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Monday, June 7. 2010
Good news Monday - Your mother was right
Friday, May 28. 2010
The picture of depression
At least you can't smell all the good stuff out of reach!
Tuesday, May 25. 2010
Maybee not so Stoopid Human trick?
Monday, May 24. 2010
Bob, Bogart the Boston, and the Bus
Ever felt like you had to do something? Bob Votruba, a 54-yr old father of 3 college students, felt that way as he watched the Virginia Tech shootings on TV 2 years ago. So much so, that he did this:
from Cleveland.com
Votruba, a former owner of North American Homes, left Chagrin Falls, OH in August with his faithful Boston terrier, Bogart, planning to travel the country for 10 years urging Americans to perform acts of kindness. He's traveling in a bus the Partridge Family would have loved, and documenting what he finds in his journey on his blog, A Milllion Acts of Kindness. He feels even the little acts of kindness add up, and believes such efforts will help in changing the direction of the country, and make the world a safer, more caring place, ultimately.
from Cleveland.com
He was driven to "do something," he said, so he drove to Roanoke, Va., and stood quietly on the campus passing out blue and white "One million acts of kindness" stickers. He was struck by the warm reception he received and the hugs he got from strangers.
"I got hugs from some of the parents whose children had died," he said.
"We have to do something. We have to turn our society around."
"Fifty acts of kindness per day for 55 years equals one million acts of kindness. It can be a smile, holding a door for a stranger, letting a driver proceed ahead of you.
Votruba, a former owner of North American Homes, left Chagrin Falls, OH in August with his faithful Boston terrier, Bogart, planning to travel the country for 10 years urging Americans to perform acts of kindness. He's traveling in a bus the Partridge Family would have loved, and documenting what he finds in his journey on his blog, A Milllion Acts of Kindness. He feels even the little acts of kindness add up, and believes such efforts will help in changing the direction of the country, and make the world a safer, more caring place, ultimately.
Ready to hit the road again!
Monday, May 17. 2010
Good news Monday - The Butler did it
Tuesday, May 11. 2010
Stoopid Human Tricks:Wot is it wif Wal-Mart?
Monday, May 10. 2010
Good News Monday - Dam Impressive
Well, good news for beavers anyway. The marmot kingdom can be proud of their major accomplishment in Alberta, Canada - an almost 2800 ft. long dam (twice the size of Hoover Dam). This sucker was spotted by satellite and popularized by Google Earth, the internet equivalent of Magellan.
Park rangers estimate the dam was started in the 1970's - which means it must be a generational project. It's been speculated that several beaver families joined forces, rather like marmot mob families. Talk about going into the family business! One wonders if the beavers have a stopping point planned, if this is an on-going project, or part of a plot to take over Canada. In any case, civil engineers throughout the world are impressed.
Park rangers estimate the dam was started in the 1970's - which means it must be a generational project. It's been speculated that several beaver families joined forces, rather like marmot mob families. Talk about going into the family business! One wonders if the beavers have a stopping point planned, if this is an on-going project, or part of a plot to take over Canada. In any case, civil engineers throughout the world are impressed.
Today Canada, tomorrow the world!!
Thursday, May 6. 2010
A lot of knitters have a LOT of yarn
Wednesday, May 5. 2010
Pity Jon Pertwee is not around to see this
In the early seasons of Doctor Who, the female companions were noted for skills in screaming and getting into trouble. There were exceptions: Barbara from Hartnell's era was a no-nonsense, intelligent teacher, and Troughton's Zoe had the smarts to out-Kirk many a megacomputer. It took a lava flow and the end of the parallel world to get Cambridge scientist Liz Shaw to scream. Still, feminine charm and screaming were the order of the day. Jo Grant was a transitional companion in bridging that era to the more enlightened view on women companions.
The Third Doctor initially didn't want Jo as an assistant, being in a bit of a sulk over Liz Shaw's departure and his own continuing exile on earth. The Brigadier also wasn't too keen, as she had been foisted on him via nepotism. Despite this, Jo overcame them through the force of her cheery personality and good heart. Her upbeat personality, innate kindness, and klutziness accented her humanity and endeared her to the audience and The Doctor- to the point that the crusty, apparently sexless Doctor was heartbroken over her departure to get married.
Now comes the news via a BBC press release, that Jo Grant (Katy Manning) will be appearing on an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
I dearly hope the action and adventure do not overwhelm the story possiblities - I mean, you've got one of The Doctor's old companions meeting her immediate successor, not to mention a new and much younger Doctor! What will Sarah Jane think about the new model? No word as to whether the Doctor's current companion will also be along for the ride.
The Third Doctor initially didn't want Jo as an assistant, being in a bit of a sulk over Liz Shaw's departure and his own continuing exile on earth. The Brigadier also wasn't too keen, as she had been foisted on him via nepotism. Despite this, Jo overcame them through the force of her cheery personality and good heart. Her upbeat personality, innate kindness, and klutziness accented her humanity and endeared her to the audience and The Doctor- to the point that the crusty, apparently sexless Doctor was heartbroken over her departure to get married.
