Wednesday Wanderings: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Responds to Racism Issues, Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced, Life Mysteries, and Container Gardens

Wednesday, April 30, 2014Tuesday, April 29, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp

Serious post first. This is Kareem Abdul-Jabar's response to the Donald Sterling brouhaha. I think he makes some excellent points that we should all think about: http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/ On to the less heavy stuff. The cast for the Star Wars Episode VII movie has been announced: http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html Some of these "life mysteries" have been around for … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Responds to Racism Issues, Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced, Life Mysteries, and Container Gardens

Monday Musings: Full House

Monday, April 28, 2014Monday, April 28, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp

No, I don't mean the 90's sitcom, although we did watch that one faithfully. I mean my own house on Saturday. We did Easter dinner then, since most of the family was able to make it on that day. The only one missing was Steph, since she had to work. She came over for dinner … Continue reading Monday Musings: Full House

Friday Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

Saturday, April 26, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp ~ 3 Comments

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this up after seeing Neil Gaiman mention it in a blog post, or some other online posting. It was published originally in 1960, and is, I suppose, a children's book. It is not a simple book, written to be read … Continue reading Friday Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

Wednesday Wanderings: Camping Tips, Snails are Pretty, and Boston Trivia

Wednesday, April 23, 2014Tuesday, April 22, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp

I don't know that I would call all of these camping tips genius, but some are pretty clever. And still don't make me want to go camping 🙂 : http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/camping-hacks-that-are-borderline-genius Snails. Beautiful snails. Yes, snails. Look at these photos. See if you don't agree: http://www.lifebuzz.com/snails/#!EKPsd There are annoying ads that pop up during this slide … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Camping Tips, Snails are Pretty, and Boston Trivia

Friday Review: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Friday, April 18, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp ~ 1 Comment

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Yes, I have come late to this series, for no other reason than I have a lot of books on my TBR list, and just haven't gotten to it before now. This is high fantasy at its best, and compares to … Continue reading Friday Review: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Wednesday Wanderings: Airline with a Sense of Humor, Powerful Photos of People, 10 Choices You Will Regret, and How Things are Made

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp

This is Kalula airlines in South Africa. It's a bit long to scroll through, but amusing: http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3709527/Kulula%20Airways%20long%20but%20worth%20it This is another long one (60 photos), but some of them are truly moving: http://news.distractify.com/people/complex-humans/?v=1 Your philosophical link of the week, and some things to ponder: http://www.trulybuddha.com/10-choices-you-will-regret-in-10-years/ Last, a set of gifs showing how things are made. Some … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Airline with a Sense of Humor, Powerful Photos of People, 10 Choices You Will Regret, and How Things are Made

Monday Musings: Change is Fun?

Monday, April 14, 2014 ~ M.A. Kropp

We recently decided to migrate most of our shared virtual world to Google apps. We are doing this mainly because it was getting more and more difficult to coordinate everything across multiple computers, phones, tablets, and all the other electronic goodies that have become so much a part of everyone's life. Just trying to keep … Continue reading Monday Musings: Change is Fun?