I accidentally skipped last week’s weigh-in. But, that might have been a good thing because my birthday was right in the middle of last week, and it seems like every night I was going out to dinner, and it was ugly. That being said, this past week has been a recovery from last week’s eating, so I guess I can’t be THAT disappointed at the results:
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Have you ever been playing with your awesome new Lego set and wondered, “Gee, where did they come up with the name Lego…”? No? Well, let’s just pretend for a second that you have asked yourself that.
Women’s Day, my favorite website to frequent, has put together a nice article of several companies and how they came up with their company names. As for Lego…:
Created in 1934 from the Danish phrase “leg godt,” which means “play well,” the name LEGO was later found to mean “I put together” in Latin—the perfect description for this beloved children’s toy company.
So there you have it. Also mentioned are Ebay, Banana Republic, and many others.
Empire Online, a magazine/website dedicated to all things-entertainment, recently celebrated their 20th birthday by having a photoshoot featuring several actors reprising some of their famous roles. It’s kind of cool seeing some of them. Here are a few of my favorites:
Others include Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise, Jodi Foster, and many more.
LOST starts up in a week, so for those of you that need to get caught up, here you go:
Not a big loss, but a loss. That is good considering the disaster that was last week’s weigh-in…
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Worst. Weigh-in. Ever.
I have no excuse other than the fact that I have eaten terribly for the last few weeks. Christmas time brings out the worst in my eating habits. Here you go:
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It’s something you should be using, that’s what. Actually, see over there in the sidebar where it says “Subscribe”? That is how you take advantage of RSS. In short, it’s a way to keep track of your favorite blogs and other websites without having to manually go to each one all the time to see if it has been updated.
Here, watch this fun little video:
Now that you are an RSS expert, how about you go subscribe to my RSS feed!
With less than a month to go before LOST starts its final season, now is the perfect time to get into the show if you haven’t already. You can rent/buy the dvd’s for the full experience, but if you want a crash course in all things LOST, here you go:
(via DarkUFO)
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