Catching the waiter's eye

Can't catch the waiters eye? Here's why.

A study in Buenos Aires found that waiters are very good at delivering the right drinks order to the right person. Part of their technique is that on the way to give the order to the bar waiters protect their memory by not looking at other customers. So the waiter isn't ignoring you, he's trying to keep his orders straight.

Thanks to Mind Hacks for this information.

"Death and Life"

– Charles Carroll Bombaugh, Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature, 1890

While I was Stumbling around online, I found this unusual poem on a blog called Futility Closet. There are a lot of interesting oddities on the blog, not all to do with words.

I rather like this poem. I think it has something to do with the sense I had of solving a puzzle the first time I read it.

Which book are you?

You're The Mists of Avalon!

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

You're obsessed with Camelot in all its forms, from Arthurian legend
to the Kennedy administration. Your favorite movie from childhood was "The Sword in the Stone". But more than tales of wizardry and Cuban missiles, you've focused on women. You know that they truly hold all the power. You always wished you could meet Jackie Kennedy.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

I came across this thanks to Writer at Work. It's quite good fun, especially if you take it several times with different answers to see what results you get. The questions branch out, so what you get as your second question depends on the answer to your first one. The picture above of The Mists of Avalon was my second attempt as I didn't like the Prufrock I got the first time.

If I were to choose a book that really reflects my life, it would have to be one where the protagonist always does the next thing that seems like a good idea at the time and looking back it seems as if there was some sort of plan to it. I prefer science fiction though.

Spam

I got the first spam on this blog today, in a comment on Favourite Words. It's only one and I hope it's not a trend. If it is, I may start to use comment moderation; so if you come in and find your comments being moderated, I apologise in advance but at least you will know why.

World Water Day

Apparently, today is World Water Day. You can check your own hydration levels on the website if you're so inclined. I need to drink approximately double what I thought I did. Bugger.

On This Day

Today is Easter Saturday, the sky is cloudy, my bones are aching and I'm feeling devoid of inspiration. So I decided to look around the internet and find out what's special about today.

Today in history:

1956: King convicted for bus boycott
Civil rights leader, the Reverend Martin Luther King, has been convicted of organising an illegal boycott by black passengers of buses in the US state of Alabama.

from On This Day

I was two years old at the time. I can remember growing up in a world where there was a definite hierarchy and black people and women were somewhere near the bottom. I have a feeling that it wasn't as difficult for black people here as it was in the US but it was bad enough.