Seventy two

Today I learned that you can actually be allergic to exercise: Exercise Uticaria. The increase in body temperature triggers a histamine reaction which can result in itching and hives...in severe cases you can even develop anaphylaxis. That mostly happens though if you've eaten something you're allergic to and then exercise right after. You can COLLAPSE and DIE. Personally, I just about collapse and die from exercise anyway, although I think that's a separate condition.

Seventy one

Today I learned that Sharon Woods is now open til 10:00 pm. That's so cool! I don't know if I'll ever even stay that late but it's definitely better than having to high-tail it out of there before the sun even goes down.

Seventy

Today I learned that they are going to be opening an Ikea store near Cincinnati. Finally! I have never been to an Ikea, and I never felt like driving to Pennsylvania. I am totally going to max out my credit card on Swedish furniture and accessories. Yay.

Sixty nine

Today I learned that the Goodyear blimp is housed in Akron, Ohio. Actually, it is one of three:

"Today, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company no longer mass-produces airships. In the United States it operates three well-recognized blimps: the Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio; the Spirit of America, based in Carson, California; and the Spirit of Innovation, in Pompano Beach, Florida." (from www.goodyearblimp.com)

I kind of wanted post #69 to be dirty, but sorry, I actually learned about blimps today. I guess I did work the word "rubber" into my entry. Hee!

Sixty eight

I looked up rumble strips online today, because I wondered about the kind that go all the way across the road. I knew the ones along the sides of the road were to let you know you were drifting, but I did not see the point of the ones in the middle of the road. They are there to...slow me down? Or alert me to changing road conditions, or something. That is what I found, but I don't really buy it. I go across some sets of these every morning on my way to work, and they don't do anything. I don't slow down or anything. I just keep driving. That's dumb. They should put spikes in the middle of the road that will blow out your tires if you're going over the recommended speed. That would slow me down.

Sixty seven

Today, finally, I learned how to read a binary clock. I'm totally gonna be in ur living room, tellin ur timez. Although there's less math involved if I just, you know, look at my watch.

Sixty five, Sixty six

Yesterday I learned about dishwashers...what the parts are, what makes them break, and how you might fix one. Needless to say, my dishwasher is broken. Most likely the hose or drain screen is clogged. I will not be fixing it myself, because I'm a huge girl and it sounds gross.

Today I learned that those shoes with wheels in them are called Heelys (shouldn't it be "Heelies?"). There are a bunch of different types of wheels that you can put in them...it's all much more complex than I thought. I kind of want some, even though there's about a 94% chance that I would break a bone in the first five minutes.