Can You Say Random??

Let's start with the Philly Cheesesteak Thickburger from Hardee's...

It's a new sandwich just launched this week by Hardee's. I like to call it "Heart attack on a bun." This thing is layered with meat upon layers of meat. It has a whopping 930 calories, 63 grams of fat, and 24 grams of saturated fat...according to the above-linked article, this is "a full day's worth of the recommended amount of fat, and almost half the recommended 2,000 calories." YIKES.

Okay, it's time for some "Mentalrobics"....

I'm pretty much a geek when it comes to things like this...I find the brain very interesting, along with much of what I learned in the 3 Psychology courses I took in college.

I found a site called Braingle, where you can test your short-term memory (and also find many different types of brain teasers and puzzles). Go here to take the test...Basically, it tests your ability to hold pieces of information for short periods of time--testing you using either numbers or letters (you can choose). I was able to remember an average of 8-9 numbers at a time. You can read more about the hippocampus and its relation to short-term memory here. For more general info about memory, see this page.

Now it's time to fight for the end of women's suffrage!...

Well, so some girls think. It's such a shame...obviously these girls were set up, but still...suffrage doesn't mean what they think it means. It's actually a good thing!...the right to vote!! Yes, the word is very deceiving. So, in the following video, you will see a jokester who goes around a school campus getting female students to sign a petition to end women's suffrage. It's very much like what Leno does to get people to answer history questions on camera and then it ends up making them look stupid because they don't know the correct answer.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/suffrage.html

I wonder how many of these girls, afterwards, realized what they had done and then felt the need to smack themselves upside the head? Here's a question though...what exactly did the video-makers mean at the end of the video where they said "We rest our case." What exactly were they resting their case about? About suffrage being a misleading word?...uh, probably not. Hopefully they weren't trying to portray girls as having a lack of intelligence. Honestly, I'd be curious to see how many male students would make the same mistake. Obviously, what made it funny was the fact that females, themselves, were signing a petition to end their own right to vote...however, I just don't get the "We rest our case" part...any thoughts?

Thus ends the randomness of this post...Have a great weekend!

Oh, My Little Cockroach, You're So.......Cute??

Uhhhh, I don't think so. I'll never forget the first time I ever saw Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in person. Yes, they were alive. This was during my senior year of college in my Science Education class. If I remember correctly, my friend Amy W. (now Amy K.) was the only one brave enough to actually hold them, while the rest of us just squirmed and winced. I would have to check with Amy to remind me why the cockroaches were in our class in the first place...perhaps one of our group presentations? But, anyway the point is, I never understood how she could actually hold one and not get that creepy-crawly "get-it-off-of-me" feeling!

Why do I bring this up, you ask?? Well, I just found out from my cousin today that there are jewelry designers out there who actually use live cockroaches for women's jewelry. Apparently, after adding decorations, the designers attach the bugs to a little chain to keep it contained to the area of clothing it is clasped to.

Just a note...If any of you out there are looking for a gift for me...this would NOT be a good choice. I don't even like watching them move, let alone feeling them move on my body. Definitely not my cup of tea. If you are a brave soul, you can also watch a short news clip about this "designer jewelry."

And, lastly, if you are crazy enough to be interested in actually buying one, well, knock yourself out. But, it's gonna cost ya.