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who we are.
Category Archives: Life
Apr24
n.e.r.d.s.
walked by this hanging on a campus student house and really loved it
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“in fact, the world needs more nerds.”
-ben bernanke
Apr20
identity.
Mis-baken Identity: Mysterious Beast Reported in Poland Turns Out to Be a Croissant in a Tree
In mid-April, a rogue pastry terrorized citizens of a neighborhood in Kraków, Poland.
The incident started when a menacing, brown object appeared in a tree near the home of an anonymous citizen. It remained for two days. The concerned woman called the Kraków Animal Welfare Society to report the unidentifiable animal on Tuesday, April 13, saying that residents were afraid to open their windows.
The team on the other end of the call struggled to identify the so-called “tree beast.” When they asked if it might have been a sick bird of prey, the woman responded by saying it looked more like an iguana.
This spurred some suspicion. A tropical reptile wouldn’t survive long in Kraków’s chilly spring weather, but they decided to follow up on the call anyway. Domesticated animals sometimes end up on the street after being abandoned by their owners, and the alleged iguana may have been an exotic pet.
When animal welfare officers arrived on the scene, the source of panic became clear. It didn’t take long for them to discover that the invader wasn’t an iguana—or an animal, for that matter.
Locals had confused a croissant stuck in a tree for a mysterious animal on the loose, the BBC reports.
The croissant had been lodged in the branches of the tree, apparently too high for citizens to recognize what it was. The story of how it got there in the first place remains a mystery. The Society’s spokesperson theorizes it was dropped from a window or tossed by someone trying to feed birds. Though this report turned out to be a false alarm, the organization still encourages people to err on the side of caution when they see something unusual.
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“i saw a man angrily shouting at a pigeon.
i think there’s a strong chance it was a case of mistaken identity.”
-tumblr.com
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source credits: Mental Floss, Michelle Debchak, BBC, Nationalpost.com
Apr17
flamin’ hot!
not ‘my’ cheetos truck, but at least you can get a feel for it
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driving home from school
behind a giant truck load o’ cheetos
and i thought ‘oh, man..’
couldn’t help but daydream
about what would happen
if the back doors blew open
and my favorite flamin’ hot cheetos
spilled everywhere
and i had to take home a car load of bags
just to help clean up the mess
and it might make me very happy at the same time.
who wouldn’t consider this, i ask you?
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“i was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.”
-steven wright
Apr8
civilized.
one of my favorite people with a statement that still applies 60 years later
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· “no moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact.
for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.”
-rod serling -1961
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photo credit: cbs television , twilight zone
Mar30
There are some things a poet cannot accept
An amazing woman and friend from afar – she will be greatly missed by many
There are times when a poet must make a stand and say, “This has happened without my cognisance and I will not accept it!” Today has not been the best of days. Today I got a note from a patron. Common enough, especially from her, as she was always quick to praise, swift to encourage. But today the note had a bitter flavour. She was sitting awaiting death. A week? Longer?
And what can a poet do? A poet can protest, a poet can stand tall and say firmly that this will not do. A poet can bang the table with his wine glass obvious of the fact it has shattered and the pieces lie glistening but incoherent, shards of dreams never now to be dreamt.
Others have known Sue for longer than I, others will doubtless feel the grief more keenly, will mourn longer, but my job as a…
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Mar28
fragile.
checked up on mother goose’s egg yesterday and it was totally alone
checked today and it was off the rock
sitting broken under water
sad it didn’t survive
life can be so fragile.
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“probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.”
-M. F. K. Fisher
Mar11
31,536,000 seconds.
it has been one year
since the global pandemic coronavirus began to shut much of our nation down
so much loss and so many sacrifices and lessons learned
everyone waiting for a return to fully living life
with hope on the horizon.
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“there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year. i am counting down every second.”
-ljupka cvetanova, the new land
Mar1
march.
Feb28
The Last Post? — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
This may be the final post that I get chance to write for the Silent Eye… that decision has been taken out of my hands. I spent much of last week in hospital, having, as many of you know, been diagnosed with incurable small cell lung cancer last September. It has been an interesting and […]
The Last Post? — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
I didn't have my glasses on.... 