The Memory Collector
Everyone collects something right?
It may be baseball cards, hats, or some other type of sports memorabilia.
Even if you don't consider yourself a collector of anything, you may be and don't even know it.
How about the collection of tools in the cellar you don't really use, but you have to have them!
Even maybe all those movies laying around you no longer watch, sounds like a collection to me.More common items people typically collect are things like, coins, military items, guns, and sports items.
Generally it will be something that once interested a person, had an impact on their lives or they just simply enjoyed.
Me, I am a collector of shot glasses.
What it was that spawned the interest is beyond me, I think it may have started in college.
I now have a collection of over 300 shot glasses, and yes, I have had at least 1 shot of some type of a concoction from each one of them.
Looking at them now, they are reminders of places I have been, and things I have done.
Every one of them has a story to be told, the memories flood my mind every time I pick one up.
None of my shot glasses really have any monetary value, but I would never part with them, as a collection, they are proof of my existence if kept together.
I have searched the internet to find the reasons why others collect shot glasses.
This quote was found on a personal site of an obvious diehard Hard Rock Caf? shot glass collector; "My goal is to display each of the shot glasses that have been available over the years from The Hard Rock Cafes and The Hard Rock Hotel."
Needless to say, the man(or woman) has their work cut out for them to complete that collection.
My next quote comes from another personal web site; "I love my shot glasses! Currently I own almost 400 of the mini drinking vessels. My friends insist that one day we have a party where each glass gets used at least once. I don't have enough floor space for when they pass out! For now, I am content to hanging these puppies on the wall.
My other loves are Pink Flamingos and Oreo Cookies, but they haven't overwhelmed an entire room yet. Give me time." This collector just loves collecting them, no rhyme or reason why, she just enjoys the act of doing so.
I am sure it is clear to you by now that the reasons why people collect many times are very different. They range from being a simple hobby, all the way to self preservation. Sometimes people collections end up in museums after they have past on.
The Smithsonian Institution is living proof of that. So no matter what it is you collect just remember, next time you go somewhere, bring a memory home with you..
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Turn Boring Reading Glasses Into Fun With Color, Shape and Design!
There is no use fighting the fact that at some point everyone needs reading glasses.
There is no reason to tie yourself to a boring pair.
Have fun with funky colors, crazy shapes and rhinestone embellishments.
Show off your free spirit with the wide variety of reading glasses that stray from normal neutral colors and rounded shapes.Color is a place to start when jazzing up your reading glasses.
Why choose dull black, brown or gray when colors like fuchsia and bright green are available?
Reading glasses come in any color imaginable.
Choose one that screams 'I am a fun person!'.
Besides single colored frames there are options such as hand painted designs.
A popular design is a floral pattern, but almost anything can be added with hand painting.
Find someone who specializes in painting glasses and tell them what you want for your reading glasses.
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Attention Consumers : Irlen Lenses Step Down AS There Are New And Better Dyslexia Glasses In Town
(ContentDesk) April 7, 2006 -- Until recently the most popular dyslexia glasses in the US have been Irlen Tinted Lenses. These were based on the concept that each visual dyslexic's problems were caused by a color unique to that dyslexic and therefore required an expensive personal evaluation to determine that color. A major problem to the consumer with that concept was that because most of the cost involved the evaluation which was received there could not be an effective guarantee. Combine that with a high failure rate and you have a product that is expensive to try with no guarantee of success. The quality standard for success in this method was also low because as soon as a client said this color is better than that one success could be claimed.A different approach and concept was needed .If different colors effected different dyslexics then couldn't it be that the dyslexics were sensitive to several colors and the Irlen Method could only find the color that effected that dyslexic...
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Mini reading glasses are the solution to the bulk and weight of reading
For someone who has never worn glasses, carrying around a pair of reading glasses may seem awkward. The hassles of trying to fit them in a purse or pocket can be troublesome and lead some people to avoid using them when they are away from home. Mini reading glasses offer a lightweight and small option in reading glasses.Mini reading glasses are small sized reading glasses that fit in the palm of your hand. These tiny glasses offer the same strength as their full size counterparts, but with much less weight. Their light.
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If You Use Reading Glasses, And Are Frustrated By Websites You Can?t Read, the Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser is Recommended as a Solution.
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October 6, 2004 ? EasierToUse.com's publisher, Alistair Davidson announced the awarding of its highest rating to the open source Mozilla web browser today. Mozilla's Firefox web browser has been rated EasiestToUse ?, EasiestToSee? and No Reading Glasses Needed ?, the highest ratings assessed by the web site and newsletter (http://easiertouse.com/software.htm )A key factor in obtaining this high rating is Mozilla's superior ability to change the size of text on web sites even sites where the size of text has been hardwired by the designer.There are 90 million Americans and 9 million Canadians who are frustrated. They visit web sites and discover that the sites have a fixed font size that is unreadable. Lots of white space and small fonts may be great for for some, but the 90 million Americans who need reading glasses, the web sites are impossible.Almost a third of the American population needs...
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Increased Cancer Risk From Using Light During the Few Hours Before Bedtime, According to New Studies
Pepper Pike, OH (ContentDesk) June 19, 2006 -- The May 2006
Journal Cancer Cause Control
contains scientific studies that again warn of the danger of the nighttime use of artificial light.
They confirm many previous studies that conclude that suppression of the hormone melatonin by exposing the eyes to light during the night leads to an increased risk of breast cancer and other cancers as well. Scientists have been issuing this warning since the early 1990s. For some unexplained reason the media have been very slow to make this information known to those with the greatest need to know, namely cancer survivors and those at high risk
because of their genetics. Perhaps the reason is the false belief that there is nothing people can do about it, so why alarm them.
Less well publicized studies by Brainard in the US and Thapan in the UK showed that not all colors of light have the same effect on the pineal gland, the source of melatonin. It is...
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Water...How It Effects Aging
How many times have your heard ? drink eight to ten glasses of water everyday?
How often do we actually drink that much pure water?Would you believe that as you are reading this page you are dehydrating?
We were all born as grapes, but now we are turning into raisins.
Your body was once more than 70% water and now, if you're like most Americans past the age of 40, you are lucky to have a hydration level above 60%.
The bodies of most hospitalized elderly are less than 50% water.Today, Americans consume more coffee and soft drinks than water.
These beverages, along with tea and alcohol, are diuretics and dehydrate the body.
All the moisturizer in the world will not restore a youthful appearance.
By dehydrating your body you are actually pulling a hundred times as much water out of your skin through the urinary tract.
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The main reasons given by people in the survey for wanting to stop wearing glasses and contact lenses were a) inconvenience and b) worry...
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The Fisherman Sweater Fisherman sweaters used to be something that were seen as items of warm and rugged work wear, but much as changed, and fisherman sweaters have followed jeans to make that transformation from work wear to a 20th century fashionable clothing item.Fisherman Sweater HistoryRooted in our common heritage, commercial fishermen, weekend sailors, farmers and in fact people from all walks of life love the fisherman sweater. At sea, and in town, it is a symbol of simpler times when...
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