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Why Does Popcorn Pop? and 201 other fascinating facts about food

“In 1958, it set a new record for speedy preparation of rice—five minutes.”
Guess what food product the book is referring to??? Wait for it……………Minute Rice! I like that foods can set records. Yes, I bought this book and LOVE it. I would love it even more if “201” were replaced with “an infinite amount of.” The book that kept on giving, feeding my strange craving for odd bits of knowledge and useless pieces of trivia.

Me, Myself and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables. by Phil Vischer.

“As daunting as that challenge appeared, an even more daunting challenge was staring me down first: Where would I get the money to buy the gear?” (p. 56).

"Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul"

“It is a recommendation for how you should restrain your behaviour toward others, not toward yourself.”

Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law (Oct 2008)

“Consequently, defendants did not submit impliedly false claims by requesting reimbursement for spirometry tests that allegedly were not performed according to recognized states of health care.”

Good God my life is all kinds of exciting.

The Elements of Style - Strunk & White

“From the people comes political support or opposition; from the public comes artistic appreciation or commercial patronage.”

How To Prepare for the GRE 2007

Certainly not the way one frets a parent! 

The Satanic Verses - Rushdie

‘With all the other bloody Munchkins.’

Good to Great - Jim Collins

But not tightly managed.

Accounting Principles

Opened a bank account in the name of Hait It Is and deposited $20,000 of her own money in this account as her initial investment.

How boring is this sentence. I’m at work and only have my accounting book with me.

Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination

“Department stores, newspapers, the manufacturers of radio equipment, colleges and universities, labor unions, socialists, and ham operators all joined the rush to start stations.”

Everything's An Offer: How to do more with less

“Offers also come from the audience (for example, the suggestion that launches a scene) or from the space (a noise or a light).

The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers

“We have read enough pseudo-psychology to be convinced that our parenting, particularly our mothering (thank you, Dr. Freud), will make the difference between our children growing up to be healthy, contributing members of society and turning out to be guests on Jerry Springer.”