This started out as a short research on where New Year resolutions came from and has led to the discovery of amazing once in a year Blue Moon New Year whacky traditions.

We all know about the Waterford Crystal ball dropped in Times Square, New York, but how about the lighted strawberry dropped from Hilton Harrisburg and Towers, in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania?

Maybe dropping a 20 foot, 600 pound walleye (fish) from the sky in Port Clinton, Ohio is more your speed, or is the dropping of the live possum in a cage in Brasstown, North Carolina. A giant crab drops in Plymouth.

Raleigh, North Carolina drops a massive copper acorn, while a giant gumbo pot is dropped on the Mississippi.
In Port Royal they will drop a sprint racing car from 130 feet, while in Carlisle, Pennsylvania they drop an Indy car.

A red rose is dropped in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at a non-alcoholic family night of celebration, while York prefers a white rose.

An 800 pound peach is dropped in Atlanta and a giant 25 pound marshmallow candy dropped in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Then there is a huge cheese dropped in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

How about the 7 ½ foot edible bologna dropped in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, before being donated to local charities? An 18 foot sausage is dropped from the sky in Elmore, Ohio and a three foot high glowing pickle drops 45 feet in Mount Olive, North Carolina. A huge olive is dropped from Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, into a huge martini glass.

Now if food and drink is not to your taste you may prefer a pirate ‘wench’ dropped seventy foot from a schooner in the harbor, or the Drag Queen Sushi, dropped in her glittering six foot high heeled shoe, Key West, Florida.

Things will then get a little breezy in the New Year’s panty drop. They didn’t give a location for this one, which is probably just as well.

For most of us we will settle for the usual fireworks, bonfire and maybe a balloon drop or two. Either way, have a great New Year and let’s all hope and pray that 2009 has better things for us all.

Postscript:
The lists of drops does not stop with the above. A total of 19 states make a drop, with Pennsylvania topping the list with a grand total of 36 cities and towns ‘dropping celebrations’ New Year’s eve.

There is still no explanation as to where all this dropping the last few minutes of New Year’s eve originated, except perhaps the ball dropping in Times Square beginning in 1907.

The list of articles dropped for New Year celebration include:
·    Anchor, Antique trunk and Apple,
·    Bag of potato chips, Beach ball, Bottle of Yuengling beer, Boasted chicken,
·    Canal boat, Carp, cigar, Cigar held by a lion, Coal, Conch shell, Cow,
·    Ford Edge, Frog, Goat,
·    Hard hat, Hershey Kiss, Hog, Huckleberry,
·     Indy car,
·    Lollipop,
·    M&M, Moravian star, Mossbunker fish,
·    Nugget,
·    Orange,
·    Pear, Pine cone, Ping pong balls, Planet earth, Pretzel,
·     Red rose,
·    Sardine, Sled, Sphoctogon, Spring, Star, Steamroller, Sunburst,
·    Ukulele,
·    Wildcat, Wooden duck, Wrench

There seems about only one other whacky drop left they haven’t tried yet…

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If you see a fat man who’s jolly and cute,
Wearing a beard and a red flannel suit,
And if he is chuckling and laughing away,
While flying around in a miniature sleigh,
With eight tiny reindeer to pull him along,
Then let’s face it Your Eggnog is TOO STRONG!

Have a great Christmas and holiday period and lets keep smiling and pray that 2009 will be a year of better news than 2008.

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It’s official. Laughter is extremely contagious and can  elevate the entire mood of a group of people, with more being achieved through laughter, than any other method. Stress levels are lowered and social interaction and connectivity improved. Laughter is also one of the few commodities left in a world that is in financial crisis, that is free.

Laughter plays a very important role in our society and never more so than when the world is crashing down around our ears. Laughter takes the focus off more negative emotions such as anger, guilt and stress. It is therefore, important that as human beings we learn to embrace both tears and laughter.

Logic is boring, while it is the illogical situations that causes us to laugh. Laughter can make the difference between choosing to look at a situation as a threat, or a challenge and completely alter our perspective.Often it is laughter that can point us to once in a lifetime blue moon opportunities that can completely change our life. into advantages. After all, many a catastrophic circumstance has been turned into gales of laughter as an incident is repeated as entertainment, at a later date, to friends and relatives. It is truly a case of ‘look back and laugh’. It is when we learn to laugh at ourselves that a disadvantage can often be turned into an advantage.

Have you ever noticed how infectious a happy person is? In a recent study it was found that knowing someone who is happy makes you 15.3% more likely to be happy yourself.

“Did you know that we often mimic a person we are talking to and mirror their behavior?”says Sophie Scott, a researcher of University College London. Maybe some us should practice talking in front of a mirror, to see what kind of an effect we are projecting and lighten up our general presentation.

