CoolCop Keeps Cops Cool.

Being a cop is literally a hot job. From wearing that heavy and dark uniform WITH a bulletproof vest underneath it is literally a really hot job. Your normal and plain air conditioning unit is simply not powerful enough to keep a hot copper cool. All of the wonderful cold air is flowing right into the back of your car. Coolcop is here to change all of that. Coolcop is basically a giant vacuum cleaner type hose thing that runs directly from the passenger side air vent in your police car and it goes right into your shirt. The hose actually attaches right beneath your bulletproof vest to keep your shirt ice cold. It funnels the air right from the air vent to the cop. Let the back seat criminals sweat it out!!! :)

-Barbara McGuire

Best Quotes of All Time!

Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, love as long as you live.

Friendship is a single soul living in two bodies.

Pay no attention to those who talk behind your back, it simply means that you are two steps ahead.

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect, it means that you decided to look past the imperfections.

Dare to dream, dare to fly, dare to be the ever chosen one to touch the sky.

Someday everything will all make sense so for now laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak, sometimes it just means that your strong enough to let go.

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change, take chances, forgive quickly, give everything and have no regrets. Life is to short to be anything but happy.

Dance as if no one is watching you, Love as though you have never been hurt before, Sing as though no one can hear you, and Live as though heaven is on earth.

Don't regret the past, just learn from it.

A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.

It takes three seconds to say I Love You, three hours to explain it, and a whole life time to prove it.

Dreaming permits each and everyone of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.

Never give up if you still wanna try, never wipe your tears if you still wanna cry, and never settle for the answer if you still wanna know.

If people are trying to bring you down, it only means that you are above them.

It's not who you think you are that holds you back, it's who you think your not.

Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know, sometimes our visions are clear only after our eyes are washed away with tears.

-Barbara McGuire

Random Fun Facts

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with the record of 350 words per minute

Odontophobia is being afraid of teeth

According to the suicide statistics, Monday was the most favored day for self-destruction.

When you die, your hair keeps growing for at least a couple more months.

One in every 5,000 north Atlantic lobster is born blue.

There are 10 human body parts that are only three letters long such as: eye, gum, lip, hip, rib, jaw, toe, ear, leg, and arm.

The word lethologica is a term that describes the state when you can't remember the word you want.

The king of hearts in a deck of cards is the only king without a mustache.

The three best known western names in China are, Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

The human heart build up so much pressure that it can squirt blood 30 feet.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do when you watch T.V.

The largest number of kids from one woman was recorded at 69 kids.

Cats can hear ultrasound.

The plastic things on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets.

-Barbara McGuire

I want to go back to the time when....

1. Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"

2. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming "do over!"

3."Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest

4. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly"

5. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening

6. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends

7. Being old referred to anyone over 20

8. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter

9. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"

10. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb

11. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot

12. Nobody was prettier than Mom

13. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better

14. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park

15. A foot of snow was a dream come true

16. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"

17. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures

18. No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home

19. "oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense

20. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles

21. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team

22. War was a card game

23. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon

24. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin

25. Ice cream was considered a basic food group

26. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors

-Barbara McGuire

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You know your getting old when...

1. Your back goes out more than you do

2. You got cable for the weather channel. Old folks MTV!

3. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

4. You wake up with that morning-after feeling and you didn't do anything the night before.

5. You don't care where your spouse goes, just so you don't have to go along.

6. It takes twice as long to look half as good.

7. People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"

8. The pharmacist has become your new best friend.

9. There's nothing left to learn the hard way.

10. You come to the conclusion that your worst enemy is gravity.

11. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

12. You sing along with the elevator music.

13. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

14. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.

15. Your new easy chair has more options than your car.

16. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work

17. A "late night" now ends at 10 pm... If that.

18. You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't remember being on top of it.

19. Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.

