Rollin'

I finally added a blogroll to TPI! Ok, and don't believe that I knew what a blogroll was before a month or two ago.

Luckily, Blogger also calls it a "blog list. :) I added the gadget which was super-easy to work with with the whole Google/Blogger deal since I could directly import the blogs in my Google Reader to the blogroll. I wish I could have organized the blogroll by category like in my reader, but they are now in alphabetical order and alphabetical order is sacred, so I'm good.

Basically, the blogs are a mixture of:

• just fun/random/entertaining blogs I go to
• blogs based out of and/or focusing on life in Greensboro
• cake and food in general
• languages and language-learning, and
• media and marketing

Well, that's that. You now have a glimpse into where I sift through for information in life! But, hey, I must say, if it weren't for my RSS feeds and Twitter, I wouldn't read the local paper and consume local media as much--which was minimal to none in the past.

Partly because I didn't pay to even have the basic channels and I didn't want to pay for anything but the Sunday paper but now I gots da inter-net so...no excuses!

Timeless?

I came across this at some craft store and thought, "If I wasn't scared of these characters as a kid, then I'm scared now."


Remember sticker books?

I can't even spell "tongue" half the time...

Yes!

"Previous studies have shown that bilingual people have tip-of-the-tongue moments more often than those who speak only one language." ...

I always felt like this, but I secretly also thought that it was just a lame excuse I had! Still pretty lame? haha Qué pena...

Science Explores "Tip of the Tongue Moments" By Sara Duane (@SaraDuane)

Rhyme and plenty of reason

I heard the term "roach coach" on the radio today.

I almost didn't need context clues. I knew exactly what it referred to. And, damn if it doesn't rhyme like it's getting paid to.

I was taken aback at the cupcake trucks that were popping up in--yes--the cupcake blogs I subscribe to. I guess I knew all along that there were taco trucks or something of that sort. Hey, even my parents had a food truck as a more suburban upgrade from their hot dog stand in Washington, D.C. back in the day.

Anywho, I will peruse this Wikipeda page and wipe my hands of this random collection of information for the day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_truck

Read the Wiki article in Polski! haha just kidding, unless you can.

Fat plants.

I think it's ok, SlimCado. The fact that we are even in the produce aisle should be enough for a round of applause. I'll take the regular California and spare the mozzarella sticks or something.

I heart avocados.

As opposed to...

...a Star of David?

"Six Point Star"

Hm. These should make up for the manger cookies that Larry ate, right?

A place to suff my things. Part 2.

So, I now have a cardboard box filled with this and that, trinkets and baubles. I have confirmed with myself that the things in this box—the things that I purposely put here and not in the trash can or recycle bin—have no material worth or practical use.

But, I still keep them.

These are the little things that take me back, remind me of a time, remind me of a place and remind me of a person. I keep them just so that every once in a while, I sit with the box in my lap and dig through the treasures so I can pick them up, look at them and smile.

Now, this is progress. I went from a room filled with this and that all over the place. I now have a concentrated space—a box—that is only overwhelming in the emotions I have by enjoying the little things in life.