Thanks to Galleycat, my friend Lois Winston and the Macmillan people for this revealing look at how the publishing business works (NOT!)
Hope you all have a good weekend!
Fun Friday – Ads that you probably never expected!
I cannot take credit for today’s Fun Friday collection, in fact, I can’t post it here, but I can lead you to this interesting review of ads you probably never expected — condom ads, that is. 21 of them in fact.
Some are rather humorous, others . . .
Well, we are talking about condoms.
Anyway, I hope this review of the condom ads gives you a little ha-ha on this Fun Friday. You can click here to see the ads! Thanks to Dahlia Rideout for the article.
Fun Friday – Be Royalty For a Day!
Egyptian Royalty that is. A pharoah!
Found this fun site where you can make your name into a Pharaoh’s cartouche – Virtual Egypt. Just click here to visit and create your cartouche!
Here are some other sites as well where you can do the same:
Make Your Own Cartouche
Press Any Key Cartouche
Hope you all have a great Friday and weekend!
Fun Friday – You all deserve an award!
Think you know someone who deserves a special award? Today’s Fun Friday is a site that let’s you create all kinds of awards for your special friends and loved ones! Click here to visit Awardwinner.com and create an award for that someone who has done something really special.
Here’s one I created for myself:
Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and hope you all have a great weekend.
Fun Friday – Boys will be Boys!
Good morning on this Fun Friday! I hope you are all ready for an awesome weekend. Today’s post will hopefully bring a smile as boys will be boys!
The first video is from a soccer match between Tonga and New Zealand.
This second video is the imagined Scottish reply to such a challenge courtesy of William Lawson’s Scotch Whiskey!
By the way, I’m told that in Braveheart, this ritual of exposing yourself to an opponent was changed to a “moon” because Americans would understand that insult, but not the other. Interesting.
Thanks to fellow author Jacquie Rogers for discovering these gems!
Fun Friday – Happy Halloween and All Saints Day Eve!
A Happy Halloween and All Saints Eve to you! You may be surprised by that saintly image you see and wondering who it is.
Well, that’s La Caridad del Cobre, the patron saint of Cuba. The story of La Caridad is that the young men in the boat were out in the bay when a furious storm broke out. The young boys feared for their lives until an apparition of Mary came to them and said that she was “La Virgen de la Caridad” (the Virgin of Charity). When the storm passed, the young men found a statue of La Caridad in the waters and took her to land. La Caridad del Cobre’s Feast day is September 8th.
She is also my patron saint as I was named after her. Christmas hint to my family — I’ve wanted a statue of her for years!
My family had another saint they honored — Mother Cabrini. Every year we would make a pilgrammage to see her shrine located near the Cloisters in Manhattan. Mother Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants.
You may be wondering about the saints talk and why today, on Halloween — All Hallows Eve and the Eve of All Saints Day. Well, the reason for it is that my friend and fellow author Carolyn Martin sent me a link to this clip by her brother, Father James Martin. It’s a great fun video discussing the connections between Halloween and All Saints Day (formerly All Souls Day in my time as well as the Day of the Dead in Mexico). Since he mentioned patron saints and Mother Cabrini, I figured I share it with you. Hang tight, it’s about 6 minutes long. Also, make sure to stay around for the outtake at the end.
Fun Friday – Funny Signs
These all come courtesy of the LA Times, which has an entire section devoted to funny street signs. You can click here to find more of them!
Bayfield, WI – Still Lost?
Warning Taiwan Scooterists
Alaska airstrip conundrum
no No NO !