you’re welcome, friendly bike rider
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“gratitude is an appreciation for every moment in your life.
it is a feeling of abundance.”
– brenda nathan
Jul26
Author Archives: beth
Jul25
open mic.
open mic night at the comedy club
where future comedians begin
everyone gets five minutes
(a tough gig, very brave souls, all)
to try out their material
win over the audience
including this guy
who sat off to the side
looking like he really enjoyed the set.
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‘as soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up
i knew that i would rather be a failure at comedy
than a success in marketing.’
-jimmy carr
Jul24
Ozzy ‘n Paul
when Ozzy met Paul for the first time
in 2001 while waiting to go on the Howard Stern Show
and he turned into an awkward fan boy
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While dulcet harmonies of the Beatles may not have always been associated with his hard-rock sound and dark lyrics, Ozzy always held up the Fab Four as his biggest inspiration. Black Sabbath, the band that made Ozzy famous, achieved mainstream success in the early 70s, and it was decades before the singer came face to face with one of his idols and main inspirations, McCartney, describing the experience as “like meeting Jesus Christ”.
When asked what it was like to meet Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney jokingly said “it was like meeting Satan.”
While I’ve never been a huge fan of metal music,
I do admire musicians of all kinds.
I also admire musicians who admire each other.
RIP Ozzy
Jul23
no better high.
imagine my excitement
when walking back from town
something catching my eye
peeking under the little trees
alongside a front porch
only to discover
a complete tiny village.
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‘there is no better high than discovery.’
-E. O. Wilson
*Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021), University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard, was the guiding force that shaped the mission of the E.O. Wilson BiodiversityFoundation. Widely considered one of the greatest natural scientists of our time, he was a pioneer in efforts to preserve and protect the biodiversity of our planet, receiving more than 150 international awards, including Pulitzer Prizes for his books On Human Nature and The Ants.
Jul22
aye.
—
‘a week is a long time in politics.’
‘harold wilson
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source credit gary larson, the far side
Jul21
age with mischief.
our friend, the birthday queen
celebrates
with a relaxed and festive pool party
we go around the circle
sharing stories of our connections
while she glows and cheers the day.
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‘your time on earth is limited, don’t try to age with grace.
age with mischief, audacity, and a damn good story to tell.
-author unknown
Jul20
on ice cream day, if you happen to be in Venezuela.
Coromoto Ice Cream Shop
Shop the world’s largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre
Trout, mushrooms in wine, sardines—these are just three of the 900 ice cream flavors enjoyed at the Heladeria Coromoto ice cream parlor in Merida, Venezuela. The shop offers the world’s largest selection of ice cream flavors, and there are seemingly no limits to the variety of tastes for the most adventurous of palettes, all of them all-natural. “If you eat the spaghetti with cheese ice cream, it has real spaghetti and cheese in it,” says manager, Jose Ramiraz.
After years of working for large ice cream companies, Portuguese immigrant, Manuel Da Silva Oliveira realized he could expand the horizons of ice cream, infusing it with all kinds of eclectic and exotic flavors, and opened Heladeria Coromoto in 1980.
His first attempt was avocado, and he wasted over 50kg of ice cream trying to perfect it. Now, it’s a local favorite, and can be paired with a number of flavors such as sweetcorn or black bean, as well as mango or coconut to bring out its sweetness.
The shop serves locals and tourists from all over. There are about 60 flavors offered in the shop at any given time and the flavors are changed according to the season. Among the bizarre selections, one can find more traditional flavors like chocolate or vanilla.
Being in Venezuela, there are also plenty made with rum, such as rum-and-raisin. Some odd-named flavors include British Airways, I’m Sorry, Darling, and the blue-hued Viagra Hope, which is made of honey and pollen, but shares the bright, sky blue shade of its namesake.
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‘you can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream.
it’s like a sauce!’
-chris pratt
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source credit: Gastro Obscura
Jul19
legacy passed on from a daughter.
To those wondering what my dad would have to say about Trump,
here’s a clue…
Jul19
earning for learning.
Saline tween turns rocks into college fund:
Eleven-year-old Tucker Lambert hopes money earned from his startup – he digs rocks out of neighboring farm fields and sells them to landscapers – will pay for him to attend the University of Michigan, M-Live reports.
The rocks, if left in the ground, would damage farm equipment, so Tucker digs them out and sells them from $1 to $50 depending on the size.
Customers can buy the rocks by setting up an appointment with his father. If you don’t need any rocks, you are welcome to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign here.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tuckers-rocks
Tucker’s Rocks est. 2024 Rocks, Stones Boulders, Landscaping Rocks
From Dad:
My 11 year old son has collected rocks for 2 years now. Tucker is a very busy young man. He collects the rocks from local farmers’ fields. He sells these to save money for his future college fund.
Tucker does all this with one four wheeler and one wagon. He digs the rocks out with a shovel. He is a small operation, located in Saline, Michigan.
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“build your house on the rock of learning;
no one can take your education away from you.”
– john spence
Jul18
creative endeavors.
here we meet again
my former kindergarten student
now at the annual Ann Arbor art fair
having grown into a wonderful human
and innovative artist.
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‘creativity is like scientific research in that it involves things that haven’t been done before. as such, creative endeavors are essentially experiments, and if they really unique, you have no idea what will happen.’
-tina seeling
* tina seeling is an american educator, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books on creativity and innovation. she is a faculty member at Stanford University and currently the executive director of the Knight-Hennesy Scholars.
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