Some Monday cuteness

by Attila Lábodi  

I came across this photo today in the featured photos in Picasa Web Albums (soon to be Google Photos) and had to share. Enjoy! :)

Field of Dreams 2

This is funny! Make sure you watch all the way to the end for a special cameo. :)

Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout with Taylor Lautner from Taylor Lautner

It's in the detials

Reality Check Comic Strip, June 21, 2011 on GoComics.com

Ever have one of those typos? I like to think I'm detail-oriented, but I feel like saying so is asking for the cosmic banana peel to trip me up.

Funnily, it does remind me of the sign my daughter made years ago to protest our nightly spelling practice.

It said: "No spling"

Obviously, she didn't get out of practice that night.

This just landed in my yard! #alienattack #irony

I kid you not!

So weird after this morning's post.

What to do if aliens attack today...hey, it could happen!

Happy Fourth of July!

I wanted to post a video of fireworks today, but what I shot came out pretty lame, and what I could find on the internet didn't impress me enough to post, so I decided to go another way. After all, one of my very favorite alien movies is Independence Day (see what I did there?)

So here ya go. Enjoy, and I hope you learn something you can use, too. :)


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Stay safe tonight, whether you're shooting fireworks or fighting aliens...or both.

UPDATE: This just landed in my yard!

A video game for Jane Austen?

Love it!

via we are large, people

Angry Birds covered by Pomplamoose...cute!

I knew there was a reason I meant to take a different way home

I inched past Memorial Park as the masses descended for tonight's concert.

When farmers play Farmville...

via GoComics

Personally, I just tell myself I'm playing a game called Interlibrary Loan...it's really exciting. Really. Trust me.

Furniture for my (small) dream house

I lurve this furniture. I'd love to put one of those Murphy beds in the guest room, and my daughter likes the desk/bed combos (although she currently has a loft bed with a desk underneath, so she's already half-way there). I think the coffee-table-to-dining-table is extra-special cool. :)



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My current wallpaper

I have a hard time remembering what I've used as wallpaper before, so I'm going to try to remember to post here when I change it (which is every month or so...I get bored staring at the same old thing). This way I'll have a nice searchable record of past wallpapers.



Shot last week at the Henry Doorly Zoo aquarium.

Anemonemonemones :) | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - It's CC licensed (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike), so feel free to use it, too, if you like it.

Toe socks & flip-flops

Today was "crazy sock day" but LilGirl still wanted to wear flip-flops...

Flickr Find: Get back in your book!

Set on Flickr

We'll remember this when she wants her license

We took LilGirl and one of her friends to Sempeck's for go-carts and laser tag on Saturday. This was her first time driving the go-cart by herself, and it didn't go so well. She crashed in the first turn (steering seems to be beyond her whether it's on a bike, a scooter or a go-cart, apparently) and drove like a little old lady most of the rest of the time.

Eventually she picked up some speed, but in the final turn she crashed into the barricade so hard about a third of the go-cart was on the wrong side of the barricade. LilGirl had to walk to the finish and it took the attendants almost five minutes to get the go-cart unstuck.

It's too bad the pictures came out so blurry (apparently shooting at a distance in low light is the thing that's beyond me) but you get an idea from the picture above.

Somehow, I don't think she'll be the next Danica Patrick, though she might have a future in the demolition derby. ;)

These make me want my own mailbox

Geek Mailbox

Sometimes I think the utilitarianism of the suburban bank of mailboxes mid-block leaves a lot to be desired, especially when I see creative mailboxes like these: The Most Geeky Mailboxes Ever.

via @Etsy

Time for stargazing at your desk

Here's an awesome video of the Milky Way as seen from the plains of South Dakota. If you've spent your whole life in the city, you don't know what you're missing when it comes to stargazing in the middle of nowhere. This will give you an idea. Watch it in HD, fullscreen, in a dark room if you can.


Plains Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

If you're curious, click through to Vimeo, where Randy Halverson gives some details on how he shot the video.

New Blog: Creativity for Happy Endings

My friend *lizzie starr has started a new blog on creativity...

Creativity for Happy Endings

"How will this blog present creativity? Hopefully in a fun and delightful way. I'm gonna start out with a creative alphabet--words and concepts to define, describe and encourage creativity in all of us. And, no, just because I'm an author, it doesn't mean that's the only kind of creativity we'll talk about. I'll have guest bloggers with their own creative outlooks. I'll ask questions and… if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask! If I don't have a clue, we'll find the answers together. (If you build it, he will come.)" 

*lizzie is a great cheerleader who helps keep our local group of writers motivated. Check out the new blog and cheer her on!

Check out Christina Dodd's private stone circle

Author Christina Dodd has a STONE CIRCLE in her backyard. I'm so jealous! 

Check out her Facebook fan page for photos & the story behind it. 

Happy Solstice!

Can't see today's lunar eclipse? YouTube's got you covered!

Info here: YouTube Blog: Watch the lunar eclipse from anywhere

Amanda Huginkiss sighting at Seekerville

Paparazzi photo of Amanda Huginkiss

Fabulously infamous author of over 3000 romance novels, Amanda Huginkiss recently took time out of her busy schedule to interview my friend Sherri Shackelford for Seekerville!!

I was privileged to meet Ms. Huginkiss a couple times, and let me tell you, she was fab-u-lous!! I'm so glad Sherri got the honor to be interviewed by her!! It must have been an amazing experience!!!

Seekerville: Very Special Guest Interview. Amanda Huginkiss interviews Sherri Shackelford

Did I use enough exclamation points? I don't know...WWAHD? (What would Amanda Huginkiss do?)