Monday, January 30, 2006

INDEX TO THE DAILY APPLE

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AGING
Dementia


AIRPLANES
Airport Runway Signs
Dogs on Planes
Remembering 9/11 -- Shanksville, PA
Remembering 9/11 -- the Pentagon
Service Dogs & Air Travel
Weight of Airplane Paint


ANIMALS
BETTA FISH
No more FishFish
FishFish's second birthday
FishFish's first birthday
Betta fish food
Bubble-making betta fish
Betta fish part ii
Betta fish

BIRDS

Albatrosses
Bald Eagles
Blue-footed Booby
Bluebirds
Carrier and Homing Pigeons
Duck Feet Don't Freeze
Flamingo Knees
Goose Fact
Goose Honking
Herons, Egrets, and Cranes
How Do Birds Sing?
Mallard Ducklings (just the little ones)
Mallard Ducks
Mourning Doves
Owls
Penguins
Roadrunners
Robins
Robins Redux
Seagulls
Turkey Vultures
Turkeys
Where Birds Go When it Rains
Where Birds Go When They Die
Woodpeckers

EXTINCT
La Brea Tar Pits

INSECTS
Ant Muscles
Ants' Speeds
Cicadas
Fireflies
Fruit Flies
Grasshoppers
Ladybugs that Bite
Monarch Butterflies
Mosquitoes, their purpose
Moths flying to the light
Pupal Soup--what's in it?
Stink Bugs (Brown Marmorated)
White Caterpillars, part I
White Caterpillars, part II
Woolly Bear Caterpillars
Yellow Sac Spiders, Mazda6s, and the Smell of Gas

MAMMALS
Bats
Bears, by size
Blue Whales
Cat Purring
Cows in Winter
Cross-Bred Animals
Dachshunds
Dachshunds, links to pictures
Dogs on Planes (Pets)
Dogs on Planes (Service Dogs) 
Elephant Feet
Elephants
Giraffes
Great Danes
Groundhogs
Horses, Donkeys, Mules, Zebra Hybrids, Ponies
Jaguars
Ligers
Lions -- Female and Males Hunt
Llamas
Llamas, Visited
Omega or Under Dog
Orangutans
Orcas
Platypus
Rabbits
Seeing-Eye Dogs
Skunks in the Fall
Tigers, in brief
Tiger Sounds
Tiger Stripes
Walruses
Wolverines

OTHER
Coral Reefs
Giant Squid
Jellyfish
Lemmings
Octopi
Sea Fans
Shark Ray
Sharks
Shrimp
Tilapia
Venus' Flower Basket
Where do Fish Go in Winter and in Drought?


REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
Anoles
Axolotls
Salamanders
Spring Peepers
Toads at Night
Turtle Noises


AROUND THE HOUSE
Basements Missing from Oklahoma Houses
Bathtubs
Bleach
Crayons
Daylight Saving Time
Disposable Lighters
Dry Air in Winter
Dryer Sheets
Dull Knives
Furnace Noises
Grommets
Icicles
Ice Cubes
Light Bulbs
Mattresses
Microwave Ovens
Microwave Ovens II
Microwave Steam Bags
Mold vs. Mildew
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Napkins
Number 2 Pencils
Piggy Banks
Removing Pine Sap
Removing Red Wine Stains
Screws, Bolts, and Nuts
Shower Curtain Blow-In
Spackle
Storage in Your Stairs
Umbrellas
Urinal Cakes
Water Softeners
Why Are Barns Red?
Windshield Wiper Noise


ART & BOOKS
100 Days of Monsters
Ambergris (Moby-Dick)
Best Seller Blockbusters
Books and Movies about Silence
Christmas Ghost Stories
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Eero Saarinen
Gustave Doré
The Heart's Shape 
Jack Dunphy and Truman Capote
James Earl Jones
J.D. Salinger
John Bellairs
J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
Kaleidoscopes
Kurt Vonnegut
Leopold Bloom's pockets
Life of Pi
Limbo
Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (albatrosses)
The Road from Coorain
Sales of the Harry Potter books
Sharpies
Shel Silverstein
Summer Reading
Tolstoy
V.C. Andrews
Venus de Milo
The Voynich Manuscript
"There she blows" (Moby-Dick)
Wonders of the World


