Well, it’s not clear that he actually invented all these 2,000 words and phrases but most of the earliest written examples are these are from his sonnets, plays, etc … here’s a cute 1-minute recap … You can find a nice list of words we still use everyday here … (including one of my favorite […]

A new Canadian quarter will glow in the dark … The image of a dinosaur whose remains were discovered in Alberta’s Peace Country will be featured on our newest quarter — the first Canadian coin with a glow-in-the dark picture. The quarter, being released by the Royal Canadian Mint April 16, features Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, a […]

The story behind the iconic KEEP CALM AND CARRY POSTERS … There’s an app for it now. 🙂 It’s always appropriate …  

Everyone’s tool box looks like this, right? You can read all about it here.

Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ ‘Mango and Mimosa’ published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.

Why 8-bit pixel art (animated or not) will always rule as it’s fun for us to fill in the blanks … as only a few blocky pixels are all you need. You can check out the rest at Thaeger.com.  

Yes, it’s real … “It promised to be an “authentic” re-creation of the London of Charles Dickens’s novels, complete with soot, pickpockets, cobblestones, gas lamps, animatronic Dickens characters and strategically placed chemical “smell pots” that would, when heated, emit odors of offal and rotting cabbage. Its centerpiece was the Great Expectations boat ride, which started […]

Planes gotta land – even if it’s some small strip of land … You can find a collection of planes landing real close by photos from photographer Joseph Hoflehner. Or if you prefer video …

Some 17,000 music tracks, photographs, videos, lectures are all available stramed online at the Cultural Equity Research Center – cataloged and search-able. For those that do not know who Alan Lomax is … (from Wikipedia): From 1937 to 1942, Lomax was Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of the Library of Congress […]

Now, I say fun – because if love a long story that is nearly 100% trivia, here ya go … and of course, if you would like to prattle on about a totally trivia story – if you speak slow enough and drag it – you can probably clear a room with this tale.  🙂 […]