Two years ago, as Rory and I were walking through the park that surrounds the American Museum of Natural History, I was struck by a lavender tulip all by its lonesome in a large bed of red ones.
I blogged about it here, in fact.
Rory and I found ourselves in the park again today, and the tulips were out in full force. And wouldn’t you know?
A ‘single lady’ was back again as well.
Welcome!
Posted in Humor, Life, Museums, Nature, Walking
Tagged American Museum of Natural History, blogs, dog walking, flower child, flowers, Humor, lavendar tulips, life, museums, nature, parks, red tulips, single lady, tulips, walking
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, 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.
Posted in Blogs, Commentary, Entertainment, Food, Humor, Life, Writing
Tagged blogs, conversation, eating, food, Google, hangry, Humor, hunger, hungry, Internet, irritability, life, perfect word, words, wordvana, writing
I 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!
Posted in Blogs, Humor, Internet, Life, Photography
Tagged backwards and forwards, blogs, Facebook, Humor, Internet, life, online photos, photography, sticky eggs, throwback day, Throwback Thursday, times gone by, Twitter
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.
Rawwwwr 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.
Posted in Animals, Blogs, Commentary, Friends, Humor, Internet, Life
Tagged animals, au contraire, blogs, commentary, Facebook, Facebook posts, friends, Humor, Internet, interwebs, it's a jungle out there, life, Tiger Tuesday, tigers, Turtle Tuesday, turtles
Hope you’ve had a fun St. Patrick’s Day…
We’ve been Dublin over with laughter!
Did I really just say that?
(Yes, I O’Reilly did.)
And the word of 2012 is…
Hashtag
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?
Posted in Blogs, Commentary, Education, Humor, Internet, Life, News, Writing
Tagged #whoknew, American Dialect Society, American Speech magazine, blogs, Dictionary of American Regional English, education, English language, hashtag, Humor, Internet, life, news, Twitter, vernacular, word of 2012, word of the year, writing
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:
1. The letter ‘C’
2. Ryan Gosling
3. hats
4. Adam Levine
5. bulto biggest
(I don’t get this one at all…)
6. band
7. movie
8. Christopher Columbus
9. elephant
10. 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.
Posted in Blogs, Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life, New Years, Writing
Tagged 2012, 2013, Adam Levine, band, blogs, bulto biggest, C, Christopher Columbus, elephant, entertainment, hats, Humor, Internet, life, movie, Ryan Gosling, search terms, site visitors, sunshine state, Top 10, website, writing
It’s Follow Friday!
I’m stealing a Twitter convention to recommend the amazing blog Bookshelf Porn.
The 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.
Posted in Blogs, Books, Commentary, Entertainment, Humor, Internet
Tagged blogs, book pages, books, bookshelfporn.com, bookshelves, commentary, dust, entertainment, follow friday, Humor, Internet, leather books, library, library stacks, life, mold, Twitter
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.
Posted in Blogs, Comics, Commentary, Humor, Internet, Life
Tagged blogosphere, blogs, comics, commentary, Dirk's Big Bunny Blog, Humor, Internet, life, Mondays
Starving, party of three
How do you spell BLT?
Now, maybe I’m just starving because I’m on day three of a three-day cleanse — yes, I am starving — but the idea of bacon, lettuce and tomato in any configuration is a fun way to pass the time.
When I make a BLT at home, I transform it into a BTCC — bacon, tomato, and cream cheese on whole wheat toast. I’m not a big fan of lettuce, and the cream cheese just makes the sandwich that much more decadent.
Plus ‘CC’ are my initials — how cool is that?
So, how do you BLT?
→ Leave a comment
Posted in Blog, Commentary, Foods, Health, Humor, Internet, Life, Restaurants
Tagged bacon lettuce and tomato, blogs, BLT, BLT sandwich, cleanse, commentary, cream cheese, food delivery, Foods, Health, Humor, Internet, life, party of three, restaurants, sammie, seamless.com, starving, The Delivery Bag blog, whole wheat toast