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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Good morning Phoenix - happy Tuesday! I'm back with another installment of totally useless trivia, cheesy jokes, bad quotes, and places you have to go and visit! *grins*

Pop Culture Trivia for May 6, 2014
1994: The Chunnel between England and France officially opened.
1999: Scotland elected its first separate parliament in three centuries.

Joke of the Day:
Top Ten Signs Your Amish Teen's In Trouble:
10. Sometimes stays in bed till after 6 am.
9. In his sock drawer, you find pictures of women without bonnets.
8. Shows up at barn raisings in full "Kiss" makeup.
7. When you criticize him, he yells, "Thou sucketh!"
6. His name is Jebediah, but he goes by "Jeb Daddy."
5. Defiantly says, "If I had a radio, I'd listen to disco!."
4. You come upon his secret stash of colorful socks.
3. Uses slang expression: "Talk to the hand, cause the beard ain't listening."
2. Was recently pulled over for "driving under the influence of cottage cheese."
And the number 1 sign that your Amish teen is in trouble:
1. He's wearing his big black hat backwards.

Quote of the Day:
According to Archimedes' principle, what happens when you jump in a bathtub full of water? Answer: The phone rings.

Random Daily Factoid:
A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.

Today's amazing place to visit: The Sagano Bamboo Forest is one of Japan's national treasures. It is about a half hour out of the ancient capital of Kyoto and covers a total area of about 15 square kilometers.
There is a walking path that cuts through the bamboo grove making for a pleasant and popular trek. It is one of the most beautiful natural environments in all of Japan, not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the sound the wind makes as it blows through the thick bamboo grove. The sound of culms knocking together and the wind sighing through the upper branches is an extraordinary sensory experience, as is the filtered, moving light and shade.

Have you decided where you want to visit?

Have a fangtastic day - Brock

Good morning Phoenix - happy Tuesday! I'm back with another installment of totally useless trivia, cheesy jokes, bad quotes, and places you have to go and visit! *grins*

Pop Culture Trivia for May 6, 2014
1994: The Chunnel between England and France officially opened.
1999: Scotland elected its first separate parliament in three centuries.

Joke of the Day:
Top Ten Signs Your Amish Teen's In Trouble:
10. Sometimes stays in bed till after 6 am.
9. In his sock drawer, you find pictures of women without bonnets.
8. Shows up at barn raisings in full "Kiss" makeup.
7. When you criticize him, he yells, "Thou sucketh!"
6. His name is Jebediah, but he goes by "Jeb Daddy."
5. Defiantly says, "If I had a radio, I'd listen to disco!."
4. You come upon his secret stash of colorful socks.
3. Uses slang expression: "Talk to the hand, cause the beard ain't listening."
2. Was recently pulled over for "driving under the influence of cottage cheese."
And the number 1 sign that your Amish teen is in trouble:
1. He's wearing his big black hat backwards.

Quote of the Day:
According to Archimedes' principle, what happens when you jump in a bathtub full of water? Answer: The phone rings.

Random Daily Factoid:
A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.

Today's amazing place to visit: The Sagano Bamboo Forest is one of Japan's national treasures. It is about a half hour out of the ancient capital of Kyoto and covers a total area of about 15 square kilometers.
There is a walking path that cuts through the bamboo grove making for a pleasant and popular trek. It is one of the most beautiful natural environments in all of Japan, not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the sound the wind makes as it blows through the thick bamboo grove. The sound of culms knocking together and the wind sighing through the upper branches is an extraordinary sensory experience, as is the filtered, moving light and shade.

Have you decided where you want to visit?

Have a fangtastic day - <3 Brock

Monday, May 5, 2014

5.5.14

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May 5

Happy Monday morning Phoenix! Yep - I'm up early. Came in from patrol a little bit early, and trying to be quiet so I don't wake up Jenna. *grins*

Pop Culture Trivia for May 5, 2014:
1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
1981: Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.
2004: Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.

Joke of the Day:
Why can Captain Kirk hear so well?
Because he has three ears: a left ear, a right ear, and a final frontier.

Quote of the Day:
One thing leads to another”? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict. George Carlin

Random Daily Factoid:
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Today's beautiful place to visit is closer to home for most of us. Yosemite Valley, a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park, is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles due east of San Francisco. It represents only one percent of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay.

Are you starting to plan your vacations for this year? Where do you want to go?

Have a fangtastic Monday! Brock.

