What We Should ALL Be Doing Right Now
This very funny video is something we all need at this point in our Covid-19 journey. From The Adley Show: What We Should ALL Be Doing Right Now.
Why Is Everything White?
Thanks to Arkenaten for this link. Here is Muhammed Ali asking “Why is everything white?” https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52988605/muhammad-ali-why-is-everything-white
Wordless Wednesday 27 May 2020
Wordless Wednesday: 29 April 2020
Messages From Strangers
From time to time I see a message that someone has written and I wonder who they are. Why did they write it? Who did they think would read it? Is it a message for the moment or for posterity? Here are some of those messages: […]
Let’s Change The Game
I’m the kind of person that enjoys true crime re-enactments so it should come as no surprise that I am also enjoying the US impeachment hearings. I’m lapping it up. I can have that channel on while I’m pottering about the house, doing crafts, reading, or replying to […]
Beautiful Night Guardians
There are lots of things that happen to your mind and body as you age; some of them you expect and some you don’t. This is about a couple of things I didn’t expect; long earlobes and insomnia. 1. Long Earlobes The older I get, the longer my […]
Explain This To An Alien, If You Can
As I was walking to the store this morning, I saw several orange bags full of leaves and decorated with black ink to look like pumpkin lanterns. It occurred to me that this would make absolutely no sense to someone from another planet or even from another culture. […]
I’m A Crotchety Knit Wit
Because of an early snowfall, I am not getting out much these days, so I like to find things to do that can be accomplished while sitting on the couch. Those things include writing for this blog, reading, and making hats for homeless people. My daughter-in-law works for […]
The Funny Thing About Unfunny Humour
Someone on the Nextdoor message feed yesterday was complaining about a homeless encampment near his house. He wrote, sarcastically, “Wow, what a wonderful site!” What he probably intended was to write “sight” not “site.” The message could have been read to mean that he liked the encampment, or […]
Yelp for Funerals
In Janet Evanovich’s series of Stephanie Plum novels there is a character who loves going to funerals. She’s a granny who enjoys the ceremonials, the socializing, the luncheons, and the opportunity to criticize. I think I’m turning into her. I go to celebrations of lives a bit too […]
Customer Inadequacy Cards
Store cards, sometimes called Customer Appreciation Cards or Loyalty Cards or Club Cards or Reward Zone Cards, are really just a device for identifying the degree to which the customer is inadequate. By the time I have chosen the store, the product, and the checkout line, I am […]
