If you are looking for a specific breed for the dog Laika, you won’t find one. For those of you who are aware of the dog, you’ll know that she was the first living creature to be sent into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2. The momentous flight was launched November 3, 1957 with [...]

I’m not sure about you but I have several cans of WD-40, it is amazing stuff and I have used it for many things; although it has mostly been used with my key hole, which has the misfortune of being completely exposed by the elements and a strong blowing wind almost daily.
For those who aren’t [...]

Although there are many meanings for the acronym REM, the most common definition is Rapid Eye Movement.  This is the part of sleep where it is believed dreams occur and could be the reason why the band REM chose this acronym as their name.
Other meanings of REM are:

Remark
Range Extension Modes
Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring
Random Effects Model
Rapid Evaluation [...]

Before I get into who the dogs are, I think I should just touch on who Paul Bunyan was.  If you don’t already know this, Paul Bunyan was not a real person.  He is actually an American myth or folklore.  Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack that was a brave and strong man. 
Now whether or not [...]

Well, if you are asking specifically what day of the week I was born, it was a Monday.  I actually wasn’t sure the exact day so I had to do a little research.  If you are like me, you can always find out the day of week you were born at this site.  They have [...]

Here is a humorous (and somewhat accurately informative!) clip addressing the question: what is emo?  (One that I, personally, have heard asked on several occasions!)

When I was first out of high school, I became enthralled with the world of Ancient Egypt, or rather, I became enthralled with their language.  This urged me to purchase and read the entire Book of the Dead and somewhere along the way, I quickly lost my interest in it.  This isn’t to say that [...]

Growing up in British Columbia, I always had an interest in Haida art and that spark was nurtured during a school visit to the UBC Museum where I saw many different examples of Haida art that was absolutely breathtaking. For me, that art represented what it meant to be from the Northwest coast and there [...]

Before I answer the question, I would first like to point out who Lady Bird Johnson was.  Although I could write a full report on Lady Bird Johnson, the short version is that she was the First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969.  Her husband was President Lyndon Johnson.
Despite her claim as [...]

In today’s world with acronyms for just about everything from MP3’s to EOD (end of day) to PMB (personal mailbox), is it any wonder that half the conversations that we have are done with confused glints in our eye and a slight nod as we agree to the current FYI (for your information). 
Sometimes, acronyms seem [...]