Ooooh, I get it.

For inquiring minds everywhere, there is a great podcast called Stuff you should know. I like it, but it can be a little long. Today I discovered a site called I always wondered that offers similar fun facts in easier to digest pieces. The best part to me though are the illustrations that accompany the Q&As. 

What makes glass transparent?

 Why do goat eyes look so weird?

 Thanks Jarrett Green!

SF love advice

Someone (or many someones) have started a love advice column that you can follow via twitter. You can even write in with questions. Kind of funny!

Manatee crash

Manatees are one of my top 5 animals. Smoosh!

Super glue in the news

Earlier today, Harry Coover, the inventor of super glue, died. It was invented by accident, as many other awesome things. And three days ago, this popped into my world:

Full circle? I think yes.

Everythings amazing and nobody's happy

Muttville: Cider

Cider is very independent...and by independent, I mean all he needs is his heating pad. Seriously, it's like he's going you a favor by letting you pet him. Who does he remind me of?

Toy Story facts

BuzzFeed put together 33 fun facts that you probably didn't know about the Toy Story trilogy. I only knew one of them, good stuff. Here were my favorites:

1. Toy Story 3 is the only Toy Story film not to receive a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It still however received a relatively high score of 99%.

17. Pixar presented an early draft of the film to Disney on November 19, 1993. The result was disastrous. The film was deemed unwatchable. It presented Woody as a “sarcastic jerk” who was constantly insulting the other toys. Disney immediately shut down production pending a new script. The story team spent a week on a new script to make Woody a more likable character, instead of the “sarcastic jerk” he had been.

27. The green three eyed aliens have a circled pizza (pepperoni and mushroom) on their fronts.

Books everyone should read

Information is Beautiful compiled the results of 15 different polls and surveys listing the top 100 books that everyone should read. The books that appeared the most appear on the info graphic below in bigger font:

Agreed, To Kill a Mockingbird is a-may-zing.

Things at Walgreens

Pole dancing for Jesus

Before watching video: Oh, Texas. You're too much.

After watching video: wait, what does this have to do with Jesus?

Muttville: Millie

Millie is wearing a soft cone as she recovers from minor surgery, but that didn't stop her from going for a walk in the rain anyways. What a trooper! 

Bush and Grant

Ninja nesting dolls

Want:

Penguins on a plane

Are you kidding me!? I've flown millions of times between San Diego and San Francisco (on Southwest), and now I find out that three days ago they were transporting penguins and let them walk around the plane?

I will never get over this missed opportunity.

Pier 7

"Men they like me cause I'm a warrior"

Muttville: Scooter

Scooter is just the perfect name for a dog that's blind and mostly deaf. He does get around really well though. On walks you can just sort of steer him. In the house, I've seen him get up and down stairs on his own. Since he doesn't really know when he's being approached, he'll go from normal to super excited the second you start petting him.

Yes, he does feel like chenille. He also sleeps like this:

Singalong at the Castro

OK, ignore that I was making fun of going to the Little Mermaid singalong - because it was SO MUCH FUN! My roommates and I went the last night they were playing it. When we arrived, we got goody bags with a crown, bubbles, glow sticks, a "pearl" necklace, and dinglehopper.

This man was playing Disney songs on the piano while we settled in. Loved it. The Castro theater is also a really beautiful building, kind of reminds me of the Orinda theater.

There were two costume contests before the movie began - one for kids and one for adults. It was really a mixed bag of participants, but the theater was packed. It was pretty boisterous throughout, but at one point of relative quiet this guy screamed out: Giiirl, eat something!

New commuter bag!

Timbuk2 makes amazing messenger bags. The only problem is choosing a color combination - there are literally hundreds that you could create! I wanted something colorful and bright, still trying to achieve my new years resolution to bring more color into my world. Ultimately, I decided on the aqua/grey combination below. It wasn't until I brought it home that I realized it kind of matches one of my favorite pictures of the city:

I took that picture of the Transamerica building last month. I'm looking for a deeper meaning here, but there probably isn't one.

Clay and Sansome

This statue is in the office building next door. An explanatory placard would have been nice.

Muttville: Ethel

Ethel! When I first met Ethel, she was recovering from surgery. You can see the fur is still growing back around her neck. As she's recovered, she's gotten stronger and even more loveable. Unfortunately, she can't go on walks yet (to quote the doggie board: Ethel, labrador, no walks, just love) but that doesn't stop her from giving you the "walk me" eyes. Oh, she knows what she's doing.

