Category Archives: Randomness

Svalbard: The Northernmost Town on Earth

After our blizzard this week, I thought this video was fitting.  Reminds me that things could also be a bit more bleak! 😉

Friday Fun Link – 110 Random Facts I Had To Double Check To Believe

I asked my daughter what I should post for this week’s Friday Fun Link and she said “Search up ‘fun facts’ on YouTube”. This was the first result…

First Snow of the Year (2021 Edition)

Always nice when the snow holds off until mid-November.  Makes winter feel just a bit shorter…

Friday Fun Link – The Literature Clock

This site is pretty cool – it tells you the time by showing a quote from a book that happens to reference whatever time it is at the moment…      

What Shakespeare’s English Sounded Like (And How We Know)

 

Friday Fun Link – World Tag Championships

This is pretty cool!

Antarctica, South Pole at Night

“Thank you Stamkos”

Islanders crowd once again chanting “F**K YOU STAMKOS” in New York… The Captain is bloodied, pissed off, & we’ve still got a full 3rd period to go#GOBOLTS 2-1 btw… @953WDAE pic.twitter.com/YBW3OF3a12 — ??? ???????? (@ZacOnTheMic) June 24, 2021

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Trump Trips Up” (~May 1991?)

I was going through some old papers in a box under the stairs recently and came across a folder of articles I’d clipped and saved, long before most articles from popular magazines were available online from databases or from the magazine’s own web site like they are today. Had to chuckle for a couple reasons: […]

Note To Self: Important Things To Bring For Your First Weekend Opening The Campsite

This blog post is basically a “note to self” for next year as between closing up last year on a beautiful day which had us very distracted (I think Shea even went out on the boat with her folks for part of the day!), not doing a good job of tracking what was put into […]