Monday, January 29, 2024

Monday Stuff On the way to Other Stuff: LNCQ Speaking Gig Coming Up

    Forty-five degrees.

    How is our snow going to keep on, when it's this warm? Fortunately, the low temps are coming back later in the week...I guess.

    I'll be part of an 'appraisal panel' next Monday, speaking at the League of Northern Colorado Quilters (LNCQ) in Fort Collins, CO. More info on this later in the week... plan to stop by and say hi!

Meanwhile:

Pumpkin soup thrown on the Mona Lisa -- fortunately, there was glass in between. Idiots.

"Meanwhile, in Canada..."  Some of these are very funny!

Did these people find a death mask under the floor of their Victorian house?  See what you think.

The Norwegian minister in charge of cracking down on plagiarism has to resign. Why?  Because she plagiarized in her thesis. A lot. (sigh) Apparently she thought no one would notice...

Updates on the parrots who swear.  Why am I laughing...

'Trash' found abandoned -- that turned out to be anything but.

Some interesting foods that Gold Rush miners ate -- both out of preference and necessity.

A stop in Siem Reap.  Travel with Kevin and Ruth takes you to Cambodia and Laos on this new trip.

Trudeau's actions in shutting down the trucker protest -- wrong, wrong, wrong, according to the Supreme Court. (I agree with them, too.)

Twenty studio layouts, many of them tiny, that are just amazing. Lots of storage, too.

How Kurt Russell just happened to be in the right place at the oddest times...

How to deal with a possible layoff or severance in the near future.  (From Financial Samurai)

How a small boy survived two years BY HIMSELF. (Mom took off to live with a new girlfriend.)

Behind-the-scene stories of television theme songs.  (The group singing the 'Brady Bunch' theme thought it was corny -- and the show would never fly.)

Everyday people share their best financial tips.

Baby names, once popular, that are going bye-bye... well, sort of. They'll be back!

Our current president apparently thinks that Mr. Trump is the "sitting president." Sure, buddy...

'Gut feelings' -- that turned out to be right.

More mistakes or problems -- at least 38 of them -- this time in papers from researchers at Harvard's teaching hospital. (Including the CEO.)

Some really unusual, simple and effective holiday hacks. Worth reading now, so you can use them later in the year...

A Roman triumphal arch -- found in Serbia. Besides the remains of the arch (so far, at least):

The remains of a Roman triumphal arch discovered in Serbia. And there's more to find!

Excavations of Viminacium have been going on since 1882, but archaeologists estimate they have only scoured 5% of the site, which they say is 450 hectares — bigger than New York’s Central Park — and unusual in not being buried under a modern city.

Discoveries so far include two Roman ships, golden tiles, coins, jade sculptures, religious items, mosaics, frescos, weapons and remains of three mammoths.


Have great week. Get some sun.




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