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A gets extra credit for directing me to this clunker in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (and on the front page!): Goodbye, Girdle: Curvy Stars Spark A Raid on Padded Panties. It turns out there’s a market segment willing to shell out big bucks to get big butts. Seriously? The article provides TMI about flat-bottomed women [Continue reading] I write likeMargaret Atwood I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! This was fun. Thanks to the fabulous Merrilee of Creativity Workshop fame for sharing the I Write Like link. Of course, I tried it with three different writing samples and came up with: Move over, Paul Krugman, I’ve got The Word on Money from Alton, my Tree Guy. Remember him? He was back today with his son Dale to trim some trees at our beach property. I forgot the camera so I’m recycling an old picture. The heat index here today was 105 degrees. That’s hot, [Continue reading] Words fail me. This piece of brilliance by Phil Lord and Chris Miller of FineMoustaches deserves to be seen, and you deserve to see it. So stop reading and watch already… Two things: ** So I notice this license plate on the ferry: HA INC. It’s from one of those [Continue reading] I just realized this is National Poetry Month. Favorite poets, anyone? My favorite is Mary Oliver. She captures the essence of nature and life so beautifully, so simply. I could stick one of her poems here (like anything from Why I Wake Early for example), but decided instead to share one of my [Continue reading] The Washington Post does a great contest every spring called the Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest. This link provides background info, pictures of the semi-finalists and even videos of the five finalists. I chose to add a picture of one of the finalists, Goodnight Peep, because this is a, uh, semi-literary blog and [Continue reading] After unloading the groceries into the back of my car yesterday, I headed toward the ‘cart corral’ with my empty cart. “Hey! Ma’am!” I turned, and the old man continued: “Can I have your cart?” He pointed to his foot, in a cast, and I walked the cart over to him. I smiled; he [Continue reading] I finished yesterday’s post, published it and looked at it again — something felt Not. Quite. Right. I did a little research, and sure enough, cardinals eat nuts and seeds, NOT bugs. Shoulda known that from my bird feeder. So I edited Ms. C’s invitation from “Let’s go eat some BUGS” to “Let’s go eat [Continue reading] |
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