Fiona L. Woods's Blog, page 168

Cozy Mystery Audiobook: Gnome For Christmas - Read by the Author

So, who done it?

Today, Panzer found a short cozy Christmas mystery audiobook for you.
Author Celia Kinsey's audiobook, Gnome For Christmas, is available on YouTube. It's 30 minutes long and free to listen to.
 Enjoy.
 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Gnome

Why All The Christmas Stuff This Week?

 Panzer here.
Some of you humans have been asking Mom why we/re doing all the Christmas music, audio books, movies, jokes and stuff this week.
It's because Mom's Grandpa was born on Christmas day. Because of that, he never got to celebrate his birthday when he was growing up. No party. No cake. No games. No music. Nothing at all, because it would interfere with the family Christmas celebration.

When he became an adult, he still didn't want to celebrate his birthday on Christmas. He would just pick a day in the week before Christmas and celebrate his birthday with cake, music, games, and/or a movie. Each year he would pick a different date and it would be a surprise to his family.
Mom's Grandpa is gone now, but she thought it would be fun to celebrate every day this week.
So...  Happy Birthday All Week, Grandpa.


Image by Nisha Gill from Pixabay

A Monday Panzerism

Didn't see it coming did you?

Panzer on training your cat to fall asleep in two easy steps:
1.) Wake Him Up.
2.) If step one fails, you've achieved your goal.

Your Sunday Jigsaw Cat Puzzle

HintPanzer has your Sunday jigsaw puzzle for you.
This one is harder than last week's was. Remember to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
 
 Have fun.
 To do today's jigsaw puzzle tootle over to Best Way to Sleep

Simon's Cat and Tree Trouble

Watch and learn human.

Panzer found a YouTube video that explains the human misunderstanding of cats and their affinity for Christmas trees. To watch the video tootle over to Simon's Cat

Carol of the Bells - By Lindsey Stirling

Watch what she does.
Panzer found another Christmas carol for your enjoyment.
Today's carol isn't as peppy as yesterday's, but it's not slow-paced either.
Enjoy!
 To watch the video tootle over to Carol of the Bells

Santa Claus is Coming on a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train - Tractors

Enjoy the lights.

Panzer found a little something to get the weekend off to a spirited start.
To listen tootle over to Santa Claus Is Coming

No Post

Eight days until Christmas.

Panzer here.
No post today.
Mom has a project to finish.
We'll be back tomorrow.

Amazon to End Print Textbook Rentals, Overhaul Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer made a quick trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There with just a little digging in the posts our illustrious kitty traveler found a post about Amazon.
According to Jim Milliot's post, Amazon is ending their textbook rental program. After spring quarter next year students will only have the option to buy either new or used textbooks from Amazon. This change and the discontinuation of magazine and newspaper subscription sales are part of the company's cost saving measures.
I'll miss the magazines.
Panzer says, "This little kitty hates to see the magazine subscriptions go away."
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a brownie for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to Amazon textbook rentals

Copyright and ISBN 20BooksTo50K Las Vegas 2022

Here's a presentation from the 20BooksTo50K Las Vegas 2022 conference Panzer thought you might find interesting.  I didn't know some of this.
This is the Copyright and ISBN presentation in which Kevin McLaughlin explains ISBNs and copyright and when and why you need each.
The presentation is free for viewing on YouTube and is 44 minutes long.
 To watch the presentation tootle over to Copyright and ISBN