Smile: Breakfast

Yes, breakfast does make me smile. Can you tell what this is a picture of? (Answer below)

Answer: wave over  here.

Cartoon: Goo

Here is a (sketchy, drawing pad) comic for this week. Under the cartoon are my answers to Monday’s initials question. 

Thirteen people whose initials are H.C.: Harry Caray, Hoagy Carmichael, Helena (Bonham) Carter, Hodding Carter, Harry Chapin, Hayden Christensen, Henry Clay, Hilary Clinton, Harry Connick (Jr.), Hernando Cortez, Howard Cosell, Hart Crane, and Hume Cronyn. Let me know if you think of others. 

I’ll be in San Francisco this weekend, and will probably not post on Friday. I’ll try to get the weekend and Monday posts up, though.

Initial Inclinations: HC

In the past week, Hilary Clinton has started to get some press, as she slides into her new role as Secretary of State and her replacement in the senate has been named.

Therefore, here is your challenge until Wednesday: See how many famous people you can think of whose initials are H.C. (As always, please choose public personalities, not friends or acquaintances.) So far, I have six names. I expect to have at least twice that many by Wednesday. 

Have a great week — I notice it’s getting notably lighter outside. Enjoy.

Smile: Machinery

I love the “tired old machine” look to this smile. 

I hope you are having a great weekend.

Friday Miscellany: Modern Myths

A few years ago, I sent a grammar workbook proposal to several publishing companies. I was just looking back through some of the pages and, if I do say so myself, some of them are quite fun. 

Here’s a page that looks at comparisons and uses some interesting facts about weather phenomena. Enjoy!

Cartoon: Sumo

I bought Wacom drawing tablet over the weekend, and I love it. I’m still learning (and will be for months), but here’s a first cartoon:

Note: Answers from Monday are below the image.

Here is my list of 19 words from Monday’s challenge that contain PRD and no other consonants: appeared, paired, parade, pared, parody, parred, parried, peered, period, pored, poured, pureed, purred, prayed, preyed, pride, pried, prod, and prude. Obscure words include pard (like “pardner”) and preed.

Constant Consonants: PRD

In honor of the inauguration, the Constant Consonant letters for this week are PRD. How many words can you think of that contain the consonants PRD in that order, and no others? For the full rules, see the link at the upper right. “Parade” is one valid answer. I’ll post my list on Wednesday. So far, I have about 14 words, and I think I’ll have about 20 on Wednesday. 

Enjoy the holiday, and have a great week!

Smile: Dock

This picture was taken at a dock on the Pacific Ocean. May thoughts of beaches and water take you away from the cold this weekend. 

Friday Miscellany: Supreme Court Sort

I wrote this logic puzzle in 2005, when Chief Justice Roberts was being appointed and sworn in. I can think of two reasons that it’s appropriate to post it today:

1) My daughter has been brainstorming this week to come up with a woman to portray in a class play, and Sandra Day O’Connor is on her list.

2) The inauguration of a new president next week has spurred some conversations about future Supreme Court appointments. 

Cartoon: News

Here’s a quick cartoon that is from an idea that was in one of my sketchbooks:

I was playing with adding another (appropriate) person reading the Diamond Head Herald, etc. 

And this is my list of answer words from the GL Constant Consonants challenge from Monday (I found 24): agile, eagle, gaily, gal, gala, gale, gall, galley, gaol, gel, gila, gill, glee, glue, gluey, goal, goalie, golly, guile, gull, gully, igloo, ogle, and ugly. Obscure words that fit include gaol and gelly.