Hi everyone! Around our neck of the woods, we are dealing with “in-between-ness”: the snow is still strewn in melty-gray piles, it’s not quite spring, daylight savings time has started, Downton Abbey is over, and Easter is still weeks away. Oh, and Leonard Nimoy died. 🙁 Sigh.
In other words, things are feeling kind of “blah” around here. If you’re feeling the same way (for whatever reason), here are a few links that may spice up your day!
1. Take your insults to the next level with the Shakespearean Insult Generator.
For example, I got…
Thou clouted boil-brained varlot!
I suppose I should be offended by that, but I’m feeling too boil-brained at the moment.
2. A video of someone hand-feeding a hummingbird. Super cool!
3. Do you miss Downton Abbey? Here are 9 Mystery Books Downton Abbey Fans Will Devour.
4. Here’s a free, fun game (because we don’t have enough of these, right?) that’s slightly addictive: Circle the Cat. Click on the circles to block the cat before it jumps to the edge. You’re welcome. 😉
5. With the passing of Leonard Nimoy, there has been a revival of interview clips and background articles about him. In the following video, courtesy of the Wexler Oral History Project, Nimoy discusses the Jewish origins of the Vulcan hand gesture he used in the Star Trek series:
Live long and prosper. We miss you already.
How do you chase away the blahs? I’d love to hear from you.
Until next time,
Kathy
Never Sleep, my new novelette featuring Miss Hamilton and her beginnings as a detective, is available for free to all of my subscribers. Simply sign up on the right-hand sidebar. It’s my special “thank you” to you, my readers!
It IS a blah kind of day/week. Thanks for the cheer. I’ve already discovered that cat game is going to be a problem…
LOL, Jenny, it’s kind of sneaky that way! Hope your week goes well. 😉
Love that video of Leonard Nimoy! And yeah, thanks a lot for the cat game. A whole new way to procrastinate instead of writing.
LOL, hard to resist, isn’t it?
Oh, these are great ways to chase away the blues! I love ’em! Thanks, Kathy 🙂
Thanks so much, Margot! 🙂
I’ve had the blahs, too, but for another weather-related reason; we have had virtually NO winter. It’s already 75 or warmer here, the flowering trees are done flowering and the wild flowers are in full bloom. It’s way to soon and I feel like we’ve been cheated out of an entire season.
I know, that sounds weird, to have the blahs over the best weather one could ask for, but seriously, I’m so anxious about this summer because we have no water in our reservoirs. It’s frightening.
But, I love your suggestions. I may have to try that circle the cat game. I’m not a cat lover so any chance to best one, is a good idea to me.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
Wow, that IS scary, Patricia. I really hope you guys get some rain to start replenishing those reservoirs.