Beeker’s Words

Links and Thoughts for Your Consideration

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What I Learned Today:

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Adding milk to your hot tea is not good for your body. Tea has been linked to helping prevent heart disease. This article on the BBC News website, made me see the error of my ways. I promise to have milk in every other cup.

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Tags: Current Events · Interesting

The Clocky

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

In 2005, I read about MIT student Gauri Nanda, who had invented the mother of all alarm clocks, The Clocky. It was not much to look at with the brown shag carpet and the hard to read digital clock face, but what it did was amazing. The clock moves around each time the snooze button [...]

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Tags: Gifts/Products

Fruit Jackets?

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I found this mentioned on the iVillage website. These are called Fruit Jackets and they are made by Jacquelineknits. I would love for someone who has one of these to email me because it claims to protect the fruit, but I think it looks more like decoration than protection. They cost $12.00, plus shipping and [...]

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Tags: Gifts/Products

Mom Spit….I mean Momspit

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

If you ever lick your finger and come near my face…we are going to have problems. However, if you offer me a bit of this product, I will thank you for your thoughtfulness. You can purchase Momspit on Pacifieronline for $9 to $18 dollars. Yes, I know your spit is free.

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Tags: Gifts/Products

Calvin and Hobbes as told by Robot Chicken

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I was Stumbling and came across this “Untold Story of Calvin and Hobbes” by Robot Chicken. I love Calvin and Hobbes and I have missed them everyday since their last strip 13 years ago. Yes, it has been 13 years since Bill Watterson stopped making new Calvin and Hobbes strips.

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Tags: Humor

What I Am Listening to Today: La Vie En Rose, Edith Piaf

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Born Edith Giovanna Gasson in 1915, Edith Piaf is France’s greatest gift to the world of popular music. La MĂ´me Piaf (The Little Sparrow) was the nickname that Louis Leplee gave Edith, when he discovered her in 1935 and invited her to perform at his Paris nightclub. The rest they say is history. Her life [...]

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Tags: TV/Movies/Music