Happy Fourth of July
There is no lack of things to do in Philadelphia on the 4th of July. However it appears that today it will rain on most of them. So here is an Original Sarcasmo from July 2006 to help you pass the time in case your parade gets precipitated upon. Or you just feel like having an easy day off. Or, you are like me and work in retail, in which case your idea of a national holiday is when crazy people who are mad at you because their barbecue is moved indoors, descend like locusts , destroying everything in their path and frightening bag boys.
I am pretty sure I have pointed you towards this post before, but it is one of my favorites. Feel free to roam about the archives and pick another if you like.
Enjoy.
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Everybody's Busy
Ciao, as they say in Italy. After a wonderful vacation we have returned to find that many Friends of the Corner have news to share.
Poppy & Feanor are packed up and ready to move into a new home. When they unpack all those boxes they can give them to Peccable & Trackerneil who are getting ready to do the same. Ptbvisiongrrl can lay claim to being a paid published author. Jenn from Tailspin Hoops announces the launch of a second SuperStar hoop, with part of the proceeds from the sale going to the Star C. Foster Writers Prize scholarship. Sarcas-sis made the cover of a professional journal with her graphic interpretation of the quaternary structure rearrangements available to proteins that use the morpheein model of allosteric regulation. (it's a picture of dice)
And if that's not enough science for you today, here's a link that explains why reading Original Sarcasmo's is key to your evolutionary survival.
And you thought we were only here for the comments!
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All Hail Sarcasmo
Today is her birthday. Her 35th birthday to be exact. What do you imagine she would think about officially hitting her mid thirties? I looked through her posts for a birthday one, but she never really mentions it. This post is about turning 33, and was written six months before her 33rd birthday. I know I linked to it last year on her birthday, but it is worth another read. Just for good measure, I offer you this Original Sarcasmo as well. It was written 5 days after her birthday in 2006. It is actually the second of two related posts. I particularly like the footnotes, which I found were often where her wit, and yes, her sarcasm, came out.
Last year on June 10, Sarcasmo's family and friends gathered in Rittenhouse Square to dedicate a plaque in her honor. The Square is a lovely place to find some shade on a day like today. We visited on Sunday . The park, which somehow seems way bigger once inside it, than it looks from the outside was full of people relaxing on benches. And lying on the grass. And those looking to entertain the crowd with their own particular talents. And a wedding party marched through. Sarcasmo liked to go there on such an afternoon to read and people watch. She called the park her back yard.
If you go, don't forget to kiss the frog.
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Better Late
So here I was thinking that this would be a Monday Morning Madness edition of Sarcasmo's Corner, when I realized it was already Monday night. That's what happens when we have a three day weekend. Oh well, it's been so long since the last post, I dare not wait for a Friday Follies. Here are some links:
Get Out A Dictionary- and look up the word Aetheric. Then get back to me. Friend of the Corner Feanor is sure that this would have made Sarcasmo a happy bibliophile.
Seriously -You have to ask? It's been awhile since there's been a quiz. This one is courtesy of Friend of the Corner PTBvisiongrrl. BTW- I am totally sarcastic. In case you were wondering where Sarcasmo got it from.
Hypothetically- Sarcasmo would have loved this Flickr photo group.(found on Flotsam and Jetsam )
Optimus Prime - this would so have been on her Amazon Wish List.(via ShinyShiny)*
Do Not Pass the Mushroom - do not collect any gold coins. Did the world really need another version of Monopoly ?(via ShinyShiny)
* A note about Transformers. Sarcasmo loved them and had an OP which she shared with her sisters. Over the weekend I watched the current cartoon series with her nephew, Thor. He was entranced. She would have been thrilled.
I also am aware of a problem with the Sarcasmo Corner archives. I had the same issue on my blog and was able, with the help of some friends to get it corrected. I will get the Corner back to normal as well, one of these days soon, so we can post some more Original Sarcasmos.
As always, Sarcasmo's Corner is hoping you will participate in this blog by sending links Sarcasmo would have posted, stories, commentary, or whatever you feel appropriate to slf1954@verizon.net
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Better Late Than Never
Or so my mother used to tell me. I cannot let today go by un-noted. Today is the day that Sarcasmo celebrated with an abandon second only to Halloween. Yes, that's right. It is Free Comic Book Day. !! You didn't think I meant the Kentucky Derby, did you? Did you participate? Hopefully you weren't waiting for me to give you a head's up.
