The misadventures of a young woman, through her transition from college to the real world. Times can be tough, budgets can be tight, and hours spent at the office can be long, but nothing is impossible as long as she has her trusty sidekick - a can of cold diet soda.
Labels: be nice until it's time to not be nice, Diet Coke, diet soda, FTW, random, zero calories
Actually I'm a bit tired of seeing "FTW!" plastered all over the Internet, but it definitely is the case here. Have you ever seen anyone so excited to have some ice cold refreshment? I mean besides me, haha.
Thanks to The Consumerist.
To ensure your weekend conversations are lively and full of random, useless information, I present to you Friday’s Factoids*. Happy weekend everybody!
Until early in the 20th century, Monday the 13th, not Friday the 13th, was considered unlucky
Scratch and sniff stickers were originally used as medical tools. Their purpose was to detect and identify any deficient smell receptors.
The catfish is the only fish that can consciously and independently blink its eyes.
Over half of all earthquakes occur between the hours of 2:08 AM and 5:47 AM
A variation of the idiom "easy as pie" exists in almost every major language, ranging from "simple as cooking wontons" in Chinese to "easy as making snow-cake" in Swedish.
The typical bedroom closet in American homes contains 37 percent more clothing than it was designed to hold
In 2005, 147 people were admitted to hospitals in Canada after having touched their tongue to freezing cold metal.
Among cities in western Europe, and North America, Jersey City, NJ, has had the largest percentage increase in office space over the past seven years.
On average, the 'T' key will be the first key to fail on a Blackberry. The failure generally occurs after the 42,000th time it is depressed.
On average, left-handed people type ten words per minute faster than right-handed people.
*courtesy of http://www.gullible.info/
It’s that time again - Friday’s random facts*. If you’re going on a blind date tonight, or even a first date, and the conversation begins to lull you can always say, “Did you know that…”
Excluding tropical rain forests, the place with highest biomass of insects per acre is Baltimore, Md
Shoppers at Wal-Mart are an average of 12 percent heavier than average non-Wal-Mart shopping Americans.
George Bush's official function in his fraternity at Yale was "Foosball Tournament Administrator".
62 percent of Americans said they would "never" eat a snail. 47 percent of those same Americans said they would consider trying escargot if they were in a fancy French restaurant.
23.2 percent of Americans say they never have dreams.
According to a recent paper in the Journal of English Linguistics, the use of abbreviations speed reading by 12 percent, but reduce comprehension by 23 percent.
The average conference call has 5.7 people, lasts 41 minutes and the average distance between the moderator and the participants is 427 miles.
The average rain delay in a major league baseball game lasts 38 minutes.The average teenage text-messager can enter 22 'words' per minute.
Officially, a "nap" becomes a "sleep" after the sleeper has slept for 53 minutes.
*courtesy of gullible.info
I haven’t done one of these entries in a long time and I’m bringing them back. *Did you know…
No motor vehicle has been conceived, designed or manufactured in Detroit in 27 years.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
62 percent of Americans said they would "never" eat a snail. 47 percent of those same Americans said they would consider trying escargot if they were in a fancy French restaurant.
Although Canada is known as "America's neighbor to the North," there is a total of 72.4 miles along the 8,900 mile border where one could cross from the US into Canada by traveling south.
The Giant Squid recently caught in the South Pacific had a still-ticking alarm clock in its stomach.
Scientists hypothesize that if the population of anteaters were to be suddenly wiped out the Earth would be inundated by ants in 6.13 years.
The pitch of the sound of most alarm clocks is A-flat above middle C.
The average paper coffee cup can be refilled 5.2 times before it starts to leak.
Most breeds of dogs prefer rock 'n' roll to every other type of music. Two notable exceptions are Chihuahuas, which prefer opera and mastiffs, which prefer polkas. All breeds of cats are indifferent to music.
According to a Canadian superstition, dropping a found penny in a pint of beer will bring the drinker good luck.
*Courtesy of Gullible.info
I am a recent college graduate in journalism. I enjoy simple pleasures in life, like watching the sun rise during a morning row, and escaping my cubicle when I can. I have enjoyed -- yes LOVED! -- diet soda for many years now and have a personal interest in staying abreast of the latest diet soda news and trends. Even my day-job, working for the Calorie Control Council, allows me to work with diet soft drink companies through a non-profit trade association. Can a girl get any luckier?
