Slightly Off KIlter

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  • Treasures 2004_11

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, things that make me feel happy or thankful or interested, things that are worth remembering. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. I gather my treasures throughout the week. Please feel free to start your own lists of Treasures on your own weblog or here… Continue reading

  • LitraCon

    What will they think of next? (Well, actually, I'm still waiting for transparent aluminum, ala Star Trek. Still… this is pretty cool stuff!) The days of dull, grey concrete could be about to end. A Hungarian architect has combined the world’s most popular building material with optical fiber from Schott to create a new type… Continue reading

  • Catching A Leprechaun

    Legend has it if you catch a leprechaun he is honor bound to grant you a single wish, even as far as to give up his pot of gold…. what’s your wish? Continue reading

  • More Purple prompts (week of 3/7)

    What are you currently reading? The next to last in Barbara D'Amato's Cat Marsala mystery series. Great books,these. Interesting plots, good characterization and excellent writing. Which room of your house is the messiest and why? The garage; because it's where everything goes that doesn't have a home anywhere else. We cleared out the storage locker… Continue reading

  • Purple Prompts (week of 3/7)

    Sunday If you could live in any other time period, which would you choose? Why? If I could live in any other time period, I would you choose the future, sometime after interstellar travel (warp/hyper drive, FTL drive, subspace drive; whatever you want to call it) has been discovered and in use for a while… Continue reading

  • Basic Education

    A recent topic in a technical discussion group I belong to has been the state of education in the United States. Members have been discussing this based on their own experiences (as children) in the system, as well as their perceptions as parents of children in the system today. An (obvious) conclusion has been that… Continue reading

  • Dinner and a Movie

    “A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.” ~ Alfred Hitchcock (Today’s meme is courtesy of Thursday Threesome) Continue reading

  • Strikingly Unusual

    A most unusual person I met … Continue reading

  • You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania

    My sister sent me this quiz; You Know You're From (or In) Pennsylvania If: You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey." You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay). How many other states do that? You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if… Continue reading

  • My Muse

    Monday's prompt in Journal Inspirations: Muse: a source of inspiration; especially : a guiding genius What would you consider to be your muse? Why? Continue reading