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AMAZING INVENTIONS AND THE CREATIVITY BEHIND THEM

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<Facebook #SATIRE tag FACEBOOK THIS IS SATIRE OK SO PEOPLE MIGHT READ IT THEN OK THANKS> Creativity is found everywhere. Why, just the other day I was reading about the man who came up with the gun to shoot Pope John Paul II in the intestines in 1981 in St. Peter's Square! Why did I do that? Because this historical event features in my latest novel - as part of the creative process! Let's look at some creativity now! 1. The Minestrone Soup / Kit Kat Kontroversy! Have you ever bitten off both ends of a finger of Kit Kat? And dunked it into a cup of minestrone soup? The story goes that you can suck the soup up into your mouth through the Kit Kat, like a straw. You would expect this combination of savory and sweet to be disgusting. You wouldn't be wrong!!! But when pregnant Michelle Marshall decided to do it, mad as she was on her taste-bud pregnancy hormones, husband Joe Nestlé hit upon an idea. Although he was not related to the Nestlé people who make Kit Kat outside o...

Who is the best vocal mimic? You decide!

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Millions of people know that Puppy Lover Donny Osmond's speaking voice sounds very similar to Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley's speaking voice. If Donny put a very slight Irish twang into his voice and tapped his feet a little on a wooden floor, he could probably be mistaken for the Irish dance lord over the phone. But Donny not only REFUSES to explore the possibility of mimicking the top dancer - he's NEVER even been ASKED!   Believe it or not, Riverdance hot-footer Michael Flatley is a "dead ringer" vocally for singing legend Donny Osmond - but only when they're speaking. However, it's rare to find him neutralising the Irish twang he's acquired in order to sound like the crooner. Why? Because nobody has told him he's a fine "Donny Do-Over"! So which one do YOU think is the best impressionist? Leave a comment below!

Guardians of the Galaxy: Best Marvel Myoovie ever

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Who TF had really heard of Iron Man before Iron Man? I mean outside of the comics' fans? Or Captain America? Spiderman, Batman, Superman, and the Hulk, yebbo, bebbo! But anyone else? No. Go away out of that garden, Tony Stark. GotG is a fantastical space opera - the special effects are syoopoib, enhancing the twists and turns of the technology and plot, such as weapons of which the viewer ain't aware til they're seen in action. I'd argue that the twists are more impressive than Tony Stark's hundred 'n' then some Iron Men in the third movie, although those bots service the plot better. Privacy invasion metaphors and industrial theft plots of the Avengers movies notwithstanding, the Guardians movies could well become the most impressive Marvel franchise to date. The movie's humour is strong, and all of its elements combine to make it well worth a cinematic viewing. After a quick calculation, I give this movie 8 out of 8.

To the Anonymous Posters to my blog...

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I appreciate your visits, but anonymous posts do not get through. There is little point in you posting any comments at all - anonymously. This is not a filter that I have established: This is likely to be the default filter that Blogspot has established. Given the nature of the comments, I presume that you don't read much of the content of the blog itself. You say "This is very helpful / interesting / insightful / informative" below a post, when in fact it is (supposed to be) entertainment. And now, here is a dancing man with eyebrows:

How to write Fantasy Check List

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Here is a  How to Write Fantasy Novel  Checklist 1. Writing fantasy-genre sentences takes a lot more work than writing normal sentences. "If thou h'ain't put in the work, then don't deign to twerk!" -Duchess Miley of the Mulletted Four Bears 2. A character can be named many, many times, and any confusion is the reader's fault. Trolls will know a character by one name, dwarves by a different name. Remember nobody is all things to all men. So King Kalsius may be known to the pixies as Clumsy Clodhopper The Man with the Heavy Feet, because of his heavy, metal armor boots. As in: "Hello, Clumsy Clodhopper !" squeaked Mr Babbles. "Shuddup already! I'm a king and I'm trying to impress my mistress here!" 3. Make sure that you have guilds, masters and apprentices, and characters that have occupations in keeping with these guilds and apprenticeships. Master builders need their masonry apprentices, and their sculpture apprentices, and these ...

What do you do with a Gifted Child? (PART TWO)

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___________ONLINE MAGAZINE   CONTINUED FROM PART ONE After a cab ride from Poighte Regional, we got home. Across the intersection from our house is a Homestore-24. Little Seevers emerged from the cab and snapped out of his catatonia. He didn't want to go home. He ran across the street - two cars collided to avoid the little guy, the afternoon sunlight bouncing off the tips of his Baby Jordan laces - and I had to give chase, waving my apologies to the married couple and the family of four in their cars, more interested in checking themselves for injuries than looking to see where Seevers was going. I caught him and he bit me and kicked me. I had to let him go. Our luggage was still on the sidewalk across the street, so I let him run into the safe environment of Homestore-24, and I sat at the kerbside, watching the suitcases. I phoned his father - he is actually my wife's husband - and I told him to come and help with Little Seevers. I checked my email, correcting ess...

What do you do with a Gifted Child? (PART ONE)

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__________________ONLINE MAGAZINE By Melissa Hartley-Smythe Moms get a bad rap. Whether they're leaving their kids in the car for a job interview, or leaving their kids at the kindergarten to get a facial, it doesn't matter: There will always be someone to judge mothers, always with the handcuffs, and the arrests. My little guy Seevers (3) is autistic. We were on a flight home to Poighte (pron. Puffty), New Hampshire from a two-week visit at my parents' in Yubbadoo Creek, Montana. I was already very highly-strung and feeling quite writerly, and emotionally intelligent, because little Seevers was making clear to me that he did not want to get on any damn airplane. He screamed at the Southwest Airlines check-in staff so loud that two desk employees required ear napkins to wipe the blood off. Then, after the manager came over, I had to tweet about the fact that they were not going to let Seevers board before we were finally let on the plane. When we were seated on the plane, i...