Ted Talks

Fanny Followers, it's time to get intellectual.  Now, I've made no secret of the fact that I love learning new things -- speaking of which, today's word from my word-of-the-day calendar is 'bombastic' - pompous, overblown -- so why, I ask myself, have I been totally ignoring one of my favorite guilty (intellectual) pleasures .... Ted Talks.

Ted Talks are the perfect sized portions of learning for today's busy adult.  With 'talks' on everything from How Free is Our Press to  Holistic Sanitation ( apparently your poo and pee have superpowers). The mind-expanding possibilities presented by all those shorts, well, it's just awesome.  

So, it was with great pleasure that I loaded up Ted Talks and started searching for something real intellectual, Stephen Hawkings-esq, to watch.   A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and I was DONE wasting mine.  As I scrolled over the options, I found myself overwhelmed.  Like a nerd in a comic book store, my eyes danced from one option to another.  What to choose?  What to watch?  18 options on the Ancient World (like Revealing the Lost Codex of Archimedes - i wanted to watch that just to find out what a codex was and how Archimedes lost his); 45 talks on Beauty (check out Adam Savage's My Love Letter to Cosplay); and on and on....

Ultimately, I ended up in the Humor section and found a wonderful, funny, talk by James Veitch, comedian/author, called What Happens When You Respond to SPAM.  I could summarize the talk, but I won't.  You just need to watch it.

So, my suggestion, check out Ted Talks (if you haven't already) or revisit it if you have strayed from home.  You won't regret it.   

Remember the Past

Fanny followers (I know, "followers" plural is pushing it by at least two, but reality is overrated),

I come to you, head in hands, contrite (I have a new word of the day calendar) and offering my sincerest apologies for leaving you in the cold for so long.

I know you all have been breathlessly awaiting my blogging return, and so, against better judgment, I will once again darken your door with my rapier wit and absolute lack of basic good sense.

Don't judge, I was having a bad morning
when this pic was taken!

She's BACK!

So, even though it is a full 4 months before I am due to start my next totally useless set of resolutions that I will follow for no less than 10 minutes (2009 record low) but no more than 1.25 days (passed out that year and lost a day - good thing 'drink less' wasn't on the list) ... phew, where was I?  Oh, yes, I resolve to actually post information on my blog that you all (again a stretch) can enjoy on a regular basis.  Not quite morning Joe kind of frequency but definitely more than the bi-annual sort.  

Just try to keep it on the down low.  We don't want the word to get out.