This idea was fairly successful last week. Eight comments and fewer than half of them were mine! So I’ve decided to try to make it a weekly feature. Of course that means I will have the challenge of taking or finding an interesting enough picture every week. I took this one early this morning and [...]

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From The Smithsonian blogs: In a new study published in Anthrozoos, researchers from California State University and the New College of Florida set out to discover our hidden kitty biases with an Internet-based survey of nearly 200 people. They asked the participants to associate 10 personality terms (active, aloof, bold, calm, friendly, intolerant, shy, stubborn, [...]

I have never liked the saying, “The cream rises to the top,” meaning that those who are the best at what they do will get noticed and reap the rewards of their talent and hard work, whether the talent happens to be playing the piano, writing books, acting, writing a blog or whatever. I can’t [...]

It’s winter! Well, technically, it’s still autumn but the weather has turned cold, down to freezing at night. The weather guy on TV says it is unseasonably cool but this is close to what I expect for late October. I’m not sure how they figure “normal” – something to do with a 30 year average, [...]

OMG! I was looking for more of this (Yay! I think I found the whole thing!) and also found this: I remember that! I remember watching that scene but I had forgotten all about it.

Taking relationships with others for granted is a symptom of Entitlement, much like when one believes they deserve to get paid at a job just for showing up. — here “A story is a Swiss watch timed to a beating heart.” — there I had already decided that I was going to be a professional [...]

This is what folks call a weed. Each of these little daisy-like flowers is no more than half an inch in diameter. You probably wouldn’t even notice it, but if you look closely it’s a delicate and beautiful flower. It’s been sort of lonely around here lately. So talk to me. It doesn’t even have [...]

Intuitive Sewing Machine – It’s pretty but I’m quite attached to my 100+/- year old machine. And I don’t know how “intuitive” it would be for me since I’m used to either a treadle or a foot pedal. I never had any of the beginner problems the woman in the video talked about. Scrap Quilt [...]

Immediately after I wrote the last post I thought, “All I really want from the future is to live to be at least 150 and be healthy, weigh what I weighed when I was 30 and never have any more wrinkles than I have right now.” And of course for all my family to be [...]

I get the impression that many people think that the days when world-changing innovations could come from someone’s basement or garage are long gone. Well just look what some people are doing in their basements now. I’m not sure how I feel about some of this stuff. Brainwave headsets are okay but when you start [...]

October 19th was Little Black Dress Day. As I’ve mentioned before, I have never owned a little black dress and don’t have any need for one. Once in a while I think maybe I should make one, “just because” but then I read something like this: “While the LBD is a staple in every woman’s [...]

The election is just two weeks and a day away now. I know who I’m voting for and if you’re voting I’m sure you know who you’re voting for too. I’m not going to try to change anyone’s mind because I know it would be impossible, just as it would be impossible for anyone to [...]

How about “no”? Does “no” work for you? — here The way you can tell when you’re sewing the last dress of summer is that it takes a real effort to finish it. When you started it, you were excited to get it finished so you could wear it, but then at some point … [...]

I bought this album last week. I’ve been trying to think of what I want to say about it but I’ve finally decided that, except to say that I love it, I’ll just let Bach speak for himself. That’s always best, isn’t it?

All week I have been very up about the skydive from space and it has made me realize how hungry I’ve been for a really exciting historic, scientific event. Progress happens all the time. Just look at us now compared to 20 years ago, or even just ten. But progress has been coming in a [...]

Vintage Japanese Magazine Covers – The one with the blonde woman is intriguing. Stuff to Blow Your Mind – A blog of weird and interesting stuff. I love the giant chickens! Disinformation – More strange and interesting stuff. Lindsey Kustusch art – Very nice. Binders Full of Women – Hah! You knew someone had to. [...]

I got a new Foot Smart catalog this week and I was attracted to these shoes but then I was afraid that they might look a little too much like these, even though they’re not lace-ups. Yikes! I’m looking at Old Lady Shoes and thinking they look cute! If I was in my 20′s I [...]

Roger Green answers the technology questions, “What piece of technology would you hate the most to lose? Which piece of technology do you wish would just disappear?” and so does Jaquandor, and the topic turns to word processors and typing. I can’t remember if our Adam computer came with a learn-to-type program. I have this [...]

I found this one at Nicole’s place. Think about this: The woman whose voice you hear in this video drives a car. And there might be more like her. Scared yet? (Some people are saying it must have been a prank call. We can only hope.)

On declining vocabulary: I worry over what I see as a potential impoverishment of language (for example, students thinking that it’s perfectly appropriate to use “text speak” to write a paper in. The problem with that kind of telegraphic language – it’s great for sending a quick note to someone over your phone – but [...]

As I said in the comments to yesterday’s post, I was slightly bummed out that hardly anyone seemed very excited about Felix Baumgartner’s historic skydive from space, but apparently some people were perhaps a bit too excited.

This is probably not the creepiest thing that ever washed up on the beach, but it’s gotta be way up there. I’m not sure how I would have reacted if I had found it. Probably I would have been grossed out but at the same time… “Oh wow! This is so cool!” So, sort of [...]

Well, there in front of my TV, that is, but some events give you such a feeling of thereness even if you are not really there. You know what I mean? The last time I was “there” for a historic scientific event was many years ago. I was lucky to have caught this latest one. [...]

“This almost never ends well for those who think lawyerly threats are the sovereign cure for blog-caused discomfort.” — here In the ideal(ized) history of art, advertising would not be a major catalyst for expanding the reach of art. But the same industrial production that put money in people’s hands to buy more things increased [...]