Spoonerisms  

We've all done it. We dry our tarnedest to cleak spearly and make our cleanings mere, but it rums out all cong. It might happen during a tight on the noun, when we've had tee many martoonis and are thunker than we drink. Or we could be serfectly pober.Writers and comedians have taken Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Mother Goose...

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Kit Cat Clock - 2,365,200,000 tail wags and still counting  

The Kit Cat Clock started in the Great Depression, and after 75 years, it's still going strong. It's been made since 1932 by the California Clock Company. The clock, with its moving eyes and tail, was an instant hit with the public. Although it has undergone changes in 75 years, the clock is still very much like the original, with only...

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First submitted on December 12, 2008 @ 01:45AM by MobyD to Web and Nostalgia

Mount St. Helens  

Mount St. Helens, located in Southwest Washington State, blasted its way into the history books on Sunday, May 18, 1980 in a spectacular eruption that claimed 57 lives. In March 1980, it began rumbling, attracting the attention of vulcanologists worldwide. A dome began swelling on the mountain's north slopes.

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First submitted on March 12, 2009 @ 11:21PM by MobyD to Web and Uncategorized

Bill Bryson - Travel, Language, Humor, Nearly Everything  

Bill Bryson is an American author who has written several books on travel in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has also written several books on the English language, as well as a book on the history of science, a memoir, and a book about William Shakespeare. All of Bryson's works reveal a sharp wit, engaging humor,...

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First submitted on March 12, 2009 @ 11:28PM by MobyD to Web and Books

Faerieworlds Festival  

Are faeries, pixies, goblins, wizards and witches real? That question is irrelevant for at least one weekend a year (it will be July 31 - August 2 in 2009): Faerieworlds at the Secret House Winery west of Eugene, Oregon. Faeries and friends, most in costume, gather for a weekend devoted to the worlds of imagination, music, dance, arts...

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First submitted on March 12, 2009 @ 11:52PM by MobyD to Web and Festivals

Celtic Music: Lenses  

This Squidoo lens points to other lenses MobyD has made highlighting Celtic music performers as well as radio shows, both broadcast and Internet, that play the traditional music of the Celtic lands. Celtic music covers a lot of territory and many performers. Each lens spotlights one small part of the whole. These lenses can serve as a...

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First submitted on March 13, 2009 @ 12:07AM by MobyD to Web and Celtic Music

J. K. Rowling's Beedle the Bard  

The seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, made references to a book called The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Following the last Potter book, author J. K. Rowling created six handwritten copies of the tales, illustrated by herself. These six copies were created as a way to thank six people who had been...

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First submitted on December 11, 2008 @ 01:14PM by MobyD to Web and Uncategorized

Wilson A. Bentley - The Snowflake Man  

' I wouldn't trade places with Henry Ford or John Rockefeller for all their millions! And I wouldn't change places with a king: not for all his power and glory. I have my snowflakes!' - Wilson A. Bentley, Jericho, Vermont (1865-1931)'No two snowflakes are alike' is a common saying that can be credited to Bentley, the eccentric farmer...

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First submitted on December 11, 2008 @ 01:32PM by MobyD to Web and Photography

Monterey Pop Festival  

The Monterey Pop Festival was held June 16 - 18, 1967 at the County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California, also the site of established folk, jazz and blues festivals. It was the first large rock festival, with around 200,000 people attending, and served as a template for the Woodstock Festival in New York State two years later. Many of...

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First submitted on December 11, 2008 @ 01:40PM by MobyD to Web and Music

How to Write a Check  

Writing a check is not rocket science. Anyone who can print legibly can do it. But it's your money, so you want to put some conscious thought into the process to avoid boneheaded errors. Think, and avoid a mistake that can make your check uncashable or make a mess out of your personal finances.

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First submitted on March 12, 2009 @ 11:16PM by MobyD to Web and Accounting