On Google's Birthday

 

"I’m doing the Google just to fill in the blanks."

The Collector

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Google INC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Crazy Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Google

A treasure trove of curious tidbits torn from the pages of Backrub's -- oops, we mean Google's -- company history.

Entrepreneur

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“People do it every day. Several times a day. I could do a Google search and get you stats.”

High Noon

One Batter, Four Muffins

There on her counter, sitting on one of her pretty china cake plates, was a big golden muffin, glistening with sugar. One of her glass bowls sat upside down over it like a dome.

Slowly, carefully, she lifted the bowl. Leaned down, took a little sniff.

Blueberry. He’d found the blueberries she’d bought the other day and used them in the muffin. Though given its perfect proportions it seemed almost sacrilegious, she broke off part of the top, sampled it.

It tasted every bit as perfect as it looked.

He’d baked her a muffin. From scratch.

The Collector

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Make Your Morning

Muffins are a classic breakfast staple. Learn how to make your favorites at home!

Martha Stewart

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“The muffin, Luke.”

“The meaning of the muffin?” God, she smelled good, and he 

realized the scent of her mixed with the yeasty smell of bread 

would fuse together in his head. 

“Its meaning, in fact entire purpose, is: Eat me. Did you?”

The Collector

Why do we use 'baby talk' with puppies?

“Oh, it’s a little puppy! She’s like a little toy.”

“He. This is Earl Grey. I hope you don’t mind, but I didn’t want to leave him home alone.”

“Oh, oh, he’s precious. Just precious.”

“Would you like to hold him?”

“I’d love it.” Miranda gathered the dog in her hands, immediately lapsed into lisping baby talk.

Lila just slanted a look toward Ash, and smiled. “Is there anywhere I could take him for a little walk outside?”

“Oh, of course! I’ll show you. Want to go for a walkie?” Miranda cooed, rubbing noses with Earl Grey, then giggling when he lapped his tiny tongue on her face.

The Collector

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By maxintosh / Max Talbot-Minkin - 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxtm/311263959/, CC BY 2.0, 

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You can't help it. You see that sweet little face and immediately begin to blabber in a sing-song voice, "Hello, sweetie pie! Who's a good boy?!"

We tend to talk to puppies as we do to babies, speaking slowly in a high-pitched voice. An international team of researchers recently looked at the science behind what they call "dog-directed speech" to find out why we do it and if our canine friends truly respond to it.

Mother Nature Network

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She cradled the pup, who immediately bathed her face as if they were reunited lovers. She caught the

faintest whiff of leather on his warm puppy breath.

“Aren’t you cute? Are you a pretty boy?”

“He’s a monster.” Simon snarled it. “An escape artist who doesn’t sleep. If I take my eye off him for two minutes, he eats something or breaks something or finds the most inappropriate place to relieve himself. I haven’t had a minute’s peace in three weeks.”

“Um-hmm.” She snuggled the pup.

The Search

Quoting Nora

Things Every DIYer Should Own

“What are you doing with that tool at four-thirty in the morning?”

“Some of the cabinet doors are a little loose—makes me crazy. I’m just tightening them up. And the pantry door squeaks a little—or did. I couldn’t find any WD-40 in your utility closet, so had to get mine. You can’t live in the world without WD-40, Ash. And duct tape. Plus super-glue.”

“I’ll make a note of it.”

The Collector

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By Jp Zapata - Imported from 500px (archived version) by the 

Archive Team. (detail page), CC BY 3.0, 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71355569

Whether you’re a novice or an expert, these tools are crucial for getting jobs done at home. 

Bet there isn’t a DIYer around that doesn’t have #19 at the ready!

Family Handyman

Should you ever get back together with an ex?

"He loves me." When Dana's eyes filled, Malory whipped the kerchief

off her head and rushed over to offer it. "Thanks. He said things to me he didn't

say before. Couldn't say, or wouldn't. I don't guess it matters.

He wasn't ready, and if I'm going to be honest about it, we weren't ready. I loved him, but that wasn't enough 

to let me see what he was going through, what he

needed. What I needed, for that matter. It was blinding, so all I could see was 'I

want Jordan.' Period. I never thought about what we'd do together, or be together,

what either of us needed to do separately to make it strong. It was all just right that

minute."

"You were young, and in love." Malory took the kerchief back and dried her own

eyes.

"Yeah, I was. I loved him with everything I had. But I have more now. And it's so

amazing, really, to be able to take one step back and look at the man he is, the man

he's made of himself and realize he's more. To know it was worth the wait."

Key of Knowledge

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By Sweet Ice Cream Photography sweeticecreamphotography - 

https://unsplash.com/photos/pWxbyRM4ARU, CC0, 

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So what happens if you go through a breakup, you date a bunch and you wind up feeling emptier than ever? What happens if you think someone you left years before is actually the person you’re supposed to be with? Honestly, that might happen. There’s something about our early, formative relationships — something that’s hard to forget. 

YAHOO!

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“Second chances are scarier than first chances, because the second time you know how much you’re risking.”


The Collector