Big Sky Cairn

This weekend I spent some time with my ladyfriend (hi baby!) - and honored her request that I keep my computer use to a minimum. She gets jealous sometimes and being that it’s her birthday, I figured I’d respect her request. But over the next few days, I’ll be back. And when I get back I’m changing tracks a little bit to talk about some hyjinx that aren’t getting nearly the attention they deserve. Governor, you’re been warned. Consider this a warning to get your house in order.

And just to let you know I appreciate your patience, here’s a fun little factoid I learned from the good people at Diet Mountain Dew (I kid you not).

The term “news” to describe important current events like reprinting DC-based gossip columns as if they were really important came from an old graphic that was use by papers. It was a globe, with the points of a compass marked thusly:

North, East, West, South. NEWS.

I love Diet Mountain Dew.

Update: Okay, so this factoid more interesting than it is true.  I still love Diet Mountain Dew though.  And to make up for it I leave you with this replacement factoid:  You have more bacteria in your body than cells.  Even with anti-bacterial soap.

That is a cool little factoid. It would be cooler if it weren’t … well … wrong.

Well, I cited my source: http://surprisingfacts.tv/ and, no. I didn’t fact-check it.

Looks like you’re right though. I will concede defeat.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00EFD71031E033A2575AC2A9619C94659ED7CF