Neodymium

So I have been home for a couple days now and I am dreading the day I have to leave. I forgot how good it feels to be home and how amazing Lake Placid is. To give you a sample, here are some funnies from my time being home:

1. You know you've made it home when the first vehicles you see after crossing back to the U.S. from the Canada is a horse and buggy and a farm tractor.

2. You know you've made it home when about 3 miles from your house you see a former classmate hitchhiking.

3. Being covered in dog hair is totally allowable. Being covered in dog drool? Also totally allowable.

4. Having your dog as a copilot is the best person to drive with. When you want ice cream, he totally eats a bowl with you.

5. The neighbor dog totally lives at your house. He sits on the deck adjacent to the dining room when you eat dinner. He also is dumb enough to get his collar stuck on a lawn chair and drag it around the deck.

6. Mountain tops are higher than clouds. This is a definite when it's about to rain.

7. A random sudden downpour does not stop a farmer's market. Vendors always have tarps handy and everyone puts the hood up on their raincoats.

8. Your next door neighbor bakes a cake and brings it over. So sweet.

9. Pick-up truck. 'Nough said.

10. Everywhere you go, you see someone you know and stop to have a conversation, even if that means clogging up the supermarket line talking to the french teacher from high school you never had.


Common Occurrences: Neodymium is found in fake earrings, as it is a strong enough magnet to attract through an ear lobe. Along with earrings, neodymium is popping up in bracelets, where it is located at acupuncture points at the wrist (Side note: I have one of these bracelets and I thought it was whack, but it totally feels different when you wear the bracelet differently).

Fun Fact: The strongest magnets are made from neodymium. To give you an idea about its strength, neodymium magnets will be attracted toward each other from more than a foot away (don't put your hand in the middle :) )