Catching Fire

I have started reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. It is the second of the Hunger Games books. I was reading over my lunch hour and laughing, not because the book is funny - because it's not! - but because I was just so excited to be reading a book I was enjoying so much! I have spent the entire thing so far trying to read faster and faster to see what happens next! Do I want Katniss to be in love with Gale or Peeta? Who will survive? What will happen in the District? Will Katniss and Peeta get thrown into the new Hunger Games as part of the anniversary celebrations? Their families? WHAT WILL HAPPEN!!!!! I can't stand it!

But if you know, don't tell me. :)

Commercial I Hate

I am always whining on here about commercials, I know. But does this one bother anyone else? It's for Liberty Mutual and it shows a deer staggering across the road and a couple in a minivan or SUV and the whole front end of the car is smashed in and the wheels are crooked and everything. Every time I see it, I wonder really, how realistic is this that the deer is walking away without a scratch but the car looks like it has been hit by a semi.

Useless Trivia

From The Ultimate Book of Useless Information

Alberta, Canada, has been completely free of rats since 1905.

The fastest tennis serve ever recorded was that of Bill Tilden, in 1931, which was measured at 163.6 miles per hour.

In 1956 the Physical Culture and Sports Commission of communist China recognized the sport of hand-grenade throwing.

Tabasco sauce is made by fermenting vinegar with hot peppers in a French oak barrel, which has three inches of salt on top and is aged for three years until all the salt is defused through the barrel.

You cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. This is true of all foods.

It takes seventy-five thousand crocus flowers to produce one pound of saffron - which is why it is the most expensive spice in the world.

The Ramses condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II, who fathered more than 160 children.

America's first manufactured condoms appeared in 1870 and were made of vulcanized rubber. They were thick, insensitive, and intended to be reused.

In ancient Rome, men found guilty of rape had their testicles crushed between two stones as a punishment.

In 75 percent of American households, the women manage the money and pay the bills.

Eighty-three percent of people hit by lightning are men.

Sixty-seven percent of dog owners buy holiday gifts for their pet. Forty-five percent of cat owners buy a holiday gift for their pet.

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