Cathedral of Learning - University of Pittsburgh

The Cathedral of Learning, a historic landmark, is the second-tallest education

building in the world—42 stories and 535 feet tall.

In addition to the magnificent three-story "Commons Room" at ground level,

the Cathedral of Learning also contains classrooms, including the

internationally renowned "Nationality Classrooms. "

These 26 functional classrooms in the towering Cathedral of Learning display the rich ethnic heritage of the Pittsburgh area, each architected and decorated in a style that exemplifies the country they represent.

The Austrian Room with painted ceilings and crystal.

The Czechoslovakian Room with hand painted tiles and plates.

The Italian Room with painted ceiling and columns.

Trivia tidbit: The Cathedral of Learning has 2,529 windows.

Where else can you visit 26 countries in one day ?

She's 320 pounds.....

Just had to share this e-mail I got today with you....

320 lb. Woman
The question is, What does a 320 pound woman look like?
now, before you scroll down to look At her pictures, get
a mental image Of what you think a woman who
weighs 320 looks like....
Ready?

Not exactly what you were expecting, is it??!!

The tallest and best proportioned woman
In the world lives in Holland.
She is 7'4' and weighs 320 pounds..
What a relief!
Now we ALL know we aren't overweight; we're just too short!
~ Have a great weekend ~

Who's googling you?

Every once in a while, I check in with Sitemeter to see what people are googling. It's interesting to see what they're looking for...and find me!

Most popular:

"Dionne quintuplets"

I did a post about a antique postcard that I have from 1934, picturing the girls.

Posted - July 20, 2007

Running a close second:

"American sweetheart"

I wrote a post about my collection of pink depression glass.

Posted -September 21, 2007

And believe it or not, people always google the word "bloomers", looking for ladies undergarments, which never crossed my mind when I chose the name "Suzy's Bloomers".

I'm referring to the flower garden variety!

Now I have a question for all you fellow bloggers:

At what point do you start to delete old posts? yearly? never?

And being a novice at the computer, are all these posts stored on my memory or Bloggers?

Just curious.

Let me know what you think...

Suzy

Did you know...

that the first motion picture theatre in the world was opened on Smithfield street in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh is a neat city with a rich past. I bet even people that have lived here all their lives won't know about all of these ~

These movies were filmed in Pittsburgh:

The Mothman Prophecies-2002-Richard Gere

The Wonder Boys-2000-Michael Douglas

Inspector Gadget-1999-Matthew Broderick

Boys on the Side-1995-Drew Barrymore

Milk Money-1994-Melanie Griffith

Groundhog Day-1993-Bill Murray

Striking Distance-1993-Bruce Willis

Hoffia-1992-Jack Nicholson

Lorenzo's Oil-1992-Susan Sarandon

The Silence of the Lambs-1991-Anthony Hopkins

Flashdance-1983-Jennifer Beals

The Deer Hunter-1978-Robert DeNiro

This is almost overwhelming when you think about it...

Moses and the people were in the desert ~but what was he going to do with them?

They had to be fed and feeding 2 or 3 million people requires a lot of food.
According to the quartermaster General of the Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have 1,500 tons of food each day.

Do you know ... to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each at least a mile long would be required!

Remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to cook the food. This would take 4,000 tons of firewood each day.

And just think....they were 40 years in transit!

They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day.

And then another thing...

They had to get across the Red Sea at night. If they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights getting through. So there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast, to get over in one night!

But then, there is another problem....each time they camped at the end of the day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long...think of it!

Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left Egypt?...I think not!

You see...Moses believed in God and God took care of these things for him.

Now do you think God has any problem taking care of all your needs???

~ Author Unknown ~

Just in case you were wondering...

Do you know pumpkins are a fruit?

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The largest pumpkin ever grown was 1,689 pounds.

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The top pumpkin production states are

Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California.

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In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an

ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.

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Using pumpkins as lanterns at Halloween is based on an ancient

Celtic custom brought to America by Irish immigrants.

More Pittsburgh Firsts.....

These are things that were created in Pittsburgh......and were the "first" in the U.S.

• The First Automobile gas Station - December 1913 - built by Gulf Refining Company in Pittsburgh.

• The First Zippo Lighter - 1932 - George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932.

• The First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953 - The first polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, a 38 year old University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor.

• The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. - 1909 - Forbes Field was built in Pittsburgh, followed by similar stadiums in Chicago,Cleveland, Boston and New York.

Have a great day!

How many blogs are there?

50 million and counting.......

Here is Technorati's latest State of the blogosphere report.

A few highlights:

On July 31, 2006,Technorati tracked it's 50 millionth blog.

• The blogosphere is doubling about once every 6 and a half months.


• about 175,000 new weblogs are created each day.


• There are more than 2 blogs created each second of each day, about 1.6 million postings per day, or about 18.6 posts per second.

I'm really tired after all that counting ... I think I go take a rest.