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Friday Follies
As I surf my merry way through the internet I collect links to post in a Friday Follies or a Monday Madness. Then I don't post them. After a while I delete them because they are old news. I have the same issue with coupons. I collect all the coupon inserts from the paper and put them in a pile where they sit while I ignore them. Eventually I get around to cutting out the ones I want , only to find they have expired. Somewhat of a pastern, dontcha think?
So I have decided to clear out my "follies link" folder and post all the links I have piled up. You know, before they expire and start smelling up the place.
TOTAL TIME WASTERS:
Monoface - There are 759,375 possible combinations. I may never get to those coupons.
TypeRacer - When I was in high school, they actually taught tping as a class. I never took it, and it shows. It probably isn't helpful that the whole time I am typing I am singing "Go TypeRacer-Go TypeRacer-Go TypeRacer Goooooooo" in my head.
Bubble Wrap Keyring - An inexhaustible source of bubble popping satisfaction.
THINGS SARCASMO WOULD HAVE PUT ON HER WISH LIST:
More Storage - Any and all of these.
T-Sketch - Erasing might be interesting.
Wi-Fi Umbrella - Gene Kelly might have been singing in the rain but if he had this bumbershoot, he could have been picture snapping , downloading and navigating as well.
Invincibility- Goes without saying, that on her quest for world domination, Sarcasmo would want a boost of invincibility now and then. Even it it is plastic and runs on batteries.
Tokidoki - Pirates and monkeys.
FOOD AND GAMES:
Tetris - If you don't recognize those plastic thingees boys and girls, they are ice cube trays. We used them in olden days to make ice. Look them up on Wikipedia.
Tetris - If your piece doesn't fit, bite off the end.
Weighing In - You'll need this if you play enough of waffle tetris.
THE LEFTOVERS:
Rolled - this article was submitted by Pop Culture Boy who remembers "...one time we were working on a MUD and floated the idea of Eddie Izzard’s blue fingernails as a magical item."
Say it Ain't So - Pinball lives ! First order of world domination may have been a pinball machine in every home.
Whew. Okay. Done now. Hope you enjoy.
As always, Sarcasmo's Corner is hoping you will participate in this blog by sending links Sarcasmo would have posted, stories, commentary, or whatever you feel appropriate to slf1954@verizon.net
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My Fellow Earthlings
Happy Earth Day Tidings. I know it is also election day in the state of Pa. But Sarcamo's Corner chooses not to be political. It chooses to be green. The corner did it's bit for energy conservation last week. Due to the crash of the server that hosts this site we were not a blip on anyone's aggregator for three whole days. We went dark. It was a little scary. Because even though the nice people who answered the phone for technical support assured me that ALL my information was safe, and that my blog would be restored SHORTLY (three days ! three days!) I was pretty much resigned to the fact that the powers that be had singled me out for being a slothful blogger and were cutting me off.
Permanently.
And then it came back up.
Sarcasmo's Corner would like to say thank you to Chris, who emailed to see if everything was okay. And to PTBvisiongrrl who was concerned about our sudden "web page cannot be displayed status", but who was reassured by her level headed hubby who surmised that it was probably just a server thing. And so it was.
But just so you know. When I panic, and I did, I really want other people to panic with me. Not tell me that all is well, or the situation will be resolved shortly. I want PANIC! Heart thumping sweaty palm PANIC. Because misery loves company.
Did I mention it is Earth Day? Good. Whenever Earth Day approaches Sarcasdad & I cannot help but remember that Sarcasmo had an Earth Day decal on her bedroom door for years. She picked it up when the Philadelphia Earth Day celebration was just a small expo at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park. She was a young teenager. The sticker was still there when she was away at college. I am not sure exactly when we finally scraped it off.
I looked back through the archives for an Original Sarcamo that was about Earth Day. I didn't find one. But I did come across this one. The famous Sarcasmo versus the Squirrel Post. If you are interested there are several posts afterwards that continue the squirrel saga. No squirrels were physically harmed during the writing of these posts. There may ,however, have been some mental trauma. Enjoy!
As always, Sarcasmo's Corner is hoping you will participate in this blog by sending links Sarcasmo would have posted, stories, commentary, or whatever you feel appropriate to slf1954@verizon.net
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One Apostrophe at a Time
Sarcasmo would love this guy! He has an acronym and everything. And T-shirts. You know, she always wanted a cool super power. Maybe she had one after all. Armed with a felt tipped marker and a keen eye for grammatical atrocities, she too could have made America a better place, one apostrophe at a time.