Happy Monday morning Phoenix! Yep - I'm up early. Came in from patrol a little bit early, and trying to be quiet so I don't wake up Jenna. *grins*

Pop Culture Trivia for May 5, 2014:
1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
1981: Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.
2004: Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.

Joke of the Day:
Why can Captain Kirk hear so well?
Because he has three ears: a left ear, a right ear, and a final frontier.

Quote of the Day:
One thing leads to another”? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict. George Carlin

Random Daily Factoid:
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Today's beautiful place to visit is closer to home for most of us. Yosemite Valley, a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park, is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles due east of San Francisco. It represents only one percent of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay.

Are you starting to plan your vacations for this year? Where do you want to go?

Have a fangtastic Monday! <3 Brock.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

5.4.14

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May 4

Good morning Phoenix! Happy Sunday. Hope everyone has a nice, relaxing day.

Pop Culture Trivia for May 4, 2014
1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.

Joke of the Day:
In primitive society, when native tribes beat the ground with clubs and yelled, it was called 'witchcraft.'
Today, in civilized society, it is called 'golf.'

Quote of the Day:
People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves

Random Daily Factoid:
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

Today's beautiful place to visit:
Meteora, Greece. It is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars.
Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith – the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only "when the Lord let them break". In the 1920s there was an improvement in the arrangements. Steps were cut into the rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed, and many art treasures were stolen.
Six of the monasteries remain today. Of these six, four were inhabited by men, and two by women. Each monastery has fewer than 10 inhabitants. The monasteries are now tourist attractions.

Welcome to all new members, and as always, I wish you a fangtastic day! Brock

Good morning Phoenix! Happy Sunday. Hope everyone has a nice, relaxing day.

Pop Culture Trivia for May 4, 2014
1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.

Joke of the Day:
In primitive society, when native tribes beat the ground with clubs and yelled, it was called 'witchcraft.'
Today, in civilized society, it is called 'golf.'

Quote of the Day:
People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves

Random Daily Factoid:
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

Today's beautiful place to visit:
Meteora, Greece. It is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars.
Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith – the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only "when the Lord let them break". In the 1920s there was an improvement in the arrangements. Steps were cut into the rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed, and many art treasures were stolen.
Six of the monasteries remain today. Of these six, four were inhabited by men, and two by women. Each monastery has fewer than 10 inhabitants. The monasteries are now tourist attractions.

Welcome to all new members, and as always, I wish you a fangtastic day! <3 Brock

Saturday, May 3, 2014

5.3.14

Brock Breed‎MB Phoenix Fan Page

May 3

Good morning and Happy Saturday Phoenix! Show us your hats!

Pop Culture Trivia for May 3, 2014
1979: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.
1986: At the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.
1999: Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.
2001: The United States, a member of the UN Human Rights Commission since its inception, lost its seat. It would be restored the following year.
2003: New Hampshire’s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state’s Franconia Mountains.

Joke of the Day:
A famous author was autographing copies of his new novel in a Cleveland department store. One gentleman pleased him by bringing up not only his new book for signature, but reprint editions of his two previous ones as well.
"My wife likes your stuff," he remarked apologetically, "I thought I'd give her these signed copies for a birthday present."
"A surprise, eh?" hazarded the author.
"I'll say," agreed the customer. "She's expecting a Cadillac."

Quote of the Day:
If I can brighten just one person's day, and that person is me, then it will all have been worth it. Christina Welsh

Random Daily Factoid:
The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!

Today's place to add to your bucket list of places to visit is Li River, China. The Li River scenery is one of the most represented Chinese landscapes seen on traditional paintings and poems. National Geographic lists it on the World's Top Ten Watery Wonders.

Have a fangtastic Saturday! Brock

Good morning and Happy Saturday Phoenix! Show us your hats!

Pop Culture Trivia for May 3, 2014
1979: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.
1986: At the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.
1999: Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.
2001: The United States, a member of the UN Human Rights Commission since its inception, lost its seat. It would be restored the following year.
2003: New Hampshire’s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state’s Franconia Mountains.

Joke of the Day:
A famous author was autographing copies of his new novel in a Cleveland department store. One gentleman pleased him by bringing up not only his new book for signature, but reprint editions of his two previous ones as well.
"My wife likes your stuff," he remarked apologetically, "I thought I'd give her these signed copies for a birthday present."
"A surprise, eh?" hazarded the author.
"I'll say," agreed the customer. "She's expecting a Cadillac."

Quote of the Day:
If I can brighten just one person's day, and that person is me, then it will all have been worth it. Christina Welsh

Random Daily Factoid:
The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!

