On picking battles – BWAHAHAHAHA! This blog is going on my list. Great photo – Brave pelican? No. Just a birdbrain. Did Shakespeare smoke weed? – Most likely. It wasn’t illegal in those days, you know. Flat Earth Map – Fascinating. World City – If the world’s entire population lived in one city how big [...]

Instant Art Statement, A.K.A. Bollocks Generator. (British profanity is so charming and cultured, don’t you think?) I sort of like the first one it gave me so I’m going to copy it and post here. Who knows… I might need this when I decide to become a world famous, highly respected outsider artist. My work [...]

Okay boys and girls, pay attention. I’m only going to say this once a thousand times. This is not a boot… This is a boot. This is not a boot… This is a boot. This is not a boot… This is a boot. (I know!. I wouldn’t wear it either but the point is, it [...]

10 Myths About Introverts is interesting and even I learned things from it. I’ve always thought that I don’t really fit in either category – introvert or extrovert. I often think I have way too many “why doesn’t anyone ever pay attention to me?” moments to be a true introvert and I like hanging out [...]

My mother gave me her fabric stash. She’s finding it too difficult to sew anymore. I don’t think she has done any sewing for several years but it’s sad to think of her not sewing anymore, ever. I can’t help but look back and think of all the clothes she made for me while I [...]

Ladies, a warning: If you go shopping with your husband you might come home with something you hadn’t planned on. Honestly, I do like it but it’s not what I had in mind to put in this little corner by the door and I’m not sure it really goes with our kitchen. A miniature London [...]

We’re still having some connectivity issues. Now I’m thinking it might be our PC but I don’t know; I’m not the expert in these matters. I’m still glad we switched to Hughes Net because it is faster than Wild Blue. In other entertainment news, we’re getting Direct TV installed on Thursday. I can hardly wait. [...]

This morning I dreamed that the kitchen ceiling was about to fall. We were all sitting around the table and the ceiling started making creaking noises and sagging so I went into the living room to escape but everyone else kept sitting at the table so I kept going back to look at the ceiling [...]

10 Commonly Misunderstood Words. I have to admit to being guilty of number 3, so I suppose I would be a hypocrite if I said, “Those of you who use numbers 6, 9, and 10 wrong are idiots! And you’re seriously annoying. Just stop it!” Thanks

20 Superfoods For Weight Loss. Most of the items on the list are not surprising but a few are the opposite of what we’ve been told for the last couple of decades, at least. Steak? Eggs? I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a wild prediction (but maybe not so wild, [...]

I found this adorable little whisk at Ace Hardware. Isn’t he cute? The shelf he’s sitting on is a paper towel holder and the other two items are just things I had already that I put there just to have something sort of decorative. I might change the arrangement occasionally, put different things there.

In an earlier post I mentioned Penelope Garcia, the character on Criminal Minds. Because I was talking about her fashion choices I searched for pictures but didn’t find any of her more colorful outfits but I did find a couple of interesting items. First this short article and video. I am delighted to discover that [...]

I really need to make the fascinating HiLobrow a regular read. (I keep forgetting about it.) The history we learn in school is all about wars, the larger movements of people and the more Earth-shaking inventions but the history of ordinary things is often the most fascinating. Take for example this history of sour cream, [...]

A while back I said that we had heard excavation going on at the rich, snooty neighbors’ across the road from us and we guessed that they were putting in an in-ground pool. We were wrong. Not long after I said that we saw a tornado shelter going in and now there are walls going [...]

So, now that I’m “well-connected” again I don’t have anything that I simply must say up on the soap box and I’m not particularly in the mood for surfing and reading other blogs. To tell the truth, what I want to do, unfortunately, is shop. I thought of all kinds of things I needed and [...]

Last week, while I was trying to decide what to wear Saturday on our little day trip to Guthrie, He Who Shall Not Be Named told me that I dress like a blue-haired old lady. Actually, he said he doesn’t like my new pink pants because blue-haired old ladies wear pink pants. But I’m not [...]

Did I mention that we’re now up and running on Hughes Net? It is definitely faster than Wild Blue – not amazing, just noticeably a little faster. As they say, every little bit helps. However, the atmosphere is still the atmosphere and we’re having a thunderstorm this morning so the connection keeps coming and going [...]

The former Aaron Spelling mansion has been sold. Its size is 57,000 square feet. Fifty seven thousand square feet!!! (Sorry but that really needs more than one exclamation mark.) I knew it was huge but actually seeing the number is a bit shocking. I did the math; that is about 38 times the size of [...]

Wall – Best ultra-short story ever! So much said in so few words. Clever garden table Unfortunate abbreviation Detouring around Internet censorship Stuck in Customs – a very nice travel photography blog. Many of the photos appear to have been manipulated for artistic effect. Robo-signing – Your signature goes high tech Evolutionary basis of superstition [...]

While the cat’s away the spammers will play, I guess. Fortunately I don’t get a lot of spam comments, usually fewer than 10 a week, but since I haven’t been able to spend as much time online they sort of pile up a bit and I had quite a few to delete this morning. Since [...]

I am blogging on my phone! High tech, huh? We are on our way to Guthrie with the son & daughter-in-law. I don’t think I’ll be doing much mobile blogging. Very slow typing, but I had to try it once.

Pencil vs. Camera – This is awesome. First of all, I’ve always been envious of people who can draw that well. The drawings themselves are very impressive. And then putting them together with photography that way is just really cool. Found at the wonderful Dark Roasted Blend

The Husband talked to someone at Wild Blue again yesterday and this time they say there’s a part of the antenna that’s gone bad. I forget what he called it but I think it’s the thing in front of the dish. It would cost $95 to send a guy out and to fix it, and [...]

It’s interesting what a powerful hold routine has on us. UPS delivered our new modem at about ten minutes to five yesterday and my husband got home and installed it just a few minutes later. So I jumped on the Internet and spent hours and hours surfing right? No. I sat down, signed in to [...]

I have been increasingly annoyed at the unreliability of technology lately. I admit it – I like toys. I like the Internet (duh) I like my cell phone and I even like cable TV. None of that has been working as well as it’s supposed to lately. I’ve already been complaining about my lack of [...]