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Hey Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!
So yesterday, I saw one of the cutest links, and I totally needed to share it with you. It’s a series of pictures of animals. And the animals are trying typical animal-y things for the first time. And it is adorable. Seriously. Their facial expressions are so cute.
So you should totally check it out.
Have a great week!
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Hiya, Fluffsters! Happy Wednesday!
So yesterday, I was reading old AP news articles. (Don’t ask.)
One of the quotes was rather amusing. Context: discussion of Argentine beef. Quote: “This steak is so healthful, it could almost pass itself off as a vegetable: low fat, hormone free, 100 percent organic.”
I’m going to start calling my steaks “vegetables” now… Anyone else want to join me?
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Greetings, readers.
I would imagine that many of you have encountered this event already, but I thought I would inform you of it despite that fact. As such, I am here today to let you know that there is a Kickstarter campaign for a Potato Salad.
You read that correctly.
The creator of the campaign originally requested $10 for his potato salad- he has never made potato salad before, and wanted funding for it.
It is now fully funded, with more than 20 days to go, with over $30,000 pledged. Yes, you read that correctly as well.
You might want to visit the page. It is rather amusing how simplistic it is, and how bizarre some of the questions and prizes are.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
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Hello, Fluffsters!
As the weekend has come to a close, and therefore a lot of extra time for fun activities, I wanted to share with you one more advantage of having a hobby be spinning. As in, spinning yarn.
When spinning is a hobby, you can do fun things at the same time. Like watch Dr. Who. Or listen to Welcome To Night Vale. Or even have a conversation with a friend.
Basically, you can do pretty much anything that doesn’t require hands. And so it’s a lot of fun. I recommend it.
Anywho, happy Monday! I hope your week goes well.
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Hi, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!
Yesterday, I saw one of the more interesting things for sale. They were supposedly “Camo” Jellybean packs. One of the pack types was pink.
I don’t exactly get how jellybeans can be camouflaged to begin with. Pink camo makes even less sense.
What are your thoughts?
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Hello, Fluffsters!
Happy 4th of July! Especially to any Americans out there. I mean, happy 4th of July to everyone, but it’s a bit more of a holiday for Americans than for others. You know.
So in honor of today, I came up with
a) Sit in a corner and think. Unless you don’t have a corner. In which case, just find somewhere else to sit. You might, if you have the materials, even take a picnic blanket and some food and go down to your nearest park, especially if it’s walking distance. Otherwise, don’t bother- the parking probably isn’t worth it.
2) Read a book. Now, you might be thinking this requires some pre-planning. But it does not. You are looking at this blog post on the internet, so therefore you have internet access. If you have internet access, you have Project Gutenberg access. You therefore also have access to a large, free library. Enjoy your free ebooks!
That’s actually about what I can come up with for activities that require no pre-planning, and that are actually different from each other. I mean, seriously. I could mention think about story ideas, or imagine something, but that’s essentially the same thing as sitting in a corner and thinking. So, yeah.
Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend!
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Hi, Fluffsters! Happy Thursday!
So, I just discovered a really, really nice feature that came with my new computer.
Of course, it’s only really nice because the computer itself has a slightly more than slightly annoying, uh, “feature” with it… but that’s beside the point. Because there’s a way to fix that problem, and I’m now happy with that!
You see, my mouse touch thingy was a bit too sensitive. Especially while I was typing. I can’t tell you how many paragraphs from fluff posts I’ve almost entirely deleted, before realizing my mistake.
… It is almost a pity you did discover the problems.
Well if I hadn’t, the grammar would have been even worse than usual.
It is as I said: almost a pity.
Ah. You’re too kind.
I know.
…
Oh. That was sarcasm again, wasn’t it?
Anywho.
So, what I discovered is that there’s a way to set my mousepad thingy feature so that if I double-click in the upper lefthand corner, it turns my mousey off. Or on, if it’s off already.
It is so nice to have control over my computer again!
Just to clarify, Webmaster…
Yes, Fluffy?
We received all that buildup for… a single sentence?
…
Technically two.
…
I guess you are correct.
Anywho. Have a great day!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!
So, last night, I made dinner for like the first time! And it turned out well!
…Even if it didn’t turn out all at the same time.
…What do you mean by that?
Oh. That does call for a bit more explanation, doesn’t it.
Yes, Webmaster, it does.
Ok. Well, at about 3:00, I decided that I wanted to cook dinner tonight, instead of having my family do it like normal. This was inspired, in part, by my having been looking at recipes for chicken and bread and other yummy stuffs. So, I found a recipe, found a bread recipe I wanted to try, checked the ingredients, and started making dinner!
What I didn’t realize was that the bread needed three hours to rise… And I didn’t get to the part where it needed to rise until about 3:30. And that didn’t include time it takes to knead dough, or do other necessary things to it… Or baking time. So, we did not have that bread with dinner. Fortunately, from my perspective, my mother was able to go to the store and get some crescent rolls we were able to have with.
