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Random Tuesday Thoughts: The Best Time for a Random Number

Considering how freaked out she is by Zombies, it's amazing that Keely would create a badge that looks as though it was written by a member of the walking shuffling dragging dead. Whatever it is they do. They host Random Tuesday Thoughts with Keely, apparently.

Speaking of Zombies, one of the very first followers the Captain and I had on theZNN.com was Cat from Zipbag of Bones. Yesterday, I saw on her blog (posted by her friend, Summer) that Cat had fallen down a flight of stairs and fractured her skull. We can only assume she was trying to escape a zombie attack. After two weeks in the hospital, she was allowed to go home, but to do NOTHING except rest. Other people are reading comments to her, so if you have something cheerful, visit here and leave a message.

Random Tuesday seems like a very good day to post the winner of the Telling America's Story: The History of The Henry Ford book I offered as a prize in exchange for Facebook-y, Twitter-y things last week. There were 13 entries...

The tenth comment (not including my comments in the count) was from homeschooling mom of five(!), Serial Mommy! Congratulations!

Plans are in place to visit the western 'burbs of Chicago for Thanksgiving, and we will be leaving early enough this year to be there for Tuesday Night Trivia at the local pub! Look out, Kane County, here we come!

The 2010-11 hockey season is only about a month under way. How is it that in one month, the Chicago Blakhawks can have played 4-5 more games than almost anyone else in the whole damn Western Conference? I just don't get hockey scheduling anymore. Detroit plays Toronto ONE TIME this season. You'd think two Original Six teams that have been rivals for years would be a big draw, but apparently not. If I ever run into Gary Bettman, Ima shout the man's ears off.

That is all.

Keely awaits.

 

Dear So and So: The Return

Everyone say "Cheers!" to Kat!

Dear Twitter,

Really? What in the world could I have done or tweeted to make you think I'd want to follow Betty Crocker? Or did you mean Betty Draper? Hell, Betty Boop would have been more likely.

Confusedly-

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Dear Colon:

I keep fairly regular hours. Would appreciate if you would do the same. When Elizabeth I said "Once a month, whether I need it or not" she was referring to the baths, not visits to the garderobe.

Step it up a bit, would you-

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Dear Hot Flashes,

If I have done or said something to make you leave, please let me know what it was. I'd like to make sure you stay away for the rest of my natural life.

Cool and comfy-

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Dear Readers,

Last day to enter for the winning of the marvelous book! To clarify, Club Ed on Facebook is for educators (teachers, paraprofessionals, homeschoolers, etc). The book I am giving away is for anyone who cares to enter!

I'll even ship overseas...

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Ed: Although I am employed by The Henry Ford, this post, in no way, reflects the opinions of The Henry Ford.

 

Spin Cycle: Halloween (and a GIVEAWAY!)

Sprite's Keeper is the boss of me.
And she said to write about Halloween.

My kids are too old for trick-or-treat, so I have no adorable costume pictures to show you. How about one from years ago? Let's see....

Indiana Jones and a rather large baby...or I could just share pictures of my pumpkins from this year.

and here's the other one...

The weird little, out-of-place heart is there because the side of the pumpkin I wanted to carve had  a rotten spot. That's also why there is light coming out of the BOTTOM of the pumpkin. Apparently, I was not careful enough when selecting gourdware.

The real show that night was not the pumpkins or the costumes, but Mother Nature herself.

I really thought the sky was spectacular...until I rode to work with Buddy (I had a conference to go to at Cobo Hall, two buildings away from where he works; the day did not turn out well, as I came down with the flu before noon..ergh.) on Tuesday morning...

This one was taken with my Blackberry. I don't recall exactly how many times I said "Wow!" as we drove downtown. More than twice. If someone painted the sky like this, I'd think it was ridiculous, "The sky never looks like that!"

*Important!!!*

I am shamelessly using this link to Jen's much wider audience to point peoples to this post wherein I am having a GIVEAWAY!!! Who doesn't want free stuff?? Nobody, that's who! Follow the link and enter the drawing...I am extending the deadline to Friday night, so enter now!!!

A Call to (Facebook) Arms!

 
Troops, I need you! If you are a teacher, if you know a teacher, if you are on Facebook, if you are interested in learning, if you are a history or science geek, if you have questions about Henry Ford, or Thomas Edison, or George Washington Carver, or Rosa Parks, or the Wright Bothers...about how people lived, and farmed, and do you feel like this list is endless? I can't think of anyone who wouldn't find something to interest them in our resources! So, if you know anyone who fits into any of those categories...help me grow our Club Ed page for The Henry Ford!

This button will take you there. The Henry Ford has hundreds of resources for teachers, and friends, they are FREE! We want to make your classroom a funner place to be...yes, I meant FUNNER!

And what teacher couldn't use a spa getaway? We are giving one away. Come visit us in person, or online. We are working on making as many of our programs and products as possible available online for those of youwho live far away, or just don't have the budget to come.

People? I love this place from the bottom of my heart. There is a new book out, Telling America's Story, it's a big, colorful history of The Henry Ford, and I want YOU to have one. So, this is a contest:

1. Leave a comment below, then

2. Tweet or Facebook a link to this post, then

3. That's it! You are entered to win your very own copy of this:

Ya can't get it on Amazon...contest closes at midnight, November 6th....GO!

We Have a Winner!

There were lots of comments on the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies review that Captain Dumbass and I submitted to He Read/She Read. However, I am exhausted just after making three links in a single sentence, so forget it.

Okay, not really. Anyway, though there were lots of comments, only four of you played by the rules. Here's the list:

 

And here's the Random.org number:

 

Dripping blood of the zombie victims and everything.

Two tries, but the second one counts, even though there may have been some grousing involved.

Who wouldn't love to see "The Velveteen Rabbit" become "The Velveteen Rabid?"

Heh. If you are lovin' the zombie stuff, I can't recommend this new site highly enough.