my nails. She noticed that my ring fingers and pinky are rounder then my other nails are flatter (have less arch to the nail). That started a closer examination of my fingers all together. That's when I noticed that my pointer fingers aren't straight. They start out straight at the base and then slowly turn towards my middle finger. My middle fingers do the same thing, though it's not as noticeable. My ring fingers turn slightly the other way. Seriously if I hold all my fingers next to each other they look like a little finger family huddled together for a family portrait.

I want to know WHEN exactly my fingers started to look like this. Or have they been this way for 29 years and I'm just noticing them now????

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The 11th Hour: The Date Behind Veterans Day
"While most know that Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, the meaning behind its exact date (November 11th) may not be so familiar. Here's the backstory:

Back in 1918, int he 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a stop to hostilities was declared, ending World War I. An armistice to cease the fighting on the Western Front was signed by the Allies powers and Germany.

President Woodrow Wilson immediately proclaimed the day "Armistice Day," kicking off the annual commemoration on November 11. But over the years, with veterans returning from World War II and the Korean Was, Armistice Day became Veterans Day - a day reserved to honor veterans returning from all wars. But 11/11 still represented the end of the Great War in the public's mind, and the date stuck.

In 1921, unidentified dead from the war were buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., Westminster Abbey in London, and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The tradition to honor those killed in the war but never identified continued every year in the U.S. The ceremony in held at 11 a.m. at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery."

(This is all quoted from Yahoo News, I just quoted the whole thing - there something new you've learned today).

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Broken Silence
I honestly can't believe it's been a whole year since I've posted something.
Ok, honestly, if I thought about it I completely see how it's been a year.
I'd like to blame poor memory for my failure. I come up with great random thoughts, rants and stories; but by the time I get to a computer I don't even remember having them, just the remnants of knowing I forgot something.
I swear sometimes I have the memory of a goldfish.

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