BEAUTY & BEAUTY PRODUCTS
Baby Oil or Mineral Oil
Bobby Pins and the Bob 
Cotton Balls
Cowlicks
Does Hair Dye Make Your Hair Fall Out?
Hair
Hair Conditioners
Hairdressers
Henna Tattoos 
Mascara
Soap


CALENDAR
Anniversaries
April Fool's Day Pranks
August
Birthdays
Daylight Saving Time
Days of November
Easter Candy Facts
February
Guy Fawkes Day
Lag B'Omer
Leap Day
Memorial Day
Mother's Day
National Pie Day
St. Patrick's Day
Thanksgiving
Valentine's Day
Year of the Ox
Yom Kippur

 
CARS AND TRANSPORTATION
Airplane Paint
Airport Runway Signs
Day/Night Rear-View Mirrors
Dogs on Planes (Pets)
Dogs on Planes (Service Dogs) 
Gasoline Grades
Gondolas
Truck Weigh Stations 
Windows Up and A/C On or Windows Down?
Windshield Wiper Noise
Yellow Sac Spiders, Mazda6s, and the Smell of Gas
Your Own Helicopter


CHRISTMAS
Candy Canes
A Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol Lyrics 
Christmas Ghost Stories 
Christmas in Antarctica
Christmas in Australia
Christmas in Romania
Christmas Lights
Eggnog
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Poinsettias
Reindeer
Santa Training
Skating at Rockefeller Center
Some Santa Facts
Sugar-Plums
'Twas the Night Before Christmas


CLOTHES
Aran Island Sweaters
Bikinis
Blue Jeans
Corduroy
Cummerbunds
Jodhpurs
Paisley
Pajamas
Pants
Pantyhose
Pockets
Saddle Shoes
Sweater Pills
Underpants Around the World


COMPUTERS
404 Not Found
Adbaaz.com crap
Backup Software
C:\ drive
Constructing a Search Query 
Norton Internet Security 2007 and Webroot SpySweeper Don't Mix
Power Symbol
Spyware
Spyware II
IBM vs. Jeopardy!


DRINKS
Apple Juice vs. Apple Cider
Beer: Styles and Hoppy vs. Malty
Bottled Water
Butterbeer
Champagne and Headaches
Eggnog
Coffee
Herbal Tea
Hot Cocoa vs. Hot Chocolate
Malt Beverages
Martinis
Milk on Cereal
Perdera Wine
Pink Lemonade
Wild Turkey bourbon


ECONOMICS
Chip Cards
Daylight Saving Time
Dollar Sign
Duty-Free Shopping
Income Tax Deadline
Halloween Stores
Merchandise Mart
Nickels
Pre-Euro European Currency
Ticket Sales & Resales (scalping)


ETIQUETTE & GESTURES
Blessing Someone After Sneezing
Giving Someone "The Finger" 
Keep Your Fingers Crossed
Shame on You Gesture
Toasting


FAMILIES
Second Cousins and More
Thanksgiving
Uncles


FOOD 

BEANS
Beans
Black beans
Chickpeas (part of the Beans series)
Coffee beans
Fava beans
Garbanzo beans, growing and eating
Green beans
Green peas
Lentils
Lima beans
Pinto beans

CHEESE
Bleu Cheese
Feta Cheese
Feta Cheese, in brief
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Swiss Cheese

FLAVORINGS
Cinnamon
Ginger
Ketchup
Salts -- Kosher and Otherwise
Vanilla
Worcestershire Sauce

