One thing that seemed inevitable in the wake of Trump saying pets were being eaten in Springfield was memes and videos of The Simpsons, the long-running animated comedy set in a fictional town known as Springfield. It's never been said exactly where Springfield is, even though several U.S. cities bear the Springfield name.
Monday, September 16, 2024
Whether to Use Real or Fictional Towns and Zip Codes
Friday, September 13, 2024
Nightmare Before Christmas
It's the first of two Friday the 13ths this year! The second one occurs in December.
I'm starting to see Christmas items in stores, so it really is like a Nightmare Before Christmas.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Pumpkin Spice Cartoons
Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂
It's getting to be that time! No doubt you've already seen seeing Pumpkin Spice everywhere by now.
Some of these are new to me, some I've posted in the past.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Spirit Halloween Store First Visit
The Spirit Halloween store opened on Sunday afternoon. I went around 3 then. An employee said they's opened an hour earlier, with a long line waiting outside. I'm glad I went later than that!
The former Kmart parking lot that's been empty since 2020. |
Corpse Bride animatronics. |
Friday, September 6, 2024
Too Hot to Write!
That was how felt all day yesterday. This was the first week I did not participate in the Thursday 13 since I began doing that weekly prompt in June. But it doesn't have to be every week. Hot weather is expected again today and this weekend. I didn't feel up to working on my writing either. I got a little behind on that one when I was sick last month. I don't often feel up to sitting at my computer when I'm sick, and the hot weather the last few days made me too sleepy to think about writing.
I'm posting this in the morning before it gets hot and before I head to work. The center was closed on Monday for Labor Day and on Wednesday for the monthly staff meeting. It was weird being gone for a week!
Waiting for the hot weather to end! Wondering if the 97 degree weather will still be true when the fall equinox hits. I won't be surprised if that is true.
And I've been driving past the former Kmart to see how they are doing with getting the Sprit store set up. The banners are up. Two delivery trucks were in the parking lot yesterday and boxes were piled up on the sidewalk. Displays of items are already up, but I don't know when they will be open. It's so fun to have one in my hometown. I'm glad to see the building getting some use for a while, after four years of the building and the parking lot standing there empty.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
September Bookish Bingo
The new card is here.
My Books:
- Spin: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical--Neil Fishman (3 squares): Audiobook, Twisty Plot, Sunshine
- Plants vs. Zombies Volume 1--Paul Tobin (3 squares): E-Book, Plants on the Cover, Cover is a Drawing
- Powdered Peril--Jessica Beck (6 squares): Shelf Love, In a Series, Physical Book, Police, Secrets, Free Space
- Angel--Johanna Lindsey (7 squares): Free Book, Book Club Read, Abstract Design on the Cover, Fate/Destiny, Secrets, Historic, A Favorite Author
- No T. Rex in the Library--Toni Buzzeo (1 square): Pirate
- The Mountain is You--Brianna Wiest (2 squares): Self-Help, Nonfiction, Life Lessons
- Far From the Tree--Robin Benway (3 squares): Library Book, Not in a Series, Set in a School
Sunday, September 1, 2024
September Begins
It's now here!
Though it's not fall yet, it still feels like summer when the equinox hits. Weather in the 90s is expected later this week.
My hometown is getting a Spirit Halloween store this year. It's already being set up in the building left empty by Kmart in 2020. It may only be a temporary store, but I'm glad to see the building get some use after four years of being unoccupied. Our town rarely gets stuff like this. I was surprised when one appeared in the empty Staples building 10 years ago (Ace Hardware now occupies that building). I'm excited to see the store!
I'm not thinking too much about Halloween just yet, but after seeing this idea, I totally want to do it. I'll have plenty of milk jugs to use, I just have to find cheap glow sticks. I see them a lot at Dollar Tree, but they've been out the last few times I've looked.
More on both of these to come.