What I Learned This Week - 12/19/14

1.  363 days until "Star Wars - the Force Awakens" (aka: Episode VII) is in theaters - Yes, now less than a year away.
2. According to a contestant on "Wheel of Fortune", "Wood-burning Microwaves" are a thing. 
3. New Dad's get in big trouble when they take my advice - apparently mom's don't like the hilariousness of putting paper eyebrows and mustaches on a newborn.
4. I've heard the term "base miles" way more than I wanted to this week.
5. If you lost an Android phone in your house and it's on vibrate, you can find it by going to Google Play>click the gear icon>android device manager>ring.
6. “Armpit hair extensions” are a thing I don’t understand.
7. When my oldest pretends not to hear a conversation only to make people repeat the conversation and then state, “I’m funny”……is funny.
8. My middle child recently discovered that a “leper” is not someone mispronouncing, “leopard”.
9. According to my neighbor, if your last name is "Vrooman" and you're not into cars, you’re wasting your life.
10. According to my youngest, sleep is a time machine to breakfast.
11. Shaking hands upon greeting was originally adopted several centuries ago in England as a means of establishing that neither party was armed.
12. The US NAVY finally has an operational ship-mounted LASER cannon.
13. J.K.Rowling admits she killed off a Harry Potter for “no good reason”. No – it’s not one you even would care about.
14. I have no idea how to react when I person in the gym gets onto a stationary bike besides me wearing a bike helmet.
15. Only 55% of the world’s food-crop calories are consumed directly by humans. The rest go to fuel and animal feed.
16. If you are a Star Wars fan and don’t have at least one bike speeder ornament crashing on a branch – your fan card should be revoked.