FRUIT
Apples
Avocados
Bananas
Black Cherries
Blackberries
Blueberries
Concord grapes
Cranberries
Fried Green Tomatoes
Honeydew Melon
Huckleberries 
Jalapeños
Kiwifruit
Peaches
Pears -- varieties
Peasgood Nonesuch
Persimmons
Pimiento
Pumpkins
Tomatoes
Watermelons

MEAT, EGGS, & FISH
Braunschweiger
Brown vs. White Eggs
Deviled Eggs
Gristle
Kosher
Lobster Thermidor
Pastrami
Pork Bellies and Bacon
Puddings
Tilapia
Tuna Tartare
Tuna Tartare on table when Kate Walsh says yes
Why Are Fish So Stinky?

SWEETS
Brownies, Brownies, Brownies
Candy Bar Facts
Candy Canes
Candy Corn
Chocolate, Monthly Cravings for
Chocolate, in brief
Cupcakes
Easter Candy Facts
Honey
Hot Fudge
Ice Cream
Jam, Jelly, Preserves
Licorice or Liquorice
Marshmallows
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
Pie
Popsicles
Puddings
Sugar Plums

VEGETABLES
Baby Carrots
Bagged Salads and Bacteria
Onions
Turnips

OTHER
Butter
Casseroles
Cereal with Milk
Cornish Pasties
Dim Sum
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fork, Pasta, Tomato
Garlic
Guacamole
How Food Goes Stale
Hush Puppies
Knaidel
Lasagna
Nutrition Data Labels
Olive Oil
Malt
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Pistachios
Popcorn
Potato Salad
Pumpkin Seeds
Purple Foods
Quinoa
Vegemite
Yeast, different types


FAVORITES
Top Daily Apples 2007-2008
April's Favorites
Top 5 of the First 200 Apples
Top 10 of the First 100 Apples


GEOGRAPHY
Aran Islands
Arkansas Pronunciation
The Bahamas
Belgium
Blue Star Memorial Highways
Cumberland Gap
Detroit
Fallasburg Park and Bridge
The Grand Canyon
Hell, Michigan
Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Apple Daily
Horseheads, NY
Idaho
La Brea Tar Pits
Maps
Martha's Vineyard
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Merchandise Mart
Mount Etna
Musso & Frank Grill
New National Monuments
Oklahoma's Absent Basements 
Rockefeller Center Ice Rink, NYC
New York City
Palmer House Hotel, Chicago
Peru
Puerto Rico and the Miss Universe Pageant
Seattle, WA Facts
Truth or Consequences, NM
Venetian gondolas
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Walla Walla, Washington
What's a Hoosier?
Wichita
Yosemite

BODIES OF WATER
The Black Sea
How Many Lakes are in Minnesota?
Jumping into the Chicago River
Jumping into the Chicago River, part II
Lake Michigan
Rivers


GRAMMAR
Referring to Former Governors and Presidents


HEALTH
THE BODY
Adjusting to Cold Weather
Asparagus and Urine
Baby Blue Eyes
Belly Button Lint
Blood Pressure
Blood Types
Cartilage, or gristle
Cowlicks
Ear Wax
Earlobes
Eyeballs
Fainting
Fingernails
Freckles
Geographic Tongue
Hair
Jugular Veins
Lanugo Hair
Left-Handedness
Mucus
Muscle Twitches
Nasal Hair
Pubic Hair
Skin
Sneezing
Spleen
Stork Bites
Sunlight and Vitamin D
Sweating and Humidity
Synchronized Menstruation
Tears
Tears II
The Tongue
Tonsils
Tragus
Xiphoid Process
Yawning and Stretching and Hearing
Yawns

ILLNESSES
Allergies
Bagged Salads and Bacteria
Brain Fog after Exercise
Chickenpox
Common Cold
Dementia
Flu vs. Cold
Migraines
Smoking, Benefits of Quitting
Tuberculosis
Zika Bites

INJURIES
Broken Hand -- Uh Oh, It's Broken
Broken Hand -- Showering with a Cast
Bruises
Concussions
Getting the Wind Knocked Out of You
Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion
Losing Your Voice
Paper Cuts
Ruptured Eardrum

