P090909PS-0026, originally uploaded by The White House. Check out this amazing photo. That’s President Obama, holding a draft of one of his speeches. Look at all the markings Obama has made on the text his speechwriter provided. Wow! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
And up and up, originally uploaded by pjsugi. Remember in the movie of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, when Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, which turns out to be a worn staircase of stone that seems to go straight up, more a miles-long ladder than a stair? I never figured that anything like that actually existed, but the other day — and forgive me, I can’t remember where I saw this first linked — I learned of the existence of the Ha’iku Stairs in Hawaii. These stairs were builtDown the rabbit hole….
Cooking with the Girl: Smell the food! Smell it!!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. When cooking, you’re supposed to smell and taste your food. All the great ones say this. When smelling your food, you’re not supposed to just stick your nose over the pot; you’re supposed to lean down kinda-sorta close to the pot and wave the aromas of your food toward your nose. All the great ones say this, too. Oddly, the great ones are mum on the subject of whether or not you’re supposed to close your eyes and furrow your brow and look like you’re trying toDown the rabbit hole….
DragonCon 2009 Jedi Barbie, originally uploaded by PosiTori. First seen at Distracted by Star Wars. I have nothing to add here; just…wow! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
I’ve waxed poetic about the library in my town a bit over the years. Truth to tell, one of my favorite places in any town is the library, and whenever I’ve moved, finding the local library has always been something I do very early on. So the Orchard Park Library has been a major part of my life — our lives, I should say — for all of the seven years we’ve lived here. That photo, above, is the view I had a couple of weeks ago when I packed up the laptop and went to the library for anDown the rabbit hole….
Sheila O’Malley is one of my favorite bloggers, not just for the quality of her writing but for her apparent fearless willingness to dig deep within herself. She recently spent a period of time on Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, and she’s written several photo-heavy posts detailing facets of her time there. It’s hauntingly beautiful stuff, so go spend some time looking. The Theme was HeartsSomewhere In TimeThe End that is the North LightIce on the SeaThe Ferry Ride OutThe Ferry Ride Back There is more of Block Island in her archives, but that’s a start. Amazing.Down the rabbit hole….
The view from…inside my head!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Ever wonder what I see when I look straight down? Well, now you know. Moving on…. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Laser Brain, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Here’s Lester, one of the resident cats here at Casa Jaquandor. The reason he looks all blurry is because he’s chasing a laser pointer. He just loves the laser pointer. I used to have one that I kept on a keychain, and he got to the point where he recognized the sound that particular keychain made when I picked it up, so he’d come running whenever he heard it because he knew he’d get to chase that bright red dot across the floor. Sometimes, of course, I was just picking up the keychain toDown the rabbit hole….
I love popcorn. Love it. Popcorn is one of my favorite foods, and I’m simply incapable of seeing a movie at the theater without popcorn. If I’ve just come from a big dinner, as part of a “dinner and a movie” type thing, I’ll still buy a small popcorn. I consumed popcorn whilst watching Schindler’s List, which is as un-popcorn a movie as has ever been made. At home, I love popcorn a lot too. For years we’ve used microwave popcorn exclusively — usually a “light” version of a “Movie Theater Butter” flavor. Not the healthiest alternative, obviously, but weDown the rabbit hole….
Heavens, what a depressing photo this is: What’s next? A Starbucks outside the Well of Souls??? (From Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Coolness) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….