Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Jan 25
I'm always happy to get a photo of a frog;
not sure that I'd be 218 times as happy if, well, you know.
Tag Archives: Number Play
Deviltry Afoot
The world is full of signs: real and imagined. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of People, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Number Play, Sports
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Palindrome Tenday, 2018
Happy Palindrome “Week.” Continue reading
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A lighthearted look at Canada’s Day. Continue reading
No Foolish Consistency
Even the palindromes are helping us celebrate Canada’s 150th. Huh? Let’s start with some examples of palindromes, which are words that read the same forwards and backwards: Kayak Madam Noon The aforementioned “huh” Similarly, a palindromic phrase or sentence reads … Continue reading
Exactitudes & Estimations
Visitor numbers for Las Vegas lead to some awe-inspiring reflections and scary implications. In 2013, 39,668,211 people visited Las Vegas. That’s according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which might have an understandable interest in not undercounting visitors. … Continue reading
Six Six
Exploring whether it’s a coincidence that so many famous authors have six letters in both first and last names. Our currently local newspaper recently carried an article about Robert Jordan, the now-deceased author of what is, apparently, ‘one of … Continue reading
The Gift of Wonder
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts We have some things in common, my next-seat neighbour and I: we are both female, we are both bored. She, however, is about 7 years old; I am … Continue reading
A New Meme
Watching a preschooler learn how to tackle complex jigsaw puzzles reminds me of learning how to be a business consultant. Continue reading
By the Numbers
What’s with marketers and their use of numbers, anyway? Idly eyeing the checkout-stand magazines on offer, my scan stops at Time: ‘100 Ideas that Changed the World’. Interesting. Ennobling even: I feel smarter just standing here. But what’s this … Continue reading