January 7, 2006

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus

His crop of
Whiskers
Needed reaping
That's what kept
His Lena leaping
Burma-Shave


There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.

Timothy Leary

BANNANA FACTS
part 6 of 6

The phrase 'going bananas' was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary, and is linked to the fruit's 'comic' connections with monkeys.

The word 'banan' is Arabic for finger.

There are more than 500 varieties of banana in the world: The most common kinds are Dwarf Cavendish, Valery, and Williams Hybrid bananas. Other types of bananas include Apple and a small red banana called the Red Jamaica. A large type of banana called the plantain is hard and starchy and is almost eaten as a cooked vegetable. The Cavendish is the most common variety of bananas now imported to the United States. The Cavendish is a shorter, stubbier plant than earlier varieties. It was developed to resist plant diseases, insects and windstorms better than its predecessors. The Cavendish fruit is of medium size, has a creamier, smooth texture, and a thinner peel than earlier varieties.

There is no such thing as a banana tree. Bananas grow on plants.

Today's commercial bananas are scientifically classified into the genus Musa of the Musaceae family.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Immanuel Kant

"Tell me when you're asleep, ok?" -- 7 year old son, overheard talking to his 5 year old brother.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

James Madison

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

Free ducks. You catch.


Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.