What I Learned This Week - 4/28/17

1.  230 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII – The Last Jedi is in theaters.
2. “A butt tuba” is the same spelled backwards. #StillHaveNoIdeaHowToUseThisInfo
3. Apparently Star Trek themed bathing suits are known as, “Trekinis”. #MakeItSo #Engage
4. According to a coworker a coffee bean should be an acceptable birthstone. #EvryBirthStone
5. My middle daughter does not like affection and only succumbs to hugs with motherly guilt statements such as, “I didn’t birth you for rejection”. #LoveThemBoth
6. Even in their teenage maturity, in order to take a photo of my three girls smiling nicely together, I must take 42 photos of goofy grins, winking, blinking, biting hair, peace signs, duck faces before I lose it and yell to sit still before the magic quality photo appears. #sigh
7. Sesame Street’s Oscar the grouch was originally orange when he made his debut in 1969. #OrangeYouGladHesGreen
8. According to a passenger at my airport, Nintendo failed and lost his business because they did not name “Mario Kart” “Mario Speedwagon”. #ThatsActuallyPrettyOSM
9. USB keyboards can be used on Android phones and tablets without any software modification, just a handy $2 adapter. #TheMoreYouKnow
10. As good of an idea as it may seem, a running treadmill does not make a good impromptu substitute for bike rollers. #WayTooSlow #NotNearlyLongEnough
11. According to my kids, we use Tupperware to avoid throwing things out now. #LetsThrowThatOutLater
12. Some people confuse time and money and routinely believe there is 60 cents in a dollar. #MostlyEconomists
13. According to one of my IT guys, no one deals with rejection more than Internet Explorer requesting to be your default browser. #SorryStillNo