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  • Psst…answer me quick, Purrson

    Psst…answer me quick, Purrson

    Apparently it is answer your cats question today, in Uncle Sam’s land. Let’s not get catty or bitchy here, good for the cats. Initially I did find it funny, but on second thoughts, I wondered about cats and dogs. Let me start out stating my stand on it, I hate domesticating animals, there is something…

  • To the Weirdos in My life.

    To the Weirdos in My life.

    Weirdo’s are unusual people. Though actually the word weird means, supernatural unearthly. Sometimes it is connected with fate, and sometimes it is a person’s destiny  in the context of Scottish archaic, or so Merriam-Webster  assures me, while in northern America it is an inform word that induces a sense of disbelief or alienation. Guess there…

  • fly a kite

    15th June 1752, Benjamin Franklin succeeded in his experiment with electricity by using kite flying. This discovery incidentally saved his house from being struck down by the wrath of Thor. It is commemorated by flying a kite. I wonder what would happen if a science teacher would tell her students “go fly kites in honour…

  • gingerbread

    Ginger bread is a soft molasses cake flavoured with ginger. It is a soft molasses ginger cookie sometimes elaborately decorated. Ginger bread also refers to elaborate ornamentation Gingerbread could also mean something superfluous, tasteless, embellishment particularly referring to architecture. 5th of June is the gingerbread day; there seems a mild confusion whether it is the…

  • hot air ballooning

    The first hot air balloon flight took place on June 5th 1783. The history of hot air ballooning with both hot air and gas spans many centuries J Man had always wanted to fly. Many legends and fairy tales talk of it. In 1700 Montgolfier brothers saw a sheet of cloth flying due to steam…

  • speak in full sentences

    Other than Memorial Day and national Macaroon day in Uncle Sam’s land today is also speak in full sentences day! “Duh!” “What?” “Why?” “Hmm”  Why speak full sentences? Can you imagine the confusion that could be caused by incomplete ones? We had an entire play that said, “People will interrupt” How many times have…