Category Archives: Miscellaneous Fun-ness

Can you Spot the Surrealist*?

Here’s a little self-isolation game for you. It’s like ‘Where’s Waldo’ but way more intellectual…

(* and yes, I know I’m conflating Surrealism here with Dada and general Avant-gardeism, but I liked it as a title! Enough with the quibbling!)

Note the advice to “wear dark glasses and something to cover your ears”, and “Stay in your seats.”
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Group Writing Fun: Fill-in-the-Blanks Story

IMG_5988 - Version 2The game that has taken my writing club by storm recently is what I call the Fill-in-the-Blanks Story. We start by writing words on slips of paper and dropping them into the appropriate bowls: NOUN (character), NOUN (object), NOUN (location), ADJECTIVE, VERB, or ADVERB. Then we proceed with the story and draw a word every time we need to fill in a blank. The results can be… weird. Continue reading

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Weekly Eldritch: Miscellaneous Eyeballs

– your weekly creepy thing –

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What is it about eyeballs that makes them so freaky? Continue reading

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Book Dominoes in Seattle

The Seattle Public Library sets a world record for longest book domino chain. Why are these so satisfying to watch?

p.s. Nice looking library!

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