Dale's Daily Data

I came across an article that listed some of the most pointless salad ingredients.

Salads are supposed to be healthy – usually raw vegetables full of vitamins and minerals, but then we add all kinds of things to make it unhealthy – or questionable at the very least.

I don’t completely agree with everything on the list, but one thing I think almost everybody will say isn’t quite what the salad gods had in mind is bacon or bacon bits.

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Good jobs are tough to get these days. One of the keys to getting a job is to get thru the job interview. According to Reader’s Digest here are some really dumb things that job candidates during job interviews. And guess what?  They didn’t get the job.

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He was only 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of Congress. He was an ambassador to France and after he retired he established the University of Virginia.  Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, but he had an incredible life.

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I love it when I come across home remedies for cleaning, fixing and repairing. Rather than going out and buying a product for one specific use, you probably have ingredients right in your home to do the job. And sometimes that home remedy is better than what you’d buy in the store.

• Most homes have a can of WD-40. Readers Digest published a list of things you can use WD-40 for – other than what most people buy it for.

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Taylor Swift? Carrie Underwood? Faith Hill? Who would you guess was the first woman to have a number-one song on both the Billboard Pop and Billboard Country charts?   Her name is Jeannie C. Riley, and on this date (September 21) in 1968, she was top of both charts with “Harper Valley PTA.”

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It took 10 billion dollars and 10 years to develop, but the first space shuttle made its first public debut in a ceremony in California on this date in 1976. The following year the Enterprise, made its first flight, not from Kennedy Space Center and not into space. It was launched from the top of a 747 and then glided back to Edwards Air Force Base.

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They say there are two things that are certain in life…..death and taxes.  And for centuries there have been all kinds of things that have been taxed. Here are some unusual ones.

Card tax – beginning in the 16th Century in England playing cards was a popular way to spend the evening. Anything that’s popular or that people like to do is a prime target for a tax. Each deck of cards was subject to a tax and the proof that the tax had been paid was a stamp on the ace of spades.

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Our Diversity Job Fair is today at the Buffalo Convention Center. If you’re looking for a job – there’s a good chance you can get one today. More than 50 companies have positions to fill and they’re ready to hire.

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Think about it. Do you know anybody who doesn’t like pizza. According to the Learning Channel, 93 percent of Americans eat pizza at least once a month.

Pizza is a $30-billion industry in the United States. Three billion pizzas are sold in this country every year, plus a billion more frozen pizzas.

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I was reading about birthday parties for kids that are getting out of hand. I’m talking about the extravagance and the expense of putting on huge parties for young kids. And a lot of it is pressure from other parents who are doing the same thing for their kids, so you feel you have to do it for yours.

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Last week it was the Republicans. Now this week it’s the Democrats' turn for their national convention.

We were talking about it yesterday – why is the donkey associated with the Democrats and the elephant the symbol of the Republicans?

You have to go back to Andrew Jackson’s run for president in 1828

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If you’re thinking the changing colors of the leaves this year is a little early – you’re right. And this year’s dry summer has a lot to do with it.

There’s a number of factors that determine when the leaves will change color and how intense the colors will be. One factor that never changes is the increasing length of night time.

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