Year: 2011

Preparing a Pineapple

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    Buying a pineapple is not as hard as some may think it might be. First you must look at the pineapple and make sure that there are no visible bruises on it. Then turn the pineapple upside and smell the bottom of it. If it is sweet smelling it is ready to bring home and prepare.

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    Place the pineapple of a clean surface standing straight up. With a sharp knife, start from the very top of the pineapple and proceed by taking the skin off. Do this until the only thing left on the pineapple is the bottom and the top.

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    Turn the pineapple over on its side, cut the entire top off as well as the bottom. Throw away everything but the top of the pineapple; you can use this for the center of your presentation.

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    Slice the pineapple either in round pieces, pineapples lengths pieces, or you can even cut the pineapple up in chunks depending on how you want to present it.

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    Place a large platter on the counter and arrange pineapple around the plate. Place the top that you have put aside directly in the middle of the plate and place where you wish.

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Crossword Puzzle Helper

I love crossword puzzles. And I do them in pen. Not because I’m that confident–it’s just that I like the way pen writes on newsprint much better than pencil. Sometimes I want to check to see if a word I’m guessing is correct before I enter it. And sometimes, dang it, I just don’t know the answer. Here’s a nifty website that I’ve been using to give me a hand.

Check it out!

http://crosswordtracker.com/

Do you use a pen or pencil for crosswords? and why?

Did You Know – Miscellaneous

  • Did you know 11% of people are left handed
  • Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
  • Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it
  • Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
  • Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
  • Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain
  • Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales
  • Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
  • Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
  • Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
  • Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
  • Did you know no words in the English language rhyme with the words angel, angst, breadth, bulb, depth, eighth,  month, ninth, orange, purple, scalp or twelfth
  • several hundred more ‘did you know’s here

    Read Your Date’s Body Language

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    1. Bored – Are they staring around the room or over your shoulder, looking at you only occasionally? Are they drumming their fingers, tapping their foot or doing something else repetitive? These can be signs of boredom. Yawning can also be a sign of boredom, but it can also be a legitimate sign of being tired or a response to seeing someone else yawn, so don’t be too quick to label that one as boredom without other symptoms to go with it.
    2. Relaxed – The face and voice are usually key indicators of whether or not a person feels relaxed. The brow line should be smooth, not furrowed, and the jaw muscles should be relaxed, not tight, allowing for easy smiles. The speech will sound calm and unhurried.
    3. Deceptive – Forced smiles, where their mouth is smiling but their eyes don’t project the same message. Holding arms close to the body or putting them in their pockets, is generally a sign of anxiety. Fear of being found out, can cause many signs of anxiety, that are totally unconscious, such as nervous twitches, biting the inside of the mouth, rubbing your chin or the back of your head.
    4. Dominant – Standing straight, feet apart, hands on hips and the chin tilted slightly upwards is a typical dominant stance. It is one that communicates a sense of superiority or authority. Dominant personalities will also have a tendency to interrupt others while they are speaking.
    5. Evaluating – When a person is taking in information, in order to form an opinion or make a decision, the level of their attentiveness usually shows in their body language. They may have their chin resting in one or two hands. They will often bring their two hands together in some way, such as, having the fingers of the two hands straight but linked and pointed upwards or forwards.
    6. Anger – Clenched fists and/or teeth, red flushed neck and/or face: These are all physical signs of anger. A persons eyes will usually narrow and their breathing will become deeper as their anger rises.
    7. Submissive – Hunched shoulders with the chin down and eyes averted is a typical demonstration of the submissive or easily intimidated person. Their movements are usually small and jerky, demonstrating their tension. They may demonstrate signs of anxiety, such as biting their lip or tugging at their hair.
    8. Defensive – If your date always seems to want a physical object in between you, from something as large as a table to something as small as a pen or sheet of paper, this can be a defensive posture for some people. Other people will show their defensiveness through rigidity, hardly moving at all, or huddling in a corner.
    9. Attentive – They’re leaning forward, carefully listening, ignoring the distractions around them. If this is your date, then they are truly fascinated with what you have to say. They will keep their eyes fixed on you, perhaps nodding in agreement or paraphrasing what you have to say.
    10. Romantic – Eye contact that holds for a moment, looks away and then looks back again, is body language that can be seen from across the room. Moving closer to you, a gentle brush against your skin or hand holding that lingers communicate a desire to be physically close.

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