Phone myths: don’t hold water, fry eggs
The YouTube video was shocking. Several people gathered around a table containing kernels of unpopped corn. All but one placed their cell phones around the kernels. The final person punched in numbers. The phones lit, buzzed, rang and vibrated. Seconds later, the kernels popped in puffy white explosive leaps. This startling visual couldn’t have been any more clear in its message: Finally, someone has found a practical use for cell phones! For years, I resisted getting a cell phone, and for a very good reason — I was afraid people would call me. If my home phone rings, I don’t answer because it doesn’t have caller ID. If my cell phone rings, I don’t answer because it does. About a year ago, a lovely lady with whom I had been keeping company offered to add a line to her plan. I said yes. And that’s when I knew I had to marry her. Anyone who could talk me into a phone MUST be special. Also, if I married her, I wouldn’t have to call as often.
» Full StoryIn the mood for a northerly drive? Take a cow
Science now says that cows have an internal GPS that points them north or south.
Hooray for science. Grandpa Cole told me that 40 years ago.
‘‘That’s north,’’ he said. ‘‘You can tell because the cows are facing that way.
I don’t think vegetables are food for thought
Vegetables are bad for your brain. But didn’t we already suspect that?
Sure, we carnivorous brainiacs may be heftier than you svelte garden grazers. But not only are we smart enough to know what tastes good, we’re just plain smart.
Having cereal for supper? It’s magically delicious
For me, it’s Alpha-Bits.
Pass the Fruit Loops to co-worker Michelle. Or the Lucky Charms.
Joe says he settled for Corn Flakes back when he was fixing his own meals.
How the cookie crumbles: Love is blind; taste buds see the truth
I have not had a cookie in three days. I’m not happy about that.
There’s not even a patch for this sort of thing.
Frisbees, lapel pins, flyswatters ... if it’s free, I’ll take two
The grandmother was shuffling to her car when suddenly she froze, wheeled to her left and lunged toward a white line. Only a partial pirouette I didn’t know I had in me kept me from plowing her over before I tumbled against an SUV.
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