A mix tape, from me to you
Music is incredibly subjective, but here are some artists I wish were better known, kind of a mix tape from me to you: Nellie McKay Sometimes I wonder why she has never hit it big and sometimes I wonder how…
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I internet so you don’t have to
1940’s, Uber, New York city YouTube user NASS restores old videos, adding color and sound. They can be kind of hypnotic, as in this one of a guy driving around Manhattan in the 1940’s. I kept wanting to tell him…
Cinnamon Rolls recipe
This is a well tested recipe! I’ve made it hundreds of times, my mom made it thousands of times and God only knows how many times her mom (and brothers and father) made it! Here’s a little more readable version…
Openers
Me: Have I have some great ideas for the opening of stories. You: Great! Now all you need to do is write the stories! Me: Um … that sounds like a lot of work. What if I wrote a story…
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!).
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…
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…