January 8, 2013

In my spare time I often explore Google Maps. It is getting so cool! There is a new function that allows you to follow a route in 3D as if you were driving! I love it.

January 7, 2013

Today I learned that a pair of tights that I have, that I thought were black, and have had for over a year, are actually brown.

January 6, 2013

Perspicacious means having keen mental perception and understanding. One could, for example, exhibit perspicacious judgement. 

January 5, 2013

Johnny Cash and I share a birthday. He was born a couple years before me though.

January 3, 2013

I sometimes like to pass my time perusing the Merriam Webster Dictionary website. It can be very fascinating! Today I found a few games that tested my knowledge of word meanings and spellings. I also learned that basketball is the only major sport entirely invented in the United States. It was created in 1891 by James Naismith at the YMCA training school in Springfield, MA to keep his students fit during winter. I highly recommend spending some time at m-w.com!

January 2, 2013

I have been eating a lot of chocolate recently; I'm a big fan. So this inspired my curiosity about America's favorite chocolate. According to a study by 24/7 Wall St., the most popular chocolate bar in the United States is the Snickers bar by Mars. There are 407,409,600 sales a year, accumulating to a profit of $424,112,200. I personally don't like Snickers bars.

January 1, 2013

Happy New Year! I found some great facts about New Years. For example: in Italy, people wear red underwear on New Years Day for good luck for the coming year, while about 40% of American adults make resolutions for the new year, but 25% of those hopefuls will give up by the second week.