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November 23, 2016
Crossroads
A couple of nights ago, Laika freaked out. He’d been kinda lethargic all day, then, about 9 at night, he jumped up and ran headlong for the door. This wasn’t an urgent, ‘I have to pee’ kind of run but more a ‘I need to get out of this place as quickly as possible’ situation. […]
November 19, 2016
November 12, 2016
Paper Stunts
Here’s a bunch of really cool paper tricks you can do at home! Source: DOWNLOADS | quirkologyblog
November 9, 2016
About citizenship…
Today was an auspicious day. In the US, for the first time in history, a woman led a major political party in a bid for the presidency. Rasa turned 24. And we went and got Monki registered as an American citizen. Now, to fully understand this, the process goes way back to when we first […]
November 8, 2016
Professor Felicia Campbell – UNLV’s longest-serving faculty member talks about her life in, out of classroom | Las Vegas Review-Journal
So here’s the deal. I’m a university professor, and I think I’m a pretty good one. Most of my students like me, I like what I do, and in the end everyone learns something. I owe a huge chunk of that to this women here. So if you think I’m good at what I do, you […]
November 6, 2016
BBC – Culture – The language rules we know – but don’t know we know
Mark Forsyth tasted internet fame this week when a passage from a book he wrote went viral. He explains more language secrets that native speakers know without knowing. Source: BBC – Culture – The language rules we know – but don’t know we know
Free Historical Costume Patterns
A list of free historical medieval, Elizabethan and Victorian costume patterns. Source: Free Historical Costume Patterns Now, the question you might be asking yourself is “why are you posting this here?” And it’s a good question. Since I don’t sew or make historical costumes. Instead, I’m thinking that maybe, at some point, my daughter may […]
November 3, 2016
Caretaker of a Goddess
Snicket Blake, to whom I am somehow related, has directed a new film. Her last one, was pretty good, too.
November 1, 2016
Zombie Malls | David Magazine
Thousands of Shuttered Malls Stand as Tragic Testaments to Unfulfilled Commercial Optimism. Read my latest for David Magazine! Source: Zombie Malls | David Magazine
