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It is Wednesday. This time that is actually a totally-true statement. I’m not late–no Wednesday/Thursday hybrid days to mess you up, at least not this week. Do I get a cookie? I like chocolate chip. No? Hmm … I guess I’ll do the news anyway. 😉

This first story is a first of its own. It’s sad to see this/these stillborn fawns, but it’s fascinating to see conjoined twins in another species. I was surprised to hear they have never been known to be born alive. Even before modern separation surgeries, human conjoined twins could survive and live out their lives, not frequently, but there are cases where that happened.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conjoined-fawns-minnesota_us_5af9aa9de4b09a94524aa827

Before you spend hours fretting about whether the new viral recording is saying Laurel or Yanny, here is the explanation for why people could be divided. Quality matters even in sound, folks.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/16/611701171/yanny-or-laurel-why-people-hear-different-things-in-that-viral-clip

In science news, baking soda may round out its usefulness by grabbing the trifecta: cleaning, cooking, and healing autoimmune reactions. Dude.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425093745.htm 

Can I have a cookie now? Still no, huh? Bummer. I guess I’ll still see you in seven.

Hello! I’m back from my Florida vacation. I spent time with family, saw my brother graduate, dorked out at the Harry Potter portions of Universal, and generally enjoyed my days off. But all break must come to an end, and I know you must be in need of a news fix. I know I am.

This first story shows brilliant public relations in the face of a customer service crisis. I love the bucket!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kfc-says-fck-in-full-page-ad-apologizing-for-chicken-shortage_us_5a9034b1e4b0ee6416a2adfb

There is zero chance anyone will ever confuse a rapper and a gynecologist. Nope, not even a sliver of a chance.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dr-dre-dr-drai-legal-battle_us_5af355c3e4b09bb419e4a367

I gotta admit that I picked this next story because of the imagery of a wandering drunken gas planet. I heart science!

https://www.livescience.com/62516-exiled-asteroid-found.html

That’ll do it for this evening. See you all in seven.

No postings for me this week because I’m on vacation. I’ll be back next week.

I’m a day late. I’m not going to excuse it away. It happened. It happens a lot to me. Wednesday and Thursday are practically the same, aren’t they? Say yes. 🙂

Time for some time-delayed news.

This first story has the best line of the week: “Monkey see, monkey sue is not good law.” Well, okay then.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/monkey-naruto-no-copyright-court_us_5ade8786e4b0b2e811328d58 

That is a ridiculous number of tumbleweeds.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tumbleweed-invasion_us_5ad81de3e4b0e4d0715d375d

Science is progressing with the most amazing, futuristic ideas imaginable. The applications for 3D printing onto humans are beyond believable. Science matters, and this is why science matters.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425131914.htm

That’s all for me on this fine Wednesday/Thursday–one day I tell you, one really long day.

All right, all right … I guess two. Sticklers. See you back here in six.

Happy Wednesday! I’m here, even though 80 mph winds tried to blow me and my house away yesterday. Seriously. No hurricane. No tornado. We just lived through a massive movement of air, really massive.

Today is a little different in my news quest. I have a protag in my current WIP who is an artist, which is making me take even more notice of art links and stories. There’s so much cool art out there that I decided to share.

This first one is so cool. I love the floating silver. Stunning!

https://mashable.com/2017/08/03/giant-kinetic-sculptures-create-waves-in-air/

This next one makes me want to cut, roll, and fold paper creations of my own, but we all know mine would look like a fifth graders.

https://www.boredpanda.com/quilled-paper-art-yulia-brodskaya/

Last but not least, art crafted by the earth itself. Science and art. Love!

http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/nov/earth-from-space

That’s all for tonight. Take some time to check out art whether you’re playing Dorothy in your own wind storm or not. 😉

Hello all! It is time once again for my blathering about randomness. I like randomness. If you’ve read me before, you know this. I think it’s a positive quirk. 🙂

This first story could start a war if I dropped it into the midst of a writer’s conference. Proof that the Oxford comma has a role. Can you tell which side I’d fight on?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/think-commas-don-t-matter-omitting-one-cost-maine-dairy-n847151

This is so cute. The sheep let the rabbits hitch a ride, and the rancher gave them a pass since they were smart enough to figure out such a solution. Good all the way around. This gave me the feels.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/rabbits-surfing-sheeps-backs-photograph-floodwaters-rising-new-zealand-farmer-rain-a7860806.html

In science news, the weirdest condemnation of putting on all the colors to attract a mate. Apparently, it increases the risk of extinction. Intriguing, but also a bit humorous.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411131646.htm

That’s all for me tonight. See you back here in seven.