“Your emotional state depends not just on actions and choices that you make, but also on actions and choices of other people, many of which you don’t even know,” said Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, a physician and medical sociologist at Harvard.

It is well recognized that laughter has many healing properties and finding laughter in daily life profoundly enhances healing and the quality of life.  Laughter can help reduce symptoms of allergies, abdominal pain and digestive problems, as well as helping you manage anger and fear. A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, leaving muscles more relaxed afterward. It even provides a good workout for the heart and a good ten minute laugh is considered better than a 20 minute jog.Perhaps the old saying should be changed to: ‘a laugh a day keeps the doctor away.’

Laughter is something you can catch without even asking for it, or even wanting it. Try to stay serious while everyone around you is cracking up with laughter. As a stress reliever laughter is high on the list along with sex, music therapy, prayer and meditation, and progressive muscle relaxation. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.

Here are some people’s private views on laughter.

Diane Bodein Walters “There is a fine line between laughter and tears I think one can flick into the other. I’m sure that we’ve all experienced that. There’s a quote of Oscar Wilde “Where there’s sorrow there’s holy ground” so we have to be prepared for people to want to cry rather than laugh and for me they come from the same place. They come from a deep place within the heart .”

Bill Beagley, Anglican Priest “I think humour by its nature asks you to look beyond the logical realities. I mean a joke is funny because you suddenly realise it’s impossible.”

Laibl Wolf, Rabbi and educational psychologist “Laughter is perhaps one of the most mystical expressions of a human being. We say laughter takes place when the soul tricks the mind, bypasses it, short circuits the process. True laughter that flows from the intuitive self, is the most beautiful expression of joy and purpose of creation.”

Lama Choedak “Laughter in many ways brings us closer to the basic values of existence. That is to experience happiness.”

Narr “The idea of subverting reality through humour met its ultimate challenge in the horror that was the Holocaust. For Auchwitz survivor Abraham Ckyiert humour was not only a way of enduring the moment but it ultimately became the means of his survival.”

Jenny Thompson Richards (working in a terminally ill hospice) “I think here people do really value laughter because of this very special situation where people are knowing that their life is limited.  The kind of humour that we are interested in is the humour that actually allows people to embrace the deep things and to be connected together with each other. It is still the best barrier breaker in town.”

Dr Fry, a psychiatrist at Stanford Medical School, “Children laugh an average of 300 times per day.” However children cry at least as often as they laugh, if not more. To many people there is no closer link to the innocence of childhood than that evoked by the vision of a clown”

It is definitely time to concentrate on having more fun in your life.

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For any business to be a success, particularly on the Internet, you have to put in the long hours.
The problem is that most people overestimate the short term effect of their website and underestimate the long term effect. Therefore they get discouraged and give up just about the time things were ready to get up and run.

The key is, never give up, even when you begin to feel like this picture. Success only goes to the stayers.
Have a great Christmas and New Year and come back in January with lots of wonderful new ideas.

We are going to launch a wonderful new Blue Moon Opportunity product in the New Year. Keep an eye on this space.

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“I wanted to see women shake their legs,” was the simple excuse behind 35 year-old Manabu Mizuta’s bizarre behavior.

Manabu was arrested after releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train in Japan. Local police had been on the lookout after 18 similar cases had been reported this month, by the same train operator.

At the time of the arrest, nearly 200 worms had been released from a clear container in Misuta’s possession. In his backpack he had 10 more containers. Someone estimated there to be around 3,600 worms in the containers, but then who’s counting?

The worms and Mitzuta were taken to a local police station.

At least the worms are a step up from releasing spiders in a crowded train, but the question remains, where did Manabu collect the worms from? What a pity Mizuta didn’t use his talents for a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity that could change lives for the better, instead of a mindless prank.

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The more you drive on the roads the more you realize it is like playing Russian Roulette, simply because you do not know what anyone else will do. However, when the signs are confusing as well, what chance do you have?

This is a Blue Moon Opportunity for someone to begin collecting ‘crazy’ motor signs. Add them to the above collection. Let’s see who can come up with the craziest one of all.

You thought wars were bad enough, as being legal forms of killing the ‘enemy’, but the Pentagon released documents under the Freedom of Information, that gave new ‘edge’ to the old concepts. It was confirmed that in 1994 consideration was given to producing non-lethal chemical weapons, by the Wright Laboratory, at Ohio Air Force Base, for a cost of $US7.5 million.  Weapons that specifically targeted human behavior.

This information blows the mind. Or it begs the question, is this a Blue Moon Opportunity of the weird kind giving a new meaning to the old saying: ‘Make love not war’.

