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Can Kittens Read Kindle?
So I’m reading my Kindle in bed and my Maine Coon kitten is curled up next to me. I get up for something, probably another cup of coffee, and leave the Kindle lying on the blanket.I return to see my kitten staring at Edgar Allan Poe’s face.Each time the Kindle…
Origin of The Big Apple
Ever wonder why New York City is called The Big Apple?According to Landis MacKellar’s book The Double Indemnity Murder, famous evangelist Billy Sunday, pictured here preaching, once said, “If America is the Garden of Eden, then New York is a big, rotten apple.”This quote most likely was proclaimed before his…
FTC Regulates Amateur Bloggers
I snagged this great image from Janet Reid’s blog.If you have a blog and you comment about things you like on it, better read her post here – because the FTC could come after you if you don’t disclose your connection to the product.Yes, it is a brand new two…
Bizarre Bazaar
This weekend is the Salem Bizarre Bazaar!From the Salem Chamber of Commerce:”Fun for all ages, this street festival has something for everyone. Crafts, jewelry, paintings, stained glass, and other unique items will be featured along the Essex Pedestrian Mall. Street performers, face painters, and musicians will entertain all.”Visit Salem’s Official…
Scent of a Coffee
From the archives:I was watching 1947’s Born to Kill tonight and was amused to find a little bit of business about coffee toward the beginning of this film noir.The private detective (who is the closest we’re going to get to a hero in this flick) hears a delivery man comment…
Lovecraft on Cats
“[The cat] is for the man who appreciates beauty as the one living force in a blind and purposeless universe…who seeks a proud and beautiful equal in the peerage of individualism…The cat is for him who does things not for empty duty but for power, pleasure, splendour, romance, and glamour…