Poem for a fellow traveler
March 15th, 2013 | Just a bit of fun, Slider | Grace | 4 CommentsBeing in heavy traffic brought out the poet in me. It is so important to preserve the arts!
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Posts from the ‘Just a bit of fun’ Category
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O Come, All Ye Faithful — the Byzantine remix version
December 16th, 2012 | Just a bit of fun, Orthodox perspective | Grace | 25 CommentsThis post originally went up in December of 2010, but I’ve seen some traffic to it recently, so I thought I’d dig it out of my own personal groove-yard. Enjoy. Yesterday, at the end of the service, we sang “O Come, All Ye Faithful” as a recessional, and one of my godsons opined that maybe [...]
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Cowardly Lion sketches and Pinterest
December 4th, 2012 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | No CommentsPretty off-topic, but a bit of fun all the same. I’ve been going through old sketchbooks as I try to consolidate things for the move, and I’m coming across some that I like. Froze frames of Wizard of Oz to get these ones. Gotta love the Lion. Source: Uploaded by user via Grace on Pinterest [...]
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Three literary pranksters
July 9th, 2012 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | 3 CommentsThree literary hoaxes piqued my interest. They weren’t hoaxes in the usual sense of the word, because the perpetrators weren’t trying to make money — they were trying to make a point. And all three times, they succeeded.
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Frogs don’t get the internet
March 16th, 2012 | Just a bit of fun, Videos to share | Grace | 2 CommentsJust a bit of meaningless fun, aptly named “How to Piss off a Frog.” (Worth noting, though, that playing tricks on even God’s humblest creatures carries a risk.)
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Cowabunga, honker-dudes!
June 14th, 2011 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | 2 CommentsWho knew Canada geese had this much fun in the rapids?
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Today’s ‘awww’ moment
May 11th, 2011 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | No CommentsJust a bit of cute. A roving reporter in Indianapolis came across a clatch (a herd? a group? a quack?) of baby ducks that had fallen down a storm drain. Well, what what you do? Especially with worried Mom Duck padding about. These are the little things that still make you think maybe we’re not [...]
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Hey, kids, let's remember our … Facebook Manners
March 24th, 2011 | Just a bit of fun, Orthodox perspective | Grace | 5 CommentsIngenious ad agency BigFuel asked itself: What if Facebook had been around in the ’50s? (I really will stop going so far off-message and post some things that are at least remotely Orthodox-related soon. At least, I will if Greg stops sending me hilarious stuff like this.)
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What does guilt look like?
March 19th, 2011 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | 3 CommentsI think we’re far enough into Lent now to recognize a fellow creature who is suddenly confronted with the serious consequences of getting busted for eating kitty treats. Guilty Dog – Watch more Funny Videos
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King Winter asked to vacate the premises
February 18th, 2011 | Just a bit of fun | Grace | 4 CommentsFrom a lovely (if flowery-scented) little volume of mine called “A Victorian Posy,” this seasonally-appropriate poem:
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