Now comes the news via a BBC press release, that Jo Grant (Katy Manning) will be appearing on an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Jo Grant then...
...and now
Executive producer Nikki Wilson says: "We are absolutely thrilled to be introducing Sarah Jane and the gang to both The Eleventh Doctor and Jo Grant, and to have a script penned by Russell T Davies is the icing on the cake!
"Viewers are in for a real treat, with an action-packed story full of Russell's usual wit and warmth, which takes the gang inside a secret base beneath Snowdon and introduces brand-new vulture aliens, the mysterious Shansheeth. All this, plus a trip to an alien planet – a first for The Sarah Jane Adventures."
I dearly hope the action and adventure do not overwhelm the story possiblities - I mean, you've got one of The Doctor's old companions meeting her immediate successor, not to mention a new and much younger Doctor! What will Sarah Jane think about the new model? No word as to whether the Doctor's current companion will also be along for the ride.
Tuesday, May 4. 2010
NOT stupid humans; silly animals!
I tell ya, will ya look at dis! Either a giant kid, or a reelly reelly small hors! 
Dat thing is smaller than me, it's smaller than da pug! Da pug could EAT him! What do hoomins have wit shrinking things?? Look what dey did to us dawgs (tho I guess it's not as bad as wot dey did to the hors). The little guy's name is Einstein, and dey want to enter him in da Guinness book or sumptum. Ain't dat da silliest thing ya ever saw? Wit dos teeny tiny hooves, and itty bitty body....awwww...he's CUTE!!
Either a giant kid or a teeny horsie.
Monday, May 3. 2010
Good news Monday: thinking outside the box for cleanup solutions
Observing the Gulf oil spill is like watching a sequel to the Exxon Valdez, but now is not the time to throw up one's hands. Now is the time to do anything to mitigate the problem. Capping the oil would be a GREAT start, but until then, a nonprofit called A Matter of Trust has come up with an offbeat, but viable solution: hair mats.
from tonic.com
So get thee to a barber shop/hairdresser! The Gulf needs your hair!
from tonic.com
Looking to the Philippines, we found our answer: human hair. In 2006, the country's worst-ever oil spill prompted an unusual program in the country's prisons. Thousands of Philippine inmates had their heads and chests harvested foir hair to be used in the clean-up effort. The hair was combined with feathers to create a spongy material that would soak up the more than 50,000 gallons of industrial fuel that had leaked from a sunken tanker off the central island of Guimaras.
The method was also used in San Francisco, when hair mats were employed to clean up the Cosco Busan spill of 2007, which resulted when a cargo ship hit the base of the Bay Bridge and let loose some 58,000 gallons of oil. Lisa Gautier, director of a nonprofit called Matter of Trust, donated 1,000 "oil spill hair mats" she had made for the San Francisco Department of the Environment to absorb motor oil spills.
Once the hair mats, which are size of doormats and feel like Brillo pads, had absorbed all the oil they could, oyster mushrooms were cultivated on the mats to absorb the oil and turn the oily hair into nontoxic compost within 12 weeks, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Mycologist and author Paul Stamets donated $10,000 worth of oyster mushrooms to the cause.
So get thee to a barber shop/hairdresser! The Gulf needs your hair!
The humble oyster mushroom, doing what mushrooms do best.
Sunday, May 2. 2010
Walking with and for MS OR Good Dog, Jubal
Centerpiece for MS Womens' Luncheon. I call it "Ode to Carolina".
Last Saturday, Jubal the Shephound led a small but enthusiastic team in the Triad MS Walk. The Triad Walk was always been popular with the doggy set, to the point that the Society hosts contests for the canine participants. Dogs of every size and shape were there, from two tiny Yorkies to a shaved St. Bernard.
Multiple sclerosis and yours truly have had a relationship for years. When I first heard the diagnosis, I thought for some reason of cerebral palsy and Jerry's kids, then of wheelchairs. Thankfully I soon educated myself ("Knowledge is Power"!), and then tried to ignore it and get on with my life. However, MS has a way of tapping you on the shoulder (or knocking you to the ground, as the case may be) and reminding you it's still there. Falling is not fun.
The medicines to treat the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease are expensive marvels of science, but they are not cure-alls. The uncertain nature of it, and how it effects different people in different ways motivate the people who have it to constantly work towards a golden goal of eventually curing or preventing it.
Which is why people walk 3-5 miles, bike 45-odd miles, and host luncheons like the irrepressible Rena Norcross to raise money for research and treatment. It is also why I decorated a birdcage for said luncheon and Jubal the dog of indeterminate origin captained a team (dogs are cute and beguiling fundraisers). An adorable gangly Laberdoodle won Miss Congeniality, Birdie the Pug won best costume, and Jubal didn't win anything - but he was a good dog!
He's a little camera-shy!
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