#24 August 16: What does it mean when Coca-Cola has a yellow cap? It is kosher and the corn syrup has been replaced with sugar. 8/15
#24 August 17:
Where the Wild Things Are was
my son’s favorite book. In an LA Times
interview, Maurice Sendak confessed that the wild things were supposed to be
horses, but his publisher told him his drawings looked nothing like horses and
to ditch the Where the Wild Horses Are to
Wild Things. He then began to draw his “hideous,
beastly relatives” that always wanted to squeeze and pinch him with their bad
breath, blood-stained eyes, and giant yellow teeth. Yes, as kids we all had those aunts and
uncles, but I never knew they were the “Wild Things.” I wonder which relative Clay wanted to tame. I know for me it was my aunt's cousins Doc and Al (Al for Alice, that always confused me!) Go, Maurice! 8/15
#25 August 18:
I can never remember the difference between alligators and crocodiles,
except I thought I knew that alligators live in the US and crocs, in other
places. Not so. While alligators have U-shaped snouts and
crocs are more pointy, they are both to be left alone! Alligators stick to fresh water, while crocs
like salty environments. AND they both
live in the Everglades in Florida where the water is brackish, with both salt
and fresh tributaries. It is the only
place where they co-exist. 8/15
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