Fun at Work Day

I try to hve fun at work every day. Riding my bike to work is a lot of fun. When I am there I like to joke around with people. I have fun at rap class and also at Research and Design. Eating snacks during the day can be fun and so is praying with some co-workers. Here is a fun fact, Latin for fun is fuxi.

Space Shuttle Challenger

I remember in 6th grade in Ms. Connolly's class an announcement came over the intercom that there was a terrible ragedy. The soace shuttle blew up shortly after take off. Christa Macauliff was a science teacher from New Hamshire who had won a contest to go to space. She was one of the 7 Astronauts on board the Challenger. All 7 died.

Holocaust Rememberance Day

In the 1930 the German Workers Party (NAZI) rose up out of Germany led by Adolph Hitler and

systematically began eradicating any Jewish people from Germany. and then as they began invading every other country in their quest to control the World. Thousands of Jews were killed in one of the most heinous acts of all time.

Anniversary of Goerge Green's Dental Drill 1875

The practice of dentisty goes back to ancient times. There is evidence of it as far back as 7000 years ago, Cavities of 3.5 mm depth with concentric groovings indicate use of a drill quite slow, with speeds up to 15 rpm. In 1864 a british dentist invented a clockwork drill called the Erado. It was very loud. Mr Green came up with his drill in 1861 and had it patented in 1875. This invention revolutionized the industry.

BUBBLE WRAP APPRECIATION DAY

In the 1950's Two guys from New Jersey, Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding were trying to invent plastic wallpaper with a plastic backing. It didn't look so nice but it did make a superior shipping/packaging material. In 1960 they patened their product and their company "Sealed Air" was born. At the time the best thing to use for shipping wrap was probably newspaper or sawdust. That being said they created the bubble wrap e all know and love today. Oh therapeutic bubbly bubble wrap how I long to expel the air out of your pefectly puffed pockets.

Bubble wrap can also be used to make clothes, furniture, pillows or thousand of other awesome uses. We had a dog who was afraid of popping sounds and we used bubble wrap for behavior modification. I miss that dog.

Monkeys In Space

On this Day in 1960 a monkey blasted off into space, but only for 8 miles. I was a test mission and the Monkey's name was Miss Sam. In the early stages of space exploration The space monkey 's did not fare well Most did not live very long after returning to Earth and some were lost at Sea. If you ask me the whole idea of sending monkeys to space is totally bananas.

City of Boston Vanishes at Sea 1870.

There was a ship in 1870 named the City of Boston. It was making a voyage from Nova Scotia to Liverpool England. It never got there. No remains. Where did it go? One theory is that a man from halifax planted a dynomite explosive on the ship with a timer designed to sink the ship mid journey to collect on insurance claims.