The other day mom asked me what curtains would look better in the Oval Office than the awful yellow ones, so I looked on Google and came across ones I like and texted her. After looking at the picture more, I wanted them for myself! I'm always jealous of other people's fancy curtains haha, and never felt like I could replicate them. They came this ( Read more... )

This morning before work I checked Facebook, and saw this post in the Shackleton appreciation group: "A warm welcome to Hugh Turner, a nephew of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (author of 'Worst Journey' - the finest Heroic Age account ever written IMO)," and Hugh commented, saying thank you for all the nice welcomes! I stared at the screen, stunned! I ( Read more... )

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I had a lot of fun with this survey haha. I even said "post" successfully!! :D Any ideas for other videos I should do ( Read more... )

The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: London by Edward Rutherfurd (July 23-Aug 24). PHEW!! Those 1152 pages took FOREVER to read haha. It was pretty epic though, with lots of history ( Read more... )

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WELL, speaking of Cherry..I decided to make a list on List Challenges of famous polar explorers (because that's what I do LOL, lists are fun :P), and when you make them and there isn't a picture of whatever you're adding (or just want a different picture), you have to go to Google and get the URL of the pic..I knew I'd be in trouble when I Googled ( Read more... )

Another Cherry Item for my collection that I somehow came across on the internet LOL:

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I'm reading a novel set in the arctic, so I was completely surprised when I read this:

My eyes drifted. In the half-light, I noticed some graffiti on the wall, white letters scarred into the wood paneling at knifepoint. I sat up and squinted.
You've got it in the neck. Stick it -- stick itOMG NO WAY. That was Cherry's mantra when he was sledging ( Read more... )