I Analyze a Cereal-Box Game
Posted on May 4, 2021 by pauldelancey Please look at the picture of the Alpha-Bits game. (Sorry, it’s a bit blurry. I have fired my camera man.) You draw from a deck of cards, containing each of […]
Tag: time
A Matter of Time
Once upon a time, a long time ago, while I was watching prime time TV, I started thinking about the notion of time. I had some spare time, and it was Teatime, so I grabbed […]
Roz Warren’s Doctor Who Bingo
Fellow Whovians! At long last, Season Ten is here! So — let’s play Doctor Who Bingo! (Roz Warren is the author of JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY:AN INSIDER’S TALES OF LIBRARY LIFE […]
THE REAL HALLOWEENIE
I thought I was cool. I really did. I believed the hype I’d been hearing about myself – that I am a fairly happening person – and that I can hang with the kids and […]
Panamanian Soup and Teenagers in Stasis Fields
Panamanian Soup SOCOCHO INGREDIENTS 4 garlic cloves 1 large onion 2 tomatoes 2 pounds yucca or cassava root 1½ pounds potatoes 2 pounds boneless chicken parts 2 teaspoons olive oil (additional ½ tablespoon later) 1 […]
I’ve Got the Three Days From Now I’ll Be 69 Next Year I’ll Be 70 and Where Did My Life Go Blues
CUE: Piano, jazz trumpeter and torch singer, performing the sad song of all sad songs. This song makes other sad songs feel bad about themselves. Pretty good, the way I set the scene, huh? ME: […]
The King of Time
Some people get up in the morning, some in the middle of the next morning and some don’t go to sleep until all hours are exhausted but what is the best time to do something […]
If You Had an Extra 15 Minutes a Day, What Would You Do?
If you’re anything like me, you probably wish you could add a few extra hours into the day, just so that you could get the BASICS done. I don’t have a cleaner. And the last […]
‘One Hour to Madness and Joy’
Daylight Savings Time ended Sunday morning, which means everyone finally got that hour back that they lost last Spring…. Or is that just what “they” want us to think? I mean, think about it: taking […]