Why Do We Have Rainbows?

 It seems like I have a dry spell, so I figure the only cure is to write at least something down.. 

Vanessa: "Mom?!, why do we have rainbows?"

Jackie:   "Well, honey, it's God's way of reminding peoples of the world  that we all should  get along regardless of race; Like if the whole world is just like one big happy rainbow"

Jackie continues:   "Not only that, but we also have to respect and appreciate each other as well, that  includes respecting each other's peaceful religions and also to respect peoples' sexual orientations. 

As far as religions are concern ,in my option No one is righter than the other ! We all must get along, of course relations and friends are going to argue but that is just a normal part of life" 

Vanessa: "In other words, you're telling me that the myth of finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is actually a metaphor for love and peace, and to find that love and peace we all must get along like the colors of a rainbow, and to accept people just the way they are"

Jackie: "Oh my God, Vanessa,  you're smarter than I am !"

Vanessa: " I love you, mom"

Jackie: "I love you too, honey, now give  mommy a great big hug"

                                      ***END***

How Many Identical Twins In Germany

Germany sure has a lot of identical twins or it may seem that way since the whole country of Germany is half the size of Texas also when I look at the numbers on my blog most hits I have gotten were the blogs about the German twins Allison and Heidi who I had known 54 years ago

Below is a picture of one set of identical twins holding hands before finishing a race either they knew what each other was thinking or they have had talked about it.Their brains are similar.
 click here to see picture of one set of German twins.

Below  a German music video from identical twins Kathrina and Jessica "All Peoples of/on The World"
  click here for Katharina's and Jessica's Music Video

Another German music video below but this time from Verena  and Nadine singing "7 Days Longing" notice they both have freckles which does not bother me (remember the German "V" sounds like the English "F"):  
   click here for Verena's and Nadine's music video

If I was still in the fifth grade with let's say that are about 10 sets of identical twins in our class I and my male friends would definitely would have a field day. Hey ! here's an idea rotating girl friends. :) read on....

Below is a video of a duo who are not twins. They're not even sisters which is revealed in their interview at the end. Heard of The Beatles, well they are not actually beetles are they?

Also you will notice they are in line skating, playing and singing which proves that females are better at multi-tasking than men are. 
          click here for Twinnies' music video.

I did take German in the fifth grade and Spainish from the eighth grade. I like the German language better they don't talk a mile a minute.(end)

Where Did The 100 Come From?

About a month ago I posted this tweet on my stanleyinparis' account:  

But where did the number 100 come from ?

Simple a person can write the formula this way: 

X%  of  30 = 19.5

The percent sign "%" just by itself has a value of  1/100, so we simply replace the percent sign with the value of 1/100.

X (1/100) of 30 =19.5

X/100 of 30 =19.5 

30X/100 = 19.5

Ike He Is Not A Man

 Jackie  gives her present husband Ike money to pay the bills but instead of paying bills Ike has been spending the money on whiskey and other liquors that's when Jackie decided to drop Ike like a lead balloon and since the house is in her name Jackie tells Ike to get the hell out.

Jackie: "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, YOU SON OF A BITCH !

I HAVE NO CABLE, NO PHONE SERVICES AND THE WI-FI PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN COMING."

"YOU DON'T EVEN THINK OF MY DAUGHTER VANESSA ONLY YOURSELF AND SHE  NEEDS A NEW ASTHMA INHALER IT'S  ABOUT OUT ! YOU  F**K-ING BITCH !"

Ike punches Jackie in the eye and then he pushes her daughter Vanessa on the floor. Vanessa runs upstairs and starts to cry. Later Vanessa braves up gets on her computer and goes on Facebook to tell her friends about her troubles then decides to text her very best friend to  please call the police.

 Days later at court the jury finds Ike guilty.

Vanessa: "Is my former dad going to be in jail for the rest of his life ?"

   

Jackie:"No, Honey, people in this state do not take wife and child beaters lightly. He is going to pay the ultimate price; That way a person would think twice before beating a child or woman !"

Jackie: "By the way, how did you get on the internet ?"

Vanessa explains:  " I was so excited to be on Wi-Fi  I couldn't wait!  A few days ago, I have had asked Ivy the old lady next door if I may piggy back on hers. She gave me  permission and a temporary password I can use, until we get Wi-Fi  of our own then she's going to change it back"

Jackie: "Vanessa, you are a very smart girl and  a life saver"

Vanessa: "Thank you and why was Ike so mean?"

