FREE MUSIC....and KLEENEX...

We all like FREE.

Here are a few FREEBIES for you Freeks:

Download 18 tracks from ITUNES free.
Songs are from the October SPIN issue.

Download 15 tracks from the November SPIN issue.

And if some of those jams make you sad...here's some free KLEENEX.

Coincidence

The coincidence is an amazing event.

No matter how small, a coincidence has always fascinated me.

None more than the following true story:

In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally
struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man's bother was killed
in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped.
And to stretch the odds even further, he was struck by the very same
taxi driven by the same driver - and even carrying the very same
passenger! 

(Source: Phenomena: A Book of Wonders, John Michell and Robert J. M. Rickard)

Here's a list of 20 Amazing Coincidences.

Enjoy!

The Tooth Fairy

The loss of a child's tooth is handled differently throughout the world.

Here are some traditions that may be familiar...and others that may not be so familiar:

Slovenia, Spain, and Mexico

There is no Tooth Fairy.

It is instead a mouse that replaces the tooth with money or candy during the night.

Japan and Korea

An upper tooth is thrown onto the roof.

A lower tooth is placed beneath the house or floor of a home.

This helps an upper tooth grow downwards and a lower tooth upwards.

Austria

The tooth is made into a pendant head, key ring.

Some also follow the same customs as Japan/Korea above.

Italy

There is no Tooth Fairy.

The tooth is simply kept as a keepsake.

Mongolia

The tooth is fed in meat to a young dog.

Mongolians respect dogs as guardian angels.

Feeding the "guardian angel" the tooth helps make sure a strong tooth will grow in its place.

For more on the Tooth Fairy - visit The Tooth Fairy Network

What Stormtroopers Do On Their Day Off

There are a lot more of these at the following pages: PART 1 and PART 2

STUPID SIGNS

Some of what you can find at the STUPID SIGNS website:

The third one is my personal favorite.
The Stupid Signs archive page has a long list of stupid signs just like those above.

Everyone's favorite math teacher

Great Teachers Rule!

Li Wei is AMAZING!

Check Li's fantastic art HERE.

Some of my favorites:

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mr. Stoker

11/08/1847 - 04/20/1912

His may not have been the first vampire tale.

But, it is certainly one of the greatest.

KIDS HAVEN'T CHANGED

Their fashions change.

 

The games they play change.

Even the world they grow up in changes.

But inside they are still the same.
And inside is where things really matter.

Give your kids everything you needed as a child.

Photos courtesy of the following sites respectively: 

HADDON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
EDINPHOTO

MR. GALL'S CLASS