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It WAS World Margarita Day…but it isn’t anymore
Sylvia Shawcross Now I was looking at February 22. Nobody really cares about February 22 because it isn’t special...
The Meal(worm)y Mouthed Monsters
Sylvia Shawcross And so we have to go back to discussing insects I’m afraid. It is just the way...
Down Cricket Road
Sylvia Shawcross Now you’d think that Jacinda Ardern, a WEF star, would have picked a different turn of phrase...
22 Memes to Help Get You Through Christmas
So this is Christmas, And what have we done? We’ve shared lots of meme posts, And had lots of...
12 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 28
Yet another Monday. Yet more memes. You know how this works by now. We’ve got a world cup, COP27...
The Maskparade Charade
Sylvia Shawcross In the ridiculous world of the New Abnormal where we apparently find ourselves it is critically important...
12 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 27
A busy week of narrative management, agenda setting and noisy distractions for the “new normal” crowd…but just means more...
We’re at Wefcon 3
Sylvia Shawcross In the ghastly world in which we live—a world that may be flat or not with a...
The Tale of Two Greedy Landlords
Catte Black, with illustrations by JR Leach
Once upon a time in a land far away and in a time of plenty there were two rich...
The Butterfly Monologues
Sylvia Shawcross There are four types of people in the world. Well, in this world anyway. Now, the first...
15 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 25
Memes are back again this week, for our quarter-century edition. Yes, it’s already been 25 collections of memes…hasn’t the...
Tapestries and Tapeworms
Sylvia Shawcross Ah the scientists. Bless their happy little hearts I always say. Having known a few of them...
Endless Tremendous
Sylvia Shawcross I don’t know what we’re all complaining about. Truly. The world is just so ripe with tremendous...
Chicken Little Was an Optimist
Sylvia Shawcross Okay, to be honest, the title of this piece came from a comment by somebody on some...
16 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 24
Slightly delayed memes this week, due to technical difficulties and/or accidentally typing the wrong date. Nevertheless sit back and...
The Short and Brutal Life of the Fruit Fly
Sylvia Shawcross Now, there are only two types of people in the world and it has been this way...
15 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 23
The Queen’s death has (predictably) become a meme-feeding frenzy, combine that with the anniversary of 9/11 and just…well…the general...
I’m a noun and so are you
Sylvia Shawcross I’m afraid to go out there now. In the world I mean. Not because it is getting...
When the Saints come marching in…
Sylvia Shawcross Well that is a relief right? Here we all were…. okay… some of us… okay… maybe ‘those...
12 Memes to Get You Through the Week – Part 22
It’s Monday, and ’round these parts that means memes. If you have a problem with that…well, that’s just fine...