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Ticket Stubs
Aaaah Spring. The time of year a young man's fancy turns to love, or baseball , depending on your quote of choice. Sarcasmos's fancy, as we all know, would be focused on the Philadelphia Film Festival, which starts this Thursday, April 3. In truth Sarcasmo would begin making plans for cinematic excursions well in advance. Usually the day after the end of the previous year's festival. Or so it seemed.
The release of the schedule of films and venues would b anxiously anticipated. Like Christmas morning. Once she had it in her hand, the agonizing began. So many movies, so little time. How much vacation time could she give over to the Film Festival ? How many movies could she manage to see ? How much sleep did she really need anyway, and who can't exist on a diet of movie popcorn and pretzel bites for a week? Oh, and next year, she was springing for the All-Access Film Badge so she could see everything.
She would confer with friends and make a plan on what to see when and where. Her success often depended upon the transportation gods smiling favorably upon her as she raced from one side of the city to the other to be in time to be seated.
And she shared. She blogged reviews here, and on Phillyist.
Here are some original Sarcasmo's that relate to the Philadelphia Film Festival.
http://www.sarcasmoscorner.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111317929941700693
http://www.sarcasmoscorner.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111358174036283283
http://www.sarcasmoscorner.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111358174036283283
Enjoy!
Anyone have a Film Festival related Sarcasmo story?
As always, Sarcasmo's Corner is hoping you will participate in this blog by sending links Sarcasmo would have posted, stories, commentary, or whatever you feel appropriate to slf1954@verizon.net
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Not Your Mother's Neil Diamond
In the summer of 2006, Sarcasmo invited me to see the movie Wordplay with her. I have quite a penchant for crossword puzzles and she, who loved word puzzles was oddly enough, just becoming enamoured of the pastime. We took in the flick at a theater known for showing independently produced and foreign films, as well as the more substantive first run movies. Like any theater we were subjected to previews before the main event. Because of the venue, the previews were for documentaries. No Fanta commercials or trivia sponsored by Coke. One preview was for a film chronicling the life of Leonard Cohen. Sarcasmo nearly jumped out of her seat. "We have to see that" "Sure", I said, who's Leonard Cohen?"
What followed was a conversation of her insisting that I must know who Leonard Cohen is, and me insisting that while he looked like somebody famous, but I wasn't sure who, I had never heard of the man. She finally concluded that while I did not know his name, I surely knew his body of work. Apparently I had been listening to his music forever, and just didn't know it. She tried to come up with a song on the spot. "He sang," she said "Kentucky Woman".
Now, while I may have had the edge over her on crossword puzzles, there were certain subjects in which I would defer to her superior knowledge. That was anything to do with books, anything to do with film, and anything to do with music. But when you're wrong, you're wrong.
Kentucky Woman, I assured her, was sung by Neil Diamond. No, she assured me, I was incorrect, but understandably so as Diamond and Cohen have such a similar sound they are often confused for each other. No, I assured her, I was correct because I had owned the song on vinyl at some point in my life and I didn't own any Leonard Cohen, who, I had never heard of.
So sure were we both in our assertions ( A trait we share. We both tend to think we are always right. ) that neither she, master of the Internet, nor I, who can Google with the best of them, even bothered to look it up.
A few days later,she relented. Neil Diamond might have sung it , but Leonard Cohen must have written it. This time we did look it up, and found that the lyrics were by Neil Diamond as well.
Still determined that I must be familiar with Leonard Cohen she put together a CD of his music for me to listen to. And I did. Even though I found it ,um, a challenge. I did recognize the song Hallelujah, which Cohen wrote, although I much prefer to hear the Jeff Buckley version.
And for the life of me, I have no idea how anyone confuses him with Neil Diamond. But that's just me.
This memory was prompted by an email from friend of Sarcasmo's Corner dbsmall. Knowing of Sarcasmo's affinity for Leonard Cohen he sends us this link. It analyses how Cohen's Hallelujah has crept into our consciousness. It is really interesting and worth a read whether you like Cohen or not. Should you be a fan, Cohen, newly inducted into the Rock and' Roll Hall of Fame, has announced a world tour.
I guess I should try listening to that CD again. Apparently, Sarcasmo was onto something.
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