So I made pasta-
–Oh goody. So impressive.
No. As in, I made pasta. Flower, water, oil, egg, mix it in a machine, and extrude spaghetti (in this case.)
And I also made Chicken Scampi.
…Did you magically create a chicken somehow, or is it like what it sou
No, that one’s exactly the way it sounds. Or reads.
I can never tell exactly how to describe it…
Anywho. So, my mother bought bread, and cooked green beans. And it turned out really well!
And then, about two-and-a-half-hours later, the dinner rolls I was making came out of the oven, and they also turned out pretty well!
So, overall, it was a success. I need to work on my timing, but everything turned out well, so I’m happy.
Anywho, have a good day!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!
It’s still the weekend, so I thought of more fun things for you to do. You can watch some Star Trek!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching a number of Star Trek episodes and movies and stuffs. I was very blessed to have a Trekkie father, so he would often watch Star Trek with me and my sister during Father/Daughter time, and it was fun.
All that to say that I’ve been a Trek fan for the vast majority of my life, so I have some tips for if you haven’t already become a Trekkie.
First, some background. By today’s standards, the special effects (especially of The Original Series) are not that fantastic… They’re really not. But they supposedly were at the time. So, just keep that in mind.
Next, if you’re going to be watching the Original Series, I would recommend either watching it when you’re wanting the equivalent of a B-Rated Movie, or with a group of friends who want to make fun of something. It’s got some fun stuff, but the acting (especially Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner) is… just… calling for mockery. Not all the actors are. But Kirk especially is.
It can be a lot of fun to watch. Quite amusing. Especially if you’re expecting it.
Next, don’t feel like you have to watch all the original series before moving on to the later (better) series. In fact, I’ve figured out a few episodes that really hit all the main plots of The Original Series (TOS).
First, you’ll want to watch Arena. That’s probably one of the most iconic episodes. In part because it has one of the stupidest alien costumes of all time. But it also completely illustrates one of the genres of Star Trek. And a lot of “red-shirt” deaths. This is a season 1 episode, so you might want to start with it first.
Next, and incidentally there’s one that falls into this category immediately after Arena, is a time travel episode. My personal favorites of these is “Tomorrow is Yesterday.” However, “City on the Edge of Tomorrow” is another iconic one, and so might be a better one. It’s up to you, though. “Tomorrow is Yesterday” is a bit less serious…
Third is another really iconic episode. “Trouble with Tribbles.” Seriously, you need to watch that one. It’s so important that it gets referenced by a later series. And there are tribbles in the reboot. And you can purchase electronic tribbles. Basically, tribbles are everywhere. So, yeah. You might want to know about Tribbles.
The fourth of “The Iconic Episodes”, and one that gets referenced a few times, is “Mirror Mirror.” This is the traditional parallel universe episode. So, I’ve only really seen it once or twice, I think, but it is also an important one. Although, I’ll completely leave that up to you.
Those are my basic “must see” episodes. There are some extra episodes that are “good to have”, but if you want to move on to the other serieses, those are good foundation episodes, or the episodes that people reference a lot. This does not include the movies that people reference. But it does have a lot of the most mentioned episodes.
Maybe some other post I’ll include other supplemental episodes you might want to watch. Huh.
Anywho, have fun!
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Hello, Fluffsters!
It’s SATURDAY!!! You know what that means, right?
It’s the Weekend! You have time for things, like reading this blog! Yay! And reading!
And that brings me to the topic of today’s post: The-
-Hazards of Reading Quickly?
You stole my header.
Yes, I did.
…
Well, you’re right.
It is only reasonable that I guess your content quickly. After all, when you write your title before any other content, I can see that.
Dangit, you’re right. Hmpf.
Well, yeah. Hazards of being able to read quickly. I’m getting there. Here are some hazards
1) It’s hard to find enough reading material. Especially when you’re as picky as I am about what you like in novels.
2) You stay up way too late to finish the book. When your reading rate for the average book is between 80 and a hundred pages an hour, you can get through books fairly quickly. And you know that you can get through the book fairly quickly. Chapters usually take less than a quarter of an hour, so you surely have time for that next chapter! And you know you do, too… Similarly, when you’re close to the end of the book, you know that you can, in fact, stay up and finish the book. You might be up a bit later than you want, but only by a couple of hours. And you’ll actually be able to finish the book…
3) Sometimes, you get bad habits. At least, I do. I have some really bad reading habits. Much of my reading is fiction, and at that level of readability. It’s hard to readjust to nonfiction and harder reading levels. Therefore, there are some times when I’m trying to read more academic-y or knowledge-based things, and it doesn’t go as quickly in terms of comprehension, but my fingers get into reading autopilot. And I hardly even notice sometimes… It’s a bit bad.
So, there you go! Three hazards of being able to read quickly.
Have a great weekend!