Yes, I’m well aware that even the title of this post may be a Code of Conduct violation, not to mention a grammatical faux-pas of the first order (pace Winston Churchill.) Have at it, grammar police. But. “Lady in a Fur Coat,” a stray cat, was taken to an animal shelter with such acute and nasty… Continue reading Finally–A Pussy Hat I Can Approve Of!
Month: January 2020
Happy Dental Drill Appreciation Day!
Yes! It really is! (Who on earth comes up with these ideas?) Well, at least you can comfort yourself with a tin of everyone’s favorite sticky candy, because January 26 is also National Peanut Brittle Day. Some symbiosis (or perhaps the reverse of symbiosis) there, I think. Perhaps if you ate less of the one, you wouldn’t have… Continue reading Happy Dental Drill Appreciation Day!
Elderly Scottish Woman with Dementia Climbs UK Music Charts
OK, well, this made me cry. An 83-year-old Scottish woman who suffers from dementia is climbing the UK music download charts, singing a duet with her caregiver of Frank Sinatra’s 1969 hit, “My Way.” Margaret Mackie and Jamie Lee Morley first performed the song at her nursing home, during last year’s Christmas karaoke party, and… Continue reading Elderly Scottish Woman with Dementia Climbs UK Music Charts
Occasional Quote of the Day: 19th Century Discontent
DISCONTENT Light human nature is too lightly tost And ruffled without cause, complaining on– Restless with rest, until, being overthrown, It learneth to lie quiet. Let a frost Or a small wasp have crept to the inner-most Of our ripe peach, or let the wilful sun Shine westward of our window,–straight we run A furlong’s… Continue reading Occasional Quote of the Day: 19th Century Discontent
Good Advice From ‘The Moderator’
Recently, as I was on my way to Looking Up One Thing On The Internet,™ I came across Something Else™ that really tickled my fancy, even though, or perhaps exactly because, it had nothing to do with the object of my search. This is something that frequently happens to me, and which I usually roll along with, because when… Continue reading Good Advice From ‘The Moderator’
Friday Food and Drink Post: A “Rum Go”
It’s a chilly morning on the farm this January 17 (there’s a bit of snow), a perfect setting for National Hot Buttered Rum Day! (Who knew?) You can read a very interesting little history of rum production here, where I learned that it came into being as a way to use up the by-product (molasses) of sugar… Continue reading Friday Food and Drink Post: A “Rum Go”
Occasional Quote of the Day: From the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas
“Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you’ve done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call ‘a pal’ and ‘a good sport,’ the kind of woman they tell their troubles to. But you’ve cut yourself off from the orchids and… Continue reading Occasional Quote of the Day: From the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas
The Origins of IBM in the U.S. Patent Office
One-hundred thirty-one years ago, on January 8, 1889, Herman Hollerith, a young man born to German immigrants in New York City, himself a graduate of Columbia University as an “Engineer of Mines, was granted a patent, part of which read as follows: The herein-described method of compiling statistics, which consists in recording separate statistical items… Continue reading The Origins of IBM in the U.S. Patent Office
Friday Food and Drink Post: Pizza Fixin’ Edition
Thank heavens for Bill de Blasio. In just a few short years as New York’s Mayor, he has turned its underwater finances around, eliminated racism, sexism, religious intolerance, and violent crime, and he has spearheaded a jobs-and-revenue initiative, the crown jewel of which was bringing Amazon’s second corporate HQ “home” to the city. Along the… Continue reading Friday Food and Drink Post: Pizza Fixin’ Edition
Memories of 2019
I’ve gone through a little exercise, the past several New Year’s Eves, to try to sum up the year that’s passing in twelve words, one for each month. Herewith, my roundup for 2019: Softness, Family, Broken, Celebration, Construction, Sickness, Renovation, Compromise, Stabilization, Justice, Insurance, Acceptance. In no particular order: Item: Two dear friends with life-threatening illnesses, both… Continue reading Memories of 2019