REMEDIES & TREATMENTS
Anniversaries
Aspirin
Blister Treatment
Bored at Work
Chapped Lips
Clogged Ears
Ear Wax Removal
Epsom Salts
Health Benefits of Herbal Tea
Hiccups
Monthly Chocolate Cravings
Shea Butter
Skull Removal (Decompressive Craniectomy)

Sunburn and Sunscreen
Treating the Common Cold


HISTORY

1976
Abraham Lincoln
Alfred Nobel and His Prizes
Balloons
Bloody Sunday and Selma to Montgomery
Blue Plate Special
Boston Molasses Flood
Cereal with Milk
Cornish Copper Miners
Covered Bridges
D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper case re-opened
Emma Goldman
Fallasburg Covered Bridge
Ferris Wheels
Fork, Italy, and Pasta
George Washington
Horseheads, NY
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Merchandise Mart
Milo Radulovich
Napkins
New York City
Ninjas
Player Pianos
Pockets
Pythagoras
Remembering 9/11 -- Shanksville, PA
Remembering 9/11 -- the Pentagon
Remembering 9/11 -- the World Trade Center 
Robespierre
Sally Ride
Ten-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland
Tiananmen Square, 6/4
Trash Collection
Vacations
White Rose Resistance
Wonders of the World


MILITARY
Bathing for Soldiers
Blue Star Memorial Highways


MOVIES
3D movies
Animal House
Ava Gardner
Barbara Harris
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
Green Screens
Grindhouse
Harold and Maude
James Earl Jones
The Misfits
Non-Fiction Movie Trivia
Notorious (1946)
The Oscar
RoboCop
Sinkholes in movies
Soap Opera Roots of Hollywood Stars
Tombstone - "I'm your huckleberry"
Trailers 
Vampires
Werewolves
When Harry Met Sally
Zombies


MUSIC
All Along the Watchtower
The Alphabet Song
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barry Manilow
Blue Suede Shoes
Carole King
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth in the Hall of Fame
David Lee Roth tours with Van Halen
Elevator Music
Handel's Messiah
The Hokey Pokey
I Am the Walrus
Iggy Pop
Johnny Cash Songs
Lou Reed
Mrs. Robinson
The Olympic Theme Song
Pink Floyd's Name
Pipe Organs
The Pixies
Player Pianos
Prince and His Entourage
The Replacements
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Sinkholes
Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues"
Stevie Wonder
"Suspicious Minds"
Syd Barrett II
That Factory Song
Thugs
Trombones
The Umlaut


MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES
Brownies, Brownies, Brownies
Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls
Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness Monster inspires a movie
Ninjas
The Phoenix
Salamanders
Vampires
Werewolves
Zombies


NEWS
Mezhyhirya, Ukraine
Noteworthy Thievings
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Yellow Sac Spiders, Mazda6s, and the Smell of Gas


OTHER POP CULTURE
666: Mark of the Beast
The Alphabet Song
Birthdays
Barbara Lauterbach
Blue Plate Special
Bonfires
Brownies, Brownies, Brownies
Bubble Wrap
Chain Link Fences
Confetti
Days of November
Did You Know potpourri of facts
Disco Balls
Elevator Music
Fear of Clowns
Felix Baumgartner
Ferris Wheels
Fireworks
Groundhog Day
Hair Weaves
Hula Hoops
Ice Cream Trucks
Musso & Frank Grill
Puerto Rico and the Miss Universe Pageant
Purple
Quaaludes
Roy of Siegfried & Roy's Surgery
Rubber Duckies
Silly Putty
Shriners
State Fairs
The Voice of Voice Mail
Weddings
Weeki Wachee Mermaids
Wonder Woman and the Lie Detector


PLANTS
Bluegrass
Clover 
Dandelions
Ginger
Ironweed
Joshua Trees
Kudzu
Manzanita plants
Mold vs. Mildew
Moss
Myrrh
Smut
Spanish Moss
Tea
Time-lapse Videos of Plants