Imagine: A plane zooms over the killing zone at around a 10,000 feet. Shortly after, some of the soldiers on the ground, wipe some moisture off their face. They wonder if it is the warning of an incoming rain storm, but the skies are cloudless. Caught back to the action, as they fight for their lives, they give it no more thought.
The fighting continues to intensify until all of a sudden there is an unearthly silence. One by one the soldiers discard their weapons on the ground. Unbelievably first one soldier then another turns away from the killing ground and begins chatting up some of his mates. Out of the dust of the battle, soldiers from the opposing side appear to be doing the same thing. Before long, a full blown uncontrollable gay party has broken out across the battle field, as enemies join together in ‘no-man’s land’. Much later, the soldiers would learn they had been the recipients of an overdose of strong aphrodisiacs through the means of a ‘Gay Bomb’.

One has to ask, how long would it take for the effects of such a bomb to wear off. We are pleased to be able to report, the idea was dismissed. Other unusual weapons that have been looked at are: invisibility cloaks, killing by mind-power, besides a weapon that would attract annoying creatures to the enemy positions, such as biting bugs, rodents and ‘larger animals’.

All this in the name of assisting the men and women in uniform. With that kind of help, who needs enemies? After all, it seems that fact is stranger than fiction.

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The genius of an artist is to be able to see ordinary things in a completely new way, particularly if they can be presented with a sense of humour.

Unfortunately we do not know the artist was who saw these everyday items of food as a Blue Moon Opportunity, (a chance to do something special and different). If anyone can point us to the name of the artist of these delightfully clever creations we would love to hear from you.

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It’s official: The successful entrepreneur Richard Branson is about to pick up on a new venture and make another million dollars, in spite of the financial melt-down, in another Blue Moon Opportunity (unique opportunity). It’s a new place to shop for that perfect husband. The rules however are very strict. Only women shopper’s who are genuinely looking for a husband may enter. The instructions to be followed to the letter!

“You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!” You must pay a 10% deposit before being permitted to enter onto the floor. There are 6 floors, but please note the value of the products increase as you climb to the higher floor. You may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to move right on up to the next floor, having first retrieved your deposit. However, you CANNOT descend to a lower floor, except to exit the building! Any person found contravening these rules will be immediately evicted from the building via the fire-escape. Please note the store also has a strict No-Return policy.

After reading the sign outside the shop, a female shopper rushed through the door and paid her deposit. On the first floor she read:

Floor 1 – Employed Men

She felt she needed more than that, so she retrieved her 10% and climbed to the second floor.

Floor 2 - Employed Men, Fond of Kids.

Not bad, she thought, but decided there was more. Again she got her deposit back and climbed the stairs.

Floor 3 - Employed Men, Fond of Kids and Handsome, Everyone Loves Them.

Now that sounded pretty good, however it did have echoes of her ex-husband No 2.

Floor 4 - Employed Men, Fond of Kids, Extremely Handsome, Everyone Loves Them, Trained In Housework.

Mmmm. That sounded too good to be true - her cheque book burned in her hand.  But, what’s on the next floor?

Floor 5 - Employed Men, Fond of Kids, Extremely Handsome, Everyone Loves Them, Trained In Housework and Romantic

She knew she should stay and settle for this, but the 6th floor beckoned her. As she started up the stairs she saw another small sign.

‘This time when you pay your money and there will be no refund of the deposit’‘

Oh well, she thought, it would be worth the investment if it was something better than the 5th floor.

Floor 6 – Employed Men, Fond of Kids, Extremely Handsome, Everyone Loves Them, Trained In Housework, Romantic and Very Sexy.

Wow! I’ve hit pay dirt!

However, just inside the door on the 6th floor was a second hand-written sign.

‘Congratulations, You are visitor 31,989,241 to this floor. However, there was only one man available on this floor and he’s married to me.’

So as to avoid any messy law-suits due to gender bias, Richard decided to open a ‘New Wives’ store just across the street. We heard the floors were:

The 1st floor - Wives that love sex.
The 2nd floor - Wives that love sex, have a great body and have money.

We have also heard that the 3rd through 6th floors were closed soon after opening, due to lack of interest by the buyers. We also heard it is almost impossible to find replacement stock for the 2nd floor.Perhaps Richard is going to have to look elsewhere for his next million.

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What you say and what others receive can be two different things, it all depends on what ‘filters’ you are receiving the communication through.

Not only does the inflection and tone of voice change your communication when you speak, punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence.

An English Professor asked a group of students to correctly punctuate the following statement:

a woman without her man is nothing

The males of the class wrote:

“A woman, without her man is nothing.”

The females of the class wrote:

“A woman: without her, man is nothing.”

Communication is your opportunity to express who and what you are.

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