"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
June 30, 2015
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June 28, 2015
Giraffes Can't Yawn
So claimed my trivia calendar the other day. That didn't make sense and didn't give a reason why, so I did a little research and found some trivia sites (here's one) that claimed that neither whales nor giraffes have ever been filmed yawning.
Well, I wasn't convinced; perhaps whales WERE yawning and it was thought they were just opening their huge mouths to suck in some krill. There's a video on YouTube of a young whale calf that sure looks like it's yawning. (about.39 seconds into the vid) OTOH, yawns are a mysterious thing; some scientists claim they are an involuntary action to take in oxygen to cool the brain and others say it's to exercise jaw muscles. (and it's pretty much a consensus that it has nothing to do with boredom) After an image search, I found this photo and others like it:
Now, that might be a yawn...or it might be the face made during a mating call. I went on looking and found these photos on the Sacramento Zoo Blog.
So, I believe I'll go with the folks at a zoo before I will a trivia calendar. (which has been wrong on some and "iffy" on other "facts" - if I have posted a trivia "fact" I've usually checked it, especially if it's one that gives me suspicion)
Well, I wasn't convinced; perhaps whales WERE yawning and it was thought they were just opening their huge mouths to suck in some krill. There's a video on YouTube of a young whale calf that sure looks like it's yawning. (about.39 seconds into the vid) OTOH, yawns are a mysterious thing; some scientists claim they are an involuntary action to take in oxygen to cool the brain and others say it's to exercise jaw muscles. (and it's pretty much a consensus that it has nothing to do with boredom) After an image search, I found this photo and others like it:
Now, that might be a yawn...or it might be the face made during a mating call. I went on looking and found these photos on the Sacramento Zoo Blog.
So, I believe I'll go with the folks at a zoo before I will a trivia calendar. (which has been wrong on some and "iffy" on other "facts" - if I have posted a trivia "fact" I've usually checked it, especially if it's one that gives me suspicion)
June 27, 2015
No Definitive Set Definition
At least not a single one. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions - over 400.
June 26, 2015
Forbes Haiku
I was looking for some financial-related information and saw a link to Forbes.com and thought I could probably trust the information I would find there since I've read a lot of other articles on the site and it's all been good advice. They have a "splash page" before the link, the content of which I don't see because of my ad blocking add-on on my Firefox browser. I have to wait on a countdown clock for a few seconds before I can proceed to the article, but it's no problem, much less annoying than an advertisement.
Yesterday, though, I got this message on the splash page:
Yesterday, though, I got this message on the splash page:
I'm fairly certain that doesn't fit the definition of a Haiku, but that's not my complaint; rather, it's trying to shame me in such a "cutesy" fashion. Sorry Forbes, I hate to deprive you of ad revenue, but many sites go overboard with their adverts, slowing the page load times even with my fairly fast connection and often having multiple flash ads which sometimes hangs up my browser. I also don't like places like Facebook following me all over the 'net...that's why I use an adblocker.
I wrote a reply, not in a Haiku, but a short verse. I can't post it because I have a few words in it that rhyme with "Haiku". It DOES have a little bit to do with "love", though.
I wrote a reply, not in a Haiku, but a short verse. I can't post it because I have a few words in it that rhyme with "Haiku". It DOES have a little bit to do with "love", though.
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