Hey, kids, what day is it?! It’s Friday! Funnies day!

No Friday Funnies day would be complete without a new Simon’s Cat animation. I marvel at that kitty’s paw-dexterity every time. https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1954893263795618006?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Every cat begs! This crime story from Washington DeSleaze (h/t Jewels Jones) started out as a serious account of a beta-male attacking a federal officer doing his duty, but ended up as comedy, …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #360: Finds and Fun at the Fair

Well, since just this week I posted some photos from this year's Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, I guess I need to find some others for this post! Hubby and I always go the Washington State Fair, and I am always a picture-taking fool when we go (especially since I got my first smartphone and …

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For my readers who still get their news from the legacy media. See what you are missing.

I have often spoken of the press climate around the world. How entire big stories are ignored or actively suppressed by the legacy media (ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, PBS, AP, CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post). Entire story lines hit, are only posted on social media and online by "new media", then …

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I must be getting old. I keep forgetting to do a post on the Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair.

So here it is. Normally the last weekend in July, the Fair takes up a large portion of the Bellevue Square parking garage, and sometimes parking lots on surrounding streets. In its heyday, it ran 11 hours a day, with hundreds of booths. It was sponsored by the Bellevue Art Museum, and included an art …

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Warner Brothers Big Fail. Harry Potter TV series on HBOMax

We Potterheads have been eagerly awaiting news on the Potter TV series starting production soon. We were encouraged to hear that JK Rowling had given it her blessing. We had hope that the studio would be able to refrain from using the DEI filter when casting the main characters. Below is the result for Hermione. …

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Guest Author: Mark Steyn and his guest on the Fertility Crisis all over the world

This extensive essay is from the Mark Steyn Club newsletter. The title is Steyn on Culture, A Baroness on Barrenness. Here it is in full. ~As I was saying twenty ...well, no, only five years ago, upon the centennial of my sometime acquaintance P D James. Baroness James wrote a remarkable novel about the existential crisis in …

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Backyard visitors. It’s Woodpecker Day!

It’s Saturday, and look who showed up in our yard. https://videopress.com/v/kCBWd6Yi?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true He’s a Downy Woodpecker. Apologizing for the background music, courtesy of The Lady Kikyo, who was watching too. See who also came for the yummy suet! Our Northern Flicker. He’s posing for the camera

Once again, it’s International Cat Day!

Well, in any household where cats rule (every one), every day is Cat Day. So we celebrate! https://twitter.com/carneypurr67561/status/1953828867707142656?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Note the black cat https://twitter.com/owenclark3/status/1953550407956938986?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Wow! Three! https://twitter.com/shouldhavecat/status/1953599691855192399?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Making biscuits https://twitter.com/thestourbridge/status/1953740658444845077?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Quite the honor, George! The Simon’s Cat gang knows how to celebrate We know who rules this roost! The only way to get a cat on …

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