Eye Test
Try these visual tests! 1, Make the visual connection – what does this bring to mind? 2. First used in 1886, this is a rare Corporate logo that still uses cursive. 3. You get the idea. Try this one: 4.…
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Poetry Prompts
This is a participation blog. I’ve copied some poetry prompts (courtesy of Joseph Fasano), along with my attempt and a couple of other noteworthy attempts. Try them yourself! If you like yours, feel free to send it along (here) and…
My life as a cartoonist, so far
All my cartoons from this site (for better or worse!).
A very Seattle hike, annotated
See the sights and maybe sneak a workout in.
Dark Matter (it isn’t in the dark, we are)
Sneetches are Sneetches This is the story about the search for dark matter, but really it’s about the scientists who study the largest things and the scientists who study the smallest things finding common ground. Crazy stuff. Cosmologists are…
The Brimley Cocoon Line
Wilfred Brimley at the time Cocoon was shot Who is older than Wilfred Brimley went he shot Cocoon and who is younger (as of April, 2023)? Drag the pictures to the correct bucket. If you try to put someone in…
Ten steps to being a highly successful blogger
Ah, the decadent lifestyle of a successful blogger. Want to join? It’s just this easy: 1. Good luck finding a domain! This is a case of “All of the good ones are taken.” Think of a name and try it…
Gamification
Gamification I have a trip planned in May to the French speaking part of Switzerland and since my French is pretty much limited to Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?, I decided to learn some French. I had tried Babbel…
Tracks
A locked room mystery. Tracks Revenge, a dish best served cold. And snowy. It was a Saturday morning in December, made eerily quiet from the just ended snowstorm that swallowed all the ambient noise. There were a half dozen snow…
Shakespeare or the Bible?
(Refreshing will get you some new quotes).