1: Paul McCartney – $800 Million (The Beatles, etc.)
2: Bono – $600 Million (U2)
3: Jimmy Buffett – $400 Million (Solo)
4: Elton John – $320 Million (Solo)
5: Mick Jagger – $305 Million (The Rolling Stones)
Jan 24, 2014
Jan 17, 2014
Happy Friday
How can you wake up in the morning and not be delighted that you have now lived another day longer than you ever have before.
I find it even more delightful when I wake up and celebrate a Happy Friday!
Laughing Buddha
The Laughing Buddha also Happy Hotei is the
nickname for Budai or Pu-Tai, which means “Cloth Sack”. Budai was a
real zen monk who lived in China during the 10th century, and he has
always been portrayed as a smiling or laughing fat man. Though he is
called the Laughing Buddha, do not confuse him with Gautama Buddha,
the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
Budai or Hotei (in Japanese) is one of the seven lucky gods in Japan, and you can find statues of him in many shrines and temples just like in China and other East Asian countries.
Budai or Hotei (in Japanese) is one of the seven lucky gods in Japan, and you can find statues of him in many shrines and temples just like in China and other East Asian countries.
Coffee Facts
A coffee bush does not produce usable fruit
for five to six years, but then can produce for thirty to forty
years after that. Coffee was eaten long before it became a liquid
refreshment. African tribes would mix the coffee berries with fat
and create energy balls that they would eat once or twice a day,
when they needed a boost of energy. Green coffee beans were ground
up and mixed with fat, then made into small balls, which were eaten
by travelers on long journeys. It was the first plant to be
cultivated around the world.
The fruit, or cherry, is a reddish two-seeded berry. The two seeds are what we call coffee beans, but are actually seeds. The cherries and leaves also contain caffeine. In some countries, the berries are fermented into wine, but mostly they are used for fertilizer or cattle feed.
Coffee was the very first food to be freeze dried in 1938. Nestle invented the freeze dried coffee. It was a milestone that was unprecedented and set a new standard for how food could be packaged and sold.
Coffee is so popular and in such high demand that it is actually the second most traded commodity on earth, only behind oil.
Mocha is a city in Yemen and the island of Java in Indonesia are two places, which types of coffee are named.
The fruit, or cherry, is a reddish two-seeded berry. The two seeds are what we call coffee beans, but are actually seeds. The cherries and leaves also contain caffeine. In some countries, the berries are fermented into wine, but mostly they are used for fertilizer or cattle feed.
Coffee was the very first food to be freeze dried in 1938. Nestle invented the freeze dried coffee. It was a milestone that was unprecedented and set a new standard for how food could be packaged and sold.
Coffee is so popular and in such high demand that it is actually the second most traded commodity on earth, only behind oil.
Mocha is a city in Yemen and the island of Java in Indonesia are two places, which types of coffee are named.
Wordology, Punt
A punt is the small indentation on the
bottom of wine bottles designed to give the bottle extra strength.
It is also known as a kick.
Chocoholics Rejoice
Everyone knows the importance of eating
vegetables and chocolate is a vegetable. Chocolate is made from
cacao beans and sugar. Beans are vegetables. Sugar is derived from
either sugar cane or sugar beets. Both are plants in the vegetable
category.
Chocolate candy bars contain milk, which is dairy. Therefore, chocolate candy bars are a health food.
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, and fruits are good for your health.
Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It will take the edge off your appetite, and you will eat less at meals.
Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.
A box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Am just trying to help.
Chocolate candy bars contain milk, which is dairy. Therefore, chocolate candy bars are a health food.
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, and fruits are good for your health.
Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It will take the edge off your appetite, and you will eat less at meals.
Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.
A box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Am just trying to help.
Decimate and Obliterate
The word “decimate” does not mean
to destroy something completely and leaving nothing behind. It
actually means to destroy a great or large amount, not the entire
amount. Some people tend to use this word in absolute and complete
terms, as if there is nothing that can be done, said, or seen after
the decimation takes place.
Think of it this way: if a 10-story building gets decimated, then there should still be a story or two left after the decimation. If all ten stories get destroyed, then the building has not been decimated. It has been obliterated.
Think of it this way: if a 10-story building gets decimated, then there should still be a story or two left after the decimation. If all ten stories get destroyed, then the building has not been decimated. It has been obliterated.
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