Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Who am I wishing a Happy Valentine’s Day?
February 14, 2014
Happy Valentine’s Day – hope nobody bugs you.
What am I LEGO-loving on tattoo Tuesday?
February 11, 2014
The “Sherlock” collection design was created as part of the Lego CUUSOO project, which allows fans to share concepts in the hopes of getting official Lego approval. “Sherlock,” submitted by a user called Flailx, is one of six Lego Review qualifiers for the Winter 2014 slot. Having received support from more than 10,000 Lego fans, the “Sherlock” project is now being reviewed by the company’s designers and product managers.
Thank you, Robb for the link and the continuing cultural enlightenment.
And the tattoos:
I hesitated putting the following one in because at first glance it looks like, you know, but it’s not.
What am I sappy cat blogging?
January 31, 2014Sappy (Not)Cat Blogging from ritaLOVEStoWRITE. Go to her site and see more.
What am I tootling today?
January 28, 2014
Today is National Kazoo Day – celebrating 146 years of kazoo playing in the USA.
The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a “buzzing” timbral quality to a player’s voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, one of a class of instruments which modifies its player’s voice by way of a vibrating membrane. (Wikipedia)
This weirdly disturbing video describes the history of kazoos.
A little bit of kazoo science:
I really, really want this one:
You can even buy an electrified kazoo that will plug into your amplifier:
Fun for the whole family:
Did I ever tell you that I was once the director of a kazoo band?
What quiz am I taking?
January 27, 2014
This one from Zimbio about characters from the Big Bang Theory.
Turns out I am Amy. Sigh. Well, I really do love tiaras.
What am I wearing?
January 22, 2014Just for fun from random spots across the internet.
Nope
Oh, Really No
Nope
Maybe
I like these
Interesting
Lose the guy in the background, but I think this is lovely.
The Norwegian Curling Team
Oy!
What game am I playing today?
January 20, 2014
The game Scrabble has a history dating back to at least 1938, when a board game based on Lexiko (which had no board) was designed by Alfred Butts, an architect living New York. Butts did an analysis of the frequency of letters in the English language to determine how many tiles of each letter should be included in the game. Here is his tally sheet.
(from Wiki)
The game passed from company to company, and varied in design. It had been around in the US for a while, but was sold for this first time in Australia and the UK on January 19, 1955.
Scrabble remains a popular game, now with on-line versions available. The game is available in 31 different languages including Afrikaans and Croatian. The tiles below represent neither of those languages.
Scrabble has been the influence for a number of different products over the years, such as those below:
What am I sappy cat blogging?
January 17, 2014
All of the cats in the video look pretty blissed out. I am sure Cmdr. Vimes would love it.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 