At this time of the year, the word ‘overwhelmed’ is heard in every home and crowded store across the land. Holidays that are supposed to bring joy often bring pressure as well. I’ve always thought this busyness to be unfortunate since year-end is an excellent time to reflect and check in with your life’s purpose. How can
It’s Turkey time here in the USA, and we’ve got a lot of crazy news out there. Let’s put down the news feed, and instead feast on some Happy Wisdom for a Happy Thanksgiving! WIERD – Under the category of WIERD, we find the most unusual form of bad behavior – Spite houses. This is
In the Weird category, you HAVE to see this. This video is the now well-known-at-least-in-geek-circles robot Sophia. Sophia has been on the robot scene for a while. She’s modeled after actress Audrey Hepburn, and is known for her human-like appearance and behavior compared to previous robotic variants. Let’s check out that comparison real quick:
Weird – the Sound from the Deep Greetings everyone, for a new installment of Weird Useful and Fun! Under the weird category, I have a very creepy thing for y’all to listen to. It is a sound that researchers heard in the ocean, and despite analysis by universities and even the cryptologists in the US
Though nearly everyone alive in the US recognises this man as a villain from Star Wars, most don’t know his name. This man is Peter Cushing and he played Grand Moff Tarkin in the 1977 groundbreaking movie Star Wars. As you might be aware, Tarkin appeared, relatively unaged, in the latest release of the franchise, which is pretty good
Experimenting with a new format. WUF! The idea is to have a mix of content here, some weird, some useful, and a bit of fun at the end. This site is, after all, HAPPY wisdom. So let’s get to it! WEIRD: Fish Swims Down Dude’s Throat Okay, the weirdest story I saw online this
My first version of this blog post was to pit PAX West, my favorite conference, versus the simultaneous Burning Man Festival, which I’ve been curious about but unable to attend. Yet this seems distasteful to me now that there has been a suicide there. I have no desire to take down Burning Man, to kick
No, I did not get an amazing photo of the eclipse. It was fun, and the glasses we got at Lowes were awesome. We went to the parking lot here in town, since we were getting about 96.1% of the view. I figured, “Heck, I’ll take a 96% any day, especially when the alternative is
When June hits in our household and the sun comes out in the Seattle region, people hit the outdoors and don’t return. It doesn’t get dark here until nearly 10:00 pm, so it really guts one’s blogging time! But we’re back, and here’s what I’ve been up to. ~ GamerSuzan – This one is a
Happy Week 21! How’s your Summer? It just got started, so of course, when the sun comes out, I close the blinds and do the same thing I always do (when not writing) – play a team-based car soccer video game with my sons, aka Rocket League! For those not familiar with this video game, first
