fun & hobbies

enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging

Otterday, and Open Thread

This handsome river otter hangs out on Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina. Via Blue Ridge Blog. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want… Read More ›

Thursday Cheezburger

With a holiday theme. Runnerup: “Damn security cameras.” Post your favourite cheez-o’-t’-week here. [Use a link to the full page or the embed code, not just the image, and wait for admin image magic.]

Virtual travelling: bubbles!

From one young photographer’s project: Things that I like to do…with bubbles All photos above originally uploaded by Honey Pie! This reminded my of how much fun I used to have with bubbles when I was a kid and when… Read More ›

Internet or sex?

This is all over the news. WA Today reports: “Woman [sic] choose web over sex”: Nearly one out of two women would rather give up sex for two weeks than go without the internet, according to a survey released today…. Read More ›

Otterday! And Open Thread

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Thursday Cheezburger

Runnerup: “Do I look like the blue bird of happiness?” Post your favourite cheez-o’-t’-week here. [Use a link to the full page or the embed code, not just the image, and wait for admin image magic.]

Focus: Design

Stephen Colbert this week looked at the case of Jerilea Zempel, a fibre artist who was arrested at the US/Canadian border a couple of months ago – for having drawn an SUV. The drawing was a base sketch for a… Read More ›