History of Pudding

Food historians have all agreed that the first puddings that was made by ancient cooks were similar to sausage like foods. The British claim pudding as part of their cooking heritage. Medieval puddings black and white were still mostly meat-based. 17th century English puddings were either savory (meat-based) or sweet (flour, nuts & sugar) and were typically boiled in special pudding bags. The "pease porridge" from the old nursery rhyme was most likely a simple boiled pudding of pease meal.

24 Hours with Brandon Jennings

Hours 1-6:

Brandon Jennings is the Milwaukee Bucks point guard and he is currently in his off-season house out in Los Angeles, California. Brandon: “The first thing I do when I wake up is have my personal chef Peter make me a fruit smoothie and toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a very healthy breakfast. Then I go for a work out at the gym to stay fit in the off-season so I am ready to get back and be ready to in shape for the workouts with my team.”  Brandon: “Since the draft is so close the Bucks have chosen me to do a little two on two with Andrew Bogut against some possible draft prospects the Bucks would like to have on the team. All of the Bucks scouts are going to be there to see if they could improve the team in their first season and I think that could help us a lot. I heard that we are playing against Alec Burks and Donatas Motiejunas they both are pretty good and it would be fun to have either of them on the team.“

Hours 7-12:

 Brandon: “The two guys did really well they made it competitive but with the NBA experience that we have we were able to beat them. The draft is only about 5 hours away and the Bucks haven’t yet made a decision who they will pick with the No. 10 pick but I think that Alec Burks showed that he is NBA ready.” Brandon: “I am just boarding the plane to get to New Jersey where the draft will be held the Bucks want me there to meet my new teammate after he gets drafted. Also in the Bucks second round pick will be announced by me. I feel very special to be doing that.” Brandon: “I have just arrived at the airport and with the passing through the time zones the draft is less 2 hours away. As I am arriving at the stadium a lot of the NBA players are there like most of my teammates, There is also a lot of fans I guess they are really like coming out here to see the future of their to be picked.”  David Stern (Commissioner of the NBA): “With the Tenth pick in the 2011 NBA Draft the Milwaukee Bucks select Alec Burks guard Colorado.” Brandon: “Since Alec Burks was drafted I now have to go meet him. I think he could learn a lot for John Salmons in his first.” Brandon: “Alec told me that he is very happy to be playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and he hopes to learn a lot from everyone on the team.”

Hours 13-18:

Brandon: “With the 40^th pick in the second round of the 2011 NBA the Milwaukee Bucks select Willie Reed Power Forward from St. Louis. That was a very neat experience to announce one of my possible teammates next year. While I was on the phone talking to him it sounds like he knows what he has to do and what he can improve on in the next few years.” Brandon: “After each of the Draft our team holds a team workout but that can’t happen this year because the league CBA has expired so we can’t practice as a team. This is what is happening now in the NFL. So maybe I get all the players on the team out to a nearby College or even the Bradley Center to have an all players practice.” Brandon: “So I got all the guys here we were going to go to the Bradley Center but that is closed for construction so instead we went to the U.S. Cellular Arena or otherwise known as the Mecca. I also got the team trainers and we had a nice 2 hour workout. I felt since I’m the leader on the floor I should become one off the floor too.”

Hours 19-24:

Brandon: “I just got off the phone with the events planner of the Milwaukee Brewers and they want me to throw an opening pitch at one of the games when they play the Dodgers. Since I’m a huge Dodger fan I’m going to where the Brewers jersey they give me with my Dodgers hat on.” Brandon: “The game was very good even though the Dodgers lost but after I threw the opening pitch the Brewers GM asked me if I wanted to play in the brewers Minor league system during the lockout he said the Jokingly.  With The lockout in place I don’t have anything much to do anymore so I think I will watch some of my teammates play in Las Vegas in the Summer League. Or maybe I will see if I can go back to some over sea’s country and play Pro basketball there like I did a few years ago before the Bucks drafted me. I’m very popular there in Italy especially.” That’s a day in the life of Brandon Jennings      

History of Ping Pong

Many people hold the wrong notion that table tennis originated in China, because the Chinese name ping pong is also used for the sport and because the Chinese dominate the game nowadays. However, ping pong was actually started by the upper class Victorian gentlemen in the 1880s in England, as an after dinner indoor relaxation, mimicking outdoor tennis. They used day-to-day objects, like using a line of books as the net, a knot of strings or a rounded top of a Champagne bottle cork as the ball and a cigar box lid as the racket. The name ‘ping pong’ was derived from the sound when the sport was played. That name was trademarked by an English table tennis equipment manufacturer, J. Jaques & Son Ltd. in 1901.

History of Shoes

Sandals were the most common footwear in most early civilizations. In Mesopotamia a type of soft shoes were worn by the mountain people who lived on the border  of Iran. The soft shoe was made of wrap around leather.  An aglet is a  small plastic or fiber tube that binds the end of the shoelace to prevent fraying and to allow the lace to be passed through an eyelet or other opening. Aglet comes from the Latin word that means needle.

Roy Halladay Card

If you look at a Roy Halladay card he will either be wearing a Blue Jays uniform or a Phillies uniform.

There are more of the Blue Jay uniforms because he was on the team for a longer period of time and they made more cards then.  This years 2011 card Roy Halladay has a very awkward face when he is pitching.  If I ever got a Roy Halladay I would probably sell it because he was the 2010 Cy Young award so the card would be worth more than any other card. The only way I would keep his card is if it is his rookie card because after the player rookie season it becomes more valuable by the better he does his career.

Four Season Poem

Authors Note: This is an extended poem that I made

Winter

Warm by the fire
Everyone gets what they desire
Cold by the door
This is one of Four.

The children are small
Snowmen are big
The children always have a ball
Snowmen are what everyone digs

Fall

Fall is cool
Everyone is working with tools
The leaves are gray
They are are all at the Bay.

The Flowers are dying
All are flying
Everyone is getting bundled up
They are all filling the cup

Summer

Warm and fun
No one likes it when it is done
The water is fine
Everyone goes out to dine

The day is full
Nothing is dull
The games are won
But summer isn't done

Spring

The many showers
Bring all the flowers
The snow is gone
Winter is off the lawn

Warm is near 
The storms bring fear
Baseball is back
Everyone hopes for a whack

NBA Playoffs

The NBA Playoffs are just about over heading into the Conference Finals. The two teams that are playing for a chance to be in the Final from the East are the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls. The first game of that series was scheduled for Monday but since Oprah rented out the United Center the game was moved back to Sunday. There are three teams in the race for the West and they are the Memphis Grizzles, the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Memphis and Oklamhoma City are still in the second round series. The two teams that I think will represent each conference are the Maimi Heat and the Dallas Mavericks and the Heat will win the NBA championship.

HIstory of the Paper Clip

The first bent-wire paper clip was patented by Samuel B. Fay in 1867. This clip was originally intended primarily for attaching tickets to fabric, although the patent recognized that it could be used to attach papers together. We have found no advertisement or other mention for the Fay paper clip before 1899, and it therefore appears unlikely that it had significant, if any, sales prior to the late 1890s. However, beginning in 1899 and for decades thereafter, the Fay design was widely advertised under many brand names for use in fastening papers.A second paper clip design was patented by Erlman J. Wright in 1877. This clip was advertised at that time for use in fastening newspapers.