The Most of the Most...

The Most Expensive journal is simply about "most expensive" this and that. It's amazing how people spend money on the "most expensive" items, when you can find the same thing for a much cheaper money (and sometimes better quality).

To be honest, sometimes when I'm out shopping I get jealous when I see something that I like but very expensive and which I may not even need it.It'd rather donate. It's more fun. Makes me happier. There is always a cheapo may that will do the same job or better. But, heck, it doesn't make me less intrigues or make me go "wow! when I see a $20,000 vacuum" (which is basically expensive because it has 3,730 Swarovski crystals and that's about it) but then I go "so what". I can buy the exact same Electrolux vacuum without the crystals for a reasonable price. I could put a fake crystals on it too, lol. Sometimes I laugh at all that money that companies bother to spend money on, like a gold cell phone. Who need a gold cell phone to call for an appt with the dentist?

Good thing we have eBay.

Anyway, I'm babbling as usual. Here is the link:

Most Expensive Journal
http://most-expensive.net/

Some of the things that I liked was the story of the most expensive nose that was insured for nearly 8 million USD, and the most expensive m&m.

The pictures above are of the most expensive swimming pool, and the most expensive m&m.

A Horse From The Past

I saw an additional link that I thought would be nice to post (I am sure there are other good ones out there) called "The Antique Horse". It's tad bit different than the other link.

This is site is also about antique rocking horses, except that it is much more sophisticated in a way and is not exclusively about rocking horses only.

It includes carousel figures, carousel trim, rocking horses models, unusual items, ethnic figures, contemporary carving, folk art, shows, and restorations. I have to admit, that I was surprised that there is such thing as ethnic horses. I was excited. But there is only one. It was actually very intriguing to me. It was an interesting old Mexican parade horse that was made around 1950 and is on sale for $300. The objective of this horse is to be worn by a child on July 25th feast day parade of St. James. There is a short paragraph that explain the parade of St. James (I am not familiar with this holiday).

There is also a stained glass, but I don't see any relation to horses here. There are pictures of shows that have the horses in them, and some other objects.

I'd say, these rocking and carousel horses aren't cheap in neither link. Some have a price mark that end with 3 zeroes. You can buy a used cheapo car with some of the money worth. Or a little tiny car with a bit of loan.

The Antique Horse
http://www.theantiquehorse.com/

A Trip On The Carousel

These are real antique rocking horses. I was impressed with some of them. Some seem are pretty different than the ones we have these days. Actually, the ones we have today don't see to be a whole lots different I think. These horses have been restored. There are a few that are on sale. Several of these horses are from the 19th century and through to mid 20th century. There is one from 1990's and the 70's or so, but the rest as I have mentioned are go way back to the 19th century.

Rocking Horse Design & Art Design Holland
http://www.rockinghorsedesign.com/antics.htm

The 50 most popular celebs on Twitter!

I belong to a group that discuss Twitter a lot. Here is a list of celebs (article is from Feb) who have twitters. There are actually a lots of names I never heard of! I bet other bloggers have already posted about this link. But heck if you have not seen it then I sure am happy to help.

Times Online
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5641893.ece/

The World SMARTEST MENSA Toddler!

Have you heard the news about the toddler with I.Q of 156 which is just tad bit lower than Einstein? She is so smart that she has joined the Mensa society. She is obviously the youngest member there.

ABC News - Meet The World Smartest Kid - article & Video
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7475796&page=1

CNN Video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/04/30/harrison.uk.2.year.old.mensa.itn?iref=videosearch

Canada.com
http://tinyurl.com/cae6ol

Is it an Ethnic or a Race? (no politics)

I've always have been confused about the differences between race and ethnic. They seem alike alike, but they evidently they aren't. The CIA tells you the ethnic groups for each country. This is great. It's simple and clear. I don't know how complete this list is when it comes to countries. So I can't vouch for that. But it seemed like an interesting page to post. As a matter of fact, the CIA's site has good information for both adult and children about other topics.

CIA - Field Listing-Ethnic Groups
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html

While searching, I also looked at the Yahoo Answer site. A member asked what the difference between ethnic and race. Some of the answers didn't make much sense. I am not in a habit on relying on this site, unless it includes references. If you are interested in reading it too, here is the url for you below.

Yahoo Answers - What is the Difference Between Ethnicity & Race?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803201559AAvLHv7l