Tag: thoughts for a sunday morning
Offbeat Holidays to Celebrate | Mental Floss
While everybody else is celebrating New Year’s Day, you can celebrate National Hangover Day (or celebrate not celebrating it) or any one of these 99 other Offbeat holidays throughout the year. Courtesy of Mental Floss!
Alpha-Numeric
This just might be my next tattoo.
A David Bowie Graphic Songbook
Adding a little brightness to your day
That’s how it’s done!
On Preparedness
So I just got back from a wonderful trip to Disneyland Paris (which you can read all about here) but as I was unpacking I realized something. See that book over to the left? Golden Blood by Jack Williamson? I’ve never read it. And yet, it’s travelled with me all over the globe.
See, whenever I travel, in addition to all my electronics, I always bring a good, old fashioned paperback book, just in case. In case of what? I don’t know. In case with all my battery operated equipment I somehow have a power failure and find myself stranded alone with nothing to do? Maybe? Continue reading “On Preparedness”
Just because you’re bad, doesn’t mean you’re *bad*
This is just a wonderful thread about the idea that even the bad can do good. Continue reading “Just because you’re bad, doesn’t mean you’re *bad*”
Adventure Time
Not sure I’d ever get the chance, or if I’d want to if I did, but some of these really look like fun.
Others… not so much.
Is There a Perfect Order to Watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Movies?
Or there might not.
The truth of the matter is that with Avengers Endgame showing up in less than a month, an event which is the culmination of 11 years and 21 feature films, a lot of people, including me, are trying to catch up and reinvesitigate everything leading up to this momentous occasion. All of which led me to wonder what is the best way to deal with the rewatch (not to mention that at some point in the future, I’ll be doing it all over again with Monki, I hope) Continue reading “Is There a Perfect Order to Watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Movies?”
Mars Gets Its First Typeface, Equivalent To ‘Helvetica’ On Earth – DesignTAXI.com
The new typeface is “ideal for way-finding and UI in the Martian colony.” As a font geek, I love this. And I like the font itself. Now just thinking of something I could use it on.
Source: Mars Gets Its First Typeface, Equivalent To ‘Helvetica’ On Earth – DesignTAXI.com
Where I Write
Where I Write is a cool project by photographer Kyle Cassidy to showcase F & SF writers in their natural habitat!
A few important rules to teach your daughters*
I stole this list from my friend Steve, who is the father of two girls and a boy. It’s a good place to start. I might add more as I learn more or delete some which I disagree with as time goes on. I might even change the order of importance as Monki comes into her own, but it’s certainly a place to at least open the discussions. Continue reading “A few important rules to teach your daughters*”
How Do You Say the Plural Form of ‘Octopus’?
Is it octopuses, octopi, or octopodes?
Source: How Do You Say the Plural Form of ‘Octopus’? | Mental Floss
These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books – Atlas Obscura
I’ve long been fascinated by Choose Your Own Adventure books. For a long time, I had, if not the complete run, almost all of them. I even have a few ideas to write and update them for the 21st century, but the structure of them has always been a mystery (despite some interesting articles on how to write them). Now, thanks to Atlas Obscura, that’s been sorted. With the article These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books anyone can make sense of how these books are put together. Maybe in 2019, I’ll get around to writing one…or two.
Getting the Hang of Thursdays 