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I never knew there was a national static electricity day.  While I was surfing the web I came across it. A cat and balloons: Never get back into the car while filling it at the gas pump.  It causes static electricity from rubbing on the seat. My son in law caught me doing this once.  Thank God no spark or fire. If you want to know a few scientific details go to: NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY – January 9 Do you have any experiences you'd like to share?

This is from a clever Japanese commercial. Enjoy the videos. There is no sound but there are English subtitles. It takes a moment for the videos to start.  If only a blank space appears, click it twice to get it started. This could have been a strike except for the small detail shown in the next video.

I wondered what SOS stands for and found some interesting information. "Beginning in 1836, the American artist  Samuel F. B. Morse , the American  physicist   Joseph Henry , and  Alfred Vail   developed an  electrical telegraph  system. This system sent pulses of  electric current  along wires which controlled an  electromagnet  that was located at the receiving end of the telegraph system. A code was needed to transmit natural language using only these pulses, and the silence between them. Morse therefore developed the forerunner to modern International Morse code." ~Wikipedia Samuel F. B. Morse "At the second Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference 1906, the subject of a danger signal was again addressed. Considerable discussion ensued and finally SOS was adopted. The thinking was that three dots, three dashes and three dots could not be misinterpreted.  It was to be sent together as one string." ~ http://www.boa...

Here are a few funny cartoons to enjoy: Here's a video with some advice I'll try to follow.  It seems practical.  I think the best thing is to limit my resolutions to a few important ones.  Too many will make it impossible to accomplish.

My brother Tony E-mailed this video to me.  For me the center green dot comes on and off while the yellow dots seem to disappear for a moment. I circled one of the yellow dots with my hand so it was the only one I could see. It did not disappear.  Neither did the other yellow dots when I tested them in turn.  The illusion is real and not a tampering with the video. Here it is: This link explains it better.  Do you see the dots? This optical illusion is bending our minds

Our grandson is quickly growing up.  I can't wait to see him for Christmas. This is a video from another day.

I want to share this photo I found today on the NASA site. Though the “earth rise” evokes the sunrise that we’re all familiar with here on Earth, you’d never see this type of image if you were actually standing on the moon (as opposed to orbiting around the moon, like the LRO). “Viewed from the lunar surface, the Earth never rises or sets,” Arizona State University’s Mark Robinson said in the NASA release. “Since the moon is tidally locked, Earth is always in the same spot above the horizon, varying only a small amount with the slight wobble of the moon.” From:  Gorgeous New NASA Image Shows Earth 'Rising' Over The Moon