Showing posts with label random stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label random stuff. Show all posts
Monday, August 11, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
random stuff I've seen a million times and never actually noticed, no.2
I had one of those aha! moments sneak up on me the other day at work while standing at the sink washing a dish... I reached for the dish soap and suddenly my brain dissected the first word I saw:
(What did we do before the advent of Google and instant gratification?)
I had never even given it a thought. I'd always assumed it was just someone's name: maybe whoever invented dish soap? After all, the name of the company that makes it is Colgate-Palmolive. As it turns out, the real story is fairly simple:
In 1806, William Colgate started a starch, soap and candle factory in New York. By 1848, the company was selling individual cakes of soap.
In 1928, the company was bought by a rival soap company, Palmolive-Peet, whose founder, B. J. Johnson, invented a soap made entirely from palm and olive oils.
Palm + Olive = Palmolive.
It became the world's best-selling soap.
Now, aren't you glad I cleared that up? You're welcome.
Palm. Olive.
Why had I never noticed that? And what does it mean? Of course, I then had to immediately Google it.(What did we do before the advent of Google and instant gratification?)
I had never even given it a thought. I'd always assumed it was just someone's name: maybe whoever invented dish soap? After all, the name of the company that makes it is Colgate-Palmolive. As it turns out, the real story is fairly simple:
In 1806, William Colgate started a starch, soap and candle factory in New York. By 1848, the company was selling individual cakes of soap.
In 1928, the company was bought by a rival soap company, Palmolive-Peet, whose founder, B. J. Johnson, invented a soap made entirely from palm and olive oils.
Palm + Olive = Palmolive.
It became the world's best-selling soap.
Now, aren't you glad I cleared that up? You're welcome.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
yet another holiday!
Today is National Margarita Day!
Some folks think that margaritas should only be consumed on hot summer days on a patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico. I say, what better time to celebrate a drink that says SUMMER, than in the bone chilling month of February? (Disregard this mention of bone chilling cold if you happen to live in warmer climes) I for one, am grateful for the opportunity dream about the warm days sometime in the future...So in honor of this most auspicious day that thankfully, falls on a Saturday, I'd like to share my very favorite Margarita recipe, from a local joint here in Portland called Por que No?.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
random stuff I've seen a million times and never actually noticed, no. 1
The handle on my kitchen timer (that I've had for as long as I can remember)
looks just like a rocket ship.
(And who exactly is this Robertshaw guy, anyway?)
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