Quote "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." Og Mandino Joke Need an ark? I Noah guy Fun Fact Violin bows are commonly made from horse hair. Reading Fact Americans only read half as much, at just over 5 hours per week. History Fact In medieval times people were put to death for being witches. One anthropologist conjectures as many as 600,000 "witches" lost their lives . Movie/TV Trivia Titanic The scenes set in 1912, i.e. the whole movie except the

This week I have read a few short stories and a junior fiction novel.  Below is what I have read this week. 1. Better Than The Prom by Lynn Painter 2. Better Than Before by Lynn Painter 3. Nothing Better Than You by Lynn Painter 4. The 15th of December by Lynn Painter 5. The Wish Switch by Lynn Painter   This is what I thought of each book Better Than The Prom by Lynn Painter In this novella we are following Wes and Liz and how their prom didn't go the way that they wanted it

Quote "A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t." Jack Dempsey Joke I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it Fun Fact In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn’t publicize it until after. This way, only those who could time travel would be able to attend. Nobody else attended. Reading Fact The country that reads the most is India, with the average Indian reading 10.7 hours per week. History Fact The Ottoman Empire's Sultan I

Quote "If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards." Paul Bryant Joke What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator Fun Fact IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown. Reading Fact The Biblioteca Joanina in Portugal has an unusual method of keeping their books clean. A sw

Quote "If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives." Lemony Snicket Joke The other day I tried to make a chemistry joke, but got no reaction Fun Fact The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil. Reading Fact The word 'library' actually comes from the Latin 'liber' which means the inner bark of trees. History Fact Saddam Hussein was given  the key to the city  of Detroit. Movie/TV Trivia Slumdog

Quote "You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." Woodrow Wilson Joke I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought: “That’s the last thing I need!” Fun Fact Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row”. He went into the gas chambe