Category: Marvellous Miscellany
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2014 in review
There’s nothing quite like a ready made post that’s already customized and ready to go. A big thanks to the WordPress helper monkeys for compiling my 2014 year in review. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2014. If it were a cable…
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Christmas Aftermath
It seems that every Christmas season is spent with weeks and weeks of anticipation working toward the big day and then only 24 hours in which to revel in it. Ours was no different. The morning started early, our youngest (and least likely to stay in his room) woke up minutes before seven and despite…
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‘Tis the Season to Shamelessly Promote Yourself!
Here’s a very Merry Christmas to all my dear readers, if it weren’t for you I would probably be doing something far less interesting, like folding socks, or hunting down mystery spots in my carpet. Finding interesting things to post here has been a challenge and I hope that I’ve delivered things that you have…
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Christmas, Bring it on.
Now that we have thankfulled and gratefulled everything to it’s fullest, it’s time to bring on all the Christmas cheer. Today we are setting up the tree and making gingerbread houses with the munchkins (and I’ve already been chewed out for being an OCD fun killing ogre…) Here’s to Christmas! Bring it on.
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Because Random is Fun
In light of the holiday week, and that I have essentially zero time (or willpower) to write an actual post, here are some random facts brought to you by the lovely people at Pinterest. Enjoy.
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Speculative Fiction with Shia Labeouf
It’s no surprise that I love YouTube and pop culture. So, when I found this awesome little piece – just in time for Halloween I might add – I knew I had to share it. Speculative fiction is when a story has one or more elements that aren’t considered part of the real world including…
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What is Cosplay?
photo credit: Anna Fischer via photopin cc Cosplay, or costume play, has been around for ages. As long as there have been iconic characters who inspire, there have been people who want to dress up like them. As children we used to dress up and pretend to be princesses, cowboys, and fairies to name a…
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Cirque du Soleil – “O”
There is something other worldly about the performances of Cirque du Soleil. It is as if you’ve stepped into another world where the performers aren’t quite human. They contort and fly and float through the air and make it seem as easy as breathing. It is no different with Cirque’s “O”. From the minute the…
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Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day everyone! We spent our morning celebrating in Park City watching the Running of the Balls and the parade.
Jodi L. Milner, Author 