It is time once again for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group monthly posting. A far-flung group of writers whose portals have clickable entry points embedded in the image above. Try it. You know you want to.

The fantastic co-hosts for the April 4th posting of the IWSG are Olga Godim, Chemist Ken, Renee Scattergood, and Tamara Narayan!

The question today is – When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing? 

For me the methods to dig deep depend upon why I’m stuck. As with where I am now, in the early building stages of a WIP, butt in chair is my main coping device. Sit, even if I only accomplish 100 words. Sit, even if I only add more to my research. Sit, even if I only manage to figure out a character or plot point. Just sit and point face at screen. Time matters.

The trick changes during second, third, fourth, fifth, etc … drafts. Then, it helps to chunk write. Do a burst, then read. Do a burst, then eat lunch. Do a burst, then go for a run. Work, think, repeat.

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Time for some news.

This first story just cracked me up. Dilly! Dilly! Don’t say it, Kim. It’s forbidden. Dilly! Dilly! 😉

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dilly-dilly-masters-bud-light_us_5ac4de0ee4b0ac473edc266d

This is one very determined drunk guy. I’m glad no one got hurt.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-man-armored-vehicle-ram-window_us_5a565e20e4b03bc4d03d7507

Solving issues of food and water contamination is fantastic. Using phage tag to do it is proof scientists are freaking rock stars.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nanobot-viruses-tag-and-round-bacteria-food-and-water

That’s it for me tonight. See you back here in seven.

Yet another Wednesday has swooped in to replace an outgoing Tuesday, a rapidly outgoing Tuesday. Speedy calendar switches. Stealth like. Day ninjas–that’s what they are–day ninjas. I really have a strange relationship with time. 😉

Time for some news.

This first story is a big ol’ really, dude? I guess it’s normal for a family of gator wranglers, but … really?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alligator-gender-reveal-party-louisiana-t-mike_us_5aba9af1e4b06409775ada39

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. *Facepalm*

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/punxsutawney-phil-arrest-warrant_us_5ab964f9e4b0decad04d10bf

In science news, this new discovery could be a game changer for studying and treating disease, aging research, and so much more. Turns out we should never ignore the in between. Fluid in the gaps as organ. Who’d a thunk it?

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-accidentally-discover-what-could-be-an-entirely-new-organ-in-the-human-body/

That’ll do it for me tonight, folks. See you back here in seven.

Welcome to a springy Wednesday! It’s bouncy and alive and carrying equal day and night into our lives. Sunlight, friends, sunlight. No flowers yet, but we’re close. I love spring. Can you tell? 🙂

Time for some news. Can’t have me getting all gushy and sappy now, right?

Up first, a big old facepalm. How drunk did he have to be to think this would work?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-homer-simpson-driver-license_us_5aaceecae4b0c33361b0b256

That one’s mine and that one. Oh, that one too. Mine. They are all mine.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/15/594003407/dozens-of-gold-bars-reportedly-fell-from-an-airplane-in-siberia

Lastly, the coolest science story I’ve read in a while. A black hole chomping on a star. Wow!

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319115845.htm 

That’ll do it for my Tiggery self. Time to boing away from the keyboard. See you in seven, folks. Boooiiinngg! 🙂

Welcome back one and all! This week has ushered in spring in weather and light if not yet calendar. We’re close, so very close, but I’m feeling it now. Time for some news about stuff in no way related to spring, sun, or shorts. You just never know which direction my brain will go. 😉

This first story is the first of two to show that the machines are beginning their rise to take over. Beware of cackly laughter, my friends. The wicked witch is masquerading as a helpful computer.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/08/591831871/alexa-please-stop-laughing-amazon-says-its-fixing-device-s-unprompted-cackles

This next one makes me wonder if our kids are co-conspirators in the rise of the machines.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/09/592196614/toddler-locks-iphone-for-47-years

In science news this week, progress in understanding autism.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180314144927.htm

That’ll do it for me tonight. See you back here in seven.