What I Learned This Week - 9/26/14

1.  447 days until Star Wars Episode VII is in theaters.
2. There is a no snoozing through of the sound of a dog vomiting - no matter how tired you are.
3. Apple's slogan used to be, "Does more. Costs less. It's that simple" - no really, it was.
4. According to my youngest, waffles are just pancakes with abs.
5. There is a beer named “polygamy” and surprisingly there motto isn’t, “you can’t have just one.”
6. Summer nights + 10 kids + sand dunes + truck headlights + stereo = fun dance party
7. Another reason to dislike Des Moines Iowa – photo radar on an interstate with fines mailed three weeks later.
8. Long ago I referred to flip-flops as “thongs”.
9. Even when I’m 100 miles from civilization and I see an object in the sky, my first thought is, “what kind of drone is that?”
10. Apple sold more iPhone 6’s last week than the combined population of nine US states.
11. “Smir” is a word that describes “light, drizzly rain”.
12. Best t-shirt in the airport this week read, “My inner child thinks you’re a big poopie face”.
13. In the new Superman movie series, both of Superman’s Dads (real-Russell Crowe and adopted – Kevin Kostner) played the character “Robin Hood” – I have no idea what to do with this information.
14. The Mars Curiosity rover found a “ball” on the planet’s surface. I’m fairly certain my lab knows how it got there.
15. People actually think “4Chan” is A person.
16. On Japan’s best-selling booklist this week is a cookbook that teaches people how to cook with condoms….so.many.jokes.
17. If I want to make my oldest laugh I resort to an impression of Spongebob’s battle cry, “ooloooloolooo!”
18. After removing the front tire off the mountain bike with hydraulic disc brakes – never press that brake lever until the wheel is back in place. Ever.
19. My kids instantly become the seagulls from “Finding Nemo” the moment any sugary treat is present – “mine!”
20. My lab prefers racquetballs over tennis balls. I tend to agree.
21. I found a tutorial on how to turn an old cassette tape into an MP3 player – talk about the perfect mix tape.
22. The word "vittles" is under used in today's society.