Tag: Quirky

Happy Hallowe’en

Happy Hallowe’en

I’ve never embraced the spooky side of Hallowe’en. Perhaps that’s because my mother always dressed me as a clown. That’s me as a 3-year-old Chuckles. Sorry it’s so grainy. It’s taken from a 40-plus-year-old roll of 8mm film. For my Hallowe’en post, I debated reviewing 

Mangled Butter and the Tao of Stieb

Mangled Butter and the Tao of Stieb

What we have here is a failure to communicate. When I said, “Andrew darling, the unsalted butter is mine and mine alone. Don’t touch it or you’ll eat catfood for a week,” it didn’t give him carte blanche to revert to his bachelor ways and 

Now I’ve seen everything

Now I’ve seen everything

Well, someone has a sense of humour. I hope.

Wordle

Wordle

On the weekend Andrew and I disposed of 18 boxes of books. Some went to charity, some to the used book store, some (moldy ones) to landfill. No matter where they ended up, that’s a lot of words leaving my home. I felt a void 

But I digress…

But I digress…

Last cannibal post. I promise. I just got permission to share this with you and can’t resist. The background: My sister picked up that cannibal fork in Fiji en route to Papua New Guinea. She was going to visit my godparents who were stationed there 

The answer revealed

The answer revealed

First of all, I must say I’m extremely impressed with all the thought you put into your answers. People noticed the use of fabric, provided links to images of similar objects and thought up creative uses for the bulbous end. Bravo! When my sister showed 

Three guesses

Three guesses

Forks go on the left. Knives to the right. But where do you put this thing? When I read Cheryl Sternman Rule’s blog entry today, I just had to post this picture. This hangs on my sister’s living room wall. It’s a souvenir she picked 

Being a Good Culinary Sport

Being a Good Culinary Sport

I am either exceptionally gullible or way too accommodating. It’s stinking hot outside and I’m baking hockey skates. No really. Andrew’s skates are sub par and an extremely generous friend gave him these top-of-the-line Mission S500s. How fancy are these? Eight hours before you use