Columbus and Discoveries

You know, Christopher Columbus never even stepped foot on the Americas. They didn't even see the continent of North America. But he still gets credit. How sad.
Do you know what Christopher Columbus is responsible for bringing back to his people? Syphilis.
Yea...syphilis. Because of his dirty army, 5 million people died after his little troop de Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria came back to Italy joined the army and went to war with the Europeans. Nothing but trouble they are.
So thinking about Christopher Columbus' incorrect discovery of The Bahamas got me thinking? What have I discovered? What do I find out correctly and incorrectly each day? Most days I find that the project team I work with can't seem to keep their eyes on the prize and need constant pushing to get the smallest of tasks done. Other days I find that my body can lift more than I thought, run farther than I noticed, or do more crunches than the day before.
I did a little discovering this weekend too. I discovered the following:
1) The Giants have an awesome player named Ahmad Bradshaw and while the world (including his mom) may call him Ah-mawd...I'm still referring to him as Eh-mud.
2) Sausage and peppers in hoagie buns are not very tasty but chili with cheese is.
3) Take everything at face value and don't put the cart before the horse
4) Chilli chicken will always be my favorite halal Chinese dish
5) Never order from gourmegiftbaskets.com because the objects in person are smaller than they appear from the website
6) Outlet mall shopping takes about 14 hours to fully complete
7) Tights are the best things ever!
8) Nobody does fried food like they do in the south!!!!!! NOBODY!
9) I will hold having to pee for 8 hours, but I will NOT...repeat NOT use a Port-a-Jon. (ever)
10) I won't do #9 even if there are lysol, baby wipes and hand sanitizing gel abound.
11) Chopped street meet is pretty frickin delicious.
12) Not having Crumbs makes me pretty sad.

At the risk of having unlucky number 13, I think I'll stop there. I seemed to have learned quite a lot. Most of which I'll never use in my lifetime but for remembrance tidbits but hey-- at least now I know. Even if its not what you want to hear, hey, at least now you know. And knowing boys and girls, if half the battle.

MaddyQ out.