12001. The (pork) soup dumplings at Kungfu Kitchen
(KungfuKitchenVA.com) in Alexandria, Virginia, are tasty;
12002. The chicken
sando/sandwich at Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken & Wings (HangryJoes.com) is
(pretty) tasty;
12003. The position of patent
examiner was created by the Patent Act of 1836 signed on July 4th. The law introduced a new patent numbering
system, required the examination of patents before granting them and
established a corps of professional patent examiners to do so;
12004. Others are often too
preoccupied with themselves to notice the things you feel insecure about;
12005. Perfect is unattainable
in any facet of life. Be kind to
yourself;
12006. The Cuban sandwich at
Colada Shop (ColadaShop.com) is tasty;
12007. Landon
Barker is looking/ready to party;
12008. Landon Barker is Travis Barker’s son (the
drummer for “Blink-182”);
12009. “The Strike” sounds like an 80’s yacht rock
band;
12010. Joe King (the cofounder and guitarist for
“The Fray”) said they wrote “The Fray’s” debut album, “How to Save a Life,” in
their parents’ houses in 2005;
12011. Apparently, Isaac Slade left “The Fray” on
March 12th, 2022 after a series of onstage panic attacks. He was the lead singer, main songwriter and
cofounder of the band;
12012. Astro Beer Hall in
Shirlington has a great late night special.
Every day from 9:00 PM until last call, you can get an Apollo
smashburger (i.e., 2 Pat Lafrieda beef burgers, American cheese, sauteed
onions, pickles & special sauce on a toasted Brioche bun) or an Asteroid
chicken sandwich (i.e., spicy fried chicken breast, bib lettuce, pickles,
jalapeno coleslaw & Astro sauce on a toasted Brioche bun) with French
fries, tater tots or a side salad for $5.00;
12013. The (pork) Shanghai soup
dumplings at Tiger Dumplings (Tiger-Dumplings.com) in Clarendon are tasty;
12014. From 1841 until 1876, the
Declaration of Independence was on display at the first Patent Office (now the
National Portrait Gallery) along with other historical artifacts from the
United States’s founding;
12016. There is no going forward
without a death of some kind: a death of who we thought we were and were
supposed to be; a death of a map of the world we thought worthy of our trust
and investment; a death of expectations that by choosing rightly we could avoid
suffering;
12017. Making an espresso
martini with Stoli(chnaya) vodka (actually) does make a difference. It’s smoother and harder to notice the
alcohol;
12018. Art(hur) Fry received a
bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota;
12019. Art(hur) Fry worked for
40 years at 3M (originally Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company);
12020. Art(hur) Fry coinvented
Post-it Notes in 1974;
12021. There are 600 or so
Post-it Notes products sold in over a 100 countries;
12022. In “Romy and Michele’s
High School Reunion,” the title characters, Romy and Michele, claim to have
invented Post-it Notes;
12023. Art(hur) Fry (kind of)
looks like a wizard;
12024. In 1974, Art(hur) Fry was
singing in the church choir. During one
sermon that wasn’t particularly interesting, he became frustrated with his
bookmark falling out and thought to himself he needed a bookmark that would
stick to paper, but wouldn’t tear it apart;
12025. The adhesive for Post-it
Notes is a layer of sticky microspheres;
12026. The first test markets
for Post-it Notes were Tampa, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Richmond, Virginia, and
Denver, Colorado;
12027. It took 5 years from the
invention of Post-it Notes to its commercialization;
12028. Post-it Notes were never
patented, but kept as a trade secret.
Only the adhesive was (ever) patented;
12029. Art(hur) Fry celebrated
his 94th birthday on Tuesday, August 19, 2025;
