Zack Preble

One of the joys of living in South Florida is the daily encounters with interesting brain exercises. This sign was in the cafeteria of my sons school.

I have been silently begging for help for a while now. Somebody please look at me! Give me attention. I am lonely.

Do a search for sexism in advertising and you’ll find tons of references to these vintage ads. Sorry…I guess I was expecting nudity.

I was blown away by some video footage I found today of the internal combustion engine. If you ever wondered what it looks like in there during combustion, take a peak at this video.

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I was talking to a colleague at work about the Caribbean and he mentioned the country of Curaçao. I claimed the origin of the name probably was from the Portuguese word Coração which means heart.

Here is what Wikipedia says:

The origin of the name Curaçao is still under debate. One explanation is that it is derived from the Portuguese word for ‘heart’ (coração), referring to the island as a centre in trade. Spanish traders took the name over as Curaçao, which was followed by the Dutch. Another explanation is that Curaçao was the name the indigenous peoples of Curaçao had used to label themselves (Joubert and Baart, 1994). This theory is supported by early Spanish accounts, which refer to the indigenous peoples as “Indios Curaçaos”. The Papiamento word for Curaçao is Kòrsou. The name “Curaçao” has become associated with a particular shade of blue, and is sometimes used as an adjective, because of the deep-blue liqueur named “Blue Curaçao”.

Judge for yourself.