Everything you might ever want to know about English tea drinking. This lengthy article is not only informative but delightful and contains several quotable lines that I considered for my weekly quotes post but I couldn’t decide which one so here we are. I am delighted to learn that most of the British drink tea [...]

I just recently discovered this brand of “ginger beer” at Atwoods. It’s very good. You can actually taste the ginger in it. Of course it doesn’t come in a sugar free, calorie free version so I can only indulge occasionally. That “you can actually taste the ginger” might seem like a strange thing to say [...]

We found a fabric mall!! I’m not kidding – a whole row of shops (probably 20) of all fabric shops. — here (Wow!) People who have made car payments every month of their adult life cannot conceive that two tanks of gas per month is less money than pretty much any new car payment. — [...]

I think I must have the stupidest cats in the world. Big loud scary propane truck comes up the driveway. My stupid cat freaks out! But does he go hide under a nice safe piece of furniture like a normal cat would do? No, he wants to go outside where the noisy thing is to [...]

According to a report in the British Medical Journal sports drinks may do more harm than good. Is anyone really surprised by this? It should be obvious that you shouldn’t rely on health advice from someone who is trying to sell you something. But it’s not that simple. Marketing claims spread and are repeated by [...]

Just Girly Things is mostly not my kind of girly but I support girliness in all its forms. And I think we can all agree about the cupcakes. I’m sure they do taste better just because they’re pink.

Nothing like this could ever happen to me. Mostly because I don’t shop at Goodwill or yard sales. I admit I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to that sort of thing. Even if I did shop at those places I doubt I would ever be lucky enough to find and recognize hidden [...]

Just me showing off again. For this brown dress I used the same pattern as for the orange dress, New Look 6093. I love this pattern. It is the most fun to sew thing I’ve made in years. At first I was a little worried about those curved pieces but the skirt pieces go together [...]

Do Not Be Deceived (1873) – Hilarious A brief history of sliced bread The Nova myth – Darn. Isn’t anything true? 106 Street Art Photos – Many (not all) of these are interesting or clever. Kitschy Living – Lots of awesomely tacky stuff. Charles really needs to see these shoes. The last two via Joanne [...]

Last week I said that that I do not like Isaac Asimov’s fiction. I deliberately specified fiction because Asimov’s nonfiction is not only informative but also highly readable and enjoyable. One book in particular, Adding a Dimension (which, sadly, seems to be out of print) holds a place of high esteem and considerable sentimental value [...]

More sewing blogs! I have found these in just the past week. Except for the last one which I’ve seen before and just refound last week. Pretty Grievances Erica B. Up Sew Late Erika Made It By the way, I have more new dresses to show off when I get around to modeling and photographing [...]

Oklahoma City is number 3 on this list of Manliest Cities, up 22 spots from last year. (Tulsa isn’t on the list at all.) The criteria for manliness amuses me. It seems to me that it’s really the criteria for “redneck” or maybe “macho”. Criteria included professional sports teams, number of pickups and motorcycles registered, [...]

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Once again I have failed to find a list of wonderful and clever quotes but I do have one great one from the awesomeness that is Leeann It was exactly what I’d always imagined it would look like if you ran the soft-serve ice cream dispenser into the palm of your hand while coloring it [...]

Street scenes – I love the old-fashioned architecture. No great story… – Really? I know I’m not capable of writing a great story so I’m challenging anyone who feels up to the task to write a great story that begins with someone eating a salad. Country wired to self-destruct – Wow… I had no idea. [...]

Andrea has found a list of 10 Sci-Fi Novels People Pretend to Have Read. (I’m glad he said “sci-fi”. “SF” is so pretentious.) I do not pretend to have read books. First, I have actually read enough classic, highly acclaimed, really big books to impress almost anyone I might want to impress. Second, most of [...]

I’ve been seeing Neil deGrasse Tyson on various science documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the Science channel for several years but just lately I’ve been seeing him a lot on the Internet. It’s not surprising that he has become a science celebrity because he’s quite entertaining. Unfortunately, the people who really need this probably [...]

I didn’t even notice until this morning that Friday was Friday the 13th. I actually like Friday the 13th. It’s almost always a good day for me and this is silly but it makes me smile to have a good day on a day that’s supposed to bring “bad luck”. We know how to make [...]

The Industry’s claim that they’re losing sales makes no sense with regard to items they don’t actually sell. — here Do not mess with people armed with pointy needles and high-speed Internet. — there But skill at making money is just that—skill at making money. It’s not evidence that you possess a unique economy-powering genius [...]

Have you seen the new Dog Whisperer commercial? If not, go! Watch it now. You really must see it. . . . Did you watch it? … Good. Now you’ve got that stupid song stuck in your head too.

In the unlikely event that anyone actually cares, I have been working on updating my long neglected links page. Blogs have been added, blogs (mostly long abandoned) have been removed, categories have been changed and blogs have been moved around. I haven’t even touched the right column yet. I’ve been working on the blog side [...]

His baby’s back – Man finds his car 42 years after it was stolen. Weird names KittenJoy – All together now… Awwwwwww…… Daniel Gray – Very nice blog, sort of minimalist Retrospace Zeta – Vintage photos, comics, ads, etc. A few images are NSFW. Like the naked chick on the back of a hippo. Seriously, [...]

I finished reading Around the World in 80 Days last week. I actually enjoyed it quite a lot. It’s one of those books I’ve heard of all my life and sometimes when that’s the case one builds up expectations and when you finally get around to the real thing it doesn’t measure up. Well, I [...]

It’s that time of year when it’s too hot to do anything in the evenings but sit around and complain that there’s nothing on any of the 200 TV channels you get on satellite or cable. Oh, I know… we could turn the darn thing off and read or play board games or just talk [...]

You might think I’m only posting this because my son is in it. You’re probably right. But it is good and it’s helpful. It needs to go viral. Yes it does. Because I say so.