What I Learned This Week - 11/23/12

1.  Outside of sharing memories of my youth with my kids, I will not miss the Hostess company. Especially since they discontinued Choc-o-diles and pudding pies years ago.
2. I have received fourteen different recipes all claiming to be "The Twinkie Recipe". I'm pretty sure the one with "wheat germ" as an ingredient is not it.
3. I will never call it Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, no matter how many times you correct me. Politely or not.
4. The guys who run and create graphics for the "Thunder-Tron" at Mile High Stadium need a lesson in font size.
5. There is little difference in security screening between the airport and a Denver Bronco game.
6. A group of scientists from North Carolina State University discovered that the average belly button hosts 50 or so unique species of bacteria creating the biodiversity similar to a rainforest. I will now show it proudly.
7. British neuroscientists have discovered a way to communicate with a man who has been in a vegetative state for over 12 years. One of my worst nightmares happens to be a reality - you can be trapped in your mind with a "lifeless" body while doctors "work" on you. 
8. I have no idea why I'm actually disappointed that I had a personal best time in a recent 5k. 
9. According to a recent FDA report, Five-Hour Energy and Monster Energy drinks are linked to over 90 cases of heart attacks and 'Spontaneous Abortion'. At least all those people stayed awake for it.
10. Sadly, it only takes listening to a single verse of Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving song for me to sing it for three consecutive days. I too wish turkey only a cost a nickel.
11. I am thankful that none of the female population of my household have the slightest interest in the Twilight phenomenon.
12. Over 1 million people will pass through Denver airport between Wednesday and Sunday of this week. I believe half of them are now purposely following me on my commute - ten minutes ahead of me.
13. Just once I would like a president to not pardon the turkey and show people how to properly field dress it.
14. I am always amazed how my kids relate current events to each other, "If I poked you three hundred times what would you do? I'd smack you. Good, now you know how Israel feels".
15. Of all the traditions my household has established for various holidays, none is more talked about by my kids than the tradition of putting mashed potatoes on the dogs noses after the Thanksgiving meal.
16. I never get tired of the fact that technology allows me to have conversations with old friends.... no matter where I am....or where they are even a faraway place like Switzerland or Israel.... at any hour of the day....for free.....just because they wanted to say "Hi" or "look at what I'm eating and I'm not sharing".
17. Thanks to my nephew Nicolas, I now know the significance of the five kernels of corn on the plate at Thanksgiving. A new tradition has been started.
18. Teaching kids to crack open walnuts will leave you with a giant bowl of walnut pieces.
19. Scooby Doo is a year younger than me. Crap.
20. My wife has a lot of muscles.