How was pasta invented? I mean, seriously? Who ground up some grains, looked at it and said, “I bet we could add water, make this into funny shapes, then boil it and eat it!!” I mean, was the need this satisfied?
Tag: Random
-
I get the word of the day from Merriam-Webster. Today’s word is sarcasm, which I love. I have always been and will always be a sarcastic smart-ass. There is, apparently, some evidence that the origin of the word may have had a more harsh meaning of “to bite or strip off flesh”. Not sure exactly why, but this makes me smile.
Happy Monday!
-
I have a book…The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock. I love it. I have spent entire evenings answering questions from this book with friends. Great conversation starters! 😉
-
It sometimes amazes me how well I can remember certain things for other people, but when it comes to something for me, I can’t remember shit.
-
It’s so funny…. When I was younger, I hated being alone. Now, I treasure my solitude, and get cranky and anxious if it is limited by circumstance.
-
I’m not sure when patience stopped being a common thing, but I get super irritated when people lack patience, especially in certain situations. I mean, seriously, if it’s a matter of waiting an extra 10 seconds for something? Take a sip of coffee. 10 minutes? Run to the bathroom or check your phone. It’s generally not really that urgent. In most cases, it’s not at all the life or death scenario that some people make it out to be.
Now, I’m not saying not to get a bit testy if you’ve been waiting for an hour and then get told you have to wait longer. Or if the wait time is completely out of line for what you’re waiting for. That’s different. I’m talking first level lack of patience when something isn’t immediate. (I will say, however, that your feeling impatient or somehow slighted because you’ve had to wait is never an acceptable reason to be rude.)
I understand that we now live in a fast paced, highly digital world where things are often done/achieved/obtained faster than they ever have been, and at times, that can be wonderful. But, I’m also going to say that perhaps the quality of what we are getting oh so expeditiously is not nearly what it would be if we simply had some patience.
Something to think about.
-
Have I failed at life because I never had kids and did not do my part to propagate the species?
-
Humans are the only species that create non-organic trash.
-
Why aren’t testicles internal?
All the other vital life structures – heart, lungs, brain, and for direct comparison, uterus – are all within the body. Mother nature just randomly decided, “yeah, the body part responsible for generating the second half of mammalian propagation is gonna be exposed and overly sensitive. Great idea!”? I don’t get it.
-
“There’s a beast in every man who breathes. With him from birth until beside him in the grave. A hideous presence just aching for release. Its chains aren’t as strong as its memory.”
– Hatebreed, Something’s Off
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 