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Things that make you go Hmmm #: 8329
Los Angeles`s full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

Consider these words of wisdom #: 11674
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Jonathan Kozol

Random Cartoon #: 4366
Garfield Bark

I bet you didn't know #: 8510
According to Bayer Aspirin, over 50 billion aspirin tablets are taken worldwide each year.

Try this out #: 2287
Tip: Accented Characters
If you`re willing to retrain your typing fingers, here`s a solution that may suit you. It involves changing the system`s keyboard layout to "United States—International."

The precise technique for making this change differs for different Microsoft Windows platforms. In Windows XP, launch the Regional and Language Options applet from Control Panel, then click on the Languages tab, the Details button, and finally on Add. Check the box labeled Keyboard layout/IME, select United States—International, and click on OK. In the Default input language pane, select English (United States)—United States International. The process is similar in Windows 2000, but you start by launching Keyboard from Control Panel, clicking on Input Locales, and then clicking on Change. In Windows 98 or Me, launch Keyboard from Control Panel, click on the Language tab and then Properties, then select the United States—International keyboard layout.

With the new keyboard layout active, the single quote, double quote (representing the umlaut), back quote, circumflex (^), and tilde characters become "dead keys." When you type one of them, nothing happens. If the next character is one that can accept the specified accent, the accented character appears. If not, both characters appear.

To type one of the dead-key characters alone, you must press the space key after it. To type a dead-key character followed by a space, you type the character and two spaces. In addition, the right-hand Alt key causes many other keys to generate special characters. For example Alt+c gets a copyright symbol ©, Alt+5 produces the euro sign ¤, and Alt+1 inserts a Spanish-style upside-down exclamation point: ¡.

Using this keyboard takes some re-learning. You`re bound to type Ünited States" in place of "United States" a few times. But if you can manage to retrain your fingers, this method of typing accented characters works in any Windows application.

Word #: 2980
palpitate
/PAL-pi-tate/
v : to throb or beat rapidly, generally said of the heart
My heart always palpitates when she walks in the room.

Who could it be #: 36
In 1937, he became the first European director of CBS news, just in time to cover the growing tensions of World War II. His on-the-scene reports on the war earned him a reputation as a compelling and truthful reporter. Known for smoking a cigarette, he became a familiar face on television with 2 memorable shows. He covered controversial issues, like the Communist hunts of Senator Joseph McCarthy, on See It Now. His other notable show was Person to Person where he interviewed Fidel Castro, Marilyn Monroe, and others in their own homes.
Edward R. Murrow

To brighten your day a little #: 16966
A drunk looks up from his drink and says, "Bartender, I have to go. Which way is the bathroom?"

The bartender points out the direction, and as the man staggers off, he says, "While you`re there, go for me too."

The drunk returns, sits down, then says, "Damn ! I forgot something."

Then, minutes later, returns again and says, "Hey bartender, you didn`t have to go."

One liner #: 1946
I thought about making a fitness movie, for folks my age, and call it "Pumping Rust."

Phobias #: 153
Japanophobia-
Fear of Japanese.