How could I forget the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who!!!!

Doctor Who All the Doctors

Doctor Who's Google

Doodle for 50th

Anniversary!!!

Oh my goodness! I didn't really forget it was the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, I just
didn't write anything about it or keep much track of it other than the delightfully time
wasting Google doodle from the other day. I did manage to complete it but I sure was
slowwwwww.


Honestly I liked the old Doctor Whos and after Doctor Who went off the air and then they 
started it back up again, I really didn't get back into it. 

Back to that Google doodle though. I absolutely LOVED it once I figured out what
I was supposed to do. It was so much fun. 

Here are two screen shots. One from the very beginning and one from when you
complete the challenge. This is just to prove that I did actually complete it...as you 
can see, the incredibly long time it took me.

 I will try to find a link to someone going through the entire game because it is 
awfully cute.

Okie dokie, here is a link to a quick run through of the entire game on youtube.

Doctor Who Google Doodle - Speed Run & Walkthrough by Larry Chupacabra



 And here is a link to the Google Doodle Dr Who game so you can try it yourself
if you missed it!

Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Google Doodle Game




Further links to Doctor Who information.

BBC1 Doctor Who Website 

Doctor Who on Wikipedia 



So happy anniversary Doctor Who!!!!

Let me know who your favorite Doctor was in a comment below! 
 
I am kind of partial to Tom Baker myself although 
I really like David Tennant as well, ok and Jon Pertwee too!
Ok, yeah, those are my favorites. :)

Happy Halloween - Vintage Halloween Postcards - Part 2

There were too many vintage Halloween postcards that I loved to fit
into one blog entry, so here is part 2.

The Public Domain Review ( Blog) - postcards came from The New York Public Library
or
Haunted Postcards from The New York Public Library on Flickr

Free Printable Vintage Witch Graphics Halloween Collage Sheet from Eclectic Anthology

You can download the full size collage sheet when you follow the above link.

And if you want to look at endless pages of even more Halloween vintage postcards,
here are a few links for you to follow. There are some truly spectacular cards in these
collections of images. Be prepared to spend hours browsing. Happy Hunting!

Google Images of Vintage Halloween Postcards

Flickr Halloween Postcards photoset of riptheskull

Flickr's Vintage Halloween Postcard Pool (a group)

Link to Vintage Halloween Postcards on imgfav which is a picture collection web site

Vintage Halloween Postcards Postcards from the Early 1900s article by Pamela Wiggins on Aboout dot Com

Happy Halloween - Vintage Halloween Postcards

I found some of the most charming scans of old postcards while
I was perusing the inter web for pictures for my Halloween Haiku
verse.

I just couldn't let them go by without doing something to share
them, so here is a page with some of the cutest or most notable
that I found, and the links where to find them. They are all in the
public domain.


Vintage Halloween Cards on About dot Com Article by Dixie Allan




Happy Witch Vintage Halloween Card



Black Cat Vintage Halloween Card



Halloween Party Vintage Halloween Card

 



A Vintage Halloween Card










A Jack O'Lantern Halloween Choir




A Thrilling Halloween

Lots of Witches

Bobbing For Apples

More Vintage Halloween Cards on About dot Com Article by Dixie Allan

Vintage Halloween Images Condition Free Entirely Public Domain Article by Nancy Oram

The Inner Demons (or maybe Aliens?)

As my monthly hospital visit nears each month I always start getting a lot of anxiety.
Will my tumors markers go up or will they stay steady? Will the blood work be ok or
will something bad show up? Here is an account of my last months visit, and now I'm
really anxious as the memory of last months pain is splattering my mind with horror.
Here is the first 5-7-5 verse of my nightmares and the remainder are below my lovely
write up of last month. Happy reading! (insert insane giggling sounds)

Hospital Day

Needle in my arm
Heart pounds. Fear invades my head.
Cancer grow or no?

Last month was hell month in one way but good in another. I really did have a hellish
day. My nurse put my iv in, which is always fun because she has to search my tiny
veins to find one that she thinks she can use. Then comes the fun part of trying to get
it in without blowing the vein. So, we are set, the iv is in and I am sitting in the torture
chair - literally - this chair is meant for a 350 pound 7 foot tall person, and I am barely
5 feet and 120 lbs. My nurse draws tube after tube of blood and before I can have my
infusion, the blood must be analysed to make sure I am ok enough. That usually takes
an hour to an hour and a half at least.

But last month the blood work took more like two hours and when she came back, she
told me that my blood was hemolyzed and they couldn't use it. It wasn't my fault!.
Hemolyzed means that the blood cells were broken, so they couldn't test it. So, she
tried to get blood out of the existing IV and that didn't work but it sure hurt. Guess what!
Another IV in another area so she could draw some more blood. Ok, that is done and
the blood is sent off. Another two hours of waiting in the torture chair. I get up and
stand a lot. The nurse come back around two hours later and she's almost crying. The
blood work came back all weird and she was certain that I was not actually dying as
the blood work was showing and for some reason the samples were bad and she needed
to get yet more blood. So..... yet another IV in yet another precious vein that she always
tries her hardest to preserve to get more blood. I love my nurse. She is a sweetheart and
she was so upset. But I still think it was harder on me! Finally my blood work came back
and the blood chemistry part was all normal enough to go ahead on getting the infusion.
But the tumor markers still had not come back and they had been climbing for the last
two months and I was beside myself sure that the end was near! 

