This week’s lazy Sunday selection …
Art: Sort of – people who didn’t know they were art until it was too late!
Business: 5 Reasons Darth Vader made a great leader
The physics of productivity: Newton’s Laws for getting stuff done
For writers: 10 Blunt Tips from Geoff Dyer – who has to feel like he’s bunking off from something!
Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark sweded – by 11 year olds
… not for those who are squeamish about snakes!
I have a corn snake – that’s her/him (I don’t know which) above, called Sam. S/he is in the dream but is very real.
So, in the dream, I meet Lewis Hamilton, who also owns a corn snake, which, for some unknown reason, I borrow. Maybe I was in a devil my care mood, I don’t know, but I also ordered one to be delivered with my weekly shop. A bigger, more aggressive one. A Python.
It cost me £175. That seemed to be my biggest concern.
So now I had three snakes.
I was somewhere but couldn’t say where – there were lots of people around, somehow connected with F1 but not in the pits – which would have been apt, since the snakes were roaming around quite happily – but which is strange because a) Sam is kept in a tank (that’s her/his odd day out, in the paddling pool) for fear of her/him burrowing into a sofa and having to be cut free – as happened to the friends we re-homed her/him for – and b) no-one seemed to mind.
I did try putting them all in the tank, but they were escape artists.
Then another, smaller but pretty, snake appeared. Lewis assured me it wasn’t poisonous (because tiny and pretty = deadly).
Lewis was wrong. There was much hissing and slithering as the big snakes all tried to get away from the tiddler.
And then I woke up.
Freud had a theory about the interpretation of dreams. I wonder what he’d make of this one?
I own a snake. I’d been reading about Formula One beginning on Sunday week.
I think that’s about it.
The internet of fascinating things with which to hit the Sunday slow-way …
Animals: Pets who could’ve sworn you just said “Treats!”
Photography: Fairytale art attack
Travel: The most breathtaking small towns and villages in the world
Life: Things creative people do differently – such as day-dreaming
Bear like puppies: *Warning* Serious heart melting may occur
For writers: The surprising reading level of top writers
Dance: Ballet and Irish blues gospel, who knew?
Perfect Sunday Slacker material: Pointless stuff
Music: The awesome Bobby McFerrin, his audience, Bach and Gounod. His voice is just incredible
Supernatural: Do you believe in ghosts? Maybe after seeing these you will
Images by Pixabay: Fairy Tale; Puppy; Ghost
The internet of fascinating things to while away your Sunday.
Literature into Film: The Top 10 Shakespeare films
Animals: Sweaters for penguins – gotta love the Penguin Books one!
Creativity: A messy desk is a sign you’ve got it
Trickery: Illusionist fun
Life: The hidden danger of comparing yourself to others
Art: Modern day painted ladies
Game of Thrones: (Spoilers Alert) George’s original plans
Nature into Art: Fantastic Fungi
Star Wars: Snow Sculptures
Travel: The fun side of the London Underground
Perspective: How to destroy your understanding of time
The internet of fascinating things for the taking-it-easy day.
Herm, Channel Islands
Travel: The beautiful Channel Islands. I can personally recommend – and make sure you visit The Little Chapel
Art: Clever art that interacts with its street surroundings
For writers (and fans): J.K. Rowling’s spreadsheet for Harry Potter
Animals: Cones your animals will love to hate
Infrastructure: The London Underline – fun or folly?
Babies (video): In keeping with the last link – babies going through tunnels!
Science: Seemingly impossible things made possible
Literary Graffiti: A genre sure to catch on
Technology: Mind boggling predictions
Snow: Fantastic sculptures to attempt
History: Rise of an Empire
The internet of interesting things. Put the kettle on and while away your Sunday …
Animals 1: (video) Everybody’s gone surfin’, surfin’ USA (Uplifting Seal Adventure)
Sculpture: Wooden transformation
For screenwriters: Download 9 Oscar Screenplays
Photography: A gorgeous view of Venice
Adult fun: Who’s with me?
Tech: For lazy people
Family Fun: Hilarious, yet also somehow creepy
Animals 2 (video): Unlikely best friends
Art: Ancient mosaics in Greece
Politics: What it means to ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ Britain First content
Stupidity: A lighter, totally unrelated note to the last link 😉
Extreme Sports (video): Don’t try this at home. I know it’s tempting, since we’re having a little bit of white slushy stuff falling intermittently …
Sqirrels: Grey or red?
The internet of fascinating things to while away your Sunday …
Beginning with Sassy Women Alert, as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do a Ricky Gervais on an unsuspecting Hollywood (and it’s fab to see George has a sense of humour. No wonder we love him so.)
Literature/Film: With the hype surrounding a certain film due out next month, it seemed a good time to share one of the funniest and wittiest Twitter feeds around – Fifty Sheds of Grey.
Space: The cultural significance of space exploration
Tech?: 21 times people used the internet before it was invented.
Animals: Cats and Dogs trying to decide who’s boss.
Freelancing: Dispelling a few myths about self employed people (such as writers!)
Photography: The simple beauty of children and animals
Music: John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ made into a comic strip
Miscellaneous: Mr Men’s and Little Misses for modern day Britain
Music 2: 7 Elvis tunes borrowed from classical music
For writers: Honesty in Writing and a toolbox of practicality
Fun: 7 people who totally nailed it!
Thoughts for the week – The Final Frontier!
The Internet of Fascinating Things …
Being active online means coming across far too much good stuff than I can personally read during the week or can be shared on my Twitter and Facebook timelines without annoying the hell out of friends and followers. So I’ve decided to collect them all together in one handy blog post that I can enjoy at my leisure, along with the hope that you do too 🙂
Miscellaneous: Bikeshedding and Parkinson’s Law – In thirty odd years of employment, I’ve come across this a lot! I’ve been to meetings where the only decision made was – the date of the next meeting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law
For writers: Two heads are better than one http://www.bang2write.com/2013/06/4-reasons-2-heads-are-better-than-1-by-gareth-meredith.html
Nature: An excerpt from Chasing Ice – the largest ice glacier calving filmed. Awe inspiring and yes, scary. http://uk.businessinsider.com/largest-ice-glacier-calving-filmed-2015-1 and some ice pictures to show up close how beautiful it cab be http://www.boredpanda.com/natural-winter-snow-ice-art/
Music: You know that joke about someone’s singing sounding like cats? http://www.reshareworthy.com/boys-choir-sing-funny-song/#xqUKpalS67mwzoZ5.01
Creativity: Cassy’s 100 ways to get creative. What are you waiting for? http://www.cassyfry.com/2015/01/100-ways-to-get-creative.html/
Humanity: Restore your faith in 4 minutes flat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btiDHCuWyBA
Animals: Literally shaking a tail feather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt9xBuGWgw
Festival: The first South Coast Jazz Festival, 23-25th January, support it if you can. http://www.southcoastjazzfestival.com/
Practical joking: I started laughing at the description, then got mildly hysterical as it went on, which became maniacal cackling. http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/01/09/limbo-stick-prank/
Quote of the Week:
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
Jaye Nolan 