Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

In the early morning hours of May 7, 1965, in a Clearwater, Florida motel room, a bleary-eyed Keith Richards awoke, grabbed a tape recorder and laid down one of the greatest hooks of all time: the opening of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."  Just three days later, the Stones took the song into the Chess studios in Chicago and completed it on May 12 after a flight to L.A. and an eighteen-hour recording session at RCA.

40 yrs. later, the song is ranked near the top of many greatest rock hits lists.  Rolling Stone (which ranks it #2 on their list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time") wrote this about the song: "That spark in the night...was the crossroads: the point at which the rickety jump and puppy love of early rock and roll became rock."

A performance in 1965, one of the earliest known recordings of a Stones live concert.

Glastonberry 2013

Titanic Sums of Money

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

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There have been several Titanic-related posts in this blog.

Some movie trivia: Two For One, None For All

A funny video with lines from the movie: Titanic: Rose vs Jack

A quiz: More Than One Thing In Common

And a rant (and I re-used the graphic on this post): A Titanic Gripe

I.Q. Trivia

From the archives:

International IQ charts place Hong Kong at the top of the IQ world with citizens averaging 107. South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan and Singapore follow. The US ranks 18th.

The average IQ in America is 98. New Hampshire residents have the highest IQs, averaging 104, followed by Oregon and Massachusetts at 103. The lower figures reside in Mississippi and South Carolina, where the average IQ is 94.

Experts have been able to compile a list of causes of mental retardation (from "mild" at IQs between 50 and 70 to "profound" at 20 or below) but are still largely uncertain about specific causes of genius. Research has shown that US children gain about 3.5 IQ points during each year they are in school.

According to a 2007 study, orangutans are the most intelligent non-human primate, followed by chimpanzees, spider monkeys, langurs, and macaques. Chimpanzees, parrots, and dolphins typically have IQs between 35 and 49. In a human, these numbers would suggest moderate retardation.

Some studies show that children who are breastfed have IQs of up to 10 points higher by age 3 than children restricted to bottles.

According to a Danish study, people with lower IQs are at greater risk of sustaining a concussion.

0.1% of the world's population has an IQ of 145 or above, the level required to be deemed profoundly gifted.

Asia Carrera, star of over 250 hardcore adult movies, has an IQ of 156. Before her successful porn career, she played piano at Carnegie Hall and attended Rutgers University.

Cricket Thermometer

You can determine the outside temperature by cricket chirps.  For Fahrenheit, count the number of times a cricket chirps in precisely 15 seconds and then add 37. To get the temperature in degrees Celsius, count the number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, and then add 4.

Story of My Life - One Direction

I know people like to hate on One Direction - because they're a "boy band" or it's pop or for any number of reasons. I don't own any of their albums, but I do like this song and especially this video.

Orange You Glad?

I post all these quizzes instead of substantial content?

You Are an Orange

You are an easy, breezy kind of person. You are truly happy in this world. You are genuine about who you are, flaws and all. You love yourself, and others love you as well. You are unpretentious and delighted with the world. You are never afraid to enjoy yourself and let loose a little. You don't really like conflict, and you try to smooth over disagreements. You prefer to get back to having fun!

What Citrus Fruit Are You?

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There's probably some truth to these results; I do love oranges and try to keep some at hand all the time, especially the ones grown here in Texas. OTOH, I could probably be any of the other results: grapefuit, lemon or lime...mainly because I like them too, but maybe not because they'd match my personality.

I'm not sure about some of the other results - I think I'm an "easy, breezy kind of person" and I try to be happy. At times I'm full of self-loathing and I KNOW "others love you as well" isn't always true. I do think I'm unpretentious and the world often "delights" me but disappoints me far too often. I honestly don't like conflict, but there are times when I don't feel like smoothing over disagreements.