I got my infusion and we ended up having been there for almost 8 hours. I don't even leave
my house to go anywhere because of my exhaustion and the pain trying to do almost
anything causes me, so this thoroughly wiped me out and I never know how many days
it is even going to take me to get back to my usual miserable feeling self. BUT! JOY! Last
thing before we left, the tumor markers came back and they had NOT gone up. This is
VERY joyful news. I feel as if I am once again safe from the monster that is eating me alive
and soon going to kill me.

Well, the monthly visit is coming up and one night I had many dreadful thoughts in my
head and they came out in many dark and disturbing 5-7-5 Haiku style verses.

Here they are if you have gotten this far and want to read dark and disturbing thoughts.


No Escape

No escape from it
Thousands of nasty needles
Slowly killing me


Suffer

Pain and discomfort
Hate life but don't want to die
Nothing to ease it


Cancer

Stable or spreading
Slowly eating my body
Until I am dead


F*** Everything

Didn't do anything
To deserve this nightmare hell
So F*** everything


Can't Sleep

The worry kills too
No sleep for the weary me
Weary worrier

Hell

Die die burn in hell
Oh wait I'm already there
That's what my life is


Death Haiku

Death is awaiting
Nothingness Cease to exist
I don't want to go

Bad Haiku - Subject : The Moon

One night I just could not get the moon out of my head.
I wrote several somewhat bizarre verses in 5-7-5 about
the moon. Surely we all know the references to the moon
being made of green cheese.

Some of these are somewhat comical  and after reading
them, they made me giggle so I thought I would share them.
If I am slightly off beat and you find these odd, oh well. I
embrace it!



The man in the moon
We know him as Neil Armstrong
But does he eat cheese.

First Man on Moon Walking on the Moon

And here are some  links to information about Neil Armstrong.

Neil Armstrong wikipedia entry

Neil Armstrong NASA biography



Who is the man in
The moon. Is he happy that
Cow jumped over him.

Cow Jump Over Moon


And I found a truly fascinating illustrated copy of
Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting, by Randolph Caldecott
courtesy of Project Gutenberg. You REALLY need to check
this out. The illustrations are wonderful.

Project Gutenberg Hey DIddle Diddle and Baby Bunting
 


Sliver half or whole
Is this the cheese or the moon
That we talk about.

A vintage trade card image of a man in the moon being served a sliver of cheese courtesy of the Graphics Fairy






and finally....

Oh sliver of moon.
Where did the rest of you go.
Did the man eat you.

Probably the worst of the bunch!!!
I laugh at myself hahahaha. :)

Stream of consciousness on Listening to Sounds

I love the sounds that my dog makes. From the crunching of his cookies to the quiet breathing and little sighs when he is sleeping to the little quiet snores when he is sleeping as well. If I cry and sob he starts barking and his barks start changing to almost match my crying. I love his little soft snorts and churtles. I like the soft white noise of my air purifier because it drowns out many more irritating sounds. Noise physically can hurt me so I really prefer quiet. If I have my television on, most of the time the sound is off. I will turn on the closed captioning. Right now I just heard my refrigerator start up. I dread lawn and garden machine noises. The hum of my computer fan is ok. While this little ostrich named Pip was alive (he/she was broadcast live on the internet from hatching till when he/she died at just about a week old. It is very difficult to raise an ostrich, they succumb to many things very easily so it was very brave of this man to try it). Anyway I fell in love with this little ostrich and am still mourning the loss. The little ostrich had the most beautiful and charming trill that just inspired awe in me. The whole little creature inspired awe and wonder in me. I like hearing the words l love you. Many words are just jibber jabber but some are really nice. The sounds of some words are nice and pleasant and the sounds of others are harsh and unpleasant. If we didn't know what they meant and just used a really nice pleasant tone when we said them, I guess most things might sound nice. I like the sound of music. The sound not necessarily the musical although I always liked that too. It depends on my mood as to what kind of music pleases me. Nature sounds can be nice. Wind in the trees. Soft rain. Trickling water. Ocean waves. Oh my goodness I could keep writing for a lot longer but noone would read it all! So I'll end here.

Since I spoke about my dog, I will show you a picture of him. He doesn't care!

He is a rescue doggie, so he has many problems but I love him dearly.
I am lucky that I found him and he is doubly lucky that I found him.

Introduction

Some of you may know me from my Haiku blog. Or not. I decided to write another
blog on some of my reflections, thoughts, ponderings and cogitation on life the
universe and everything. "Life,  the Universe and Everything" is one part of "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. For those who do not know
what this is, here is a link to the Wikipedia entry on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy". Now remember, the blog is not about the books, it's about my thoughts.

Wikipedia article on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'll start us all off with a Haiku, since that is what I am used to.

Answer to Life the
Universe and Every
Thing is Forty Two.

I want to give credit to an android app called "Conscious" for inspiring me to think
about and write on such subjects that I write about. It also comes in Apple flavor!
Here are the links to this app.

Android version of Conscious by Makan Studios

Apple version of Conscious by Makan Studios

Be forewarned. This app is not for the faint of heart. It will make you think and reflect
and ponder and cogitate, and sometimes you will wish you hadn't. But if you want to
know yourself better, this is the app for you. Disclaimer, I don't even know the person
who wrote it, so I have no interest in promoting it other than the fact that I personally
have found it thought provoking and I like it.

And so, off we go. Welcome to my new blog.