I am used to Oklahoma’s wildly variable winter weather. I knew that we would almost certainly have more cold weather, but I felt, when temperatures rose into the 60s and even 70s soon after our record breaking cold and snowfall, that Mother Nature had decided to give us our entire winter all at once and [...]

Leprechaun Trap Cake – a little late but it includes a handy rainbow cake how-to Water tower houses – My inner child finds this concept absolutely delightful even though most of these houses are hideously ugly. The Suffolk one is kinda nice. America’s ancient cave art – article and only one small photo; links to [...]

I finished reading Kraken, by China Mieville, a couple of days ago. For the first several chapters it seems to be a fairly ordinary real-world mystery story. The crime is rather odd – a preserved giant squid is stolen from a museum – and the cops are something of a comedy act but there is [...]

This was our kitchen on Friday: And this is our kitchen this morning: I won’t show you the current interior view. I know everyone knows that remodeling is chaos and there’s nothing to be embarrassed about but I just can’t. I suppose the kitchen remodeling experts would say we’re doing it wrong but we’re doing [...]

Well here we are. It’s Friday and for the second week in a row I have not collected any wonderful quotes to post here. I also have several things about which I want to post my fifty cents worth (I think a lot of my opinions. Anything I say is going to be worth way [...]

This is mostly for the women because I suspect that most guys don’t care but anyone can answer. The more the merrier. And the question is… Would you wear brown shoes with black slacks? And if your answer is yes, what color socks would you wear? Well come on… say something. Anything. [chirp chirp chirp..]

We saw Rango last night. (I love going to the movies in the middle of the week. There are rarely even as many as half a dozen other people there.) I loved it. It’s a western parody, with all the most popular western cliches – evil, wealthy banker trying to control everything, gunfights at high [...]

Here’s another example of why Oklahoma politics is seriously annoying. That guy will almost certainly lose because he he lives in a solar-powered house, agonizes over the use of fossil fuels and he’s a vegetarian. Oh yes, I know, there are other reasons too but in Oklahoma that alone would be enough. This candidate has [...]

I spent yesterday shopping with my daughter-in-law. Actually not the whole day; much of the day was spent getting to and from Tulsa and getting around in Tulsa which was a bit of an ordeal but aside from that we had a lovely day. I did not know that there is a JoAnn fabrics in [...]

We are approaching the starting line on our kitchen remodel. Saturday we did some detailed measurements and took them to Lowe’s to see how the available cabinets will fit in. It was quite an adventure. It’s amazing how stressful a little bit of math and a dozen or more helpful Lowe’s employees can be. It [...]

Andart – An excellent blog; science, computers, current events… Fake Irish Blessing – Very nice. Technoccult – A very interesting blog about various aspects of modern life; a lot of psychology-related articles, plus other sciences and culture The Nicholas Cage Matrix – Hey! I liked Ghost Rider. The chart is obviously upside down. Space Teriyaki [...]

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I finally tried Nutella. (official site) I did not read the label while I was still in the store. If I know I am going to buy something anyway I don’t read all that scary nutrition information. But I did read it when I got home. The stuff is 200 calories per serving! One serving [...]

I did not know this. Almost all Calvin and Hobbes merchandise is illegal. Too bad the creator never has never bothered to sue the makers of those annoying window stickers. He probably can’t afford the legal fees.

Disturbing earrings. It is possible to freak people out without having 20 holes in each ear. Same site, unrelated: These are pretty. I’d wear those. If it weren’t for that whole fear of falling down and making a fool of myself thing I’ve mentioned before.

Bede’s Library. Interesting. History, science, all that fascinating stuff. Must explore. Thanks Andrea.

LiveScience is one of those sites that’s hard to get away from because there are always several more links that you simply must click on. * Don’t worry about radiation from solar flares. *Naps make you smarter. Oh well. I don’t nap. I don’t even think I can sleep in the daytime. *Oh no! We’re [...]

Robert Brady of Pure Land Mountain has been blogging the Japan earthquake. I first heard about it Friday (or was it Thursday?) but haven’t heard much more since then. That’s just because I don’t pay much attention to the news on weekends. One of the things I like about blogs is that you can get [...]

This guy thinks he’s some kind of hero because he got away with refusing to show his receipt to the door person at Wal-mart but he’s really just the jerk at the front of the line. I would have been the woman saying, “Just show him the receipt; it’s not that hard,” and “You don’t [...]

Some Monday morning, you could lock up every gram of pseudoephedrine on the planet, load it aboard a rocket, and fire it into the sun, and there would be meth labs by the weekend. Count on it. — here I want a boss who will let me say “emergency family stuff – may need to [...]

Naughty gif – or maybe not so naughty. (NSFW? I don’t know. It depends on your boss’s sense of humor.) From Poppy – A dog writes letters to companies. More strange than amusing. Random Exhibition Title Generator – Click Refresh or Reload to get new titles. Three lane bowling – That guy is either really [...]

Poppycock! (I like that word for some reason. I should use it more often.) Gmail users are more likely to be tech-savvy, well-traveled and career-minded men with iPhones, whereas Yahoo! users tend to be overweight women who like spending time in pajamas with their families, according to a new study. Okay, I have a Yahoo! [...]

By now you’ve probably heard that Charlie Sheen invented Tulsa. I was tempted to say, “So that’s the problem,” but since I don’t live in Tulsa myself I suppose it would be considered bad form to make fun of it. I invite Tulsa residents (and anyone who’s not worried about form) to do my dirty [...]

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Google had a rather nice special logo. It made me smile to see that there were quilts in it alongside the more politically correct image of female professionals. And this morning I read the following at the end of a post that is mainly about cookbooks. …the irony is not [...]

We’re finally caught up and living in the 21st century now. We got new smart-phones. That was the thing I mentioned that I was “childishly excited” about. They arrived, yesterday, earlier than I expected. My other half and I each got a Samsung Captivate. It’s very cool, with a touch screen and all but now [...]