NPR Sunday Puzzle for June 26:
Take the word "ballerina," drop one letter and rearrange the remaining eight letters to name a well-known fictional character. Who is it?
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Can you spot Waldo in the photograph above? It shouldn't be too difficult!
Wearing his signature red and white striped shirts, matching hats and dark-rimmed glasses, a total of 3,657 fans showed up in Dublin this weekend to break the Guinness World Record for the most Waldos in one location.
Where's Waldo (or Wally, as he's known in the British version) is a popular children's book created by British illustrator Martin Handford. The first book was published in 1987, and I'm pretty certain that at some point as a kid I found all of the hidden objects in every book of the entire series (and the Where Are They? series as well).
Did you know? Around the world, Waldo is known by a variety of names: British - Wally, Hindi – Hetti, German – Walter, Hungarian – Vili, Icelandic – Valli, Croatian – Jura, Danish – Holger, Estonian – Volli, French – Charlie
The weather is a tad steamy today in Michigan, which I guess is appropriate for the first day of summer. But for at least the next few months?weeks? days? those of us living in "the mitten" are happy to enjoy a few minutes of warm weather.
This morning, it was Google that welcomed me to the start of the sunny season. Today's Google Doodle is a colorful contemporary design entitled The First Day of Summer. The image was created by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and rendered in his trademark Superflat style.
Here's to enjoying ice cream, playing outdoor tennis and getting a nice tan!
That's the mysterious message posted on J.K. Rowling's YouTube Channel. And according to the countdown clock, the Harry Potter author will be making some sort of fantastical announcement in just a couple of days. But what could it be?
Whatever the news, it somehow relates to Pottermore — J.K.'s new website that's "Coming Soon..." I'm guessing it will be some sort of magical online world dedicated to the boy wizard, launching to coincide with the final movie release on July 15. We'll all know soon enough...
NPR Sunday Puzzle for June 19:
Think of a former world leader whose first and last names both sound like things you might see in a mine. Who is the leader, and what are the things?
According to a new Oxfam survey of over 16,000 people in 17 countries, the world loves to eat pasta.
And pizza too!
In the United States, pizza was ranked the most popular food, with 15% of Americans listing it as their favorite followed by steak, chicken and Mexican cuisine.
Globally, the top three foods are pasta, meat and rice.
I'm proud to be an American! And a citizen of the world as well!
IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 - A century of achievements that have changed the world The film features one hundred people, who each present the IBM achievement recorded in the year they were born. The film chronology flows from the oldest person to the youngest, offering a whirlwind history of the company and culminating with its prospects for the future.
FUN FACT: I recently learned that Jeopardy contestant/computer "Watson" was named after IBM's first president Thomas John Watson, Sr. But you already knew that. Sure you did, Ken Jennings.
Project Runway judge and designer favorite Michael Kors recently shared 3 of his best fashion tips with ABC's 20/20. Listen to the man, ladies — he's a style genius.
Fruit and vegetables recreate art masterpieces by Magritte, Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso in this clever ad campaign for kitchen food processor Magimix.
A hat room contains a wall with 49 pegs, arranged in a 7-by-7 square. The hat clerk has 20 hats that are to be hung on 20 different pegs. How many lines, containing four hats in a straight line, is it possible to produce?
A line can go in any direction: horizontally, vertically or obliquely. To explain your answer, number the pegs in order, from 1 in the upper left corner to 49 in the lower right corner; list which pegs you put the 20 hats on, and give the total number of lines containing four hats in a row.
In case you missed it — maybe because you have a job and are a responsible employee who always arrives at work by 9:00am — this was one of the more entertaining farewell tribute segments to Meredith Vieira during her final TODAY Show.
No Tony Soprano cameo. But good to see Abe Vigoda still going strong!
NPR Sunday Puzzle for June 5: Take the two-word title of a TV series. The first word contains a famous actor's first name in consecutive letters. The second word is a homophone for this actor's last name. Name the series and the actor.
"A Wheatfield, with Cypresses" (1889), Vincent van Gogh
You're probably familiar with the slogan: "GE, we bring good things to life." Now for the first time ever, General Electric (GE) has has brought a famous painting to life, right outside London's National Gallery.
The "living wall" is a reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, and is situated on the western side of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Over 8,000 plants of more than 26 different varieties were used to recreate the piece.
The live painting will be grown throughout the summer and autumn, remaining on public view until the end of October 2011.
A Wheatfield, with Cypresses was painted in September 1889, when Van Gogh was in the St-Rémy mental asylum, where he was a patient from May 1889 until May 1890.
In case you missed last night's final round on ESPN (I didn't), Sukanya, a 14-year-old girl from South Abington, Pennsylvania, won with the word cymotrichous. As in, the humid weather causes my cymotrichous to flare up. Okay, maybe that's not exactly the correct usage.
First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled the federal government’s new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices.
"When mom or dad comes home from a long day of work, we’re already asked to be a chef, a referee, a cleaning crew," said the First Lady, "so it’s tough to be a nutritionist, too. But we do have time to take a look at our kids’ plates. As long as they’re half full of fruits and vegetables, and paired with lean proteins, whole grains and low-fat dairy, we’re golden. That’s how easy it is."
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