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Mt. Fuji Tour Guide (I’m just wild about Harry..)

By ~LS~ On December 16, 2010 · Add Comment · In Travel and tagged Tagged With: Tokyo Trip, Travel, Trivia

Day trip tour guides are hit or miss, in my experience. Only two guides stand out for me from all my tours. One was very fun; he made us dowse for ley lines at the Avebury stone circle in England. The worst one was on our tour to Hadrian’s wall in Northumberland at the border of Scotland and England. He had on a kilt and hiking boots. It should have forewarned me about what to expect. In any case…

Our tour guide to Mt. Fuji stands out as the best and most entertaining I’ve ever had. He went by the name of Harry, obviously a concession to English-speaking tourists. Like most guides, he regaled us with trivia, interesting stories and local legends, and explanations of our spots of interest. This man was quite a character, though. The breadth of topics that he covered was mind-boggling. Even more unexpected, [...]

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What is swag?

By ~LS~ On January 10, 2010 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts and tagged Tagged With: Baton Rouge, For Wordies, Louisiana, Trivia

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Googol it!

By ~LS~ On September 17, 2009 · Add Comment · In The Web and tagged Tagged With: For Wordies, Silliness, Trivia

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What does 30 mean in Journalism?

By ~LS~ On April 14, 2008 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts, I have to work? and tagged Tagged With: Trivia

I was reading The Advocate online the morning and I saw that one of their editorials ended with a -30-. That’s unusual. Usually the -30- gets edited out before the article goes to press or gets loaded up online. It made me nostalgic for my journalism days. I don’t think my journalism teachers ever told me exactly why you’re supposed to end an article with -30-. So, using the handy dandy internet, I looked it up and found this nifty article from the American Journalism Review. Apparently no one really knows how the tradition got started and what it symbolizes, but there are some neat speculations. Read it for yourself!

In other news, I went to the Southern States Communication Association conference in Savannah, Georgia the week before last. It was fun to meet up with old friends, former professors, and former students. It was also awkward because of [...]

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Cats and sweets

By ~LS~ On September 9, 2007 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts and tagged Tagged With: Pets, Science, Trivia

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Elmers Glue

By ~LS~ On September 29, 2006 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts and tagged Tagged With: Trivia

Don’t ask me the train of thought that led me to this link. Did you know that Elmer of the glue fame is Elsie the Cow’s “husband.”

Where Did Elmer’s Name Come From?

Elsie the Cow became Borden’s very popular “Spokescow” in the late 1930′s. She was a big hit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and soon afterwards the character of Elmer the Bull was created as Elsie’s husband. In the late 1940′s, Borden’s new Chemical Division asked to use Elsie for its new white glue product. The thought of Elsie representing a non-food product didn’t seem appropriate, so as a compromise, Elmer was loaned to Chemical as their very own “spokesbull”. To this day, Elmer the Bull still represents the most recognized adhesive company.

Which reminds me. One of my kids at Park drank half a bottle of [...]

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