Category Archives: RANDOM

Dangerous to write about Narcissus, as it is pretty obvious that I am a self-aware narcissist.  But at least I splash it all out there, and don’t keep the pond to myself.  Did I mention I started a blog? As … Continue reading →

May your Thanksgiving be thankful and giving, and therefore Happy at least according to the Emmons lab at University of California, Davis: Gratitude and Wellbeing

Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver Mon jardin ce n’est pas un jardin, c’est la plaine Mon chemin ce n’est pas un chemin, c’est la neige Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver. Or so … Continue reading →

Amongst the few gems on television that I allowed my kids to watch when they were truly little, like under 5, other than Pingu, [this deserves a video, ed.] was an animated version of Star Trek.  Pingu, I should mention, … Continue reading →

One of the many reasons C.S. Lewis’ Narnia novels are so much better than J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books is that you could be one of those four kids.  Even though the magic world they enter cannot be ours, the emotions the children feel … Continue reading →

I also need to rewrite an old bad pun: When is a box not a box?  When it’s a jar. But that’s just part of the problem.  The now defunct department store, Eaton’s (Eaton, pour le francophonie, qui est plus … Continue reading →

I have always thought that Thor was the angry one, but wait.  Perhaps the question should be what wouldn’t Woden do.  He seems to be rather an interesting fellow:  The name is connected to the Proto Indo-European stem, *wāt “inspiration”, which is ultimately derived … Continue reading →

Or is working for someone else?  I feel like I should write a wanted ad: Looking for Mojo If found please return to Xty Reward: Virtue (It being its own reward, or so my mother said.) But this being the … Continue reading →

A thousand hairy savages Sitting down to lunch. Gobble gobble glup glup Munch munch munch. I happen to like that poem very much much much, and it is served up as an introduction to the Goon Show, a serial radio play … Continue reading →