Rue The Day!

Quote of the Day:
“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.” -Abraham Lincoln

Fact of the Day:
Knoxville, Tennessee’s Body Farm isn’t a day spa; it is a forensic anthropology facility. Human cadavers are left outdoors in varying stages of undress, in water, under brush, etc., so that scientists can study the decomposition process. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Kiss and Make Up Day….awww.

Link of the Day:
In case Cute Overload is too much for you, you may enjoy Ugly Overload instead.

Quote of the Day:
“You can’t find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.” -Carrie Fisher

Fact of the Day:

Those doves released at weddings and other formal ceremonies are actually white homing pigeons. True ring-neck doves are bred to be kept as pets and rarely survive out of captivity. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Ukraine’s National Holiday to celebrate independence from the USSR –hey, there aren’t that many holidays in August, I’m sorry. You could always celebrate my dad’s birthday with me.

Link of the Day:
Futurama as Hellboy.

Quote of the Day:
“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.” -Herschel Walker

Fact of the Day:
If you read something before bed, your brain is more likely to store it into your long term memory. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Ride the Wind Day

Link of the Day:
Learn the amazing story behind the most complete T Rex fossils found on earth.

Quote of the Day:
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” –Maya Angelou

Fact of the Day:
Charlie’s Angels was originally supposed to be called Alley Cats. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Be an Angel Day -what kind of an “angel” you’d like to be is really up to you.

Link of the Day:
8 Really cool speakers.

But I did tell you so. The bigfoot “discovery” was actually a fake. The somewhat suprising turn of events though is that the hoax may cost the pranksters some big money, since they’re now getting sued. That’s what you get for playing on America’s love of big, hairy things.

Thanks to a link posted on Neatorama, we now know what the inside of one of Disney’s Cars characters looks like.

One of the best sites on the internet, Pandora.com is likely going to be shut down soon. Consumerist has the scoop. Music fans around the nation should be upset today. They had one of the best new music recomendation engines ever created and royalties are crushing them. Tears.

Photo by Norma Iriz

Quote of the Day:
“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” -Adolf Hitler, if ever a quote makes you think, let it be this one.

Fact of the Day:
Cute originally meant bow legged –so I’m definitely cute! -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Senior Citizen’s Day –stay off the roads today

Link of the Day:
Feel better about your writing by reading some really bad metaphors from high school students…funny enough, some of these sound like silly thinks Tom Robbins would use.

Quote of the Day:
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. -Arthur C. Clarke

Fact of the Day:
The tomb of the unknown soldier no longer holds a soldier from the Vietnam war, because his identity has since become “known.” -Source

Today’s Holiday:
World Union Day

Link of the Day:
How like real life can you make a puppet or animatronic character before it becomes creepy? Find out with the uncanny valley.

Quote of the Day:
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fact of the Day:
Alaska is not only the largest state in America, it is bigger than California, Texas and Montana combined. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
National Aviation Day -too bad flying sucks these days.

Link of the Day:
6 octopus chandeliers that rock.