Today's place to add to your bucket list of places to visit is Li River, China. The Li River scenery is one of the most represented Chinese landscapes seen on traditional paintings and poems. National Geographic lists it on the World's Top Ten Watery Wonders.

Have a fangtastic Saturday! <3 Brock

Friday, May 2, 2014

5.2.14

Brock Breed

May 2

Good morning and Happy Friday Phoenix!

Pop Culture Trivia for May 2, 2014
1994: Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa’s first multiracial election.
1997: The Labour Party’s Tony Blair became Prime Minister of Britain, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
2011: U.S. troops and CIA operatives shot and killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2012: A pastel version of The Scream, by painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in a New York City auction. The transaction set a new world record for an auctioned piece of art.

Joke of the Day:
Once there was a little boy in church. He had to go to the bathroom so he told his mother, ''Mommy, I have to piss.''
The mother said, ''Son don't say piss in church. Next time you have to piss, say, 'whisper' because it is more polite.
The next Sunday, the little boy was sitting by his father this time, and once again, he had to go to the bathroom.
He told his father, ''Daddy I have to whisper.''
The father said, ''OK. Here, whisper in my ear.''

Quote of the Day:
What was the best thing before sliced bread? George Carlin

Random Daily Factoid:
John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it mysteriously disappeared during the autopsy! It is the most famous lost piece in the world.

Today's breathtaking place to visit is the Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu, China. It's beautiful.

Have a fangtastic day! Brock

Good morning and Happy Friday Phoenix!

Pop Culture Trivia for May 2, 2014
1994: Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa’s first multiracial election.
1997: The Labour Party’s Tony Blair became Prime Minister of Britain, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
2011: U.S. troops and CIA operatives shot and killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2012: A pastel version of The Scream, by painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in a New York City auction. The transaction set a new world record for an auctioned piece of art.

Joke of the Day:
Once there was a little boy in church. He had to go to the bathroom so he told his mother, ''Mommy, I have to piss.''
The mother said, ''Son don't say piss in church. Next time you have to piss, say, 'whisper' because it is more polite.
The next Sunday, the little boy was sitting by his father this time, and once again, he had to go to the bathroom.
He told his father, ''Daddy I have to whisper.''
The father said, ''OK. Here, whisper in my ear.''

Quote of the Day:
What was the best thing before sliced bread? George Carlin

Random Daily Factoid:
John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it mysteriously disappeared during the autopsy! It is the most famous lost piece in the world.

Today's breathtaking place to visit is the Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu, China. It's beautiful.

Have a fangtastic day! <3 Brock

Thursday, May 1, 2014

5.1.14

Brock Breed

May 1

Good morning Phoenix - rise from the ashes of April and shine! It's May 1st.

Pop Culture Trivia for May 1, 2014
1978 - The first piece of unsolicited bulk e-mail (what will come to be known as spam) was written. When it's sent two days later, more than 400 people with an Arpanet address receive a promotional message sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketer for Digital Equipment Corporation. It's been pretty much downhill from there.

Joke of the Day:
"Marine biology researchers have developed a new method to fend off shark attacks. If you are diving and are approached by a shark they recommend that you swim towards it aggressively and punch it in the nose as hard as possible."
"If this doesn't work, beat the shark with your stump."

Quote of the Day:
I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread. Bill Cosby

Random Daily Factoid:
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.

We're starting a new month, so this month's theme for my daily posts are "Breathtaking Places to See in Your Lifetime". Today's place is Bagan, Myanmar. Enjoy!

As always, have a fangtastic day! Brock

Good morning Phoenix - rise from the ashes of April and shine! It's May 1st.

Pop Culture Trivia for May 1, 2014
1978 - The first piece of unsolicited bulk e-mail (what will come to be known as spam) was written. When it's sent two days later, more than 400 people with an Arpanet address receive a promotional message sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketer for Digital Equipment Corporation. It's been pretty much downhill from there.

Joke of the Day:
"Marine biology researchers have developed a new method to fend off shark attacks. If you are diving and are approached by a shark they recommend that you swim towards it aggressively and punch it in the nose as hard as possible."
"If this doesn't work, beat the shark with your stump."

Quote of the Day:
I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread. Bill Cosby

Random Daily Factoid:
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.

We're starting a new month, so this month's theme for my daily posts are "Breathtaking Places to See in Your Lifetime". Today's place is Bagan, Myanmar. Enjoy!

As always, have a fangtastic day! <3 Brock

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