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What is my sign?
February 4, 2016Don’t touch that button (from Daily Timewaster):
This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Sir Terry Pratchett:
Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry
What am I sappy panda blogging?
January 29, 2016
You have probably seen this video of Tian Tian at the National Zoo, but it is worth repeating. Pure joy!
What am I celebrating?
January 26, 2016
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day – celebrated on the last Monday in January. Bubble wrap was developed by two inventors, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1958 in an attempt to create a dimensional wall paper. That idea did not take off, but bubble wrap as packaging material has existed since 1960.
Bubble wrap is also an interesting fabric for high fashion and casual wear.
You can also get a virtual bubble wrap app for your Android or iPhone.
What am I sappy cat blogging?
January 22, 2016
“Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth,” said Albert Camus. “They are inseparable.” Indeed, absurdity does have a way of instilling happiness in us. Take, for example, Nekozushi, the brainchild of Japanese company Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts (a name that’s equally absurd).
This wonderful collection of sushi cats is from Spoon and Tomago
What am I writing?
January 11, 2016
The Newbery, the Caldecott, the King awards have all been announced for this year, but what about the Bulwer-Lytton Award? This award, created in 1982 by San Jose University, recognizes the world’s worst sentence. This award was inspired by Victorian author Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, who penned the infamous, “it was a dark and stormy night.” In full:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” — Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830)
More information including writing contest rules, winners, more wretched writing, and a quiz I particularly liked where you have to determine if a passage was written by Dickens or Bulwer-Lytton, can be found at Bulwer-Lytton website.
What am I sappy goat blogging?
January 8, 2016Thanks, Cousin Linda, I look forward to seeing your new arrival.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 