National Book Week – Find that book and let’s learn!

If anything could get me back into blogging, it is blogging about books! How could I almost forget such an auspicious occasion? Thankfully, I popped into fb today, and a school friend reminded me. So here we go… National Book Week (Aug. 20th through Aug. 26) The rules: Grab the closest book to you. Go [...]

Booking it through Wednesday

Yeah, I know the thought: “Oh no, not more books!” My passion for books has had its way with me again, for better or worse. I’ve found some more challenges of which to participate, a neat little meme and just some more fabulous book blog sites out there. I’m telling you, some of these sites [...]

The Loafer

Somebody, make me a loaf of bread…whoops, too late, I already am one. Hah! I have been tired today, though I am not sure why. Sleep, yes…that’s covered. An easy day, I spent just kind of loafing (putting off bills/demands today - shh, they’ll hear us). It’s going to be an interesting time to make up today, but [...]

Get the door – it’s The Pear Lady

I could either kick my blog friend Jenny or treat her to a beeragarita for turning me back on to this site. It.is.so.addicting! I first discovered a site like it (or this one, I’m not sure) a few years ago, and it tickled me as much then as now. If nothing else, it’s good for [...]

Being Rude With Class

I’ve been collecting again. Lord, help the packrat within me! LOL It does help one -not- to get things done though..I must stop soon.well.after.this.time.or.the.next.time. This time, thanks to IGoogle, I’ve found a terrific little widget that offers one Shakespearean insults. That’s right…one can step into the past [the sixteenth century], and insult another one with [...]

Keeping An Open Mind (on Banned Books)

There’s an old tongue-in-cheek joke/quote that says “I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out”. I’m going to defy this quote and proceed on the premise of having an open mind, however I’ll keep the band-aids handy, just in case of spillage. … [a LOT more to see inside]

It’s a Celebration

 We come in to this blog today for a special activity…namely, one that involves a very LARGE cake! Why? It’s time to say… ~~~Happy Birthday to Me!!!~~~ Or in German, ”Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!” Image source by: Free Clipart and Web Graphics Some birthday stuff I’ve found / received: – Twenty-seven years ago, during a very noisy and wet [...]

3…2…1…Lift-Off!

One of the search terms I keep getting in my statistics is the following phrase: “astronaut farmer wallpaper”, in variant forms. So, I figure I’d entertain this notion once again by blogging about watching my first live Webcast on the space shuttle. I remember …

Friday Follies

I’m almost fed up with baseball these days. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the teams for which I still root (very loudly), but issues like steroid abuse get in the way of the game. Plus, my teams have been on a roller coaster ride lately. They win one, and go down, down, and around [...]

In Remembrance: Marvin Zindler

1921-2007 We pause for a surreal moment to pay tribute to a man like no other. Houstonians and people all around the world have lost a legend in the broadcasting world, Marvin Zindler, overnight. He was in a battle of pancreatic cancer at Methodist Hospital, and we all hoped and prayed daily he could recover. Marvin worked for ABC [...]