FLOWERS
Birds of Paradise
Bog orchids
Daffodils
Forsythias
Easter Lilies
Irises
Leis
Magnolias
Orchids
Pansies
Poinsettias
Potted Mums (Chrysanthemums)
Roses
Sessile Trillium
Sunflowers
Wreath Flower

TREES
Digger or Gray Pine
Ebony
Forests
Ginkgo Trees
Oaks in the Beech Family
Palm Trees
Sequoia Trees


POLITICS
Abraham Lincoln
Anti-Corruption Laws and Blind Trust
Cabinet Appointments
Election Re-Do? 
Emma Goldman
Fallacious Arguments
Fallacious Arguments in Action
George Washington
Hillary's Hair
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Political Terminology
Presidential Facts
Presidential Inaugurations
Supreme Court Justice Nominations
To the Bernie or Busters
Third World
Voting
Women for President


PUBLIC SERVICES
Ambulances
Asphalt Planers, Pavers, and Rollers
Disposing of Prescription Drugs
Fire Departments
Gulf Oil Spill Response
How to Avoid Getting Trampled
Library of Congress
Police vs. Sheriff
Trash Collection
Where Does the Debris Go?


RELIGION
666: Mark of the Beast
Baptism or Christening?
Blessing Someone After Sneezing
Handel's Messiah
How a New Pope is Chosen
Kosher
Lag B'Omer
Limbo
Meaning of the word "Easter"
Purgatory
Seventh-Day Adventists and Cereal
St. Patrick's Day
Yom Kippur


SCHOOL
Number 2 Pencils
School Photos


SCIENCE
Ambergris
Blood Types
Brain Freeze
Color Blindness
Cross-Bred Animals
Dog Days of Summer and Sirius
Fan on High vs. Fan on Low 
Fire
G Forces
Ice
Jumping into the Chicago River
Mold vs. Mildew
Nutrition Data Labels
Oaks in the Beech Family
Pythagoras
Sally Ride
Sapphires
Shower Curtain Blow-In
Silence
Soap
Sonic Boom
Sunsets
Wildfire Containment

EARTH SCIENCE
Earthquakes
Geothermal Mud Pots
Mount Etna
Oceans
Sinkholes

INVENTIONS
3D Printing
Anti-Theft Dye Packs
Balloons
Dewey Decimal System
Escalator
Fireworks
Polarized Lenses
Urinal Cake Inventor
Vehicles Faster than Sound

MOONS & PLANETS
Blue Moons
Blue Moons Again
Full Moons, Orange and Otherwise
How to Get to Outer Space
Jupiter
The Moon
Origins of the Earth and the Moon
Origins of the Earth and the Moon, part II

PSYCHOLOGY

Feeling You're Being Watched
Lunacy and the Full Moon
Making Decisions When You're Tired
Purpose of Laughter

WEATHER

Blizzards
Derechos
Dry Air in Winter
Fog vs. Dew
Graupel
Humidity
Hurricanes
Kinds of Snow
Lightning
Lightning Striking Airplanes
Naming Winter Storms
Raindrops
Record Snowfalls
Sunlight
Thunder
Thunderstorms
Tsunamis
Wind Chill


SEASONS
FALL
Apple Juice vs. Apple Cider
Brett Favre
Corduroy
Days of November
Guy Fawkes Day
Fog vs. Dew
Halloween Stores
Leaves Turning Colors
How Many Leaves Fall?
Monarch Butterflies
Potted Mums
Pumpkins
Presidential Turkey Pardon
Thanksgiving
Turkeys
Yom Kippur

SPRING
Blackberry Winter
Daffodils
Easter Lilies
Spring Fever
St. Patrick's Day
Stink Bugs (Brown Marmorated)
Umbrellas
Why is March Windy