Jackie:" People like that do not have love in their hearts especially pure love. I have pure love, you have pure love and Johnny who is going to be my new husband has pure love . You will love Johnny"

Vanessa: "Is Johnny going to be anything like Ike?"

Jackie: "No, honey, far from it. Johnny is mostly a fixer upper he knows plumping, electrical work, knows how to fix cars, trucks and in your case bicycles, he can't even stand to see a hole in a wall if he sees one he goes and fixes it"

"Right now Johnny is installing a new furnace for us. He was going to clean our old ten year old furnance, but decided to buy us a new one.. Something about the flames being yellow in a natural gas furnace. They should be blue with small yellow tips, if  the flames are entirely yellow it means the natual gas furnace is extremely dirty and needs cleaning" 


Jackie continues: "But one thing Johnny cannot fix, Vanessa, are your health problems he is not a doctor which  is why you have appointment in two weeks."

Three weeks later after Jackie's services have been restored thanks to Johnny paying the bills a nurse calls to talk about Vanessa's health.

Nurse:  "Jackie ? Vanessa does not need inhalers anymore.Don't let her use them, for some strange reason her asthma went away;That does happen in some cases, however she still does  have some pollutants in her lungs but that will go away in time"

Jackie tells Vanessa the good news and ask "Where is Johnny ?"

Vanessa: "Down in the basement checking the elements in our electric water heater"

Jackie yells down the basement stairs: "Johnny, honey, don't forget we are getting married tomorrow"

The next day Jackie and Johnny walks down the wedding aisle:

Johnny: "Oh look, honey, there's a hole in the church wall, I have to fix that !"

Jackie: "Worry about that later. Right now we're getting married"

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What The Old Countrty Lady Had Heard.(PG-13)

One day an old lady started to knit in her rocking chair which was faced away from an opened window and her televison was turned off.Suddenly her neighbors Stanley and his friend Alice droved up after shopping in the city.

Talking about a car seat cover Stanley just had bought, here is what the old lady had heard:

Alice: "Okay, Stanley, unzipped it , take it out and put it over the car seat. I will  stretch it  far as it goes and tie it under the car seat". "Ooooh! My God Stanley, that is way too small ! I tell you what, let's drive back to the city and get you a new one"

On returning with a wider seat cover the old lady still in her rocking chair knitting heard more than she bargin for:

Alice: "Okay, Stanley like before unzip it and place it on top of the car seat "

Referring to one of the elastic straps Alice instructs Stanley: "Okay,Stanley pull on it, and stretch it out. and keep stretching it". "Oooh, dang, Stanley, you broke it. Now tie a knot in it !"

"That's it !" The old lady tought to herself  "I had heard enough.I'm going to my other room and take a nap, geeze !"

Let's Dispell The Black Cat Myth

One day I was eating inside of KFC and  Nancy a  female friend of mine who I haven't seen for a ages came through the door. She saw me and said "Awww, Stanley" she hugged me and kiss me on the cheek then something weird happen:  A teenage boy nearby  who saw the kiss  ran out of the door crying. We  figured that he must be one of the people from our town's mental health center.He even left his food on the table.

We're not psycologists, but we did assumed to get over  something like that he'll have  to face it head on. For example making him watch couples kissing over and over again ,in either real life or on TV, until it no longer bothers him.

But like I said before we are no psycologists.He may be even conditioned that way, so he will have no choice but to go back to his  psycologist over and over again to pay her/him more and more money.

So I am guessing for people that had their minds "poisoned" with the black cat myth since they were kids ,will have to walk pass a black cat's path over and over again until they are no longer scared and finally realize all this black cat business is  nonsense.

Maybe even start a club like the "Superstitions Dispelling Club". "The Black Cat Club" already has been taken and it's a nightclub in Washington, D.C.

.Just because something is read in a book or someone says something does not make it true.

Now there are some cats (felines)  you need to be afraid of like lions, tigers, pathners etc. That is understandable but to be afraid of a little black  house cat that goes" meow" that's ridiculous. See 30 second video below:

October 27th is National Black Cat Day in England and Ireland. August 17 th in the United States

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Thunderstroms And Coin Flipping

You may be thinking this blog is about people flipping coins in a thunderstrom to see if  lighting would hit them. Kind of dangerous but amusing.

