Monday, March 30, 2009

National Noodle Month

I love random facts. Did you know that the human body, when dead, loses 21 grams? Who knew?
But did you know that March was National Noodle Month? I know, right? How awesome is that? I want to know who decided that noodles needed their own special month. But since it's almost the end of the month, please pay homage to the shells, spaghetti, penne, farfale (bowties), and all the other pastas of the world with these amazing facts!
Noodles can be traced back to the Etruscans in the fourth century B.C.

-Roman mythology tells of the god Vulcan inventing a device that made strings of dough.

-Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing the first pasta maker to America in 1789 after returning from serving as ambassador to France.

-In the U.S., 84% of Northeasterners eat pasta on a weekly basis, compared to 70% of Southerners.

What would have happened if Thomas Jefferson didn't bring the pasta maker back? What would we use collanders for? What would Clemenza be making to feed the Corleone "family" if not pasta? A souffle? Not very mob-like.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Don't You Want Me?

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don't forget its me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too

Don't, don't you want me?
You know I cant believe it when I hear that you wont see me
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
Its much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

Don't you want me baby? Don't you want me - oh...

What a great song! Human League was way before their time! And the music video is so 80s! This seems to be the recent theme. I just finished the book, "He's Just Not That Into You," and absolutely loved it! Great advice that made me stop and think, "Susi, was this written just for you?" I then went and watched the motion picture. Not bad. I found it a little hard to digest. I guess it was just having the stories and advice from the book actualized. But when it comes to releationships, aren't those five words so clutch?

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Square Root Day

For all you math lovers out there, Happy Square Root Day! That's right, March 3, 2009 is Square Root Day. I heard about this day while listening to the radio during my morning commute to work (if you can call a 10-minute drive a commute!). Thanks to Dave Cory, former KCSG engineer and current Cherry Creek Radio engineer, who enlightened me to this day (and my life will be forever changed...), this day only comes around nine times a century. Apparently, there are more people who love this holiday than I thought. A square root day group on Facebook, boasts more than 2,400 members, and suggests celebrating the minor mathematical oddity by eating radishes or other roots—cut into spot-on squares, of course. Hmm...a bit much? Can you name the next occurence of square root day?