Celtic - Carolina Connection

Of the famous "Big Three" (Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen) now playing in the NBA Finals, two of them have South Carolina connections. Garnett was born in Mauldin, South Carolina, and played for the high school team there until his senior year when he transferred to Farragut Career Academy in Chicago. In an interview with The Boston Globe, Garnett said, "I know exactly where I'm from... I've never claimed Chicago as a first home. It's definitely my second home among homes. But I'm from South Carolina, and I'll be a South Carolinian until I die. I rep the South with dignity and integrity" (Spears 2). A teammate of Garnett, Ray Allen, was born into a military family and lived all over the country (and in Germany) while growing up. During his high school years though he played for Hillcrest High while living in Sumter, South Carolina. He led Hillcrest to a state championship his senior year. In The Boston Globe article Allen says that, "A lot of people ask me where I'm from all the time... it's interesting because a lot of people in South Carolina declare me as one of their sons. I have no problem with that, but I have people in California that do the same thing and other states I lived in that feel the same" (Spears 2).

Really, Really Fun Card Game

Hi! I am new here on Carol's Corner, but don't worry, you'll get some good stuff out of me. Anyway, I found a card game that is actually very fun. It tests your memory and is good practice if Alzheimer's runs in your family. Well, the game is called Animals, and don't be fooled, the name sounds childish, and it may seem childish at first but you will see that it may be hard for you to win. Here are the directions:
1. Each player chooses an animal name to play under. The longer the name, the better (think hippopotamus, rhinoceros and so on). The cards are all dealt and placed face down in piles in front of each player. 2. Players go around the table turning over their top card and placing it face up in their own discard pile. When a player turns up a card that matches one on another pile, the two pile owners race to say each other's animal name three times. The first to do so gets the other's discard pile. Play continues until someone has won all the cards. VARIATIONS: Players make the animal's sound instead of calling its name.
Enjoy testing your reflexes and memory in this fun, loud and stressful (sometimes, but not a lot) game!
Abster Out.

Random Facts

(1) Strands of a spider web are stronger than steel wire of the same thickness.

(2) The most common name for a goldfish is "Jaws".

(3) Bamboo can grow up to three feet in a twenty-four hour period.

(4) Left to their own devices, pearls grow naturally only once in every 20,000 oysters.

(5) If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground the person died of natural causes.

(6) Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

(7) It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

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