SUMMER
Allergies
August
Bicycling - hand signals
Dog Days of Summer
Fan on High vs. Fan on Low 
Ferris Wheels
Fireflies
Fireworks
Fruit Flies
Hurricanes
Sunburn and Sunscreen
Ten-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland
Tennis
Thunderstorms
Vacations
Watermelons

WINTER
Adjusting to Cold Weather
Blizzards
Cows in Winter
Dry Air in Winter
Furnace Noises
Naming Winter Storms
Icicles
Kinds of Snow


SHAKESPEARE
Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls
A Rose by Any Other Name
Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be
Shakespeare in China
There's pansies, that's for thoughts


SLEEPING
Naps
Narcolepsy
Sleep


SPORTS & GAMES
Balloons
Bicycling -- Hand Signals
Bob Barker
Bocce
Covering Your Tracks
David Ortiz's Head
Ferris Wheels
Formula One Racing
Formula One Racing, part II
Formula One Racing, part III
Formula One Racing, G Forces
How Baseballs are Made
Hula Hoops
Jigsaw Puzzles
Kayaks
Kinesio Tape
Kites
Motorcycling Signals
Nintendo
Nintendo's Wii boosts sales
Ping Pong
Playing Cards
Pool Tables
Scuba Diving, the first lesson
Setback
Ten-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland
Tennis
Three Sheets to the Wind
Toboggans
Tour de France
The Two-Dollar Bet
Women's vs Men's Sports
Yo-Yos

FOOTBALL
Aerial Cable Cameras
Brett Favre
Brett Favre breaks Dan Marino's record
Do Football Players Shave Their Armpits?
Football Penalties
The Football's Shape
Heisman Trophy
How Do Football Players Go to the Bathroom?
Number of Football Games Per Season

THE OLYMPICS

1904 Olympic Marathon
Medley of London 2012 Facts
Medley of Swimming & Diving Facts 
The Olympics
The Olympic Theme Song
Pommel Horse
Shaun White Halfpipe Winter 2010
Trampoline
TV Schedule for Winter 2010
Water Polo 


TELEVISION
Aerial Cable Cameras
Benny Hill
Bob Barker
Bob Barker Hangs up his Microphone
Bugs Bunny in Transylvania 6-5000
Charlie's Angels
Chuck Woolery
David Lee Roth on The Sopranos
Green Screens 
Gumby
Jeopardy!
Lost in Space
Mr. T
Psychic Friends Network
Road Runner
The Rockford Files and David Chase
Saturday Night Live
Sesame Street's Pinball Number Count
Soap Opera Roots of Hollywood Stars
Soap Operas
That Factory Song
Tim Russert
Truth or Consequences
Underdog
Victor Newman


TIME OFF

Trip



WORD / PHRASE ORIGINS
The Alphabet
Alternatives to "Amazing"
American Sign Language
Anatidaephobia
Anniversaries
August
Baptism or Christening?
Blackberry Winter
Blue Humor
Blueprints
Bonfires
Bumpers
Cinderblocks
Cold Turkey
Corduroy
Courtney
Cousin Jack
Cursing vs. Swearing
Danger, Will Robinson
Dollar Signs
"Easter"
Eat Your Heart Out
February
Flukes
Flying Colors
Footage
Grateful vs Thankful
Hush Puppies
Jealousy vs. Envy
Jeopardy
Journal, Journey, Adjourn
Ketchup or Catsup
Knocking on Wood
Lag B'Omer
Lasagna
Letter J
Limbo
Limbo II
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Nickname Shmuley
Paisley
Pants
Platypus
Prusten
The Rabbit Died
Ruthless
Shampoo
Slut, words for
Spackle
Stork Bites
The Stork, Bringer of Babies
Stuff
Taxicab
Three Sheets to the Wind
Thugs
Toboggans
The Umlaut
Underdog
Welsh vs. Welch
What's a Hoosier?
The Whole Shebang
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Words Without Opposites
The Wrong Side of the Bed
Xiphoid Process


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