Cleriwhat?

Today is Clerihew Day! A clerihew is a four-line poem structure created by Edmund Clerihew. Ed wrote quite a few that I can find online, but one that keeps surfacing is this:

Sir Christopher Wren
Said, "I am going to dine with men."
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul's."

They are usually if not always written in first person view, and are intended to be quick, quirky quips from the person's thoughts about things from mundane activities to famous people of the times. Mostly the latter, though.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to read plenty more if Ed's writings.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle


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Cookie Texture

Today is National Sugar Cookie Day! Sugar cookies are among the most popular cookie flavours since they are so basic and are very easy to add almost any kind of decoration to without taking away the taste. The one complaint I usually have about sugar cookies is they are sometimes too hard. That's a general rule for all cookies, actually. The middle should be soft and almost as doughy as the actual dough. Sugar cookies have to follow that rule more than any other, though, as they are so simple. Chocolate chip cookies have chocolate to redeem them. Sugar cookies are just sugar, so you need a great texture to make up for the variety it doesn't have.

Still, sugar cookies are delicious and today is a day to eat them. I work at a bakery, so it'll be pretty easy for me to celebrate. You're just gonna have to figure out if you want to make your own or go to the grocery store and buy some.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle

Shocking Deals

Today is Video Game Day! Now, video games have base for much controversy, yet they are an undeniably prevalent form of media used to express ideas and stories in such a way that simply cannot be done through other forms of... wait... Video Game Day?! That's awesome! Who made this holiday? Ralph Baer? Probably not, but it would be cool if it WAS him. Dang. I wasn't prepared for this at aaaaaall.

Naw, I totally was. I've been playing a little PS3 game called "inFamous" in preparation for today. Because today, I went out and bought it's sequel "inFamous 2". They didn't have any copies of it left, though. At least not any normal copies. I bought the hero edition for about ten dollars more and it came with just a BUNCH of goodies. Including (but not limited to) things that were probably worth 10-60 dollars alone. I got the whole set for around $65, though. Look at all this stuff!

Alright I'm done geeking out now. I'm just gonna go play this game for the next several hours. ... So... not... really done geeking out at all... I've just be geeking passively for a while.

Thanks for reading!

~Kyle