I don't know if it's her size or her leadership qualities, but the other doggies love Ethel. She is the queen of this hive:

Ethel with Dewey and Lily, just 2 of her admirers

Paula Deen riding things

Do ya'll know Paula Deen? This woman starts with a deep fried stick of butter when she makes a salad. Seriously, check out her fan twitter feed: twitter.com/pauladeenisms. While I don't watch her show for cooking ideas, I do watch her show for pure entertainment.

Well, some evil genius has started a meme called "Paula Deen Riding Things." Even if you don't know Paula, I think you will enjoy this. I hope you do.

Slow clap, baseball edition

Amazing picture, I can't stop looking at it! I mean, what are the chances that the photographer had his camera there, focused, and ready to shoot? I'm jealous of everyone sitting there who got to watch a spring training game on, clearly, a lovely day. Their expressions are also awesome, much better than this. But what's really deserving of a slow clap is the guy catching the bat without dropping his Red Stripe.

I mean. Seriously. He's even holding the beer label perfectly to the camera. You, sir, are awesome. 

In other news, my roommate and I realized we can watch Giants games from home now! Hurray!

Harried

This was my horoscope today: Your powers of focus will be challenged. Many people try to get your attention at once. Though it's nice to be needed and popular, you could also feel harried by all the commotion. Take a breather when you need it.

I do feel harried. And as I always do in times like these, I turn to my spirit animal:

Behind the scenes of an Old Spice commercial

This looks so fun! A day in the life of the Old Spice guy:

Del Monte banana packaging

Del Monte is testing a new product. I present, pre-peeled bananas:

Hey, you know what's considered the gold standard of perfect packaging? BANANAS. Seriously! Banana peels are easy to open, change color to indicate when the product is ready or too old to eat, non-toxic, ergonomic and biodegradable. This is exasperating on so many levels.

Kinetic typography

Really beautiful and engaging way to read what you're hearing:

Conan O'Brien Kinetic Typography from Jacob Gilbreath on Vimeo.

What can I say? I like fonts!

Never nudes!

My Strange Addiction is a show that tries to help people through - wait for it - strange additions. I mean, really strange. We're talking people who eat toilet paper and sleep with their blow dryer. 

Anyways, they're casting for never nudes!!!

"There are dozens of us!"

RHO...San Francisco?

NO! This was my reaction when I heard the Bravo show Real Housewives of... might be coming to San Francisco. This ad appeared on Craigslist yesterday:

I do love the RHO of Beverly Hills and New York,  A LOT. Maybe my reaction was selfish, but I just don't want that crazy brought into my city. Or rather, I don't want the city's wealthy women craziness made into caricature. 

I can rest easy because the whole thing seems to be a scam...for now.

Chimpanzees can fake laugh

According to a recent study, scientists found that "Chimpanzees mimic the laughter of their playmates even if they do not find the situation as funny...The psychologist said the chimpanzees appeared to use laughter to strengthen social bonds, just like humans."

It's a pretty good article all in all, check it out if you have a chance.

Dr. Seuss' 107th birthday!

The day almost passed without a mention of Dr. Seuss' birthday, shame on me! My alma mater always celebrates his birthday in a big way:

Geisel (Dr. Seuss' real last name) Library

Here are my favorite Seuss facts:

• He created Seuss to sound like soice, rhyming with voice. Why didn't he correct the way we pronounce it today? As a children's author, he thought the way it rhymed with goose (as in Mother Goose) could only help.
• He started using the pen name after throwing a boozy party during college, during prohibition, so he could keep writing for Dartmouth's literary humor magazine.
• He was kind of afraid of kids! According to his wife, he would always wonder: "What might they do next? What might they ask next?" She added: "He couldn't just sit down on the floor and play with them." 
• He was inspired to write Cat in the Hat because he thought the Dick and Jane books were boring. He won $50 from his publisher for successfully using only 50 different words in the book.  
• My favorite Dr. Seuss book is the Lorax. I am NOT excited that this is being turned into a 3D, CGI film featuring the voices of Danny DeVito and Zac Efron. Not. excited.

Coca-Cola happiness truck

I can't help but smile:

How to be happy in a relationship

According to a study conducted by the British government, the happiest couples are:

1. Young
2. In a relationship of less than 5 years
3. Married
4. Childless
5. Educated
6. Employed

Color me surprised.

I see mermaids

First, I got an email today that the Castro Theater is hosting a sing-a-long showing of the Little Mermaid:

Which could be fun...with my 3 year old daughter and/or 6 champagne cocktails. Then, I got an email featuring this product:

What are you saying, universe?