Monday, February 2, 2009

Did You Know About Denny's Free Breakfast?

Did you know about Denny's free breakfast?



Tomorrow, Feb. 3, Denny's customers across America can get a FREE Grand Slam breakfast from 6am-2pm. They will also be giving out free coupon books to the earliest customers. For those who are in line at 2pm, you can get a rain check for your Grand Slam breakfast. It sounds like Denny's is really reaching out to customers tomorrow!


Did You Know About WiseGeek.com?

Did you know about WiseGeek.com?

I had never heard of this site, but I just subscribed today when I found it. It looks like a great source to use to get answers to common questions. There are over 34,000 articles answering things folks want to know. You can link to the articles of interest and site them in school essays. I think it will be a great source from which to learn things in a quick and easy manner. I mean, I found out that spring plungers are NOT cutely decorated seasonal bathroom cleaning aids!! Check out WiseGeek.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Did You Know You Can Tap Into a Wireless Signal With Your Desktop PC?

Did you know you can tap into a wireless signal with your desktop PC?

My kids got the computer from my granny's house. Since we have only one internet connection, but also a wireless connection, we got a kit that allows you to use the desktop with the wireless connection. It looks like a flash drive and allows you to tap into the wireless signal with the desktop PC. It comes in two formats, G or N, but the tech told me you can pretty much use either one (I don't know what the difference is.) I got the G and it runs around $50.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Did You Know It Is The Year Of The Ox?

Did you know it is the year of the Ox?

2009 will begin on the Chinese calendar tomorrow. It will ring in the year of the Ox , the second animal on the Chinese zodiac. There is a legend that goes along with the zodiac and how the animals got their place. The zodiac is a cycle of twelve years, each represented by an animal. You can find out which animal you are on the zodiac as well. It's fun to read the whimsical descriptions of each.

Did You Know Crowds at the Gym are Already Dwindling?

Did you know crowds at the gym are already dwindling?

My husband said last week at the gym already seemed less crowded. He pointed out that it has only been about three weeks since folks made new year's resolutions and are already dropping them. He guessed that maybe they would rather try to lose weight using the best diet pills rather than working out. I did point out to him that maybe folks are having to cut out gym membership because of financial struggles.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Did You Know About Temperature Inversion?

Did you know about temperature inversion?

Living at sea level, I guess I've never had an occasion to hear about this. But my friend Montucky lives and hikes in the mountains. His blog is where I learned about this unique, short lived phenomenon. Here is how Montucky explains it on his blog :

"The weathermen on the news stations here are mentioning that it will be relatively cold for the next week or so, but if we get tired of it we can always drive up into the higher elevations where it will be warmer. It’s a period of temperature inversion, where warm air moving over at high altitudes traps cold air down in the valleys, keeping them much colder and foggy. Above the inversion layer (currently around 4,000 feet) it’s clear and sunny."

If you want to see great photos to go along with his explanation, be sure to check out his blog!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Did You Know It's About Being Cool?

Did you know it's about being cool?

I just turned off Oprah. The infatuation with Obama is really getting to me. I don’t quite understand it all. Just before going to a commercial, there was a clip with Justin Timberlake talking about the energy felt over this change in administration. He talked about walking with a swagger after the election. He talked about how now America has a swagger. “America, we’re cool now.” I didn’t realize that’s what it was all about….