The state of saying on a scale of one to ten.

Finish this sentence which is referring to something great that you love:

"On a scale of one to ten, it's a"

Whatever you said wasn't clever, was it?

At one time it was enough to say something was a ten out of a ten. Then people thought that wasn't good enough so they said eleven. That took it to a whole new level. And then people starting thinking that they were better than eleven so they said twelve. And last week on Beauty and the Geek, one of the beauties took it to the limit by saying twenty.

Please don't rate things on a scale of on to ten anymore because you can't say anything that will sound good.

Happy World Internet Day

Happy World Internet Day, everybody. Would you like some facts about the Internet? Here you go.

• As of September 30, 2007, 1.244 billion people use the Internet.
• Some of those people are using the Internet right now.
• Americans only make up 18.96% of the people who use the Internet. Come on guys, pick it up!
• The first website ever was about the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
• The biggest website is probably Yahoo or Google.
• Starbucks lets you use the Internet for free. You must bring your own computer. Be polite and buy a scone.
• If you would like to turn off the Internet, you can do it here.
  

Tell someone you're welcome.

The thank-you market (cards, gift baskets etc.) is a $4 billion* a year industry which is a lot of money to spend to thank someone for the lovely wedding present or the lift to the gas station or the spare ticket to the basketball game. How many people have ever said you're welcome? No one, because saying you're welcome is not socially acceptable unless you mean just saying it out loud right after someone says thanks.

What are you going to do about it? Why don't you send someone a you're welcome card or you're welcome gift basket? Find what you need at the new you're welcome emporium which just opened on the Internet. You'll thank me later! (And then you better believe I'm going to send you something in the mail after that!)

*estimated from my head.

Thunderstorms: scary or exciting?

Are thunderstorms exciting or scary?

There is a correct answer to this! Here it is:

• Thunder: 40% scary, 60% exciting
• Lightning (and you are indoors): 65% scary, 35% exciting
• Lightning (and you are not so lucky this time): 84% scary, 16% exciting
• Tornado spotted in the sky by a meteorologist: 52% scary, 48% exciting
• Tornado spotted in the sky by you: 88% scary, 12% exciting
• Hurricaines: (This is not my territory? Probably very scary)
• Getting to go down to the basement with a little transistor radio: 6% scary, 94% exciting
• Power goes out: 0% scary, 100% exciting, but are you in an iron lung?
• Flood warning: 20% scary, 3% exciting, 77% boring
• Your basement is now flooded: 6% boring, 94% dumb