Actually  I am going to show how to figure how far a thunderstorm is.After  that, the odds of flipping a coin, believe it or not the odds change when the coin is flipped more than once.

One day I was watching the new Mcgyver and his friend Jack counted off 11 seconds and said the thunderstorm is 2 miles away. Was he right? Sort of ,it was actually 2 1/5 miles away.

Once you see  lighting  start counting off the seconds until you hear thunder and divide that result by 5.

 It won't be exact but it will be a ballpark figure. Remember lighting can strike 10 miles away from the storm. So if you figure the thunderstrom is 15 miles away doesn't mean you're safe; Go inside a safe building.

Also if a thunderstrom seems like it came to an end, wait another 1/2 hour it may start up again.

Now for the odds of flipping a coin either heads or tails. 

When the coin is flipped only once that is of course is 1 out of  2 odds; But your odds change when you flip the coin more than once.

If you filp the coin twice your odds are 1 out of 4
                       1/2  x  1/2 = 1/4

Flipping the coin three times your odds are 1 out of 8
                       1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8

Flipping the coin four times the odds are 16 to 1.
Flipping the coin five times the odds are  32 to 1.
and so on. Why would a person need to know this? 
Probably to win money on quiz shows.   :)
                     
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I Love Stitchers

I love Stitches so much that next month I am going to purchase Volume One of Stitches and Volume  Two a month after that. I do not have  debit and/or credit cards but I do go to the store and purchase a $25 iTune gift card once a month.I am on a budget.

Note: None of the gift cards iTunes or otherwise on the unsecured racks are activated. They must be activated at the cash register.So if you drop a few accidently on the floor while trying to get your  iTune card(s) don't worry about it.They're nothing but cardboard .They don't even have bugs that set off the store's alarm installed in them.

Of course there may be some idiots that will try to steal a handfull of those unknownst to them unactivated gift cards. The store will
even let them leave with them and probably report it to iTunes.

So when this person or persons try to enter an unactivated code into the computer it won't work, also iTunes now knows were they are exactly located. IDIOTS !   Duh! Oh that's where you are ! --lol

Not only that but they would not be allowed in that store again, not just the store they have in  their town, but all of them. Stealing is still stealing. Their name(s)  along with their picture is/are now in their database in all their branches.

Now why am I going to download Stitchers next month and the month after that? Well, this month I am planning to download Victoria Justice's new movie 'The Outcasts' . However I will still have some money left; I can at least download   some of the Stitchers episodes for $2.99 each just to get started.

         Stitchers Volume I  $19.99
         Stitchers Volume II $19.99
'The Outcasts' starring Victoria Justice $14.99

In the meantime I can have Stitchers fix on the Freeform website  
                                                     :)
         click here to see the cast of Stitchers.

    
    

Direct And indirect Variations

                                Intruduction:
Oh no not more math ? ! Why do I sometimes write  blogs about math? Sometimes parents need help with their kids' homework especially math (if they already don't know how). Math was one of my favorite subjects in school. 

 A direct variation in math is when if one thing increases then another thing increases as well. For example the more you buy the more you have to pay. It also applies to decreases. The less you buy the less you have to pay.

For example three apples cost you a dollar. How much would six apples cost? Yes, I know you already know the answer but let's do
the math anyway.

                                3            1
                               ----   =   ----
                                6            X

                   Now let's cross multiply: 
                                3X=6
                                  X=2
So if three apples cost one dollar then six apples cost two dollars.
      
Now on to the indirect variations where one thing increases while another decreases. For example when driving in a car the faster you go (increase)  the less time (decrease)  it would take you to get to your destination.

Let's say you are driving at 30 miles per hour and it took 8 hours to get to your destination. How long would it take  if you were driving  at 60 miles per hour ? Yes, I know you already know the answer, but again let's do the math anyway.
                              30       8
                             ----  = ----
                              60      X    

Hold it ! If we figure this equation as it stands now, we will get the  wrong answer of 16 . Remember this time it is an indirect variation in this case we have to invert one side doesn't matter which one. Let's invert the right side changing 8/X into X/8.

                             30      X
                            ----  = ---- 
                             60       8

              Now let's cross multiply: 
                 (30)(8) = 60(X)

            then divide by 60 on both sides.

