did you know:

(via wikipedia.org) Labor Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the first Monday in September. The holiday began in 1882, originating from a desire by the Central Labor Union to create a day off for the “working man”. It is still celebrated mainly as a day of rest and marks the symbolic end of summer for many. Labor Day became a national holiday by Act of Congress in 1894.

at least it was designed as a day to just relax and get away from work, unlike memorial day which makes bbqs and wakeboarding seem a bit blasphemous. tonite i’m heading up to havasu with the wife, but i’ll be back on monday for some marine stadium wakeboarding/beach bbq’in if anyone is interested.

my favorite lyrical rhyme of all time (kekeke) has long been from third eye blind – losing a whole year:

I took your stuff and put it in the basement
When I found out what the smile on your face meant

and then today i’m watching “the tube” digital sub-channel on tv and there’s a peter gabriel song called solsbury hill which has the lyrics:

Today I dont need a replacement
Ill tell them what the smile on my face meant

!

i have to assume this was just third eye blind paying homage to peter gabriel, but regardless i’m now conflicted about what my favorite rhyme of all time is. am i a poser for liking the 3eb version now that i know that it’s not completely original?

so i’m watching oprah and some guy that read all 32 volumes of the encyclopedia britanica is answering the audience’s stupid questions, and one of the was: “what do the numbers in your SSN mean?”

i always thought it was just a serial number that is issued in order, but apparently there is some significance to it, although it seems this oprah guy wasn’t completely correct.

but anyway, the first 3 numbers represent where you are geographically from. the oprah guy said that the two numbers in the middle represent the age you were (in a coded form) when you got your passport, but according to wikipedia, it’s only a group number that doesn’t have to do with age, or according to another theory your race.

the final 4 numbers are just a serial number that is issued in order.

an interesting read if you’re bored:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number 

i could watch this all day long:

http://www.summermeter.com/eng_summer.html 

i was checking out the site: www.dnscoop.com which said that kentomatic is valued at $1090. not that anyone would buy it, because honestly, what would kentomatic be without me? but it also said that it was worth $13 per text link, so i figured wtf ever. so starting in a couple of days there’ll be topic-related text links on the side bar and i’m supposed to magically make money from them. it’s not even a pay-per-click, so i’m not sure what it’s based on, but it took almost no effort to setup and if i only make a buck, that’s a buck more than i would’ve made from this site anyway. so hope it doesn’t bug anyone, and if there is something interesting in the ads, please click through <3

that dnscoop site was also nice enough to tell me that kentomatic is 2 years, 1 month and 20 days old. huzzah!

well, it’s all very simple actually:

Because of all the preservatives in food, people today can consume enormous quantities of organic phosphorus. Once a certain amount of organic phosphorus builds up in the body, it attaches itself to calcium and is expelled through waste products. But what this means is that a large build-up of organic phosphorus leads directly to a calcium deficiency,” Yamanaka tells Weekly Playboy. “Then you’ve got the human nervous system, which is made up of sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves. Parasympathetic nerves feed only on calcium. When the body doesn’t have enough calcium, the parasympathetic nerves don’t work as well as they should. That sends the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves all skew-whiff. When the sympathetic nerves work stronger than the parasympathetic nerves, it becomes easier to get nervous and aroused. ‘Rage’ attacks have been discussed pretty frequently in recent years and they’re probably triggered by this mechanism. If there is a decreased sexual desire or erection problems, it probably means the parasympathetic nerves aren’t working as well as they should be.

the rest of the wacky article:

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20070220p2g00m0dm023000c.html

interesting depection of the amount of different foods that have 200 calories:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

Opened: April 10, 1962
Surface: Santa Ana Bermuda grass
Capacity: 56,000
Parking: 16,000 cars

and the deal with that damn blimp:
www.ameriquestsoaringdreams.com