(You just KNOW Freud would have had a field day with this illustration!)
I had two very different conversations with two kids this week at the library. They went a little like this:
Conversation #1:
After a program, I am looking at some children’s books we had set out with a boy in 4th grade. He is [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Polar Opposites: Kids DO say the darndest things…
Posted in Library, tagged boy wonder, librarian, Library, wow on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
More Weird Mother Goose Music: Rockabye Baby
Posted in Library, tagged babies, Library, music, that's just wrong on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Yes, I’m still listening to kid music Cd’s since I am a children’s librarian and need to use this stuff for programs…)
In a previous post, I had mentioned the very odd music Cd’s and videos from Mother Goose Rocks.
Well, now we have another series of odd music for kiddies: Rockabye Baby!
They take popular artists and [...]
The neighbors hate us & now an act of God!
Posted in Bad plants, Daily Life, tagged cottonwood, ka-boom, lightning, tree on June 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Verily, our tree was smote from above!
First off, everyone hates us this time of year because we have a HUGE cottonwood tree in the backyard. This tree was growing way before they built our house in the 1920’s but no one cares. All they see are the tufts of cottonwood seeds floating down into their [...]
Song of the Tick
Posted in Insect, tagged heebie jeebies, spoon!, ticks on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(deer tick image from Wikipedia Commons)
While doing some online research (that’s a way to surf the web AND get paid for it!) I came across an amusing song about ticks. Oddly enough, there aren’t many lyrical odes to these small blood sucking creatures…
Larry Heagle came up with the amusing Wood Tick Song. Check out the [...]
Saturday’s Random Surfing Find: Early Jim Henson
Posted in Random, tagged Jim Henson, silly, spoof on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this is just too fun to pass up! A very young Jim Henson (who looks a lot like my Uncle Jim…) explaining how to make a commercial (with hilarious results).
Enjoy:
Hangnail: A Cautionary Tale in Two Chapters
Posted in Daily Life, tagged big toe, bloody hell!, hangnail on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Warning: NOT for the squeamish!
Chapter One:
Oh, bugger…a hangnail thingy on my big toe. I’ll just pull that tiny shard off, since it IS sandal weather and that flap doesn’t look too good…
Chapter Two:
AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ripped the whole thing clean off…
