Posts Tagged: k.b. owen
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, let’s get our geek on! 1. From Anna DeStefano, via Facebook: 2. From GeekOfTheDay.com: The Computer Programmer and the Frog A computer programmer was crossing a road one day…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, on the Vernal Equinox (the first day of spring, meteorologically speaking, when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night), let’s celebrate growing things. Specifically, growing plants – mustaches,…
Hi, all, it’s time for the ROW80 check-in! I suspect I’m not the only one putting out a post a bit later today, given that we’re all pretending it’s an hour later than it actually is (except for the sane folks in Arizona and Hawaii, who aren’t daylight-starved the way the rest of us are).…
In the house… Last Tuesday, we left our dear domestic goddesses – Isabella Beeton, 19th century author of the wildly popular Book of Household Management, and Martha Stewart, creator of every other commercial household venture – intensely debating the fine points of fine dining. To read their last head-to-head, click here. Now I’ll continue with my…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. During these long winter months, a lot of folks enjoy getting together for meals and entertainment. So, for this Tuesday Terrific, we will look at: Fine Dining And this isn’t just your ordinary…
Today’s flashback looks at a popular phenomenon of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, the “Gibson Girl.” She was the creation of artist Charles Dana Gibson (for a detailed biography, click here), and she was everywhere: in the magazines of Life, Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s, and Scribner’s, to name the major ones. Her look was iconic, and quickly…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. In the “old days,” when the average joe had epigram-ish words of wisdom to share publicly in written form, options were a bit limited: These days, however, Twitter, web logs,…
Hi, all, it’s time for the ROW80 check-in! I’m really excited about this one, because I actually have progress to share. So, let’s get to it: My goals: 1. Check-ins on Sundays. Done! 2. Blog posts on Tues/Fri schedule. I posted on Tuesday about How to celebrate Mardi Gras in front of your computer, which…
