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Humour for smart people…

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the clever little winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

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Five good things…

When BJ headed off to his Chef gig at Argyle we made a pact to record and share five good things we enjoyed or experienced daily. Not as easy as it seems as human nature dictates a tendency to sweat the small stuff rather than appreciate the good, but  as I searched for my own inspiration a thought suddenly occurred…and  here’s my question for you…

Do you ever stop and take just a few moments to look up? Admire the sky through the canopy of a tree? Visualise pictures in the clouds…enjoy the first splatters of warm rain on your face? Do you take the time to marvel at grass so incredibly lush green it has to have been painted?

Pluck a flower and stroke it’s petals or bury your nose in a freshly opened cabbage rose to breathe in it’s heady scent? And what about that earth cleansed fragrance just after a rain shower? The sound of the surf, smell of the beach, the texture of sand between your toes.

I’m talking about taking the time to exercise our five senses, taking the time to fully appreciate the sensory pleasures our everyday surrounds have to offer. When you feel yourself getting caught up in the stresses of everyday life…take a moment, just one moment.

In the words of The Cool Hunter…

“We will never tire of the positive effects of nature. Its calming, soothing and inspiring influence will never go out of style. The more we rush, the more time we spend indoors staring at our screens and devices, the more urban our lifestyles become, the more we crave and need time away from it all.”  

Now if you simply can’t get away from your desk to indulge your senses, a quick tour of http://www.thecoolhunter.net – a site that features all things cool and can easily provide all the visual feasing you desire, may just have to do. With compliments of this site, here’s a sampling of nature at her best…Oh! And exercising the sensory pleasures has led to a struggle to keep the five good things to just five…but then again, rules were made to be broken!!

 

 

 

 

Oh! the love of a good Blog…

Looking for inspiration on all things bright and chirpy, sage and wise, awe-inspiring and enchanting?

People across the globe are busy sharing their personal inspirations via their blogs so why not take advantage of your technological capability to tap into this rich tapestry of creative minds?  A decorating idea, a beautiful piece of art, twee piece of prose, breathtaking photography…all there for us to enjoy and just a click or swipe away when previously only accessed via generational sharing, chats over the back fence or lovingly hand written letters.

Being an aspiring blogger myself, naturally I wanted to see what the world was blogging on about and, being time poor, sourced the most effective and efficient way to do s
o via a few very clever apps. I now knock my breakfast coffee back while getting my daily fix from a wonderful little app called ‘StumbleUpon’. Try it. Only takes a sec. A quick trawl and once you’ve identified fave themes you’ll be hooked. And while your there, grab another app called ‘Pinterest’ for an ongoing visual feast! Of course you already have ‘Flipboard’ loaded? Essential! Absolutely essential!

AND…if you’d like an immediate photography and food fix, why not get your heart started via a Blog of Sydney origins, the link originally sent by my beloved traveling companion Fifi prior to our travels: heneedsfood.com.  I love John Bek’s  Zenfolio and, being a bit of a foodie reveler myself, am quite enthralled by his Blog. Enjoy!

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