Here’s the challenge: Black and White Photography Challenge: Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day. Since I’m an old time player at this game, I’m letting people in as… Read More ›
Month: February 2018
TALKING ABOUT TV – CONVERSANT ARE WE
CONVERSANT ABOUT TELEVISION? We are not too sophisticated to watch TV. Despite Karl Marx who said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium… Read More ›
WE NEED NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK
CONVERSANT AGAIN – NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK AND CELEBRATING WORLD WAR THREE – IN ADVANCE (WE WON ‘T HAVE TIME, LATER) Way back in the dark ages, the third week in February (an otherwise dreary and neglected month) was designated National Brotherhood… Read More ›
BOREDOM AS THERAPY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I wrote a blog a while back about how I’ve grown to hate repetitive, routine household chores, like doing the laundry and washing the dishes. But things have changed. The Trump presidency has altered my perspective on a lot of… Read More ›
THE 7-DAY BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – DAY 4
Here’s the challenge: Black and White Photography Challenge: Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day. Since I’m an old time player at this game, I’m letting people in as… Read More ›
THE WEATHER, TODAY
A Photo a Week Challenge: Your Weather Today It was supposed to be snowing and it still might, though from the color of the sky, I’m putting my money on rain mixed with sleet. That is not my favorite weather…. Read More ›
MEANINGS FOR ONE WORD
Like many of the words posted in this challenge, there are a bunch of meanings to “assay.” Typically, it mean testing the content or weight of a type of metal — how much gold is in that gold for example…. Read More ›
WORLD SHARING – THE WORLD GOES ROUND AND ROUND
Share Your World – February 19, 2018 How do you like your eggs? Not much. I’m not a big fancier of eggs, although I do like omelets. My mother was an awful cook and made really disgusting eggs. It sort… Read More ›
CROWDS ON BOSTON’S WHARF – GARRY ARMSTRONG
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: A Face in the Crowd This week’s challenge are faces “in the crowd.” These are the people you never meet. Crowds of tourists. The folks lined up to buy tickets at the game. Happy faces, worried… Read More ›
THE 7-DAY BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – DAY 3
Here’s the challenge: Black and White Photography Challenge: Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day. Since I’m an old time player at this game, I’m letting people in as… Read More ›
PAPERBACK RELEASED! DOUBLE DOG DARE – GRETCHEN ARCHER
DOUBLE DOG DARE – Gretchen Archer Print Length: 215 pages Publisher: Henery Press Publication Date: March 20, 2018 Davis Way Cole has gotten stuck. Not permanently stuck, mind you, but stuck in the house, stuck with the kids, stuck in that… Read More ›
NAMELESS FACES: ON THE STREETS IN BOSTON
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: A Face in the Crowd This week’s challenge are faces “in the crowd,” or what we used to call in the newspaper biz, nameless faces. There are two really great things about it. The first is… Read More ›
TRUMP OVERLOAD – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Something has changed in me. A switch has been turned off. I am no longer obsessed with Donald Trump. I don’t feel compelled to follow every statement, every interview, every tweet from the President. He no longer seems as important… Read More ›
THE 7-DAY BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – DAY 2
Here’s the challenge Black and White Photography Challenge: Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day Since I’m an old time player at this game, I’m letting people in as… Read More ›
OF COURSE WE CAN REGULATE GUNS – JUST LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES
From 2 years ago, February 2015. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’ve been listening to arguments against gun control since I was a kid. As a child, I didn’t understand why anyone would object to sensible gun… Read More ›
FAVORITE BIRDS – CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Birds Birds are my best pictures and also my Waterloo and not so rarely, my worst pictures. These come out great or awful, depending on pretty much everything from the camera’s lens to my shaky hand,… Read More ›
“BEING THERE” REVISITED: A MODERN DAY REVIEW – BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
Last night, Marilyn and I watched “Being There.” We hadn’t seen this comedy from 1979 in a long time, probably years. What a difference time has made! I recall seeing “Being There” when it opened. I enjoyed the farcical Hal… Read More ›
THE 7-DAY BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – DAY 1
Done this before, but I’m doing it again. Probably because it’s fun. Here’s the challenge: Black and White Photography Challenge: Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day. Since I’m… Read More ›
How Did SpaceX Launch Falcon Heavy – The World’s Most Powerful Rocket?
On February 6, SpaceX blasted the most powerful rocket (Falcon Heavy) into space. So how did they do it? THIS IS COOL. I WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING ELSE, TOO! Video via – SciShow Space Further Readings And References @ SpaceX, Wired
ODDBALLS – PHOTOS INSIDE ON A SNOWY DAY
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: February 18, 2018 It’s warming up and the snow is melting. Probably it will be gone by tomorrow. Surely by Tuesday. Then, a few warm days after which, who knows? February and March are the… Read More ›