I Always Lose My Phone

The article I found today was tweeted by the WSJ but it's on the SmartMoney blog. The article was intriguing to me because I always lose my phone. It used to happen a lot more before I got an iPhone because I didn't use my phone as much. Just for calls and text. I used to use up to 1,000 text messages and I would STILL lose my phone all the time. But now that I have an iPhone I am always conscious about where it is because if I'm not texting, I'm checking my facebook or my twitter. Do you want to know how much I text now? At the end of last month's cycle I had used up 10,000 text messages. You probably aren't surprised. I know people that text way more than that! I have a cousin that used up 100,000 text messages at the beginning of the month. Yeah, not even at the end of the month! Back to the article, the article says that losing cell phones is costing Americans $30 billion a year!

The top 10 places for lost or stolen phones were:

1. Coffee Shop
2. Bar
3. Office
4. Restaurant
5. Apartment & condo
6. Grocery store
7. Gas station
8. Residential homes
9. Pharmacy or drug store
10. Park

Apartment and condo? Residential Homes? I feel like if you lose your phone at home it's not really lost, it's just misplaced. I don't think that should be on the list. Who permanently loses their phone at home? And if it wasn't lost but stolen then don't complain. Find trustworthy friends and don't let strangers touch your things.

Control Your Volume

Sounds like we're talking about music right? Wrong! The WSJ just had an article about how to lower the volume of your sneeze. This article tells us why some people are louder sneezers than others. It has a lot to do with our individual anatomy. Which makes sense, I feel like smaller people have that mousy sneeze where, afterwards, everyone always says "oh my goodness, bless your heart, that was a such a cute little sneeze!" You've never heard anyone say that? Maybe I'm the only one that says that. I've always been pretty jealous of those sneezers. I mean, who doesn't want their sneeze to be cute? I am not a loud sneezer comparatively speaking but they can get pretty loud.

The article shares some suggestions on how to lower the volume of your sneeze. One of these suggestiong is to clench your teech and keep your lips from touching so that pressure doesn't build up, causing you to make a silly noise with your mouth. This noise might cause someone to say "bless your heart, that was a crazy noise."

But the thing about this article that scared me most is that, Jayakar Nayak, assistant professor of otolaryngology at the Stanford Sinus Center said that you should never plug your nose when you sneeze. I am so guilty of plugging my nose! He says that "medical journals have recorded incidents of larynx fractures, voice changes , ruptured eardrums, damage to soft tissue in the neck, bulging eyeballs, bladder incontinence and more." As you as my witness, I will never plug my nose during a sneeze again! S'not worth it. Get it? snot?

Here is the article for you!

Smiling is my favorite.

I am all about videos right now!

I've always really enjoyed smiling. It really is one of my favorite things to do. I love texting sometimes because my friends are so funny when I am texting them that it gives me that urge to smile and it gives me the endorphins that I need to get through my day! I love when people tell me that they love my smile. I think it's because I do a lot of social smiling but when people see my real smile they understand me or something. I also really like noticing other peoples smiles. When they interact with new people, when they interact with someone they don't particularly like or when they interact with someone they like very much. Look for it next time you are people watching at the crossroads! It's fun.

My last Tim Tebow post

Tim Tebow meets the media.

I am no longer going to be a fan. Until they play the Broncos.

He's still really cute and such a gentlemen. He uses "ma'am"!

Online media! 3/23/2012

Conan O'brien gave the commencement speech for Dartmouth on the 23rd.

I am so jealous! Can we get Jimmy Fallon for our commencement speech? Does anyone who I would have to talk to to submit this request?

Update

Update on Tim Tebow.

Tim is going to be traded to the Jets. I just recently got into football so I just like the teams that my friend, Tom, tells me to like. I can make my own decision but based on all of his biased arguments about all the teamsand all the players on the NFL, I like all the teams and players that he does. With that being said.... Tim Tebow is now an enemy. Jets? BLECH! That's what I've been trained to say about that! (Secretly I'll still love Tim Tebow).

The Cinnamon Challenge.

So I guess there's a new craze taking YouTube by storm. It's gone viral. The cinnamon challenge. It's kind of like the Gallon Challenge. You have to eat a tablespoon of cinnamon with no water. I did this before it was cool haha. I really did though. I tried it when I was in high school and I would advise that you not do it! It was horrible! I had eaten a bowl of luck charms a while before. I'll tell you what, lucky charms do not look or taste the same on the way up.

In case you were wondering, yes, the WSJ did talk about the Cinnamon Challenge. I guess this challenge is so big that "the governor of Illinois did it on a radio show. Two NBA players were chastised for videotaping it. [And] a school in Pennsylvania banned open-top boots because of it."

(umm aren't all boots open top? If they aren't, how do you get your feet in?). The article talks about what doctors have to say about this and it warns the parents about. Parents just don't understand. But seriously doctors say its not good (no internet challenge "good" for you). Doctors say that the cinnamon can prevent air from getting to the lungs! Scary. I don't think any kid in his right mind would do it twice though! Is doing this challenge once gonna kill you? Maybe. I wouldn't try it if you haven't already.