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Cupid Rides Pillion
May. 10th, 2012 12:58 pm1. In Ancient Empires Before Alexander, one of the Persian kings has just been murdered by a person or persons within his own palace, who got him drunk and gorged with food, then put him in an ash bin to burn while he slept it off. So that was creative. And horrible.
2. But this is nice: baby endangered stick insects. Is it baby endangered stick insects or endangered baby stick insects? It's the stick insects that are endangered, so I'll stick with my first choice. They're also known as land lobsters.
3. The stick insects/land lobsters are from Lord Howe Island. When I was at school, there was a TV show that claimed for comedic purposes that the standard greeting on Lord Howe Island is 'Lord Howe are you?' That joke did not get old for a very long time. Actually, I still think it's pretty funny. I would like to go to Lord Howe Island one day, but I probably wouldn't try that joke on the locals. They've probably heard it.
4. My mother has decided she would like a beanie to wear when she goes out for a walk during the winter months. Apparently her ears feel the cold now she is older. Or, I suggested, she wears her hair shorter. One of them. Anyway, I volunteered to knit her a hat and she has found a pattern she likes and all should be well, but the City by the Sea's specialist wool shop closed last year and the big craft chains only have basic and novelty wools. Cheap, but not nice. Hmph.
5. I thought I had five things to say, but I don't.
2. But this is nice: baby endangered stick insects. Is it baby endangered stick insects or endangered baby stick insects? It's the stick insects that are endangered, so I'll stick with my first choice. They're also known as land lobsters.
3. The stick insects/land lobsters are from Lord Howe Island. When I was at school, there was a TV show that claimed for comedic purposes that the standard greeting on Lord Howe Island is 'Lord Howe are you?' That joke did not get old for a very long time. Actually, I still think it's pretty funny. I would like to go to Lord Howe Island one day, but I probably wouldn't try that joke on the locals. They've probably heard it.
4. My mother has decided she would like a beanie to wear when she goes out for a walk during the winter months. Apparently her ears feel the cold now she is older. Or, I suggested, she wears her hair shorter. One of them. Anyway, I volunteered to knit her a hat and she has found a pattern she likes and all should be well, but the City by the Sea's specialist wool shop closed last year and the big craft chains only have basic and novelty wools. Cheap, but not nice. Hmph.
5. I thought I had five things to say, but I don't.