Three Cool Things...

1)  This panorama of the Sistine Chapel is awesome!

2)  I liked this ad for seat belt buckling.  It's had over 7 million views, so I guess I'm a little late to the party on it. But it's worth watching if you haven't seen it yet.

3)  Yesterday, Dave was wearing a pair of pants that we'd gotten at Goodwill over a month ago.  He reached into the pocket and pulled out $71.  Trust me, we never carry that much cash around, and we certainly wouldn't have misplaced that much money without realizing it.  In my many years of thrift store buying, I've never found anything valuable in the pockets like that.  (For the record, the clothes in our Goodwill come from a distribution center which serves several dozen GW stores from a rather large region.  I'm pretty sure we got the pants for 1/2 price, which means they'd already been in the store for over a month.  There's no way to track the original owner.)

Bonus Cool Thing:

While tracking down the seat belt ad, I came across this video of an 8 month old as his cochlear implant enables him to hear his mother's voice for the first time.  Enjoy.

If You Give A Mom A Muffin...

Just wanted to share this:

If you give a mom a muffin, she'll want a cup of coffee to go with it. She'll pour herself some. Her three-year-old will spill the coffee.  She'll wipe it up. Wiping the floor, she will find dirty socks. She'll remember she has to do laundry. When she puts the laundry in the  washer, she'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer. Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper. She will get out a pound of hamburger. She'll look for her cookbook. (101 Things To Make With A Pound Of Hamburger.) The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail. She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow. She will look for her checkbook. The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two-year-old. She'll smell something funny. She'll change the two-year-old. While she is changing the two-year-old the phone will ring. Her five-year-old will answer and hang up. She'll remember that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee. Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup. She will pour herself some. And chances are, if she has a cup of coffee, her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.

by Kathy Fictorie
based on "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
 

More Cool Goodwill Finds

Last night, I was able to pick up one volume of the The Illustrated Animal Library: Fascinating Animal Portraits from Around the World., containing Birds; Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish; and Insects & Invertebrates.  Very cool color portraits, well worth the $2.50.

I couldn't find a picture for this one, but Science Through the Microscope, by Aladdin Books, has some neat, up close shots of everything from a cell, to pollen, to a honeybee pupae, to a human embryo.  Also $2.50.

The Last 1000 Years has a nice timeline, pictures, maps and reference information for the last millennium.  $4.50.

And, finally, The Complete Soapmaker: Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Luxurious Handmade Soaps, is to have on hand in case I decide to start a new hobby.  I've checked it out of the library in the past, with excellent intentions, but somehow they never came into fruition.  Soon.  Maybe.  Soon.  $2.50.