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It has always mystified me, the concept that what I am eating, at some point in our past, had never been eaten before. Each and every little bit of food, every tiny delicacy savored, had to be tried, for the very first time, by someone. Throughout our gastronomic history, our species has been populated with [...]
“How would you like to get thousands of followers…..” How many times have you glanced over your followers, and saw one telling the World that you can rapidly gain tons of new followers with little or no effort, by simply visiting a website and providing your login information…. This year in Taipei, Kung Tsui-Chang, the [...]
Over the barely visible rising steam of sleeping, tangled bodies, rolled into each other as a barrier against the cold morning air, the quiet scrawling was barely perceptible, a long whispering scrutching.Breath held, hoping to not add one more sound over the quiet snores nearby, he moved the stone carefully, as his narrowed eyes flittering [...]
nov-el-ty (nŏv’Əl-tē) n., pl. –ties. 1. The quality of being novel : newness. 2. Something new or unusual. 3. novelties. Small inexpensively produced items, as souvenirs or toys. – Websters novelty – the state of being new or novel; newness; a new product; an innovation; a small mass-produced trinket; in [...]
“The country at large takes a natural interest in the President’s dogs and judges him by the taste and discrimination he shows in his selection…. Any man who does not like dogs or does not want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.” – AKC Gazette, circa 1924 “If you want [...]
“In the long history of humankind (and animal-kind too,) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin In 2006 Susan Neri-Friedwalk of the New Behavior Institute declared this day to be Dear Diary Day, in the hopes that individuals would learn the healing value of journaling their thoughts. Susan [...]
World Gratitude Day began in 1965, by members of the United Nations Mediation Group, who wanted to find a way to show their appreciation to organizations and individuals who had supported the positive theme of Globalism. Former World Gratitude Day, Inc. President Edna Fuerth Lemle describes the holiday as one “for all peoples, a meditation [...]
In the toy department of Woodward & Lothrop’s Department Store in Washington, D.C., a new non-toxic, reusable modeling compound was demonstrated to interested children and their parents. The year was 1956. The unusual concoction was originally designed and marketed as a wallpaper cleaning putty by Noah McVicker of Kutol Products of Cincinnati, a soap and [...]
Today’s dopodomani blog entry is our very first guest submission, by the one and only Gary Arbaugh, my good friend and a wonderful man. Please visit his network, NostalgiaHD! It is that time of year again, when the days begin to shorten, the nights bring a chill and the leaves start to turn. It’s time [...]
Today is Collect Rocks Day. Since our beginnings, interesting rocks discovered in nature have been imbued with special, even spiritual qualities. Beautiful or uniquely shaped stones were often believed to have been placed by divine forces, to be found by a lucky recipient for an unidentified purpose or as a prize. Stones with appealing or [...]