Gaming
Bus Out Game
I’ve been playing this mobile game called Bus Out. The game is straightforward. Different color buses litter the playing screen …
Bronze Age Collapse: Assassin’s Creed Idea
Ubisoft should make an Assassin’s Creed game set during the Bronze Age Collapse. Hear me out. This will be such …
Songs of Syx
In March I played the demo for Songs of Syx [website]. After just a few minutes of play, I couldn’t …
No Man’s Sky: Base Location Guide
The thing about No Man’s Sky is that there are a million ways to play. Playing over the weekend I …
The Ultimate Sandbox Game: No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky is the ultimate sandbox game. At its core, it’s a game that you can play however you …
No Man’s Sky Update: Worlds Part 1 5.05
Update Patch 5.05: 8/19/24 I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky a lot lately, and I just got notice of an …
Shopping
Top 5 Gift Ideas for Crocheters
Christmas shopping for crocheters is a breeze if you are tuned in to their interests. Gift ideas for crocheters abound …
Top 5 Gifts Ideas for Teens
Gift ideas for teens… yikes man. Shopping for teenagers is tough. Coming up with gift ideas for the teens in …
XS Dog Sweater for XS Sunny
The temperatures are cooling off here. Finally! As happy as I am about the colder temps for our walks, my …
Free MM Romance: Assassin by Katy Haye Free Today
Free MM Romance Book Alert! Today & Tomorrow Only! (8/25-26/24) If you are looking for FREE MM romance, you are …
Queer Your Bookshelf Day!
August 16th is Queer Your Bookshelf Day What is that? Over 400 books that all feature LGBTQ+ characters are on …
Glass Jewelry by Local Athens Studio
While out and about, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with the artist behind some amazing glass jewelry …
Korean
Hangul Learning Resources to Study the Korean Alphabet
Obviously, the Hangul learning pages on my blog are fairly basic and the Internet has countless sources you can use …
Hangul – ㅅs and ㅆ ss
This tenth jamo in the South Korean writing system is letter ㅅ (siot). It is the 7th in the North …
Hangul – ㅂB/P and ㅃ PP
ㅂB/P This letter ㅂ (bieup) is pronounced like the letter B or P depending on where it falls in a …
Hangul – ㅁ M
This letter ㅁ (miem) is pronounced like an M. It is related to the Chinese word for mouth 口. It …
Hangul – ㄹ R or L
ㄹ = R/L This letter (rieul) can be pronounced like an R or an L.. it’s sort of in between …
Hangul Lessons: ㄷ = D/T and ㄸ= DD/TT
The letter ᄃ (digeut) is pronounced like a D or a T depending on where it is found in a …
Crochet & Knitting
Crochet Fish Pattern – Blue Tang
Hey crocheters! Today I am posting a crochet fish pattern I’ve been working on. After crocheting numerous other fish patterns with oval-shaped bodies and flowy tails, I wanted to make a Blue Tang à la Dory from Finding Dory and Finding Nemo. Crochet Fish Pattern Blue Tang Dory is a Blue Tang The …
Top 5 Gift Ideas for Crocheters
Christmas shopping for crocheters is a breeze if you are tuned in to their interests. Gift ideas for crocheters abound. Christmas is right around the corner and if you are shopping for a fan of crocheting you should definitely consider buying something for them to use in their crochet endeavors. We always appreciate …
Raised Herringbone Crochet Stitch
I’ve been struggling with the square I am working on for my Terrific Textures CAL, so I am posting about it. The stitch for this square is called the Raised Herringbone Crochet stitch. This is the third square posted for July. I am behind. I have five squares to go before I catch …
XS Dog Sweater for XS Sunny
The temperatures are cooling off here. Finally! As happy as I am about the colder temps for our walks, my toy fox terrier gets cold easily, and she’s a shiverer. When she shivers it’s so pitiful, I just can’t stand it. Yesterday the temperature was in the glorious low 50s for our morning …
Leafhopper Crochet Stitch
I am still working on my 2024 CAL Terrific Textures from the Unravelled Mitten and boy am I behind. The square I am working on gave me such trouble that I want to make a post about it so that someone else on the struggle bus that I was stuck on can finally …
Old Shale Knitting Pattern
In 2020 I devised a Modified Old Shale Knitting Pattern, modeled after a sweater worn by Taehyung of BTS, is based on a classic knit motif called Old Shale. The Old Shale pattern used on Tae’s sweater is unique because of the rows in between the one row of chevron pattern that makes …
How to do scblo in crochet
Crochet Techniques SCBLO, or Single crochet in back loop only, is a crochet technique that creates a stitch that creates a ribbing effect when done over multiple rows. To make this stitch, one works a single crochet but only into the back loop of the work. What is SCBLO Used For? SCBLO is …
Education
School Safety:
The Emotional Repercussions of Perpetual Threats at SchoolA journal post So, a different sort of post is once again coming …
General Update Week of August 9
This post is a general update for the week, to get some thoughts out of my head an onto a …
Back to School – The School Year is Upon Us
Well, summer has been grand but my first day back at work was Friday, 7/26, and students return on Thursday …
Construction is Stressful
My workplace is under construction and it’s a bit stressful. That is likely an understatement. The project just started when …
Athens, Georgia
Athens Christmas Parade of Lights
The Athens Christmas Parade of Lights is today, Thursday, December 5. It starts at 7:00 p.m. but you should definitely …
Wild Rumpus Athens 2024
Tonight the Wild Rumpus in Athens, Georgia will begin! Ok folks, this is it, this …
Porchfest Athens 2024!
Porchfest is this Sunday, October 20th, 2024! Porchfest is an Athens event where seven historic …
Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene came ashore as a strong Category 4 hurricane, which means winds of more …
School Safety:
The Emotional Repercussions of Perpetual Threats at SchoolA journal post So, a different sort of …
Apalachee High School, My Thoughts are With You
My thoughts are with Apalachee High School. I’m not religious so I actively despise the …