With just under three hours to go in our 24-hour blogathon, it’s critical to remember to stretch and move to maintain flexibility and alertness. Whether you have chosen Track A (alcoholic) or Track B (bore) routes to your Blogathon experience, at this point you should be capable of running through several of the following yoga poses as you are waiting for your post to upload.
Category Archives: Humour
Save the Pacific Tree Octopus: the video
Well, Blogathon IS supposed to be for a good cause. Sure, I’m raising money for the Federation of BC Writers by posting 48 (or so) posts in a 24 hour period, but there’s no rule against my doing that by supporting the excellent cause of the noble and endangered Pacific Tree Octopus, of which we have spoken movingly before.
Romance in the 21St Century
Here is the chanteuse of the century:
and here is the quote of the century:
In lieu of the “It’s Complicated” relationship status,
Facebook should go with “It’s Devastating.”
11:05 PM Jun 8th from web
evilbeet
Love is a Losing Game
For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing gameOne I wish I never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing gamePlayed out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing handSelf professed… profound
Till the chips were down
…know you’re a gambling man
Love is a losing handThough I’m rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resignedOver futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Science for Sadists or Aeronautics from Aerchie
I’ve always heard those Aussies were somewhat rough around the edges. Having seen the instructions for creating your own airplane that Archie posted on his blog, I have to say that was somewhat understating the case, in the way that the Irish troubles are referred to as the Troubles.
This, my friends, is how Bruce goes to Kitty Hawk. Click on the image to go to his site and see the rest of the instructions. And you’ll need your airsick bag.
Crane: a revolutionary new web-free, wireless image editing suite
From the industry leaders who brought you Worth1000, which is surely worth more than that even in a depressed market, comes the remarkable new Crane image suite. A fully tactile image manipulation experience, Crane replicates many of the most popular features of traditional, “online” image editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw.
For example, to draw in Crane, simply place the Pencil Tool between your index finger and thumb (located on your dominant hand). Press the tip of the Pencil Tool down onto your canvas and using controlled strokes, you will be able to simulate the act of digital drawing on your canvas. The Pencil Tool is entirely pressure sensitive meaning the harder you press down on the Pencil, the darker your strokes will appear on the paper, just as if you were using a real Wacom drawing tablet…
To save your creation, follow these instructions:
Step 1. Do not throw your creation into the garbage can.
I heartily recommend Crane, the only fully paper-based, meatspace-compatable, wireless and webless image suite, available now from the fine people at Aviary.
Mobile Version
Coming soon, for the artist on the go, we are currently working around the clock to complete Crane Mobile, our mobile version of the image editor.














