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Commemorative Dr. Seuss US Stamp
The US Post Office has released a commemorative 0.37 cent stamp in honor of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Stamps are available for purchase at your local Snail Mail outlet or online (I personally love buying stamps by mail. It's so… logical. Recursive, as it were 😉 Continue reading
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Dr. Seuss on NPR
National Public Radio's Morning Edition presented A 100th Birthday Card to Dr. Seuss this morning, featuring a verse written by Hart Seely, a reporter with the Syracuse Post-Standard. Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
March 2, 2004 marks the 100th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, known to millions of children as Dr. Seuss.. Continue reading
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Word Beads on Sentence Strings
When I was in Junior High, or thereabouts, a wonderful store opened downtown. It was called The Knothole and it sold jewelry findings – clasps, links, chains, pinbacks, … and beads, hundreds of choices of beads. There were large beads, tiny beads, and every size in between. There were beads made of metal, glass, wood,… Continue reading
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Forsaking All Others
Imagine that you’re looking for a long-term committed relationship. You’ve entered the dating scene and had a few “first dates”, but no repeats. Then, one prospect looks… promising! You have a second date. A few days later, marriage is proposed! You accept! Wedding bells! Egad! I hear you say. After only two dates?! Are you… Continue reading
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Right Brain Left Brain
[ The following is only a summary of the complete essay. I couldn't quite decide where to post this entry, so I posted a summary here, with the full piece on my other weblog, commentary. ] "This theory of the structure and functions of the mind suggests that the two different sides of the brain… Continue reading
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Am I In My Right Mind?
A fellow listgroup member recently started a discussion thusly: I was thinking about the topic of left-handed vs. right-handed drawing… I was born left-handed (and left-footed too). My mom taught me to write when I was 4, and I did everything (drawing, eating, etc.) left-handedly. When my first-grade teacher came on a visit the month… Continue reading
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House Ordinary
Housework has never been my strong suit. I grew up in a family of packrats; my parents believed in taking a laissez faire approach to housework. The dining room table tended to accumulate mail, craft projects, and general piles of whatever; it was cleared on occasions when we had two or more guests for dinner… Continue reading
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The Lazy Way?
I ran across the following <A HREF="entry on a fellow blogger’s site. She’s also a fellow Victoria, so she must have sensible things to say 🙂 One of my favorite bloggers called memes “officially the lazy bastard’s way of filling a blog”, but I beg to differ. As someone who uses my blog as a… Continue reading
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