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If you have ever wondered how come custom glass objects are so expensive then watch this video and you'll understand the tremendous amount of work that goes into creating it. If you've never wondered that then watch it anyone...hopefully you'll learn something ;-)

0 This spectacle is what I woke up to yesterday before taking the ferry. "Yey to the Nay-sayers", rain is beautiful!!!

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One of the most impressive public buildings in any country has to be the central bank. In the United States the central bank, known as the Federal Reserve, is headquartered in Washington, DC but there are 12 regional reserve banks. The amount of money at any one of these facilities is astonishing. In 2009 it was estimated that the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York City (the largest in the system) held $957,685,000,000 in reserve cash. This is almost a trillion dollars. To give you an idea of how much money is being kept at this facility we’ll take a look at the following illustration (which I found at PTM.org). Here we go…

This is your typical $100 dollar bill….
Here’s $10,000…
$1,000,000… (it can fit in your gym-bag)
$100,000,000…
$1,000,000,000…
and finally $1,000,000,000,000. (The little red dot to the left of the pile is a human being)

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As an bilingual speaker, correct pronunciation is key to communication. In Spanish, pronunciation can be relatively easy since the vowels are pronounced phonetically. In English, well??? that’s a different story.

I have to admit…I’m fascinated with knowing how to properly use words and abbreviations. Case in point: “i.e.”. When do you use i.e. in a sentence? One of my favorite websites, The Oatmeal, just recently came out with a set of comic strips that get this across.

In short, you use i.e. when you want to explain what you just said in a different way, i.e., how the cute little synapses in their brain can perceive it. (See, I’m already using i.e…YEY for me!!!!). Which can include definitions, examples and/or clarifications. For more clarification, i.e. (YES, I know I’m getting out of hand here!), a better and more detail way of explaining i.e., go check out this link (You can thank me later):

• The Oatmeal