Category Archives: Blogs

Wordvana

I learned a new word today…or, I should say, new to me:

HANGRY

As soon as I heard the word in conversation with a friend, I Googled it…and realized it was not just a word, but a phenomenon.

hangry

Hangry, simply stated, is that spirit-sucking irritability that results from being hungry.  I experienced it today when I had too many errands to run and not enough time to eat.

While I am all-too familiar with the feeling, I had never had the perfect word to describe it.

Until now.

So I am no longer hangry; instead, I’m simply happy.  ‘Cause the right word can do that for ya.

Backwards and forwards

throwback thursdayI read it on Twitter, and Twitter would know:

It’s Throwback Thursday!

That means folks are posting old photos online and celebrating times gone by.

It’s appropriate to mention here because throwback photography of me has found its way on my Facebook page.

Today.

Why, you may ask?  Well, let’s just say today is a bit of a ‘throwback day’ for The Sticky Egg.

Here’s to getting stickier and stickier!

It’s a jungle out there

A good friend of mine always celebrates ‘Turtle Tuesday’ on Facebook.

(He posts photos and everything.)

Today I decided to take a tour of the Interwebs…to see for myself if it’s truly ‘all about turtles’ on Tuesday.

tigerRawwwwr contraire.

This little guy — and a few of his older and wiser friends — informed me it’s really…

Tiger Tuesday

And I am certainly not going to argue with that.

I’ll let you know if David changes his mind.

Greening my blog (and my dog)

Hope you’ve had a fun St. Patrick’s Day

Rory Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve been Dublin over with laughter!

Did I really just say that?

(Yes, I O’Reilly did.)

Blinded by the light

The mystery has been solved.

wpid-IMAG0380-1.jpgBack in August, I posted this picture of a number on a path that Rory Dog and I frequent in Central Park.

Although I was told it probably just referenced a date, I wanted it to mean something cryptic and symbolic and unfathomable.

I watch a lot of Castle.

And what did I find today across the fence line from the aforementioned mystery number?

2013-03-15_08.49.23_resizedA brand new lamp post.

It wasn’t there the last time Rory and I walked that way, which was about three days ago.

So now we just have to wait and see if the number is removed.

Or changes.

Or is joined by a new set of numbers…and then Castle and Beckett are sure to appear to solve the mystery.

Now, that would be awesome.

Tech diff

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Pony’s riding my wireless connection tonight — look for a new post tomorrow!

Speechless

And the word of 2012 is…

hashtagHashtag

This doesn’t surprise me.  It feels like hashtag has been around a lot longer — that’s how much a part of our vernacular it has so quickly become.

What does surprise me is who makes the grand proclamation of “Word of the Year” — the American Dialect Society.

I’ve never heard of them.

Founded in 1889, the organization is dedicated to the study of the English language and supports the Dictionary of American Regional English.  They also publish American Speech magazine.

#whoknew?

Just visiting

2013 is two days old.

As The Egg marvels at this turn of events, we look back at the Top 10 Search Terms that brought visitors to our little site in 2012.

Take a gander:

c311. The letter ‘C’

 

 

 
ryan-gosling-3002. Ryan Gosling

 

 

 
red hat3. hats

 

 

 
Adam Levine4. Adam Levine

 

 

 
brain graphic5. bulto biggest

(I don’t get this one at all…)

 

 
band6. band

 

 

 
win-win-movie-poster7. movie

 

 

 
christopher-columb-51588. Christopher Columbus

 

 

 
elephant crossing9. elephant

 

 

 
flock of migrating canada geese birds10. the sunshine state

 

 

 

Let’s see — that’s movies, music, celebrities, animals, fashion, and a couple of random entries that even I can’t explain…

Yep.  Sounds like The Egg to me!  Thanks for stopping by.

Stacks and stacks

It’s Follow Friday!

I’m stealing a Twitter convention to recommend the amazing blog Bookshelf Porn.

wall o booksThe name’s the thing.  This blog offers hundreds of photos of bookshelves.

Public. Personal. Retail. Library. Traditional. Modern. Whimsical.

Dusty.

And they all are lined with those much beloved precursors to our ever-present blogs –

BOOKS

They are a thing of beauty.  The blog is, too.  I can practically smell the leather and the pages and the dust and the mold…

Ahhhhh.  Time to camp out at the library for a few hours.

Mind reader

Dirk’s Big Bunny Blog

Some days, ya just gotta tip your hat to the blogosphere…’cause Dirk nailed this one right on the head!

Happy Monday everybody!  May the stuff that spews forth from your brain be as fabulous and fraught with…confusion.