Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 21, 2016

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Barter System (goin’ over the line(s)) friendliness..

Dots a lot.

Sorry, don’t like the title she just gave.

I notice that she did not offer to supply a Holy of Holies pencil set with the furniture for despots book.

This is a bad deal, even with the neon markers and the cupcakes and geoducks. The Steampunk Gnomes volume is a collector’s edition. It’s first three pages were colored and signed by James P. Blaylock.

Without the Holy of Holies pencil set, or at least a seraph quill and water color set being offered, she is clearly no friend of yours.

Deny the trade!

“Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick”

The Birds in Beards one is actually pretty great. Tinyurl.com/birdsinbeards

What, no carbuncles?

There are exactly sixteen colors in the PC universe.

I cannot envision the need for more.

In case anybody is wondering, there has been ongoing a large DDOS attack on DNS services. The internet may be a bit odd for a while. We can only imagine how much better it will be when DNS control passes from the US to international interests. If you remember DOS, you will recall that DOS had exactly sixteen colors in text modes.

 

Interesting (Obscure) Historical Fact:

 

There is a rapid on the Main Salmon River in Idaho called Chittam Falls. It is named for the bark of the cascara (or … wait for it) … chittamwood tree (the derivation of “chittam” is, according to Dictionary.com, “< ?; alleged American Indian orig. unsubstantiated.”)

 

Digression No. 1.Now, I kind of get what the “?” is doing in there, but WTF about the “<”?

 

Digression No. 2.What exactly is being alleged? The origin of the word, or the Indian?

 

Digression No. 3.Chittam bark is a laxative, the great irony being that if you ever see Chittam Rapid at high water I promise you won’t need a laxative.

 

So, to bring all back together, albeit in an Almost Not Even Barely Tangential Way, shittim and chittam – Rotifer’s “Gee I Love the Sound of My Own Voice” Vainglorious Frog Applause Vocabulary Experience of the Day.

 

P.S. Wouldn’t SHITTIM, CHITTAM & STEAMPUNK be a good name for a law firm?

Don’t let your pickles go off half-crocked.

Do half-crocked zombie pickles seek out brines?

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This is cute. Who would’ve thought adult coloring books would be a thing? “Birds in Beards” is a particular favorite of mine. Any real life bird in the bearding I have tried to do has failed miserably in personal injury and unsanitary conditions. But, through this book I can now live that dream out safely. Shoshanah Lee Marohn is a genius!

We are searchable. If you Google “cupcakes and geoducks”, this page pops up.

It probably pops up twice now.

The Incredible Explosion Of Crayon Colors Over The Last 100 Years

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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-explosion-of-crayon-colors-over-the-last-100-years-2014-10

14 Unusual Coloring Books For Adults http://mentalfloss.com/article/58453/14-unusual-coloring-books-adults

Ladies, ladies! Let’s not become catty over colors! (—Though some neon markers are tempting!) Why don’t you combine your considerable resources and hold an artsy-fartsy Garage Sale to benefit some charity, such as The Tea Frog Rescue Mission*?

 

*See yesterday’s Broom-Hilda….

I just want to go on record saying that I am FOR cupcakes.

Bunnies in Boxers.

As near as I have been able to determine from my extensive research on the subject, geoducks are not any sort of a duck at all. The entire premise is misleading and an outright misappropriation of trust.

They should do well in the 2020 elections.

I’m glad that I didn’t have to witness this conversation live and in person.