                  (30)(8) 
                   -------  =   X
                    (60)

      30/60 can be reduce to 1/2 and 1/2 of 8 is 4 which is now the correct answer. So there we have it in this indirect variation. If it took 8 hours to get to your destination driving at 30 MPH  then it would take you 4 hours driving at  60 MPH

If you understand expontents see also:
        click here for Doubling Pennies On A Checkerboard.

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How To Colorize B/W Photographs In Photoshop

Why would anyone want to colorize a black and white photograph ? Because it's fun and it is also relaxing .Maybe it's cold outside or it's raining and there is nothing else to do. Yes, you can have others to have it done for you, but I know you might want to do it yourself.
I will also show how to make photographs look like drawings. Don't worry it is very easy.

Open a black and white photo that you want to colorize, set your brush settings to color. What this does is let you paint the picture without painting over it, if not lower the opacity to a level that does.

You will notice below I have also have a color picture but why ? It is because in photoshop I can use the color picker (eye dropper) on the tip on my nose to match my skin tone. See video below the picture.You may want to watch it  full screen.

Some of the time the hair color may not come out right, so use your swatches and  opacity settings . Enjoy, think of colorizing photographs as a pages from a coloring book.

In this case I use the color blue choosen from the swatches.It takes practice.I am actually wearing a two color shirt.

Changing any photograph into a drawing:

Open any photo in photoshop. Go to Filter  (in the menu) then stylize and  find edges  ....

....then go to  Enhance   (in the menu) , adjust color   then remove color. Now you have another picture to color. Read on below the picture.

Now if you want a chalk drawing on blackboard look:

Go to Image (in the menu),  adjustments then finally invert.

Then save your painted picture using "save as" give it a name then press enter.

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Best Friends Forever

In my old age I sometimes remember things that had long past and all the fun I had in the 1960's mostly listening to the radio and buying and playing records, reading comic code authority approved comic books, and even socializing.The only main problem I really had was doing my homework but not in the summer time.

On a rare cool August evening in 1963 my parents were planning a barbecue at Glen Echo Park located in Columbus,Ohio.We also invited  our  neighbor Linda , her family, as well as our good friends  the German identical twins Allison and Heidi.

Linda, since she is a member of a  Catholic  church   lead us into grace { not favoring one religion over the other here } While we were eating, Linda started to look at me  with hands folded as if she was still in prayer and spoke to me:  "Stanley, I know you have strong feelings for  Allison and Heidi  . Now is the time to tell them how you feel !" I had no idea how Linda knew that but okay.

Allison and Heidi have had heard what  Linda had just said, walked  towards me said to me : "kommen" and we started to walk holding hands while Linda gave me this advice:  "Stanley, close  the door to your mind and open your heart, let your heart do all the talking"

(After walking a short distance) "What's your heart trying to tell us. Stanley?" asked the twins. "We have an idea ,but we want it to be heard from you and your heart.. 
                        Tell us, Stanley, Tell us !"  

With a little choke in my voice , my head tilted down with  a small tear rolling down my cheek  I told them that I love them very much.I told them also that I have no idea, why I feel the way I do.

Knowing I was about to cry Allison and Heidi place their hands on my shoulders to console me: "Stanley, it is all right,you're not the only boy that feels that way about us. We know many more, but we do  love you  and  always will."  

"You're one of the few boys we can actually trust.In fact we consider you as our best male friend; But it would be better for all of us if we  just remain friends."

"We  will be leaving for west Germany very soon and we don't like to see you hurt . Let's consider our good times we had together and maybe going to have, including this day's  barbecue as our dates.

I knew they where telling the truth because they responded right away without any delays. 

Twins: "Now, let us go back to the barbecue. We will allow you to sit between us" with hands held and me now being thristy for a soda  to clear my throat we headed back to the barbecue party.

A few days later Allison and Heidi arrived at my house and asked my parents " hier ist Stanley ?". My mom yelled upstairs: "Stanley? Heidi and Allison are here, they want to talk to you !"

What the twins wanted is to give me something to remember them by, in case I would be unable to see them again.

(After getting my parent's permission) The twins and I carved our names on a tree then carved  a heart around our names, beside that heart another heart that has been kissed and carved just by Allison and Heidi themselves including the sentence: 
"Beste Freunde für immer"

This is definitely love
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                    See music video below sung by Beatrice Egli  
            Now And Here For Always title translated from German   
                                                                                                                                                     See also:  
               Allison And Heidi Roller Skating German Twins