All I really need to know, I learned this week.

Thank you for submitting little tidbits of knowledge to my "What did you learn" experiment. I really hope it got you thinking and maybe forced you to learn something that you otherwise wouldn't have.

Of course, I could not ask others to take note of something they learned without forcing myself to do the same thing. So I'll start today's post with things that I have learned over the past week.

- I learned you can convince a 4 year old to sleep on the floor, and he enjoys it.

- I learned what Epistemological means.

- The sidewalk 'loop' at MSBC from the rear entrance of the FLC to the back of the Sanctuary is approximately 579 feet in length. If you were to walk it 9 times and then back to your car, that's a mile.

- Hard boiled eggs make your refrigerator smell like fart. It's a good weight loss incentive.

- I forget the most common words when I'm put on the spot but I improv better in front of a large crowd.

- I'm told I "bounce" when I'm nervous.

- It is actually quite fun watching two girls beat each other up in a parking lot. Especially in a room full of guys laughing and shouting “ooooooooohhh” every time one of them lands a good shot.

- Chapter 61G17 of the Florida Administrative Code states that “A survey Map’s horizontal positional accuracy must be stated. The stated accuracy is a plus or minus tolerance that encompasses 90% of coordinate differences between map displayed values and ground truth.”

And although It says that it must be stated. I have never seen a surveyor put it on the map.

- I also learned that KFC Has the “Double Down sandwich” which is coming to our area. It has Bacon, and cheese but uses fried chicken instead of bread.. Sounds amazing, right?

- Apparently, storing my credit cards in a magnetic billfold is not a good idea. It seems it gets denied quite regularly that way.

Now, as promised, here are the interesting things that people submitted (along with what I learned from them).

I learned how to spell Azalea
(you live in the South and are just now learning that??)

-today i learned that i am a florida young scholar and that it is really hard to color good on concrete

-today i learned that one of the best places to hide an egg is in a cars exhaust pipe

-today i learned that when you get super glue on your hands it is really annoying and hard to get off

-today i learned that i stink at mario bros on the ds

-yesterday i learned i dont like mcdonalds chili sauce

(This young person taught me a great deal, such as not to color on concrete, to check my exhaust pipe around Easter-time, to not play with super-glue, and that McDonalds even HAD chili sauce. They also taught me that even Florida Young Scholars don’t like using the shift key or punctuation).

What I have learned~ that in your 4th pregnancy you start to feel things ALOT earlier than all the others. I didnt realize it would be this early. ha ha Oh my hips and back.

(this person taught me to appreciate my vasectomy).

My boss still believes my degree is useless and I am not worth a damn, even though I prove myself time and again.

(I’m sorry, do you work at my office?)

Today I learned that three dogs is a bad number of dogs to have and also that we have to get grass in the backyard if I ever want to have a clean floor.

(wow, my floor is always a mess and I don’t have any inside dogs.. I should plant grass)

I learned the Matt has 2 beautiful children and a wonderful wife....well I already knew that just trying to earn some brownie points. Did it work? I learned that my son has turned into a man the good and the bad of that. (reminds me of his father when we first got married)

(The coffee drawing is random, kissing up will get you nowhere but thank you. I fear the day my little boy turns into a man. He’s so cute and awesome now).

A week is NOT enough time off from work. I wish I could be a stay at home mom again! I worked hard but I loved every minute of it!
(I learned I need a week off to test this theory)

- I learned that the Anglicans in North America (most of whom separated from the Episcopal Church), because they are under the direct oversight of the Nigerian Anglican church, permit their ministers a little more room for charismatic expressions than do some of their European counterparts.
The body of Christ truly is beautifully diverse.

(One day I need to look up the Nigerian Anglican Church)

Today I learned Easter originated as a pagan holiday worshipping Eostore, goddess of fertility in the spring. Eostore was symbolized by....you guessed it, a rabbit and an egg, both symbols of fertility. The Christians tried to take over another holiday and focus the pagans to Christ and accepted/mended the spring holiday worshipping Eostore making it a Christian holiday and slowly changing it over time.

(Well, that’s interesting.. But Christ died the day before Passover, which is a very old holiday. Unless the Original Passover was during another time of the year.. This is going to require some research. 10 points to the person who looks it up.)

Today I learned that to be a train conductor in India, you must pass a test of 200 "everyday" knowledge questions like, "Who won the Aus women's tennis cup in 2002? And what is laughing gas made of? I think Venus Williams won and laughing gas is NO2 nitrous oxide.

(I believe that there is a similar test to be able to work for any technical support firm in India as well).

I am reading "the Heart of God"..Daily Meditations on the Goodness of God by Lloyd John Ogilvie and came across this very interesting analogy in my devotion. I have really pondered on it since...
In his book In Quest of a Kingdom, Leslie Weatherhead invites us to trace our call into God's vineyard by correlating a life of seventy years with the waking hours of a single day, from 7:00 A.M. until 11:00 P.M.

If you are age 15, the time is 10:25 A.M.

AGE: 20 " " " 11:34 A.M.
25 " " " 12:42 P.M.
30 " " " 1:51 P.M.
35 " " " 3:00 P.M.
40 " " " 4:09 P.M.
45 " " " 5:16 P.M.
50 " " " 6:25 P.M. .
55 " " " 7:34 P.M.
60 " " " 8:42 P.M.
65 " " " 9:51 P.M.
70 " " " 11:00 P.M.

No matter when you met the Lord, whether in your youth or in your midnight hour, you're elected by His love. We don't earn our salvation. Whether we walk with him one day or forty-five years (me) before He calls us home, our wages will be the same....Eternal life with Christ. In the liberal world that we live in, people will call this unfair. But my heart goes out to those who did not meet my Jesus until after their children were raised and much of their mistakes in life had hurt everyone they ever loved and could not be repaired. I know that my life has been so much richer and fuller and secure since I gave my life to Jesus May 13, 1965.

(Thank you for submitting this. I learned that when I need to hear something the most, that’s when it arrives in my inbox.)

Today I learned that my personal policy of not "tech talking" down to people not only makes people more comfortable but also makes a long lasting positive impression.

(I agree wholeheartedly with this statement, people who use big words to make themselves look smart nearly always fail. But on a non-related subject. This submittal was the random coffee winner, shoot me an e-mail if this is yours and let me know if you prefer Starbucks or Ellianos. I know how to get it to you.)

Today I learned that the Whig Party is attempting a serious comeback, in my district no less...

(Now I know that the Whig party is not the fore-runner to “hair club for men”)

The human head weighs an average of 8 pounds.
(I wonder if the person who submitted this put their head on a scale….. maybe..)

I learned yesterday that being a 'gardener' is very hard work..can't imagine how it was for Adam and Eve those first couple times working with the ground without tools..ugh

(I blame Eve…)

I learned that vultures/buzzards 'go to the bathroom' on their feet to keep cool when they get too hot..and if they are approached (as a defense mechanism) they will run at you and start vomiting...lol cool huh?!

(I learned that I will never approach a buzzard again. Period.. … well, at least not in my good shoes)

12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water, and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World.
(Yep, I’m the guy who leaves the water running when I brush my teeth).

I learned during SIDS training that over 2,000 babies die each year nationally from SIDS.
(I learned that I check to see if my baby is breathing more now that I have read this post)

Ok well I learned that when I wake up and say "I'm gonna have a good day no matter what", it doesn't always work but hey I try!
(Murphy’s law tends to be in effect more when I decide that)

Well, that is all of the submissions. Thanks again for submitting to my little experiment. See you again next week!

(Random number for the coffee winner provided by www.random.org. Oh and the points work just like they do in Whose line is it anyways.)