20. Happy hour is a nap.

-Barbara McGuire

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The Math Moan

One time in Algebra II when it was all quiet I moaned unexpectedly. It wasn't on purpose and I honestly didn't mean to. I was going to clear my throat but instead of making the clearing throat sound it came out as a moan. I did this at the worst time mostly because it was really quiet when I did it. Everybody stared at me like I was on crack and it was just really embarrassing. My two friends, DJ Brummer and Olivia Koester, started laughing which then caused me to laugh also. I felt my face get hot and there were tears at my eyes. DJ told me that I was as red as a tomato. I was literally crying I was laughing so hard. This is probably the most embarrassing thing I did my whole Freshman AND sophomore years (so far anyways...). Look at this as a lesson. When you go to clear your throat make sure you don't moan instead. - Barbara McGuire

Some stupid reasons why teenagers get grounded.

So, my parents find the stupidest reasons to ground me. Today my mom told me to leave my phone on my dresser while I did homework, so I left it there while I was doing homework. Then I had to get ready for work because I worked at 4 and it was already 3:30 and so I took my phone because I wasn't doing homework anymore. My mom barged in and took my phone and said I am grounded from my phone until I am 18 when I can get my own plan. How does that work??!!! I also asked some people what the stupidest things they got grounded for and here are their responses....

1. Sleeping without sheets on the bed

2. falling asleep with the T.V. on... (good thing I don't get grounded for this, I would be grounded for the rest of my life :))

3. Leaving crumbs on the table

4. Not picking up your room (I've been grounded for this many times)

5. If I didn't give a week's notice if I wanted to go out with friends that weekend.

6. Reading with the light off

7. giving a "look" when I didn't give a "look"

comment some of the stupid reasons why you get grounded... let's see how stupid they get :P

-Barbara McGuire

Carrie... Paul... SWAG!!!

Carrie Paul is a substitute teacher and the Saint Anthony High School Girls Golf assistant coach. She has a degree in Physical Education. She is 27 years old. She is the best substitute ever. She is pretty cool to the point where everybody assumes she has serious swag giving her the name CP Swag. She has no pets. She is currently dating (this info is classified). (AWWWWWWW!!!!! :)) Allison: laughing her butt off. She is currently wearing a blue collared shirt and plaid shorts with tennis shoes and socks. She likes pie. But I mean come on who doesn't like pie??!!! :P She has been subbing for roughly 4 years. She attended college at Eastern Illinois. She has 2 sisters. One sister and one half sister. Her half sister just turned five!! :) She makes the kids she substitutes do hard labor such as getting her drinks (DR. PEPPER just in case you are wondering). She also says that I am her favorite student next to anybody who decides to go out for the golf team so I strongly suggest that you go out for the golf team so you can get on her good side. Even though I am not on the golf team and never will be she says that I am still her favorite student. I just have that special privilege. Carrie Paul approves this message. The end! Barbara McGuire

Track and Field facts...

Events:

Sprints: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m

Relays: 4 X 100 m relay, 4 X 200 m relay, 4 X 400 m relay, 4 X 800 m relay, 4 X 1 mile relay

Hurdles: 110 m men, 100 m men, 100 m women, 400 m all

Middle Distance: 800 m, 1000 m, 1 mile, 1500 m, 2 mile, 2000 m

Long Distance: 3000 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, 20000 m, 25000 m, 30000 m, marathon (26 miles)

Field Events: high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus

* All the races used to be measured in yards

- The 100 meter dash used to be called the 100 yard dash.

- The 200 meter was the 220 yard dash

- The 400 meter was the 440 yard dash

This means that people used to measure the track by yards instead of meters. Since, for example, the 220 yard dash came out to be about a yard and a quarter more than the 200 meter dash, separate scores had to be maintained for each race.

The 200 m dash is sometimes run on a straightaway. Mostly, it's run on the curve of the track.

The 400 m used to be a middle distance (about a 75-80% speed) but runners got so good and ran it so fast that it is now a sprint (100% speed). The 800 m may even become a sprint if runners continue to run it so fast.

