1. The name, Cox's Orange Pippin', popped into my head. I thought, OK, I can write a post on apples. A quick wikipedia search told me that there are over 7,500 varieties of apples. That should keep me going for a while.
2. Then Mental Floss posted that it was National Play Doh Day and listed 10 fun facts about Play Doh. I love Play Doh and the facts were very interesting.
3. Mental Floss also posted a piece about Agatha Christie on her birthday and since I am about to start Murder at the Vicarage, I was tempted to write a bit about her or about the difference between the terms vicarage, manse, parsonage etc. Well, if you really try, you could make it interesting.
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4. Then Cracked.com posted a blog on 6 ways your brain can malfunction, including Fregoli Syndrome and a few others. I checked it out and I don't think that I have had of them as yet!!
5. Next there was the article in the paper about a new book Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Prof. Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan. It documents the results of a study of poverty and its strain on the brain.
6. I haven't even touched the proposed new legislation in Quebec that will ban the wearing of garments and jewellery with obvious religious connections.
7. Finally there's a new photo scavenger hunt starting today over at the I love Photography page on FB. I do find that taking a picture and writing about it generates some interesting blog posts. I've written 256 posts so far this year. I'm just about 2 or 3 behind in meeting the blog-a-day challenge. I will catch up!!
Actually I'm leaning towards #3, because I once called a vicarage, a manse and was "called up" about it. In certain areas, it's important to know the subtle differences in their nomenclature.
Have an amazing day!!
You are spoilt for choice!
ReplyDeleteOk, you make me want to go check all this out and I so can't do that... Would like to re-visit the brain malfunction post which I looked at v briefly.....
ReplyDeleteOk, you make me want to go check all this out and I so can't do that... Would like to re-visit the brain malfunction post which I looked at v briefly.....
ReplyDeleteI think you need to do a post on each and that will take care of 7 days of posts! They all sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteToo much of a good thing, is better than none at all!
ReplyDeleteI also vote for one post on each of these topics. I look forward to the one on the apples, especially.
ReplyDeleteI want to know what is the matter with Quebec. Lots of people wear crosses or stars of David. Mormons do keep their special garments out of sight. What about yarmalkas? Santa Claus sweaters(he was a saint after all)? Can someone wear a t-shirt with Grateful Dead on it? Or one with Kokopeli?
ReplyDeleteThis is one crazy law. Prohibition makes sense in comparison.
Annie's Rant.
Wow, Carol, you indeed have a dizzying array of topics to choose from! Here's a random fact for you: my sister has a Cox's Orange Pippin apple tree, and she brought me a bag of apples from it yesterday. They are scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteLovely topics really. It looks like you are spoilt with choice...
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