My mini-quasi-crappy-dailyish-weeklyish-bloggy thing (newest ones at the end; updated whenever-ish):




Nov 2 - Calli - "Calli" is the name of a dog of a small gal I know. Hilariously, it looks like it's wearing lipstick, but that's not important here... I'm just shortening Calligraphy. You know, fancy writing. Pretty dry subject, right? But, are you SURE their terms don't also mean something else? Here's some actual ones:

Armenian Bole - Every couple should stretch out before attempting The Armenian Bole.
Boustrophedon - I hope it's a fancy French top that shows off the girls.
Broadsheet
Carolingian Minuscules - A small, cunning, linguist perhaps?
Chancery Hand
Coit Pen - Would you use it to write about sex?
Cross Stroke
Cupped Serif
Haematite - *Always* check first, like Crocodile Dundee did.
Hanging Indent
Horizontal
Inverted Arch - If she's arching, she's enjoying it.
Pounce
Ream
Reproduction
Spread
Trajan - To be safe, the guy should always wear a Trajan.

Okay, they're not as dirty as those fishing terms from before, but hey...it's only handwriting.





Nov 7 - WBW - Well-Behaved Women. What can be said about well-behaved women today?

Well-behaved women seldom make history. -- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

On that note, let's check out a few non-WBW and how they're doing this week:


1) Elizabeth Lambert - Here's a soccer player who somehow manages not to get fouled of a match, even though she's violent and dirty. Okay, she's kind of a ****, but infamous in a hot & strange way; probably the same way that women like bad boys. My favourite comment was from a sports announcer who said "Meet my future ex-wife."
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yGvjpIw1Q

2) Rachel Christie - She's Miss England 2009, and the daughter of ex Olympic sprinting champion Lindford Christie. Rachel reportedly was involved in a barroom fight with a rival beauty competition contestant earlier this week. As a result she was stripped of her title for violating pageant rules. You feisty sexy gal.

3) Zenyatta - Zenyatta (named after the Police album) is a female racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic in 2008. How cute, she beat all the other girlie horses. She was entered in the real Breeders' Cup this year...all dude horses. I know, you're expecting a Cinderella story, but she was last out of the gate and got owned by all the male horses. Kudos to her though, as she kept plugging along and finished the race. Oh right, I almost forgot - she passed all the guy horses before the finish line to win the race. Her barn-mate, Life is Sweet, won the Ladies' Classic this year. I guess they'll have something to chat about now while getting their hooves done and sipping lattes. Attago ladies.

4) Kimberly Munley - At the Fort Hood Massacre in Texas, Police Sergeant Kimberly Munley was the one who took down the gunman by hitting him with 4 shots. She was hit 3 times herself. It's not clear what shots came in which order, but it's clear that she put her life on the line to save many and likely had to keep shooting after she was hit. She probably just put the cause for allowing women in combat roles ahead about 15 years. Attagirl.





Nov 11 - It seems to me... - Remembrance Day...a minute of silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Easy enough to do, but not everyone does. I do.

It seems to me, today especially, that I've had an easier life than quite a few of my ancestors; possibly all of them. I hope they'd be as proud of me as I am of them. They didn't ask for war and nor do I. They didn't all get their wish, as I have so far. All I can really do for them is to try to image some of what they went through and remember their sacrifices. Today especially.
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Nov 16 - [Your Advertisement Here] - No, I'm not really selling advertising space on my POF thingy - but that's only because I haven't had any offers yet.

Okay, here's the thing - I really dislike a lot of advertising. Ironic, I know, since POF is basically about advertising yourself. I guess it's the annoying types that I really hate - the shouting car and furniture ads, the repetitive infomercials, etc. The Edmonton Journal that I get delivered is sometimes about 3 pounds lighter after I shake out all the crap glossy advertising. If they offered to charge me more and I could have an advertisement-free paper, I'd certainly look at that option. I suspect that it'd be ludicrously expensive, since I've never heard of it offered anywhere. There's just so much flyer crud that goes straight into my recycling that even I think that it's wasteful - and I drive a Jeep for pete's sake.

I never even look at a single page of anything shiny in the paper - but at least it's easy to ignore and chuck out. I'm hesistant to tell them that though, lest they find a more invasive way to advertise. Better the devil you know...

However, my one* advertising weakness is fridge magnets - I simply cannot throw them out. It must be because there's a semblance of usefulness there. Free magnetism! I guess that it's just nice to have ruthless & bendy contol over one of the key forces of nature. I'm sure that I've never used any of the info on any fridge magnet, and likely never will, yet I can't throw them out. Maybe I'm secretly trailer trash and won't admit it. I'm gonna roll with that theory for now.

* Besides the usual: hot women, shiny things, stupid humour, etc.
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