The crouch start started out with Serrill of Yale in 1888 and has been universally used ever since. It used to be made by holes dug in the track, but now it is done by using starting blocks.

It takes 13 seconds for oxygen to get to your muscles so sprinter do not need to breath on the 50, 60 or 100 m dashes if they don't want to. Still, it relaxes them to breath so they really need to breath after the race or their muscles will cramp up and they will collapse.

This is what shoes looked like 20 years ago. Notice that there are no spikes.

Here's what shoes look like now. They have spikes and they cost a lot more. They are pretty fancy.

Barbara McGuire

Tongue Tattoos

Tattoos are becoming very common these days. There are hundreds and thousands of different designs of tattoos that you can choose from. Although tattoos are very popular, the new trend that is rapidly taking effect on the world is the tongue tattoo. Although many people aren't really familiar with the tongue tattoo, they are just starting to take shape. There are tattoos that cover all of the tongue or part of the tongue. In most cases those who already have one chose to have their tongue tattooed a different color. The designs that are most common for the tongue are stars, tribal work, or other shapes. People that get their tongues tattooed say it doesn't hurt but it provides a tickling sensation or a numb feeling in your mouth. This is because unlike your skin the tongue is a muscle. The procedure is very similar to getting a tattoo on your body. A tattoo involves needles puncturing the skin, putting ink into the epidermis. The needle moves fast just breaking the skin and leaving pigments of ink. The tongue is the same way, it will swallow the pigment on the surface after being punctured by the needle. When the pigments of ink are absorbed by the tongue, the color will remain there forever. Barbara McGuire

Making It!!!

Just to let you all know that everybody that tried out for the 2011-2012 cheerleading squad made it. This includes me. I was so excited it wasn't even funny!! The seniors this year are Sophie Hoffman, Liz Wortman, and Jenny Schmidt. The Juniors are of course me, Barbara McGuire, Taylor Dirks, Taylor Mefford, Paige Oltman, and Emmie Schultz. The Sophomores are . The Freshman are Paige Koester and Emily Willenborg. We have another Freshman trying out but she just got her cast on her arm taken off earlier today and she is not allowed to do anything physical with it for 4 weeks so she will be trying out at a later time. Cheerleading camp is from July 6 through July 9, that is closer than what we think, but we are all excited for the upcoming cheerleading season.

Cheerleading Tryout Nerves

Since I don't have much homework tonight I have more time to freak out about cheerleading tryouts that are tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. I am so nervous that I keep messing up the cheers that I am doing. This is not a good sign. Today at the end of speech class, Taylor Dirks and Paige Oltman were doing the cheers with me and they were telling me that I was doing it wrong but I didn't think I was so at my track meet after school I asked Liz Wortman and she said that I was doing it right. So now I am really freaking out and I don't know what to do. I am sooo nervous. Oh well I guess. Wish me luck!! :)

-Barbara McGuire

Top 20 Country Songs

Here are the top country songs as of now... and I believe that these are some of the best songs ever!!!!!!! 1. Let Me Down Easy- Billy Currington 2. Don't You Wanna Stay- Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson 3. Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not- Thompson Square 4. Colder Weather- Zac Brown Band 5. This- Darius Rucker 6. Hello World- Lady Antebellum 7. What Do You Want- Jerrod Niemann 8. This is Country Music- Brad Paisley 9. A Little Bit Stronger- Sara Evans 10. Heart Like Mine- Miranda Lambert 11. Live a Little- Kenny Chesney 12. Little Miss- Sugarland 13. I Won't Let Go- Rascal Flatts 14. Bleed Red- Ronnie Dun 15. Without You- Keith Urban 16. Family Man- Craig Campbell 17. You Lie- The Band Perry 18. Georgia Clay- Josh Kelley 19. I Can't Love You Back- Easton Corbin 20. Tomorrow- Chris Young I strongly suggest that all of you listen to some of these songs because we all know that country music is the best!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!! :) Barbara McGuire