Even though the state flag counter (at bottom of the page) has maxed out on all 50 states and the District of Columbia, I still enjoying seeing the newest countries to have visited this blog.
For a week or longer, the newest country visitor was Montenegro, but the other day I noticed Swaziland had been here. It's always interesting to view the country information for countries such as Swaziland.
The African continent is the most under-represented, so I was pleased to see this latest new country from that region of the world.
As the list of new countries grew, I was chuffed to think of the "success" of this blog...then I visited the Flag Counter Forum and saw posts by several bloggers who had well over that number visit their own sites; some claimed over 200.
Several weeks ago, I noticed an odd entry, not a country but listed as "Unknown - Satellite Provider". Now, I'd bet that is exactly what it says it is, someone uses a satellite dish for their ISP. (I've read they're not reliable, touchy to keep in place and while it's faster than a dial-up connection, they are at the low end of everything else)
It's that, or some govt. agency checking for subversive activity...or maybe it's from a UFO who was attracted to the special frequency of this blog. (or perhaps they thought they saw a photo of one of their own kind in here)
Whatever, only two more to reach 100!
September 5, 2009
And Swaziland Makes 98
September 4, 2009
Tooth Fairy Letters
Great printables from ToothFairy.net
Choose from a dozen printable Tooth Fairy Letters ready to instantly download and print. Great gift idea for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and more. The PDF version is free; editable Microsoft Word (DOC) version is just $5.
Also, 10 Free Tooth Fairy Coloring Pages you can download and print. Grab one, or grab them all, download and print them. Entertain your little ones with several Tooth Fairy-themed coloring pages.
Here's a Tooth Fairy joke letter, my favorite of the bunch:
(click for larger view)
ToothFairy.net
September 3, 2009
Never Had It
But it sounds pretty good!
You Are Apple Iced Tea |
 You are warm hearted and generous. You believe it's important to make others feel comfortable. You are a bit of a cozy homebody who feels out of place in the warm weather. You'll drink iced tea but you prefer the hot stuff. You are more serious than most, and you shy away from superficial people. You prefer to look beyond the surface. You like deep conversations, engrossing novels, and moving films. You find ideas and human interaction fascinating. |
I put these things in as filler, just a free, fun thing to post, and never take them seriously, hope everyone knows this.
This one hits pretty close to home, though, at least it's how I perceive myself to be. I do like hot tea better than iced, but hot apple tea sounds better.
September 2, 2009
Working in a Vacuum
Credit: NASA
From the Nasa website's Image of the Day Gallery
Discovery spacewalker Danny Olivas at work during the STS-128 mission's first spacewalk. During the six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk, Olivas and astronaut Nicole Stott, removed an empty ammonia tank from the station's truss and temporarily stowed it on the station's robotic arm.
Olivas and Stott also retrieved the European Technology Exposure Facility and Materials International Space Station Experiment from the Columbus laboratory module and installed them on Discovery’s payload bay for return.
September 1, 2009
New Trivia Tourney
The beginning of August starts a new trivia tournament!
Sign up and play!
The previous day's winners are published in the right-hand column, down the page a bit.
fecund
fecund \FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd\ , adjective:
1. Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2. Intellectually productive or inventive.
This is a word that does not describe me.
1. I have no children and I've been known to kill plastic plants.
2. No need to go into this one, is there?
