For Ramadan, Farah of A BookTube Book, shares her TBR books that center on Islam.
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Poem of the Week
when we were kids
there was a strange house
all the shades were
always
drawn
and we never heard voices
in there
and the yard was full of
bamboo
and we liked to play in
the bamboo
pretend we were
Tarzan
(although there was no
Jane).
and there was a
fish pond
a large one
full of the
fattest goldfish
you ever saw
and they were
tame.
they came to the
surface of the water
and took pieces of
bread
from our hands.
our parents had
told us:
“never go near that
house.”
so, of course,
we went.
we wondered if anybody
lived there.
weeks went by and we
never saw
anybody.
then one day
we heard
a voice
from the house
“YOU GOD DAMNED
WHORE!”
it was a man’s
voice.
A Slow News Day?
I can not fathom how the Wall Street Journal placed a story about YouTube channels like The Strive Study, which is a channel that mainly consists of videos showing a woman studying. She does not teach study skills, she just studies. (She has another channel where she does share what she does on the weekend, etc.)
I have voiced concern of children watching other children play, as millions who watch Ryan’s Toy Review.
But watching someone study? Hundreds of thousands watch this med student or others.
I just don’t understand.
Here’s another.
And another.
I guess this might motivate people to study, but why is it literally front age news?
Awesome Cakes
I just discovered the Icing Artist YouTube channel. This woman makes the cutest looking cakes and she makes it look, while not easy, not too hard. One day I will try to make something she’s done, but that will be after I’ve finished all the writing I’m working on.
She is a true artist!
On North Korea
I just ran across these interviews with North and South Koreans about their beliefs about the Inter-Korean Summit which took place a few weeks ago.
Poem of the Week
What a cool video rendition of this poem!
Bluebird
By Charles Bukowski
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see
you.
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pur whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there.
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
Tale of an Accidental Repairwoman
Yesterday, while I was cleaning the lint catcher, something fell down the lint chute. I couldn’t see it or reach down the chute. I didn’t even know what fell in, but after one attempt, I could see that the machine wasn’t going to work anymore.
I tried using a tool we have that’s made of wire and can pinch and pick up objects. Since I couldn’t see what or where the item was, this didn’t work. I really didn’t want to pay our handyman to fix this.
Today I went on YouTube, glorious YouTube and found that I’m not the only klutz to make this mistake. I watched the video above and saw that I could fix this myself. I love the esteem boost I get from such challenges so I went to the hardware store to get the tools suggested in the video below, (the video moved too fast for me to follow).
Turned out the socket wrench didn’t work so I went to Lowes, because the hardware store’s customer service was so slow. There the helpful associate helped me select the specific screwdriver needed ($4.97 plus tax). Once I got home I started to work. It didn’t just take 10 minutes, but it wasn’t hard to do. I did struggle with repositioning the outer chute, but after two trips to nearby stores, and about a half hour of working on the machine, our dryer’s back in working order. Total price $5.45. I think I’m stuck with the other tools, but they weren’t that expensive and I can either keep them or sell them on eBay.
Fix it cost: $5.45
Self-Esteem boost: priceless
