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While I still have one more monstrous update for Lumpy and Leaky, I'm taking a boob break today. Instead, I'm revising this post from last year, in honor of tomorrow. (originally published September 19, 2016) Avast ye Landlubbers! Next high tide' (aka tomorrow) be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Wha' be it, ye may... Continue Reading →
Avast ye Landlubbers! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day! Wha' be it, ye may ask? Here's part o' th' tale from On Talk Like a Pirate Day, Landlubbers Arrr Shouting ‘Ahoy’ One day in 1995, two Oregon natives faced off in a particularly boisterous game of racquetball. For reasons that neither John Baur nor... Continue Reading →
Last month we had Pi Day. Now April brings us another gloriously geeky holiday in the form of Square Root Day. From the official Facebook event page - Things for folks to do on Square Root Day: It's a good day to.......get things squared away, try to fit a square peg into a round hole,... Continue Reading →
Today is Pi Day! For those of you unfamiliar with this "holiday," here's a blurb from the official site - Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to... Continue Reading →
I posted on Monday about the new Nikon camera (nope, not a sponsored post, just a sentimental attachment to the company) my hubby got for me, and I'm happy to report it's even better than I expected. It got here in plenty of time for me to have fun shooting the full moon, and even... Continue Reading →
I've already professed my love for the X-Files of old in an earlier post, but now that we're halfway through the newest foray into aliens, monsters, and Sculder (oh, my!), I thought it would be a good time to revisit it. Needless to say, I'm not the only one excited about it! We are more... Continue Reading →
I've loved, "Drive" by Incubus for about a bazillion years, but it wasn't until recently that I discovered something about their video that made me love the song even more. Here's a blurb from an article on the MTV website - Incubus singer Brandon Boyd and drummer Jose Pasillas drew — literally — on their... Continue Reading →
A strange thing happened to me last week. As I worked on my Witchy Wednesday post, I noticed a steady uptick in my site views. By noon, I was convinced I'd been "attacked" by some new, intelligent spam bots that could mimic human interaction as they clicked through my pages. Around 10pm-ish, I checked my... Continue Reading →
Actually, to be more precise, I love new beginnings. If I had to create a Facebook status for my relationship with New Years, it would be, "It's complicated." I touched upon the reason in an old post, so in the spirit (that permeates this time of year) of leaving the past behind, I won't rehash... Continue Reading →
Raise your hand if you ever lost a ton of quarters in the 80s to the arcade awesomeness that is Dragon's Lair. I mean, how could you not love a game like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9cqaVjufo&feature=youtu.be Back all those years ago, before the wonders of the World Wide Web were upon us, one of the coolest things... Continue Reading →
I know I've mentioned my love of cookies in a previous post, but since today is National Cookie Day, I thought it would be a sweet idea to mention it again. And by mention, I mean share a recipe for one of my all time favorite cookies to make during the holiday season. I found... Continue Reading →
This past Wednesday (November 18th) was the 30th anniversary of the publication of the first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit I'm old I used to read the newspaper all the time just for the comic section, and Calvin and Hobbes was one of my top, all time faves. The... Continue Reading →
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