A thing I learned today

[firehazard]

I can imagine. You should've seen the fun when our resident cat managed to press the right combination of buttons on the keyboard to rotate the screen of one of the girls' laptops. It took a lot longer for said daughter to work out how to rotate it back. Thus proving, obviously, that cats are far more intelligent than humans.

Heh! How long did it take to figure out that the cat was responsible?

The cat was witnessed walking nonchalantly across the keyboard, in typical feline fashion. She probably updated her facebook status at the same time.

[Mike from Boston]

Wilford Brimley will be 78 in September. I could of sworn he was 78 sometime back in the 80's !!

[Heather]

When using your smartphone to video stuff, always press the stop icon instead of clicking off the app otherwise what you have recorded will not be saved.

And, I have middle aged spread.

[Low D]

"Sonny's Dream" is not an Irish song, but was actually written by Newfoundland singer/songwriter Ron Hynes.

I learned this listening to CBC today, who covered a hometown concert he put on last night - his last before starting treatment for throat cancer. Good luck, Ron!

[Frances]

I didn't know that comedienne Maya Rudolph's mom is the late Minnie Riperton.
Now I totally see it.
I just read an article about her Prince cover band, Princess.

Minnie, Sammy & Richard Pryor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jUDRjTXE_k&feature=related

[DownInTheGround]

Driving through central London is something I was not prepared to do. I had an interview at the Home Office today, and I blame the horrific drive for me performance. I was talking nonsense, I was speaking and thinking "I don't agree with a word this moron is saying." I didn't exactly draw a Swastika and start waving it above my head while claiming to be the Lizard King, but I might as well have done, for all the sense I was making. I blame you London, the inadequacies of my sat-nav and the tame roads of Grimsby.

[DzM]

Today I have learned that Vodaphone AU in Melbourne is the ass-end of terrible. If you have a choice, use Telstra. Just an FYI.

[Heather]

Yesterday I learned that the NHS think I am normal.

They must be the only ones.

[Fr. McGreer]

A thing i learnt over the past week....... The female population of Barcelona are unbelievably stunning. How long long would you have to live there for before you stopped walking into lamp posts?

[DownInTheGround]

I re-found my CD copy of Trouble Pilgrim, it's a mighty fine album. I was amazed at how many of the words I remember for saying I haven't listened in a while.

Sound City Beats ordered from them rainforest people.

[DzM]

I didn't actually learn this today, but that's just a matter of semantics.

Thing Learned: Box Wine is really good for long lonely nights filled with self pity. Especially the red kinds. FYI.

[KathleenwithaK]

I didn't actually learn this today, but that's just a matter of semantics.

Thing Learned: Box Wine is really good for long lonely nights filled with self pity. Especially the red kinds. FYI.

BTW, the whites are much better for self-loathing

[DzM]

I didn't actually learn this today, but that's just a matter of semantics.

Thing Learned: Box Wine is really good for long lonely nights filled with self pity. Especially the red kinds. FYI.

BTW, the whites are much better for self-loathing

The reds make for better hangovers the next day.

[firehazard]

... the whites are much better for self-loathing

The reds make for better hangovers the next day.

Do you think so? I reckon the middle-of-the-night dehydration is way worse with the whites.
Suppose it depends what you mean by a better hangover...

Hope the self-loathing is improving, DzM. I like to do a bit of self-loathing, but I hate myself for not being very good at it.

[DzM]

I like to do a bit of self-loathing, but I hate myself for not being very good at it.

The secret is to keep at it.