Posts Categorized: Quirky Stuff
Happy day before Thanksgiving! Here’s a quick laugh you’ll enjoy, before you: a) get in the car and crawl through holiday traffic b) frantically clean the house for overnight guests c) reacquaint yourself with odd kitchen utensils (where’s my mandoline?); or d) all of the above Big Bang Theory Flash Mob (on the set of…
Samuel Clemens, widely-known by his pen name Mark Twain, is probably one of the best commentators regarding the nature of human beings. He’s certainly one of the most quotable, too. I won’t be going into his biography because it’s crazy-extensive, but for those interested, this Biography.com link has a good one on him. Today, Mr. Clemens has…
Sometimes, things take a turn you don’t expect. When you’re a writer, that truism often involves going off on a writing tangent – I remember once having a cat totally take over one of my mystery scenes – or writing way beyond the intended length. The creative process can lead to some interesting results, to…
Three reasons I’d like to get away for a little while: 1. Endless months of political campaigning, complete with robo-calls, debates, and mind-numbing, antagonistic commercials. 2. Super-storm Sandy, and the heartbreak of those in her path. For those of us who were luckier, it’s still gut-wrenching to see the survivors standing amidst the wreckage of…
Happy Friday, everyone! Can you believe that it’s less than a week before Halloween? Here’s something to get you in the mood: a house in Leesburg, Virginia, has been all rigged up with a Halloween light show, synchronized to the popular song “Gangnam Style.” According to the YouTube post, it took 8,500 lights and 250…
Most of my post topics relate to mystery fiction, historical pop culture, or general “coziness.” From time to time, though, I’ll post something more public safety-oriented, such as the one this past June about recognizing the real signs of drowning. In that spirit, here’s an informational video from the City of Houston Office of Public Safety and Homeland…
October: the month for general spookiness. Halloween ghosts, tombstones, skeletons, etc, have been popping up in my yard/neighborhood, and probably in yours, too. Even in my historical mystery-writing, it’s been all about the spooky lately. I’ve been elbow-deep in a scene where my spirit medium character, Madame Durand, attempts to get answers from the spirit…
Welcome to Friday! Today, we’re doing a pictorial tour of foods that are so beautifully crafted that they look “too good to eat.” The inspiration came from Janet Rudolph’s blog, “Dying for Chocolate” – specifically, her recent post on the Cocoagraph Company: Dying for Chocolate: Cocoagraph: Edible Chocolate Bars from Your Photos. Really? Chocolate that…
