Category Archives: Odds and Ends

Odd and Ends is the junk drawer here at Blue Duck Copy. If we can’t find a logical place for it, you’ll find it in here.

Happy Birthday to You!

Today is Amy Derby’s birthday. You can find her on Twitter or at http://write-from-home.com. She’s a lot like the Welcome Wagon lady of Blogopolis and I heart her. So go wish her a Happy Birthday! “Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, your words are like sunshine, and we all heart you!” Sappy, I…

Who’s Running This Place, Anyway?

I recently read this excerpt of a news report on another WordPress blog. MIT scientists baffled by global warming theory, contradicts scientific data From: TG Daily By Rick C. Hodgin Boston (MA) – Scientists at MIT have recorded a nearly simultaneous world-wide increase in methane levels. This is the first increase in ten years, and…

Blog Nirvana: Flaming Bloggers, Silly Puddy, and Vanilla Pudding Tag Lines

Welcome to November! Hopefully this month holds lots of goodies for the blogging world as we Americans gear up for the Big Thankful Turkey Day and the BIG football game here in Ohio, OSU vs. Michigan. It’s been a wild week here in Blogopolis. Here’s my G-rated summary. “Kindness is the silly puddy version of…

Celebrating a Christian Halloween

WARNING: This post, like many others here at Blue Duck, contains materials that some may find offensive because it expresses my views about Christianity. If you can’t handle it, please click away now. Thanks. Opening My Eyes My son attends a Christian school. Last year on Halloween, we had a HUGE meltdown in our house…

Blogging for Dollars: Tweak the Bottom Line

As our Blogging for Dollars series comes to an abrupt close, I hope you’ve found a nugget or two if information to help you along in your quest to rule Blogopolis. “Oh… you don’t want to be Blog King? You just want a few readers ad few cents to rub together? *grins* Me too!” Blogging…

Hospitals, Doctors, and Tears. Oh My!

All is well here at Blue Duck. Please allow me to apologize for the lack of posts this week. My hiatus has extended much longer than I expected. For those who don’t know, I’ve had a busy week. Two family members had surgery this week, throwing me back into my former life as a Registered…

The Cure for Depression: Nick Vujicic

As part of our One Month to Live small group study this week, we watched an absolutely amazing video. I mean amazing as in no one could rip their eyes from the screen as the video played. Kerry Shook interviewed Nick Vujicic, a man born without arms or legs. Nick’s Story This man is phenomenal….

Take Two

Since my lovely embedded Brandon Heath videos suddenly are now only available for viewing on You tube or Brandon’s website, I’ve changed out the original videos for new. Thanks to Namas Daisy’s comment about being a visual learner, I found a couple videos that include the lyrics for the songs. Sorry for the malfunction. Enjoy!…

Morning Tunes

Are you living your life without regrets, yet? This week’s assignment was to write a letter to someone you would like to express your heart to before it’s too late.  Ask them to forgive you for the ways in which you might have hurt them. Extend your forgiveness to them for any pain they may…

For Sale: Ran Great Yesterday

“I’m at school. The car won’t start.” Silence. “Did you hear me?” “Yep.” Silence. I wait, breathe deeply, squash my irritation and panic, and try to remember all the things I love about my husband. All I can think about is where I need to be in an hour, and how am I going to…

Go Bucks!

In honor of the OSU game beginning in a few minutes, and because my brother is OSU’s biggest fan, I thought I’d show my support for the buckeyes. GO BUCKS!! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0SQBseJ8yc[/youtube] If you’re a Bucks fan, you might like http://blockonation.com/. xxooxx Little Brother!

Instant IQ Boost

Here are some of my favorite posts from FailBlog.org for this week. After viewing these, your IQ will automatically go up at least 25 points, guaranteed. see more pwn and owned pictures see more pwn and owned pictures see more pwn and owned pictures see more pwn and owned pictures see more pwn and owned…