Today I learned...

Ross Kemp was on Eastenders.

Yeah, he played Grant Mitchell (Peggy's son) for about 10 years in total, I think .

Yeah, he played Grant Mitchell (Peggy's son) for about 10 years in total, I think .

I can't believe how much he looks like Phil Mitchell!

how to fill in a 8th grade level application. After I had sent them a detailed and comprehensive c.v.   

Please Miss, may I have a blue star 

Today I learned that building a crib isn't as hard as I thought it'd be.

I should have APELed (*Accreditation of Prior and Experiential Learning) the research modules for my current MA. I hate research modules.

That the word 'caboose' is Dutch.

That the word 'caboose' is Dutch.

Really? I had no idea.

That today's "Pancake Day" in the UK and that they're eaten with powdered sugar and either lemon or strawberry syrup. And that the pancakes are really crepés, and off limits to me because they're full of dairy products. Really, I just didn't want to look like a piglet in the staff room, so I said that I couldn't have them. 

That the first 11? presidents of the United States were British citizens. Go figure (or use Google )

That the first 11? presidents of the United States were British citizens. Go figure (or use Google )

I think you will find that they were all born in the the colonies and would have automatically become citizens after the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was adopted. So in fact they may have been born as British subjects but as soon as the Constitution was ratified, they were US Citizens by virtue of being born in the US.

Washington's ancestors were from Sulgrave, England; his great-grandfather, John Washington, immigrated to Virginia in 1657.

The rest have a similar story.

That the first 11? presidents of the United States were British citizens. Go figure (or use Google )

And did you know that even though we say Obama is the 44th president, he's actually the 43rd. Grover Cleveland was president twice but not consecutively. He was counted as the 22nd and the 24th president, so theres really only ever been 43 presidents.

I heard that on QI. Love QI.

I saw that on QI too.

I saw that on QI too.

Stephen Fry rocks my world. Shame I'm not his type.

Would you be jealous to know that I have the QI quiz book personally autographed by the man himself, Alan Davies, Daria O'Brien, Jimmy Carr and probably a few others I don't remember. 

Would you be jealous to know that I have the QI quiz book personally autographed by the man himself, Alan Davies, Daria O'Brien, Jimmy Carr and probably a few others I don't remember. 

I'd be pea green with envy.