Ah, September… that time of year when, for a short time, we are filled with hopes of being entertained every night for the next six to nine months, only to have those hopes dashed within two months when most of the best shows are canceled. I’m happy that a few of my favorites from last [...]

Autumn People – a nice blog that I just discovered this morning. Occasional Tea Party politics, which I can overlook for more interesting things like 80 foot spider webs. Origins of 13 Superstitions – Superstitions come from seeing connections when there are none. They’re idiotic. (But why take chances.) Science journalism – Perfect! Sad and [...]

Gargoyles. Fantastic! You know… looking at those photos I can’t help thinking of the cartoon and imagining all of them coming to life at night.

Look what’s on my dining room curtain! It’s still there, as I type! This is a problem. I don’t want to smash it on the curtain but if I knock it down it will fall behind the filing cabinet. I’ve decided to just live and let live. For now.

I saw one of those gi-normous crew cab pickups in town the other day, driving in the right-hand lane, and I noticed that every time the guy shifted gears he would veer over into the left lane. Dude! I know you have this male need to play with sticks but if you don’t have the [...]

I’m almost afraid to start this. My Internet connection has been down all day. It has come back several times but only for a minute or three and then it went down again as soon as I tried to do anything. I don’t have anything fascinating to say anyway. There are some guys here trimming [...]

I think I’ve linked to Concept Ships before. It’s a blog devoted to space ship art. I particularly wanted to point out these city images. (first two images) I find it highly intriguing. The artist has a blog called Phil Saunders Random Stuff.

Fruits & Veggies Are Just Not That Popular. No! Really? I actually like most vegetables but they are less satisfying than pasta, pizza, ice cream and pretty much anything they say I shouldn’t eat. And speaking of veggies, I heard, from Number One Son, about a really funny t-shirt. It says “Vegetables Are What Food [...]

I was listening to this earlier in the week and knew that it had to be the one.

…Americans seem to every so often get themselves into this weird kind of mood where they get so angry that they decide to embrace lunatics as an expression of their anger. — here I’ve never found myself struggling which to pick, much in the same way that nobody is ever torn between having tea and [...]

Japanese car name origins European stereotypes Dark Patterns – useful Cat bed – Just look at the defiant expression on its furry little face!

Here are some old photos of a house where I lived when I was eleven and twelve years old. We didn’t live there very long – less than a year, I think. When the house next door came vacant we moved there because it was a newer house, in better condition. I took these pictures [...]

Fillyjonk mentions hoarding. I’m a little bit fascinated by those shows too. I’ve only watched a couple of times because I assume it’s something that my husband wouldn’t be interested in and when he’s not around I always have other things that I’d rather do than watch TV. I think my reaction to those shows [...]

I dread cold weather, and yet, I’m looking forward to wearing long sleeves. Strange, huh? I’m not even sure why – just ready to be wearing something different I guess. And long sleeves look nice. What I don’t like are the coats and jackets. It would be wonderful if shirtsleeve weather could last for several [...]

I hate it when one of my favorite websites disappears. Actually, I haven’t been able to go to Access the Great Books for over a year but I keep trying once in a while. I get a “You are not authorized to view this page” and that makes it especially frustrating because it makes me [...]

Mary Shelley is best known as the author of Frankenstein. I did not know much about her or what else she wrote but I was browsing science fiction titles available for the Kindle and came across another of her books, The Last Man, and I was immediately curious to see what else the author of [...]

Obviously I’m not one of those people. You might have noticed that I’m something of a traditionalist but messing with Pachelbel’s Canon is a tradition.

…the rice fields come to mean more to me in a spiritual way than if I were growing the rice myself. — here (I really wanted to quote the last line but I didn’t feel right about giving away the whole point of the post.) I’ve written about my fairly new-found admiration for The Beatles [...]

Historic LOL has lots of fun, captioned historic images. I think this is my favorite so far. And this one made me laugh too. (I’m so bad.) The site also has some interesting un-captioned historic images and videos, like this very political 1944 Donald Duck cartoon and always popular Japanese ads.

I found this nice little story about us crazy Americans. As the night went on, I found out that she really wanted to be a teacher, but the Government wouldn’t let her because “a cripple cannot take proper care of children.” I was outraged, and spent much of the next two nights encouraging her to [...]

Dear Feet, What’s been going on with you lately? Frankly, I feel that you are betraying me. I’ve always gone out of my way to make you comfortable, passing up prettier shoes in favor of cushioning, arch support and extra toe room. In the past year I think I’ve been especially good to you. Late [...]

Mendel’s Soup – lots of odd and interesting things. I like this photo. Coke please Segway on steroids – Nifty! I wanna play with one. The perfect example – You gotta love “the press”. They give us an endless supply of blog fodder. Norman Rockwell photos and paintings – Russian site. I saw that first [...]

The year 2000, as seen by Arthur C. Clarke in 1964. And they keep saying no one predicted the Internet! It’s amazing how accurate he was about communications but he was wrong about cities. In fact, the percentage of the population living in cities has increased since Clarke made his predictions.

ZooBorns is a blog devoted to exotic baby animals in zoos around the world. Cute? Some of them, definitely. But many of them, if they’re cute at all, fall into the “so ugly it’s cute” category. This little guy for example. What do you think? Cute or not?

Mobile cinemas – Interesting. I had never heard of these before. Free Chicken Strips – Hah! Modern Science Map – I agree with the commenter who said that it should be made into a wall chart. Cephalopoda – vintage illustrations Zeitguised – digital art 14 Weird Diets – Don’t try these at home kids. Or [...]