Photo Hunt: Surprise!

This is a great theme for this week, and I’m going to love visiting everyone’s blogs. The theme is surprise! I haven’t had my coffee yet this morning…. so the creative juices are not running full throttle yet… but here goes.

Wherever we go, I am always surprised that my kids find the most creative, most humorous things to do. They surprise me with their whimsy and fun.

They have great appreciation for science.

And nature.

And especially music.

They reach for the moon!

And some get a little carried away…

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FFQF: The Hilarious John Adams

See what’s up with today’s FFQF at Meet the Founders blog

The theme for this month is Humor. This is going to be a fun one! Did you know that America’s founding fathers were quite the cut-ups? Indeed! They were not like the stodgy, stuffed-shirt, two-faced fuddy-duds that fill our halls of legislation today, nay!

John Adams and Alexander Hamilton stand out as some of the funniest guys. For this week, I want to quote two of John Adams’ statements. Adams was from humble parents in a humble little area of the coastal northeast, Braintree, Massachusetts. He was not of noble or wealthy heritage, not like the aristocrat Thomas Jefferson (with whom he compared himself) or like the European princes and nobles he mingled with when he served as ambassador for America. And Adams was quite aware of his “lowly” state in the affairs of men— but he could govern, think, and write better than most of them. And he was a master in the art of humorous self-deprecation. I’ve read a book of the letters he and his wife Abigail wrote to each other during his years away from home, and they are filled with wit and stunning wisdom– a really great read!

Here he is, mocking his elegant stature as king of the manure pile, at his humble farmhouse in rural Massachusetts (after having rubbed elbows with the dukes and nobles of Europe). This is to his younger son, John Quincy Adams:

“You may call me the monarch of Stoney Field, Count of Gull Island, Earl of Mount Ararat, Marquis of Candlewood Hill and Baron of Rocky Run.”

And here is Adams, sardonically jabbing at Jefferson’s noble mansion-building project, in a letter to Richard Rush, November 18, 1814:

“Mr. Jefferson lives at Monticello, the lofty mountain. I live at Montezillo, a little hill.”

HA! Those are just mere tidbits of the marvel of John Adams– that guy sure could tell a story and make point, and make you crack up at the same time. I hope to have more of funny John Adams in the next few weeks. I’m looking forward to seeing what Hercules Mulligan at Meet the Founders has for today!

Green Eggs and Spam

I get some of the WEIRDEST spam, people. It’s just weird! And some of it is just so funny that I have to share the laughs. I keep getting spammed with messages like these:

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…and then there are about 20 links to various websites… everything from best fat burner to, uh, other stuff….

The messages go on…

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Huh? I think they are trying to butter me up. Will all this flattery inspire me to post all these spammy comments? Are these people THAT stupid?

I is pleasantly amazed! Thank!!!

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Oh yeah, suuuure! These comments are SO inspiring! I’ll be sure to post all your disgusting links, just keep up the compliments!

NOT!

Traveling in Style

Oh MAN! I have discovered I Can Has Cheezburgers. LOL! Loved this one. Now that’s travel!

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