Today I learned that Marilyn Monroe owned a couple hundred books, including titles by Whitman and Tolstoy, she listened to Beethoven and took a literature course at UCLA. She also liked to add a few drops of Chanel No. 5 to ice baths that were prepared for her by her masseur Ralph Roberts.
Today I learned that I am officially over Facebook.
#idontcareaboutyourstatusupdatesanymore
#idontneedtocheckfballthegoshdarntime
#overit
Today I learned that ginger is very potent.
Today I learned that if I was in a faction in Divergent I would be in the Amity faction. The Amity faction is the peace faction and they love music and art and apparently giving hugs. I don't know about that last one and I still haven't even read the books.
Today I learned that at any given time there is probably someone, somewhere complaining about something. And whoever is listening probably does not care. I know I don't.
Today I learned to go by one of my grandpa's adages in life - "the day will come and we shall see".
Today I learned that my ultimate goal in life has always been and will always be to own my own swimming pool.
Today I learned that Queen Elizabeth once woke up to find a stalker in her sleeping quarters. The man was sitting on her bed with a bloody hand that he had injured while finding his way there through the palace. The Queen made conversation with him until someone came to her rescue. It turned out he had escaped from a mental hospital and had already broken in a few weeks before and had even stolen a bottle of Prince Charles' white wine.
Today I learned that cows give more milk if they are listening to music and they have an amazing sense of smell - smelling things like food up to 6 miles away.
Today I learned that I know someone who Mark Twain describes to a 'T' with this quote: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
Today I learned to re-embrace the baked potato.
Today I learned that some things just need to be let go. It isn't worth it to hold on to them at the end of the day.
Today I learned that the weekend is never long enough (I know, obvious). OK, so a real fact: Corn will always have an even number of rows on each cob.
Today I learned that a slice of cake is NECESSARY every so often.
Today I learned about the power of love.
Today I learned that I can't read two sappy books back to back. I need to temper it with a good mystery or something.
Today I learned that the Barbie doll derives from a German doll that was modeled after a sexy cartoon character from the pages of the Bild-Zeitungm Newspaper named Lilli.
Today I learned to treat myself.
Today I learned that I really love this quote by Albert Einstein: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Today I learned that having a cool treat can sure alleviate the heat, but taking in the moment and sitting in silence for just one minute will do a much better job.
