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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Dec 01
Tweet of the Week
This Japanese technique to fold shirts in 2 seconds seems to find a secret topology hidden inside clothes
[📹 DaveHax]pic.twitter.com/nYk2OYT06J
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 1, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
Q&A Time: Finding the humor in ripped paper. 🤣😂🤣@seawells68 asks why babies take such delight in seeing paper get ripped?
And it’s true, there are videos all over the Internet of babies breaking into fits of laughter as their parents tear up paper in their presence.
The… https://t.co/7xoPgpi5H0 pic.twitter.com/cnuRiXCz1U
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 29, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Dec 01
Poetry of the Week
And what there is to conquer
By strength and submission, has already been discovered
Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope
To emulate—but there is no competition—
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost
And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions
That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss.
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.- Lines from Four Quartets by TS Eliot; quoted in Things Worth Remembering, by Douglas Murray
Tag Archives: Conversations
Creating Crust
Getting the last word in an argument from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Conversations, Food & Drink
11 Comments
Say Wut
A plea for a reinstatement, not a request for a repeat. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Conversations, Culture, Word Play
10 Comments
What Goes Around
Puffins, James Garner, and politics: You choose. Continue reading
Punny, yes, but funny?
Familiarity breeds no laughs. Continue reading
The 1980s Called
Who knows *what* they want back? Continue reading
A Small More than 10%
More clear communication in Blog Land. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Conversations, Word Play
6 Comments
Why We YELL
Leading by example: What a concept. Continue reading
The Ten Years That Was
Here’s to the next 10. Continue reading
The Clerk, Fleming, and Me
There’s always Door #1. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Attitudes, Business, Conversations
8 Comments